Reception: Blog items
Reception Music during Spring Term
Date: 26th Mar 2025 @ 11:39pm
We began this term by learning lots of winter songs. Snowflakes, Snowflakes and I’m a Little Snowman were some of our favourites. We learnt songs and explored music linked with Chinese New Year. Recently we have focused on learning animal songs. We all love Tiger, Tiger Orange and Black and Walking Though the Jungle. We continue to learn lots of Nursery Rhyme and songs to help with speaking, phonics as well as our musical understanding.
We can now name many percussion instruments and have experimented playing maracas, claves, drums, glockenspiels and tambourines. We can stop and start together and can nearly keep a steady beat as a class!
Date: 26th Mar 2025 @ 4:08pm
This week the children have enjoyed exploring the season of spring. As part of our learning we went on a sping walk around the school grounds to spot the different signs of spring. The children working in pair to tick off what they saw. We spotted pink blossom growing on the trees, daffodils growing by the pond, buds on the trees and frogspawn in the pond. We were even lucky enough to see a see life frog.
"The blossom grows on the trees" Dennis
"I can see a bird in the nest" Kevin
"The frog lays frogspawn in the pond" Freyja
Reception Animals and their habitats
Date: 20th Mar 2025 @ 9:43pm
As part of our learning about animals, today we had a visit from the fabulous Teach Rex. We had a special assembly where we were lucky enough to meet Thomas the Gorilla. We listened carefully to a story about Thomas and his family and participated in some different games to find out more about where he lives and the different foods he eats. When we when back to the classroom we further explored different animal habitats. We sorted different animals to the correct habitat and discuss why lived in this environment. We also had the opportunity to meet Rodger the Sloth and Derek the Cherokee. We has a fabulous time learning about the diffeerent animals.
"Sloths live in the rainforest" Dennis
"The gorilla had black fur" Aurora
"Thomas lives int he rainforest" Kamiyah
"Lions and elephants live in the savanna. It's hot there" Kevin
"Camels live in the desert. They have water in their humps" Freyja
Reception Learn about becoming a vet
Date: 20th Mar 2025 @ 9:33pm
This half term the children in Reception have been learning about a range of different animals. As part of our learning we have been finding out the role of a vet; what their job entails, why their job important and where they might work. We have watched somw short clips of vets in practice and found out their work will all different animals including pets, farm animals and even zoo animals.We have been using a classroom role play area to use our imagination create our own scernios that a vet may face at work. We learnt lots of new words and used them whilst role playing.
"I think this dog needs an x-ray. I think he leg is broken" Kevin
"I'm putting a bandage on the cat" Dina
"He has a sore ear, I'mchecking it" Myla-Gray.
"What time is your appointment" Malaki
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Reception Willow Class visit Blackpool Zoo
Date: 19th Mar 2025 @ 4:07pm
Willow Class had a brilliant time on Tuesday when we went to visit Blackpool Zoo. We were very excited to get our wager proofs and wellies on and venture out to the zoo on our school minibus. The sun was shining and the children behaved impeccably all day. They enjoyed exploring the zoo and finding out about all the different animals. We saw the elephants, tigers, lions, giraffes, gorilla, camels and lots of different types of monkeys. We were even lucky enough to have a classroom session where the children learnt about different animals and their habitats. The children also had an opportunity to look at a range of different animal artefacts including different fur and feather, animal skulls, egg, bones and teeth. The children tried to guess which animal the artefacts belonged to and what it's habitat was!
Date: 17th Mar 2025 @ 11:29am
This morning the children in Reception enjoyed sharing their learning about animals with their parents and carers. It was lovely to see so many parents in school supporting their child's learning. The children enjoyed showing their grown up how they complete their challenge and 'mini me' independently as well as demonstrating how we use the continuous provision and access our outdoor area responsibily
Date: 14th Mar 2025 @ 7:48pm
The whole school has been involved in cleaning up the litter around school this week. Reception have a weekly litter pick in their outdoor area to ensure it stays clean and tidy but decided they wanted to help clean the front of school too. They set out Thursday afternoon with their litter pickers and had a great time removing all the litter that had been dropped or blown into our school.
Date: 14th Mar 2025 @ 7:38pm
Reception have been embracing Waste Week and learning to recognise different types of materials that can be recycled.
They had to look at the waste being recycled and decide if it was plastic or paper or cardboard. They then talked about how these items can be recycled and made into new items, such as paper being recycled into paper towels.
Date: 7th Mar 2025 @ 11:55am
Reception had a fabulous time celebrating World Book Day. The children enjoyed dressing up as their favourite book character including Zog, Matilda, Spiderman, Alice in Wonderland, Mary Poppins and The Tiger who came to tea. Throughout the day we enjoyed sharing lots of different stories and even enjoyed spending some times in our school libray 'The Attic'. The children also enjoyed making their own book marks and drawing and writing about their favourite stories.
Date: 7th Mar 2025 @ 10:43am
This week the children in Reception have been making pancakes. We talked about the tradition of pancake day how some people decide to give something up, during the Christain period of Lent. The children then enjoyed following a recipe to make and then eat their own pancakes. When we returned to the classroom we sequenced the pictures correctly and wrote our own insgtructions.
"You have to mix the eggs, milk and flour with a whisk" Harley
"Cook it in a frying pan" Dina
"The pancakes were yummy. I liked the chocolate the best" Kevin.
Reception Goldilocks and the Three Bears
Date: 27th Feb 2025 @ 1:47pm
This week we have been reading the story "Goldilocks and the Three Bears'. The children have been been busy completing lots of different activities based around the story. The children have enjoyed writng about the story and character, retelling the story at the storytelling table, collaging their own bears using a range of materials, making different sized bears out of playdough and using the lego to make beds and chairs for the the bear. They have also been ordering bears up to 10, comparing different quantitiees of bears using the vocabularly more than or less than andexploring number bonds to 5 and ten at our Goldilocks themed maths table.
Date: 27th Feb 2025 @ 11:59am
This week the children we invited to bring their favourite teddy to school. Our focus was to compare how teddies have changed and evolved over time. Mrs Clark brought a very old traditional teddy bear in from home and the children identified siliarities and differences with their bear. We recapped some key vocabularly 'past' and 'present' and used these words to create our own sentences.
"My teddy is different because it has sequins on it"
"Teddy bears from the present can be different colours"
"My teddy is a Ninja Turtle. They only made bears in the past"
As a follow up activity the children collaged their own traditional teddy bear at the creative table, sorted pictures correctly into past and present and dreew and labelled their bears explaining to an adult how it was similiar or different to Mrs Clarks.
Date: 11th Feb 2025 @ 12:18pm
Today we have been learning about how to keep ourselves safe online.
It started with a whole school assembly and then we read a story in class too. After we had discussed who our trusted adult was, we then drew pictures and wrote labels and sentences about who our trusted adults were.
"I would tell my Mum and Dad" Dina.
"Never speak to anyone you don't know if you're playing a game on your mum's phone" Harry.
"They are still strangers even if you are playing a game on the internet" Hazel.
Reception Exploring Composition of Numbers to 10
Date: 11th Feb 2025 @ 12:01pm
In maths we have being using different models and images to explore the composition of numbers up to 10. We have used tens and fives frames, the part part whole model and numicon to support your learning. Some of the children even recorded their work as calculations.
Reception Caring Friendship and our Families
Date: 11th Feb 2025 @ 11:44am
During RSE week the chuldren in Reception have been talking about and learning about different families. We discussed how families can be similiar and how they can be different. We also explored what a 'caring friendship' is and what it means to be a good friend. We talked about the importance of sharing, turn taking, listening and using kind words and behaviours. We read a story about Heckle and Ezra which explored the importance of sharing, saying sorry if we do somthing wrong and forgiving people. the children made crowns which they shared with their friends just like Heckle and Ezra. We also explored different emotions and how we can successfully manage these emotions at home and at school.
"A good friend shares their toys and doesn't snatch them" Kevin
"I'm sharing my crown with Jayden" Oscar
"I can do my breathing to help me calm down" Kayden
Date: 7th Feb 2025 @ 10:51am
The children in Reception have had a fantastic time mastering the art of riding balance bikes. They have learnt the importance of wearing a helmet to keep safe, listening to instructions aswell as devloping essential skills like balance, co-ordination and confidence.
Date: 30th Jan 2025 @ 1:33pm
Reception has been celebrating the Chinese New Year. We read the book The Chinese New Year Race and learned how every animal earned their place in the Chinese zodiac, made Chinese dragons, Chinese lanterns and took part in our very own Chinese dragon dance.
"The rat won the race- he climbed on the ox's back" Kayden.
"This year it is the year of the snake" Kevin.
"I like rice and sweet and sour sauce... that's Chinese food" Matilda
Date: 28th Jan 2025 @ 12:03pm
As part of our learning around 'Chinese New Year' the children have been making their own dragon puppets. They have been using lots of different skills that they have learnt since September to help them fix, join and assemble their puppet. The children worked independently and produced some fantastic work.
Date: 24th Jan 2025 @ 12:07pm
Reception had a great time this week when Travelling by Tuba visited our school.
They listened to the different sounds instruments make, some made a high pitch sound and others a low pitch sound. They clapped their hands and knees to the beat, looked at historical instruments and other instruments from around the world.
Dan Worsley's Storytelling Assembly
Date: 21st Jan 2025 @ 8:03pm
Today the children in EYFS and Key Stage one participated in a special storytelling assembly led by one of our school's favourite author's Dan Worsley. During the assembly, Dan put on the superpowered storytelling waistcoat and used a variety of props to perform one of his weird and wacky ‘Impossible Tales’. The children were engrossed while Dan took them on an adventure meeting the 'Boss Pirate' and enjoyed thoroughly enjoyed participating at different of the story . All the children listened carefully and were an absolute credit to Boundary.
Reception- PE with Blackpool Football Club
Date: 17th Jan 2025 @ 10:57am
This half term, the children in Reception have been enjoying a PE session with Gaz from Blackpool Football Club.
Each week they learn a different fundamental skill linked to their physical and communication and language development.
They have to listen to and follow the instructions given, take turns, negotiate space and obststacles within that space and then coordinate their bodies so they can move in different ways and throw, catch and dribble a ball.
Date: 14th Jan 2025 @ 7:12pm
This week in school, it has been road safety week and Reception have been learning how to keep safe and be responsible when crossing the road.
They had a special visitor from Zoe our crossing patrol warden or, as we like to say, our lollypop lady!
We all learnt that we have to :
1- Find a safe place to cross.
2- Stay on the curb.
3- Look both ways.
4- Listen for the traffic.
5-Then walk sensibly across the road.
"Look both ways when you cross the road" Dennis
"Be sensible when crossing the road- walk don't run" RJ
"Always hold hands with an adult" Riley- Ella
Date: 13th Jan 2025 @ 4:53pm
This week some of the children have been lucky enough to meet 'Bailey' our school therapy dog. The children have enjoyed interacting with Bailey, playing games with her and even getting her to do some tricks. We look forward to spend more time with Bailey over the next few weeks.
"She sits when I give her a treat" Harry
"I gave Bailey a high five" Oakley
"She had to wait for her treat when we counted to ten" Kayden
Date: 13th Jan 2025 @ 4:49pm
Over the next few week the children are going to be learning about the season of Winter. We will be looking for for signs of winter in our outside area and making observations about what how the weather and temperature has changed. This week the children were lucky enough to enjoy the snow and take part in lots of wintery games outside including sledging down our hell and making snowmen.
"I|t might snow in Winter" Dennis
"The trees are bare and have no leaves" Lily-Mae
"It is every cold so you wear a hat and scarf" Aurora
Reception- Christmas Party Time!
Date: 18th Dec 2024 @ 12:09pm
Today it is our Christmas party!
We all came to school wearing our party clothes and had lots of fun playing games, dancing and eating party food. We took turns passing the parcel and were respectful when playing musical statues and musical bumps. Then, at the end of the party, Father Christmas gave us a surprise visit- bringing a present for every child!
Everyone had such fun!
Merry Christmas!
