Each year we love taking the time to celebrate our military children here at Merry Hill. Service children can face challenges with parents in the armed forces. Yet these children are also an amazing asset to families, schools and the local community. The Month of the Military Child helps us remember this and helps us …
Category: reception
Mar 30
This week in Reception
Understanding the World- Festivals, festivals!This week we have been learning about special festivals. We have been very fortunate to have visitors coming into school to help us learn more about them. ‘Children in Reception will be learning to: recognise that people have different beliefs and celebrate special times in different ways’. (Development Matters, Sept 2021) …
Mar 23
This week in Reception
We hope you had a special time at the weekend; the children were so excited to show you their Mother’s Day cards. Here are some photos that we can now share of the process involved! The children loved making observational drawings of daffodils, whist learning about St David’s day but also did an extra special …
Mar 16
This week in Reception
Understanding the World This week in Reception we have been learning lots about our amazing world! Holi On Friday Mrs Varia, a parent in Year 1, led a whole school assembly on the festival of Holi. Reception listened very well and learnt: it is traditionally a Hindu festival (but also celebrated by many non-Hindus) It …
Mar 09
This Week in Reception
Last Thursday we celebrated World Book Day. It was lovely to see all the children in their Pyjamas and see their excitement when they were given the choice of a Secret Reader book. The children chose the story they would like to hear without knowing who the reader would be. In the afternoon they were …
Feb 23
This week in Reception
This week we have all enjoyed the spring-like sunshine and spotting signs that a new season is on its way! Some children had observed it being lighter in the mornings on the way to school, some children had seen beautiful snowdrops and crocus growing and others felt it was a little bit warmer outside. …
Feb 09
This week in Reception
This week we have been very busy consolidating our learning. We have completed our printing practice and have put some examples of our work on display in the classroom. We really like the bright colours and think Yayoi Kusama would be impressed with our dotty art work. We have been applying our phonic knowledge in …
Feb 02
This week in Reception
There has been lots more dinosaur fun this week. The week began with an exciting discovery on the playground. During our daily mile some of the children spotted an egg that had just started to hatch. When we came inside we learned the egg contained a dinosaur named Greg. We then started learning “Happy Hatch …
Jan 12
This week in Reception
This week we have started learning about dinosaurs. We have collected facts we already knew and things we would like to find out. We have made class books where we illustrated a dinosaur and wrote a sentence all by ourselves. In our investigation area we have been looking closely at fossils and have been making …
Dec 15
This week in Reception
This week has been a perfect opportunity to observe seasonal change in our reception garden. On Friday we could see the effect of the ice on the Orbeez and noticed the leaves were almost all off of the tree. Then on Monday snow had covered the garden and made everything look beautiful. We noticed how …