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Sep 19
This week in Reception
We had a fabulous time in Reception this week, making the most of the lovely warm weather by spending lots of time in the Reception playground, the big playground and even the forest. As part of our Talk for Writing topic, The little Red Hen, we continued to practice using actions to act out the …
Sep 12
The Little Red Hen
This week in Reception we have been learning the story of the Little Red Hen, using Talk 4 Writing. The children enjoyed using actions and pictures to sequence the events within the story. They also enjoyed asking questions to the characters during a hot seat activity where Miss Reuben acted the part of the …
Sep 05
Welcome to Elephant Class!
Welcome to Reception! It has been wonderful to see the bright, happy faces of all the children this week and to meet with you. We’ve had a fantastic start to the new school year, and I’m excited to share what we’ve been up to. At the beginning of the week, our headteacher, Ms Adams, sent …
Jul 18
This Year in Reception
To the Elephants and Zebras of 2024, We have loved every minute of watching you grow this year. We are so proud of all you have achieved. You are now so fast at getting changed for PE. We cannot catch you out in phonics recap anymore – “There you are!” You have tried so many …
Jul 17
This Week in Reception
Monday 1st July was Canada Day. We were very lucky to have a special visitor in Reception who is from Canada and who shared a story that included Canadian facts. We also learned that a Beaver and a Racoon are animals from Canada. We also wished Miss Adams a very Happy Canada Day as well. …
Jun 27
This week in Reception…
Mindfulness Monday This week in our Mindfulness Monday session we used the boat designs the children created last week and they referred back to them to make a boat independently. The children found the materials needed from the creative cupboard and the junk modelling station. They knew what to collect because they had already labelled …
Jun 21
Sports Day!
On Friday we were very excited as Reception’s first Sports Day had arrived! We had all been practicing hard and were now ready for the event, The Merry Hill Olympics! We came into school wearing our PE kit and trainers for a fun filled morning. First we got into our teams and headed up to …
Jun 13
This week in Reception and our Trip to Tring Museum
Literacy We have been continuing our learning on pirates by learning about time connectives. Here are the actions we use when we retell a story using time words. We followed written instructions to make a pirate hat and a treasure map. We connected jumbled up time words to the written time connectives to help us …
Jun 04
This week in Reception
Welcome back everyone after a wonderful May half term! We started the week settling in doing a lovely Draw with Rob step-by-step video on the carpet. The ship was a little clue for what we are going to be doing in our Summer Fun topic: pirates!! We have been looking at the Cutty Sark and …
May 23
This week in Reception
What busy little bees we have been in Reception this week! We started the week off by celebrating World Bee Day. We learned some interesting facts about bees – even some of the grown ups learned new things too! Then we set off to create some painted bees. We had to use our fine motor …