This week the children have been very creative. Not only have they made numerous cards and written letters to their parents to show their love and appreciation, they have also worked collaboratively to create a piece of art inspired by our artist for the term, Yayoi Kusama!   After reading our Dragon Post book, the …

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On Monday morning, the Reception children were very excited to come into school as they knew some special animals were coming to visit. We asked the children which animals they thought they would see and then explained to them that the visiting animals were all nocturnal. We were impressed that some children could tell us …

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This week the children received a huge surprise! After the terrible weather we had, we found a baby dragon in our garden who got separated from his mother. The children were in awe of the little moving dragon who needs looking after. Luckily we have been reading our new class book, Dragon Post! The children …

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This week in Reception we have delved deeper into the history of castles. The children were fascinated to find out the differences between palaces and castles. During our carpet sessions we have looked at the different features of castles and palaces.  The children then used their new knowledge within child initiated learning time to complete …

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This week the children had an amazing time continuing learning about our class story: Zog! Not only have they learned the sequence of the story and used drama and actions to act out the story but this week they have also changed it as a class to where Zog is learning how to be a …

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Happy New Year and  welcome back to the Spring term of Reception! We hope you had a restful break and a happy Christmas for those who celebrated. It was lovely to see the children return to school with big smiles on Monday morning. The first morning back was very exciting! A mysterious creature had been …

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For the last few weeks the Reception children have been very busy rehearsing for their Christmas show. The children listened carefully to instructions when putting the show together and took these instructions on board excellently. This week they were able to perform their fabulous show to the rest of Merry Hill and their parents. The …

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This week the children have been enthusiastically practicing their Christmas production. The classroom  has been filled with  singing voices,  children practicing their dance moves and rehearsing their lines! We have learned how to recite our nativity story during our morning Literacy sessions and added actions to help us remember the sequence of the story.  We …

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In Reception this week, we started the topic of patterns. Miss Reuben and Mrs Jones put a magic spell on the children and turned them into math pattern magicians. The children enjoyed learning about different patterns that we see in real life. Some examples were a zebra, leopard, tiger and also some spotty or stripy …

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We had another  busy  week, but not even the freezing weather could stop us from having a great time! On Monday,  during Road Safety Week, we enjoyed our very first Reception trip! The children really impressed us by remembering  SuperCat’s rap: Stop, Look, Listen and Think while crossing the road. We were able to safely …

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