Reception: Blog items
Date: 16th Dec 2019 @ 9:04pm
Today the children enjoyed having Christmas dinner. They took part in the Christmas traditions of pulling crackers, wearing festive jumpers, eating turkey and having fun with their friends. What a fabulous time everyone had!
Date: 13th Jan 2020 @ 8:50pm
This week the children in Holly Class had some icy surprises! The challenge was to get the objets out of the blocks of ice as quickly as possible but what would melt the ice the fastest? They used washing up liquid, sand paper, salt and warm water. We made our predictions and then set to work! We discovered that warm water melted the ice the quickest, correctly predicted by Hanasa, and sand paper and washing up liquid took the longest. The salt melted the ice almost as quickly as the warm water. Connor said, after predicting the salt would be the quickest, " I knew it was fast but warm water was quicker because it's warm".
"The ice is wet because it's melting" Kiera.
"When water is very cold it turns to ice" Lucas.
"The sun is warm and will melt ice" Mia
"The water in the tray is because the ice has melted" Rosalie.
Date: 10th Jan 2020 @ 8:32pm
Welcome back and look at our Winter Wonderland! Reception have been very busy learning about Winter, weather, snowmen and snowflakes- all through construction, art and design. We read Wintery stories and even wrote about what clothes would keep us warm in Winter, after sorting them into Summer and Winter clothes. Take a look at what we got up to...
Holly Class Forest School Fun!
Date: 18th Dec 2019 @ 8:19pm
It was a chilly afternoon but Holly Class need not worry- we made a fire to keep ourselves warm! How super exciting! We learnt about how to stay safe around a fire and were then able to toast marshmallows over it- we all agreed they tasted delicious, especially Mrs McAllister! Not only did we light a fire but we got to climb on planks over the mud and carry huge branches to make a den. It was a great way to end the half term before the Christmas holidays!
Christmas Parents Stay and Play!
Date: 19th Dec 2019 @ 8:11pm
Once again, the Reception parents and carers were invited in to school to look at all the fabulous learning the children had been doing over the last half term. The children were very excited to show their parents how they learn in class and had lots of fun teaching them how we learn hand writing, numbers and make Christmas crafts.
Christmas Parent Stay and Play
Date: 18th Dec 2019 @ 4:03pm
Once again, the Reception parent's were invited in to look at the children's fabulous learning. The children enjoyed showing off their work and teaching their parent's what they do at school.
Date: 9th Jan 2020 @ 9:16am
Spring 1 Topic Overview 2019/2020
Date: 9th Jan 2020 @ 9:14am
Date: 17th Dec 2019 @ 2:44pm
On Tuesday this week Reception, Year 1 and Year 2 performed their Nativity play in front of parents and carers. Reception performed 'The Wriggly Nativity' and Year 1 and Year 2 performed 'Miracle in Town'. Congratulations to our incredibly talented, confident and enthusiastic children who entertained us all with their singing, dancing and acting.
Everyone is different...but everyone is special!
Date: 14th Nov 2019 @ 8:10pm
Today the children in reception celebrated odd socks day by wearing odd sock to school. We talked about how the children are similar and different and the children made some fantastic comments. We used mirrors to look at our faces and discussed our likes and dislikes. Here are some of the comments that the children made.
"Ihave brown hair but Jazmine's is yellow. It's different to mine"
"Some people have glasses to see but I don't need them"
"Mrs Farley is taller than Mrs Clark"
"Some people have brown skin but they are still my friend because they like batman like me"
"If your different it doesn't matter. If we looked the same you wouldn't know who we was"
The children then enjoyed collaging and painting their very own odd socks!
If you go down to the woods today...
Date: 25th Nov 2019 @ 11:50am
...you may find Holly and Willow Class! On Tuesday and Wednesday, we travelled to Salisbury Woods to see what they looked like in Autumn. We noticed "lots of leaves everywhere" and they were "all different colours...orange, yellow, brown and red".
It was a bit chilly but luckily there had been no rain so the leaves were dry and crispy and "crunched" under our feet- some were even falling from the trees as we walked! "The leaves have died and are falling off the trees!" said Lucas. We collected leaves to bring back to school to make leaf rattles and leaf printing.
There's no such thing as a Gruffalo!
Date: 18th Nov 2019 @ 11:41am
Or is there? The children in Reception have been reading the Gruffalo story and learning about what he looks like.They have been singing the Gruffalo song, making play dough models, painting pictures and role playing in the Gruffalo cafe. They also wrote lists of food the Gruffalo may like to eat.
"Orange eyes and a green wart at the end of his nose" Jaz.
"Purple prickles down his back" Kyril
"A black tongue and terrible teeth and terrible toes" Rose
"Knobbly knees" Tobias.
Date: 12th Nov 2019 @ 8:07pm
It was a blustery day but the whole school remembered the fallen during a special Remembrance Service held outside the school, next to Boundary's Remembrance Garden. Prior to the service, Reception had been busy learning about why we wear poppies and had been involved in painting poppies, creating transient art poppies, collaging poppies and making poppy pictures on a light box. We had also taken part in the whole school art activity, attaching all our poppy art to the silhouette of a soldier which was then displayed in the hall.
Here are some photos of us planting poppies in the Boundary Remembrance Garden, creating a field of poppies on a light box and our display of artwork on our soldiers.
"We wear poppies to remember the soldiers who died" Rosalie.
Date: 12th Nov 2019 @ 7:17pm
The children have been busy making fireworks using play dough, creating transient art pictures, collaging rockets and even doing firework maths! They were so excited and could not wait to tell us about their fun filled night watching fireworks, using sparklers and eating hotdogs with their friends and families!
"I saw a rocket shoot up in the air and then it went whoosh!" Mia.
"I held my sparkler safely" Elsie.
"I watched them with my mummy, daddy, Isaac and Finley" Lucas.
Date: 5th Nov 2019 @ 7:54pm
This week in Reception our classroom has been transformed! The home corner became a haunted house where we could dress up as our favourite characters and create our own spooky narratives. In the maths area we have been counting different halloween objects including pumpkins, ghosts, spiders, bats and skeletons and ordering number correctly up to 20. We have also been carving pumpkins and talking about different ways we have celebrated halloween with our family and friends. At the creative table we have been using our knowledge of collage to make our very own spiders. At the phonics table we have been scooping different objects our of the silly soup cauldron and writing the words out using our phonic knowledge. What a busy week we have had! Come and have a look at our learning!
Date: 28th Oct 2019 @ 1:57pm
Autumn 2 Topic Overview 2019/20
Date: 28th Oct 2019 @ 1:55pm
Date: 15th Oct 2019 @ 7:34pm
Today Reception enjoyed a visit to St Mark's Church as part of our RE curriculum question 'What places are special in our community?'. The children were very excited to travel to the mini bus and meet Rev'red Peter. When we got to the church Peter showed the children all the different places in the church including the alter, the font and the pulpit. He talked to the children about the different things the church does to help the community as well as reason why it is a special place to Christians. The children then reflected of different places that are special to them. Here are some of the things the children said.
"My nana's house is special because she looks after me there and we do nice things together" Albie.
"This is a special place. My mummy and daddy got married here. We have a picture of it up" Megan.
"Church is special to me. I go with my brother Chidera:" Chisom
"My house is special because my mummy looks after me there" Kyril
"I go to special places with Rosie. We always have fun" Jazmine
Date: 8th Oct 2019 @ 12:39pm
This week were lucky enough to have a fantastic visit from SMJ Falconry who brought 4 owls; Midge, Molly, Ollie and Spud. We found out lots of interesting facts about the owls and even had the opportunity to hold on wearing a special glove. Back in the classroom we read the story Owl Babies, uses props and puppets to retell the story orally, made owls out of recycled materials, used play dough to make our own owls and built nest out of natural materials. We also drew the owls from the story and labelled them with the initial sound. What a busy week we have had!
Date: 6th Oct 2019 @ 8:30pm
This week Reception enjoyed the visit from the book bus and we all had the opportunity to have a look at the book available. Some of the children were lucky enough to buy their own books. We counted out our coins and paid for the book by ourselves. We can't wait to share our new books with our grown ups when we get home.
Date: 27th Sep 2019 @ 9:45pm
This week the children have been reading the story 'Rosie's Walk'. The children have enjoyed using the different props at the storytelling table to help them orally retell the story. The children also created their own story maps which included pictures from the story and even some children were beginning to label their work. We also enjoyed painted the different characters from the story, making and collaging our own foxes, practicing the use of prepositions and counting different objects from the story.Have a look at our wonderful learning!
Date: 16th Sep 2019 @ 12:33pm
It was the first week Reception children stayed for their dinner. Take a look at them tucking into and enjoying their food!
Date: 16th Sep 2019 @ 9:43pm
This week in Reception we have been thinking about ourselves and our families. We have been painting self portraits, making our faces using loose parts, drawing and labelling our families, role playing in our home corner and talking about all the special activities we do together as a family. We have thoroughly enjoyed getting to know the children further and finding out more about their families and friends.
"I have a dog called Hugo and it was his birthday. He was six. Me and mummy take him for walks" Albie
"My mummy has had the baby now. He called Ryder" Skylar
"In my house its me, mummy, daddy and my baby Nevaya" Callon
"I go on my horse. My mummy takes me to the stable" Alexander
Date: 15th Sep 2019 @ 7:14pm
The children have had a great first week in Reception! They have been busy exploring the classroom environment, making new friends and get use to the new rules and routines.
As part of the children's induction period we have been focusing on ensuring the children fully understand the classroom rules and expectations, can recognise their name on sight and can write it correctly forming their letters properly. The children have been working very hard and we are looking forward to having them in school next week for lunch.
Autumn 1 Topic Overview 2019/20
Date: 3rd Sep 2019 @ 9:42am
