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Nov 19
Daily Mile
Everyday in Reception we do the Daily Mile at 9 am. We all go to the playground and run around the edge twice. We aim to build this up to 3 times in the next couple of weeks. We love doing the Daily Mile. It helps to wake us up and keeps us fit and …
Nov 18
Outdoor Stage Area
The children have loved playing in our new outdoor stage area. They have really enjoyed dressing up and singing and acting in front of their friends. The children have particularly enjoyed reenacting fairy tales. The area has been enhanced with a selection of books. Look at us reading the stories to each other and choosing …
Nov 12
Diwali
During the week of the 9th November the children in Early Years had lots of fun learning all about Diwali. The children enjoyed making their own Rangoli patterns, Diva lamps from clay and fireworks pictures using chalk, paints and oil pastels. The children who celebrate Diwali at home loved talking about their own experiences and …
Nov 09
Gardening in Reception…continued
As promised, an update on how our Reception garden is progressing. Mrs Hoffmann, who now works with us as part of the Reception team, enlisted the help of many willing volunteers to help with the next stage-the planting. The children were so keen to get involved Mrs Hoffmann needed to have a waiting list to …
Nov 06
Remembrance Sunday – Making Poppies
Sunday 8th November is Remembrance Sunday. The children in Reception have been working with poppies, the symbol for Remembrance Sunday. They made their own play dough and added colouring , cutting and shaping it to form poppies and adding a black centre. We have also been busy painting stones with poppies and these have been …
Nov 03
A Rocket has Landed!
We came back from half term to find a rocket had landed outside of Reception. We were so surprised! ‘wow, a space rocket’ said the children We thought about who could of come to visit us in the rocket. We thought it might be an astronaut or even aliens! We soon found out that it …
Oct 23
Harvest
We have had lots of fun learning all about Harvest today. We loved singing the Harvest Samba song. Maybe you could teach your grownups the song and make up a fun dance? We have discussed about being thankful and appreciative of all the food we have and eat. We also discussed those who are not …