Mar 13
This week in Reception, we have been very busy in our Literacy lessons learning about endangered and extinct animals. Our recent story we have looked at (The Journey Home) showed animals and their homes in danger. The children were fascinated to look deeper into other endangered animals and why they are in danger. We looked …
Mar 06
This week has been choc and block full of learning opportunities as always but we also had 2 extra special days to celebrate! On Tuesday the children were all very excited about pancake day and all morning long they dreamt of all the toppings they would have on their pancakes at dinner time. As a …
Feb 28
We hope you had a lovely half term break! This week in Reception we started learning our new literacy story, The Journey Home. The children came in on Monday morning to find a tuff tray filled with ice, polar bears and a panda on a building. This sparked lots of questions as to what it …
Feb 13
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 …
Feb 06
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 …
Jan 30
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 …
Jan 23
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 …
Jan 16
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 …
Jan 09
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 …
Dec 12
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 …