Reception: Blog items
Date: 14th Jan 2021 @ 8:00pm
Each day the children in Willow class have logged onto SeeSaw and completed their daily tasks. They have completed a range of different tasks including number, shape, phonics, art and science. Once I have received each child's work I have ben able to give them feedback by asking additional questions or suggesting next steps. The children and parent have responded extremely well to this. It has been lovely to see how well all the children have adapted and taking home learning in their stride.
You are making me very proud. Keep it up everyone!
Date: 14th Jan 2021 @ 7:48pm
The children in Willow Class have been very busy completing their daily home learning tasks over the past two weeks. They have shown great dedication and I am very proud of them all.
In addition their daily tasks the some children have done extra tasks including science experiments, extra phonics practice, ordering objects by length and exercising regularly. I have loved seeing all your pictures and watching your videos. Keep them coming.
Keep up the hard work Willow Class.
Date: 14th Jan 2021 @ 7:37pm
Since schools in England shut after Christmas, Willow class have been busy getting to grips with their online learning at home.
They have done so well continuing their reading, writing and numbers and then uploading their work so I can look at it and help them further, offering ideas for their next steps.
Therefore, each week someone from Willow Class will be chosen as ‘Star of the Week’ for their outstanding learning they have done at home.
Well done, Jasmine!
Date: 14th Jan 2021 @ 1:07pm
Each day we have been completing our maths activities, using resources from our home learning packs or playing the games online.
Take a look at what we have done so far!
Holly Class Star of the Week- Emily!
Date: 8th Jan 2021 @ 1:00pm
Since schools in England shut after Christmas, Holly class have been busy getting to grips with their online learning at home.
They have done so well continuing their reading, writing and numbers and then uploading their work so I can look at it and help them further, offering ideas for their next steps.
Therefore, each week someone from Holly Class will be chosen as 'Star of the Week' for their outstanding learning they have done at home.
Well done, Emily!
Holly Online Learning- Winter!
Date: 14th Jan 2021 @ 12:41pm
We have been learning about Winter.
We have been listening to wintery stories, such as Jack frost and then drawing and writing about them.
Sometimes we used the Seesaw tools to do our work, sometimes we used paper and pencils but we always made sure we practiced our handwriting too.
Holly Online Learning- Phonics!
Date: 14th Jan 2021 @ 12:27pm
We have been very busy continuing learning our phonics at home.
Each day there is a phonics lesson to watch followed by reading and writing activities to complete at home.
Here is some of our work!
Date: 14th Dec 2020 @ 11:01am
Reception have been busy getting physical!
In PE they have been learning how to balance, climb and make a shape with their bodies. They worked very hard to maintain their balance and most of them managed to not topple over!
Online Learning - Important Information for Parents and Carers
Date: 5th Jan 2021 @ 11:28am
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It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas...!
Date: 13th Dec 2020 @ 8:16pm
Reception have been very busy the last few weeks getting ready for Christmas. The children have enjoyed role playing the Santa’s Workshop wrapping presents, writing list and designing and building toys for Santa. We have been reading lots of books about winter and Christmas including our favourite ‘Stickman’. We wrote simple words, captions and sentences about Stickman and enjoyed using the props at the storytelling table to retell it in our own words. In Maths we have been ordering numbers one to twenty and adding a subtracting single digits using festive objects. We have been making patterns using different Christmas items and putting Santa’s presents in order of size. We have been adding items to our celebration box and discussing how we prepare for Christmas with our families. At the creative area we have enjoyed making Rudolph using a range of different materials, thinking carefully how to attach legs and antlers and sponge painting our Christmas wreaths. What a busy few weeks of learning we have had
Date: 18th Dec 2020 @ 3:00pm
Although it has looked very different from previous years, we have still celebrated the festive season at Boundary, albeit it in our bubbles and via whole school virtual assemblies.
Our carol service was a beautiful event, witnessed, shared and enjoyed (virtually!) by the whole school – a testament to the resilience, patience and determination of both our children and our staff.
During the week, bubbles have enjoyed their Christmas dinner. The hall was set out beautifully with crackers to pull, hats to wear and the odd poor joke to tell for each year group bubble to enjoy their Christmas dinner on their special day! A huge ‘Thank You’ goes to all the staff for making it run smoothly, especially Debbie and all the catering and welfare staff for all their hard work in making our delicious dinner.
Each bubble also enjoyed their party day this week, with children wearing their Christmas jumpers and their best party clothes! Each class spent the last afternoon of this term watching a special virtual pantomime ‘Jack and the Beanstalk’ and eating popcorn.
Although 2020 has not been the year we would have hoped for, our children, staff and parents and carers have once again united to create a supportive, nurturing environment for the children of Boundary, ensuring that each child continues to receive the best education and start in life despite the events of this year.
We would like to take this opportunity to say thank you for your ongoing support during these strange and difficult times and to wish you all a very Merry Christmas and a peaceful, safe and happy New Year and we look forward to welcoming you all back in January.
There is no such thing as a Gruffalo...!
Date: 18th Nov 2020 @ 8:29pm
This week we read the story 'The Gruffalo in Reception. We talked about the different animals we might meet if we went for a walk in the woods and had fun role playing in our own Gruffalo cafe taking orders and eating weird and wonderful Gruffalo food. The children have been busy working at the creative table painting Gruffalos making models from play dough and recycled materials. The children had to think very carefully about the different colours they used for the 'purple prickles' and 'orange eyes'. The children worked hard labelling pictures with the initial sound and writing lists of the Gruffalos favourite food.
Date: 7th Dec 2020 @ 8:18pm
This week in Reception the children have been introduced to our first characteristics monster 'Katie Kindness'. Katie Kindness has been teaching the children all about the importance of being kind to one another by sharing, taking turns, including everyone in your games, helping someone if they are hurt and using kind words and actions. Mrs Clark and Mrs Farley have spotted lots children showing kindness to others and we have been very proud of all the children. As a class we talked about how we could show kindness and how it makes us feel.
"Hurting someone is not being like Katie Kindness" Elliott
"I helped Charlotte when she fell over" Riley.
You need to have kind words so you don't make people sad" Emily
"I'm happy when my friends let me play'" Jasmine
I wonder which characteristic monster we will meet next...?
Updated COVID Information - Letter to Parents and Carers
Date: 8th Dec 2020 @ 3:20pm
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Date: 3rd Dec 2020 @ 11:20am
This week in Reception the children have been learning about how to keep safe whilst crossing the road. We watched a shorted video about 'Monster Moe' and discussed what he needs to do to keep safe.
"When you cross the road you Stop, Look and Listen" Ella-Rose
"don't run across because you might fall over" Leyton.
"Hold your mummy's hand to keep you safe" Emily
"Cross at a zebra crossing" Lauren.
"Find the lolly pop lady and she will stop the cars for you" Lyra-Rose.
The children then enjoyed making their own road signs and role playing in the garden.
Everyone is different but everyone is special!
Date: 17th Nov 2020 @ 9:02pm
The children in Reception have enjoyed celebrating Anti-bullying Week by coming into school wearing wonderfully mismatched socks. We took part in a whole school assemble via Google Meet learning about what bullying is and what to do if we are affected by it. In class we looked at our similarities and differences and learnt that everyone is different and it is our differences that make us unique. We talked about how we should treat everyone fairly regardless of our differences. The children also enjoyed designing their own odd socks.
"I have glasses but Alfie doesn't. We are different but he's my friend" Leyton
"You should always be nice to people and have kind words" Lyra-Rose
"If someone is being mean you tell a grown up and they can help you" Elliott
Date: 17th Nov 2020 @ 7:51am
Date: 11th Nov 2020 @ 9:18pm
The children in Reception have been learning about the importance of wearing poppies and remembering those who gave their lives to secure our future.
"We wear poppies because the soldiers died" Leyton.
Date: 9th Nov 2020 @ 3:30pm
This week the children have been busy planting bulbs ready for Spring. They learnt which way round they should be planted in the ground and hopefully we should see crocus, tulips and daffodils blooming in our garden next year!
"You dig a hole in the ground then put the bulb in...flowers will grow" Oscar.
"...it goes this way round...this hairy bit at the bottom" Alfie.
Take a look at our photos!
Wow Walk! Looking for signs of Autumn!
Date: 2nd Nov 2020 @ 9:19pm
Luckily, Reception managed to dodge the rain and go for a walk around school today, looking for signs of Autumn. They explored the gardens to find out why there are lots of leaves on the ground in Autumn.
"They are all different colours...red, brown, orange, yellow" Alfie.
"They have died and fallen on the floor" Emily.
"In Autumn the leaves die and fall off the trees...they change colour...some still stay green" Leyton.
Date: 2nd Nov 2020 @ 10:47am
Date: 20th Oct 2020 @ 10:05pm
The children have been busy in the mud kitchen, using their motor skills to pour the mud, mix the mud into "soup" and chop up the left over carrots from snack time. They took care when doing this and held the knife safely and with increasing control.
