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May 27
Retrieval Practice
We do so many wonderful things through the year but how can we remember it all and call on our prior learning when we need it? Here are a few of the ways we do this in Reception: We keep a “Learning Journey” on the wall so that we can remind the children of all …
May 20
World Bee Day-20th May 2022
What is World Bee Day? World Bee Day is celebrated globally on May 20th. The purpose of this day is to recognise the positive impact that bees have on our ecosystem. This year, World Bee Day highlights and confronts the negative impact that the pandemic has had on the beekeeping industry globally. Why are bees …
May 20
This Week in Reception
We have had such a fun and busy week in Reception. Literacy The children have been learning to, “spell words by identifying the sounds and then writing the sound with letter/s,” (Development Matters 2021). We have been practising our writing in lots of different areas in Reception. In The Mud Kitchen we have started to …
May 13
This Week in Reception
Ramadan and EidWe are learning to, “Recognise that people have different beliefs and celebrate special times in different ways.” (Development Matters 2021) Mrs Shaz came to speak to us about Ramadan and Eid. We learnt that during Ramadan, Muslims fast during the hours of daylight and are able to eat before the sun comes up …
May 06
This Week in Reception
SUMMER FUN Mindfulness Mondays Continuing with our theme of Summer Fun we have started to learn about the artist Edgar Degas. We have looked at some of his work and considered the similarities and differences of the beach and seaside views he painted. The children are learning to, “explore, use and refine a variety of …
Apr 29
World Penguin Day
World Penguin Day is celebrated on the 25th April each year and we have enjoyed learning about Penguins this week. ( Begin to understand the need to respect and care for the natural environment and all living things Development Matters, 2021). Tied in with our learning about sleep we learnt some very interesting facts about penguins. …
Apr 29
This Week in Reception
Pushing and pulling has been our theme of the week. Last week we shared with you the story of “Stuck in the Mud,” by Pie Corbett. This week we have started to innovate the story by changing the animals who are pulling Daisy out. In our Child Initiated Learning we have been pushing and pulling …
Apr 22
This week in Reception
We have had a very busy start to the Summer Term. We have been enjoying the sunshine this week and making the most of going outside during our Child Initiated Learning. In our Forest lessons this week we celebrated Earth Day by talking about the process of foods coming from farms to forks. We also …
Apr 01
Understanding pronouns: ‘they’ and ‘their’.
This year as a school we are working on supporting pupils ability to communicate effectively with one another. One of the ways in which we are addressing this is through the use of the Wellcomm® Screening Tool. This tool provides us with useful teaching strategies and tips for scaffolding pupil talk, language use and comprehension. …
Apr 01
This week in Reception
We have had another busy couple of weeks in Reception! In Literacy, we have been innovating the story Handa’s Surprise. We thought of our own fruit that Edgar and Zippy could put in their baskets. We created a bar chart using our ideas to decide on the most popular fruits. We spent time rehearsing the …