Mar 20
We have had another fun and eventful week in Reception full of learning opportunities! The weather has definitely started to turn in our favour and it has been magnificent to spend more time outside. We started off our week by celebrating national recycling day where we learned about many different ways to look after …
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 …
Dec 05
This week the children have been enthusiastically practicing their Christmas production. The classroom has been filled with singing voices, children practicing their dance moves and rehearsing their lines! We have learned how to recite our nativity story during our morning Literacy sessions and added actions to help us remember the sequence of the story. We …