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Oct 17
This Week in Reception
This week in Reception This week we have continued learning The Magic Porridge Pot text in Literacy. The children have been using actions to “engage in storytimes” (Development Matters 2021) by performing the story aloud. We have discussed and chosen exciting actions for ‘once upon a time’, ‘magic’, and ‘they all lived happily ever after’ …
Oct 12
This week in Reception
This week we have been noticing signs of Autumn. The children have been, “learning to explore the world around them” (Development Matters 2021). The tree in our Reception garden has been helpfully dropping sweet chestnut cases which we have been opening with different tools as they are very prickly for our fingers. We have used …
Oct 05
This week in Reception
This week, as part of our Time Travellers Topic, we have been thinking about families and talking about how we have changed since we were babies. We will be looking at photos of some of the grown ups as babies and seeing if we can guess who the babies are! We will be using our …
Sep 28
This week in Reception
Four weeks of fabulous learning – you are all settling into your new school routine beautifully! This week the children have loved exploring more of the exciting areas in Reception including Music (inside and out), our malleable area and our investigation area. There is so much for us to see and do! Inclusion Week This …
Sep 19
Our first PE lesson
Reception have been doing a fantastic job in their second week at Merry Hill School! We have been talking about our Golden Rules then showing how we follow them so we can all feel happy together. The children have been looking after property by changing for PE and putting their uniform inside their PE kits …
Sep 14
This week in Reception…..
We have had a very busy first full week in reception! We made lots of new friends and settled into our new classes. It has been a week of lots of ‘firsts’….. We had our first library visit where we all chose a book to bring home and are looking forward to sharing them with …
Sep 07
This week in Reception
This week has been our very first week in Reception. We have come into school so confidently and surprised our teachers by how grown up we have been. We have learned the names of our teachers and made lots of new friends. We have changed from our shoes, into our wellies when we have played …
Jul 06
This week in Reception
Literacy We have loved learning ‘How to be a pirate’ in Literacy. We can now recite the instructions with the actions and it is such fun. Our ‘Pirate speak’ has definitely improved over the last week or so “Ahaa me hearties!”. We have been making and labelling pirate maps as well as creating our own …
Jun 29
This week in Reception
This week we have started learning about pirates. Literacy In Literacy we are learning to, “Listen to and talk about selected non-fiction texts to develop a deep familiarity with new knowledge and vocabulary., ” (Development Matters 2021). We are reading and following instructions about how to be a pirate. We have noticed that each instruction …
Jun 15
This week in Reception
This week in Reception we have been trying to find ways to keep cool. We enjoyed some quiet time in a tent, pretending we were at the beach, making seaside pictures, using water to send boats and ducks down the guttering, walking the plank and drawing with melting ice. During Mindful Monday we were honing …