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Reception had a great afternoon visiting Mrs Lee's Pancake Cafe! After learning about the season of lent and why it is celebrated we thought it would be a great idea to celebrate with our own pancakes! We learnt that Jesus went into the desert for 40 days and 40 nights and fasted. That's why…

We had such a lovely morning on our trip up to the park this morning! The sun was shining as we wandered up the hill to have a run around and a climb on all of the equipment! We had so much fun sliding and swinging. In the afternoon, we got to enjoy a lovely hot chocolate to warm us back up after…

Happy Chinese New Year. Reception have been learning all about this special celebration which is also called Lunar New Year! We heard the story of the great race and now know that this year is the year of the snake. We also had lots of fun exploring books and traditions within our classroom. One…

We had a fantastic time in PE practicing our gross motor skills on the climbing equipment! We also developed our resilience and bravery by trying new things and keeping on going, even when things were hard!

We had a great morning exploring the police museum. We spoke to Jo who is a PCSO in Lancaster. She told us all about the he job and her uniform. We then got to explore all of the different parts of the museum. Our favourite part was when we dressed up as police officers. We then had lunch in what…

We have been learning all about bonfire night and why we have it. We learnt abut Guy Fawkes and that he tried to set fire to the house of parliament. We also discussed ways people remember today such as fireworks, sparklers and bonfires. We even got to try a toffee apple which people enjoy eating…

Happy Diwali from Reception! We have had lots of fun learning about the festival of light. We have been creating rangoli patterns in lots of different ways and we even had a go at creating out own diya lamps out of clay.

What a busy afternoon! We all put on our wellie boots and we hiked up the hill to Williamson Park. Whilst we were there we were on the look out for signs of autumn. We saw conkers, acorns and lots of leaves falling from the trees! We also found some lovely muddy puddles to jump in! We all had a…

This week, Reception have been learning all about space as it has been world space week! We learnt all about craters on the moon and had a go at making our own craters. We made predictions about what would happen if we used different sized rocks or dropped them at different heights. We also learnt…

We have had a great time trying wheelchair basketball. It was very tricky to start off with but with lots of practice, we were soon gliding around the playground and scoring lots of goals. Mrs Lee was very proud of us all for having a go even if we were a little bit scared! 

When the rain starts, we don't stop learning in reception! We read a book all about the rain and learnt that the rain falls when it gets to heavy to stay in the clouds. We looked at some pictures from all around the world where there is no rain (in the desert) and where there is too much rain that…

Today we had our first PE lessons! We were all so excited to do this today! We first amazed Mrs Lee with how quickly we could change from our school shoes, into our pumps ... and we did it all by ourselves. In the morning, we went to the hall and practiced some some jumping! Then, in the…