Remember Remember!
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!
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.
Welly Walk!
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…
Space Week
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…
Reception Wheelchair Basketball
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!
Rainy Day Learning
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…
Future Sports Stars!
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…
Our First Day Group 5
We now have all of our new friends in school! It has been lovely to meet everyone! We have really enjoyed playing in the role play and even made a hospital! Poor Mrs Lee was bitten by "a snake" and was fixed by us after lots of X-rays and medicine!
Our First Day (Group 4)
It's so fun to have even more new friends joining our class today! We have had a great time playing in the small world and role play areas today! Mrs Lee has been enjoying all sorts of cakes, ice creams and coffees from the reception cafe!
Our First Day (Group 3)
We have had a great first day at school today! It is so lovely to make lots of new friends. We really enjoyed the painting and workshop areas today! We have been busy mixing colours and building robots!
Our First Day (Group 2)
We had a lovely first day at school today! We loved making some new friends and exploring. Our favourite things to do today were playing outside in the sunshine and creating lands in the small world area!
Our First Day (Group 1)
We had such an amazing first day of school! One of our favourite areas of the classroom were the role play area, where we made chocolate and chips using playdough! We also loved exploring outside and made a house for all of the spiders that live out there!