Reception: Blog items
There Was A Green Hill Far Away.
Date: 26th Mar 2021 @ 4:51pm
This week Reception have been learning about why Christians celebrate Easter. We created a picture of the cross on the hill that Jesus was crucified on. We then placed it in our Celebrations box.
"Jesus died on the cross" Toby.
"Jesus was crucified" Leyton.
Date: 22nd Mar 2021 @ 8:07pm
As a class we have been talking about the different changes we have noticed over the past few weeks. These have included; new plants growing, buds on trees, daffodils in our garden, blossom on trees and new life. This afternoon the children paired up and went outside with their clip boards to complete their spring checklist in the forest school area. The children enjoyed looking around the forest school area to find different signs of spring.
"Look Mrs Clark, a bird has made a nest in the tree. The birds are going to lay their eggs" Elliott
"The blossom is growing on the trees" Ellie-Mae
"The trees have buds on them. The leaves are going to grow" Harley-May
"The temperature is warmer today" Ella-Rose
Making animal habitats at Forest School
Date: 19th Mar 2021 @ 10:10am
This week at Forest School the children enjoyed learning about animals and their habitats. We talked about different habitas and what animals need to survive. The children then worked together to collect sticks, leaves, grass and stones in their buckets and used them to create their own animal homes.
"I'm putting leaves in mine to keep the animals warm" Ellie-Mae
"We are sticking the sticking in the ground to make a wall" Arthur.
Then we explored the Forest School area and looked for different animal footprints in the mud.
Afterwards we were made a fire to boil the water ready for our warm vimto drink. We talked about how to keep ourselves safe whilst making a fire. The we discussed the three different elements we need to make a fire; heat, wood and air.
"Lisa wears a special fire glove so she doesn't burn her hand' Lyra-Rose
"Never go in the middle of the circle beacuse you might get burnt" Oscar.
At the end of the session we enjoyed a lovely drink of warm vimto and sang some songs around the fire.
Date: 17th Mar 2021 @ 5:25pm
This week we have been continuing our animal topic by looking at animal patterns, making animal and repeating patterns, sorting animals (by the number of legs, climate, patterns) and reading the book Brown Bear, Brown Bear What Do You See? by Eric Carle.
We still continued to look for signs of Spring and drew pictures, wrote words, captions and sentences to capture these experiences.
Date: 14th Mar 2021 @ 2:00pm
What a great first week back we have had in Reception. The children have settled back into school and are eager to learn. This week we have introduced our new topic 'Let's Go Wild' and the children have enjoyed learning about different animals, what they need to survive and the different habitats they live in. We have also been busy in continuous provison making animals, practicing our reading, writing sentences, comparing and ordering numbers and role playing animal stories with our friends. Have a look at some of our amazing work!
Holly Class Forest School Fun!
Date: 11th Mar 2021 @ 8:47pm
It was a very breezy day but Holly Class wrapped up warm and ventured out to take part in Forest School.
First, we warmed up by playing running games and hide a seek and then we used our beady eyes to look for circles in the environment. We found them everywhere, on a bench, on logs and canes, at the bird stop, in plant pots and even in the pond (which had lots of frog spawn!). We then went exploring, trampiing through the soggy grass, raking the mud to plant grass seeds and building towers and seats to sit on using the logs. Alfie even found a frog! The children worked together, helping each other to lift, build, carry and explore.
By the time it was time to go, we were all very muddy and and very hungry. Before we went to lunch, Mrs McAllister hosed all the children down which was to their absolute delight!
Date: 8th Mar 2021 @ 9:51pm
What a wonderful day we had today! Everyone settled back into our class routines so smoothly- lining up in the payground this morning, listening and sitting sensibly during assembly and sharing their lockdown stories with their friends.
We had fun learning about our new topic 'Let's Go Wild!' and even had an animal treasure hunt outiside in the afternoon. Take a look at some of the activites we did today, including reading and writiing, ordering numbers and matching quantities and creating animal patterns.
Date: 8th Mar 2021 @ 8:26pm
What a fantastic day Willow Class have had back at school. The children came in smiling eager to get learning. They lined up beautifully outside and enjoyed sharing their lockdown stories with their teacher and friends over breakfast. The children had a great time finding out all about our new topic 'Let's Go Wild' and even enjoyed an animal treasure hunt in the garden in the afternoon. They enjoyed working in the different areas of the classroom; practicing our reading, writing words and captions at the phonics table, exploring the spring table, painting, ordering numbers and counting out the correct quantity. What a great start everyone!
Date: 17th Jan 2021 @ 5:06pm
Star of the Week goes to Elliott this week for showing commitment and dedication to his home learning, going above and beyond in all areas. Elliott has completed all the home learning tasks as well as completing additional reading and writing activities with his mum. A huge well done! Keep up the hard work, we are very proud of you!
Holly Class Star of the Week- Toby!
Date: 15th Jan 2021 @ 2:02pm
Star of the Week goes to Toby this week for working hard every day. He is completing all of his home learning and uploading super videos of himself reading and talking and we love seeing the photos of his writing and art. Well done!
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...?
