Sep 14
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 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
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 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 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 …
Jun 08
This week we have begun thinking about the ocean and the creatures that live in it. We have had lots of fun playing with our own beach, walking the plank and fishing for sea creatures without using our hands. Here we are enjoying the sunshine in the garden. The children are very confident now at …
May 25
This week we have continued to look at Edward Tingatinga and practised using different media to make various parts of his artwork. Last week was ‘Walk to School Week’. As part of this, we learned about Road Safety. We are supporting children to, “Know and talk about the different factors that support their overall health …
May 18
Physical Development In PE lessons we have been continuing to develop our ball skills and our focus this week has been throwing. The children learnt some specific vocabulary ‘underarm, target, overarm, aim’. First we discussed how we can throw a ball and how we can improve the distance that the ball travels. The children practised …
May 05
This week we have been working on improving our fine motor skills in a variety of ways. We have made a boat and passengers out of play dough for Mr Gumpy, followed instructions to draw a boat, built a bridge for the animals in the story to cross and used one to one correspondence to …
Apr 27
This week we have begun learning about Edward Tinga Tinga. Here we are in Mindful Monday practising a variety of art skills. We used watercolours to make sunsets, extended animal patterns, printed a silhouette of a tree and copied some Tinga Tinga artworks. You can find out more about Edward Tinga Tinga here: We have …