Reception: Blog items
Date: 5th Feb 2024 @ 7:19pm
This half term, Reception have enjoyed staying for their first extra- curricular club- The Story Club!
Each week, they have chilled out on cushions, got cosy under throws and snuggled up to cuddly toys as they listened to a different Wintery story each week.
This was followed by colouring pictures from the story to take home and talk about with their families.
Date: 29th Jan 2024 @ 7:46am
This week Reception have had lots of fun in PE pretending to be super heroes!
They practiced their running, jumping and hopping skills and then went on to throwing and catching. They had to listen, take turns and try not to crash into each other.
Take a look at our photos.
Date: 22nd Jan 2024 @ 7:36am
This week 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.
"I have to hold my mummy's hand when I cross the road" Lucy.
"Zoe helps me cross the road safely when I come to school"
Date: 16th Jan 2024 @ 10:15am
The children in Reception were very excited this morning to find our outdoor area covered in white, fluffy snow. The children had a great time exploring the snow, making snow angels, sledging down the hill, build snowmen and even having a snowball fight.
Date: 15th Jan 2024 @ 12:34pm
This week the children have starting learning the phase 3 digraphs. The children have been busy applying their phonics knowledge when reading and writing in the areas. The children have been using their robot arms to orally segement the words and then finding the correct sound on the sounds mat. Have a look at some of our wonderful writing.
Date: 15th Jan 2024 @ 12:28pm
This week our classroom was transformed into a winter wonderland. We have had a lovely week exploring the season winter and discussing the changes that occur. The children have been busy completing lots of wintery activities including building Elsa, reading wintery stories, role playing in our winter house and exploring melting ice in the water.
"The temperature is very cold" Nikola
"It gets frosty" Levi
"The water freezes" Esmai
"It goes dark quickly" Elisha
Date: 22nd Dec 2023 @ 10:11am
This week Reception had their Christmas Party.
They had fun dancing, playing musical statues, musical bumps and pass the parcel. Everyone took turns and clapped the winners.
After the games we had some party food and then we were visited by a very special guest- Father Christmas! He had brought presents for everyone because they had all been good this year.
Merry Christmas to you all!
Date: 18th Dec 2023 @ 12:19pm
Over the past week the children have been learning about the story off first Christmas and why Christmas is an important time of year for Christians. We have been retelling the story in our own words at the story telling. We have also been practicing our nativty and learning our songs. We enjoyed performing to the other children in school and can wait to perform for our families and friends.
"Mary and Joseph had to go to Bethlehem" Isla
"There was no room so they went into a stable" Esmai
"Jesus was born in the stable" George
"The angels told the shepherds to go to see Jesus" Oliver
"The kings brought some presents; gold, frankinsence and myrrh"
Date: 18th Dec 2023 @ 11:58am
On Friday the children in Reception enjoyed taking parting in our interhouse competition organised by the Sports Council 'The Elf Olympics. The children worked in their house teams to complete a range of festive games including team relays races, a bauble and spoon race and dress the snowman. The children had a great time working together to earn point for their houses Chepstow, Bathurst, Rodwell and Elston. Well done everyone!
Reception Christmas Jumper Day
Date: 14th Dec 2023 @ 9:46pm
Today the children in schoool were invited by our school council to wear their Christmas Jumpers. Pupils donated £1 towards our chosen charity 'Brian House' . During Christmas Jumper Day the children enjoyed a delicious Christmas dinner including turkey, pigs in blanket and lots of delicious veggies. The children listened to Christmas songs, pulled crackers with their friends and toasted to the festivities. What a super day everyone had!
Date: 14th Dec 2023 @ 9:33pm
The children in Reception have been reading the story 'The Gingerbread Man'. They have been using the props at the story telling table to act out the story, making gingerbread men at the creative table, writing sentences about the story and exploring the composing of humbers up to 5 using the part part whole model. Have a lookat our learning
Reception- Christmas Is On It's Way!
Date: 8th Dec 2023 @ 7:49pm
The decorations are up, the tree is dressed and presents are wrapped! it's all happening in Reception this week.
Children have been working together, sharing ideas and using their critical thinking skills to get into the spiirit of Christmas. They have been using their fine motor skills to place baubles, tinsel and beads on the Christmas tree in the home corner and they have been measuring and cutting wrapping paper to wrap Christmas presents for each other.
Date: 29th Nov 2023 @ 12:26pm
This week the children have been reading the story 'Oliver's Wood' which is all about an owl called Olliver who stays up late on day and discovers the sun. He is so excited that he wants to tell his friends hedgehog and badger but they are all asleep. The children have enjoyed retelling the story and finding out more information about nocuturnal animals. The children we lucky enought to meet a real life hedgehog Norris from Blackpool Hedgehog Rescue. The children learnt about how to care for a sick hedgehog, how they use their sense to find food and what they like to eat. We followed up our visit by creating our own hedgehogs at the creative table and writing about them.
"Hedgehogs use their nose to sniff out food" Mathew
"They eat worms, slugs, beetles and snails" Hunter
"Don't feed them milk it makes them poorly" Summer G
"Hedgehogs are nocturnal" Isaac
"They come out at night and sleep in the day" Levi
Date: 29th Nov 2023 @ 12:08pm
Reception have been talking about the Hindu and Sikh celebration of Divali 'The Festival of Light". We talked about why the celbration was iimportant to them and how they prepared to it and celebrated with their families. We looked at some tradition Skih clothing, maki diva lamps and painted rangoli patterns.
"They decroate their homes for Divali" Sahiti
"Diva lamps go in the windows" Sid
"The make rangoli patterns rto welconme people to their house" Esmai
"They have a special dinner with thei family" Elisha
"They watch fireworks at night" Kisha
Reception- Switch Off Fortnight
Date: 24th Nov 2023 @ 5:59pm
This week Reception have taken part in Switch off Fortnight to try and save electricity, money and the planet from climate change.
Switching off lights when we are not in the room, turning off interactive screens when not in use and ensuring fewer electrical items are turned off at the plug socket, and not just on standby, are the main issues we are tackling in Reception now and for the rest of the year.
"I switch the lights off to save electricty" Lucy.
"Turn things off...turn off your laptop" George.
"I switch lights off at home" Esmai.
Date: 24th Nov 2023 @ 5:44pm
On Thursday, Reception took part in Forest School. It was a windy day but that didn't stop us wrapping up warm and venturing outside to search for animal footprints, insects and spinkle seeds to feed the birds.
We collected sticks to make a huge nest which we decided would be perfect for a big bird , such as an eagle and listened to a story and played some games too.
Reception There's no such thing as a Gruffalo
Date: 21st Nov 2023 @ 6:13pm
The children in Reception have been reading the story 'The Gruffalo'. They have been using props at the storytelling table to retell the story, using loose parts to make their own Gruffalo models, making repeated patterns using autumnal objects, completing Gruffalo themed maths activities, making lists of the Gruffalo's favourite food and making Gruffalo food outside in the mud kitchen. What a busy week! Have a look at our wonderful learning.
Date: 21st Nov 2023 @ 6:07pm
Today the children in Receptiom enjoyed sharing their learning with their parents and carers. The children showed their adults how they complete their daily challenge and mini me, how they use the continuos provision and how they follow the classroon rules and routines. We hsd a fabulous turn out and the children had a great time!
Date: 21st Nov 2023 @ 4:39pm
Friday 17th November was Children In Need.
Children could join in and raise money for the charity by paying £1 to wear an item that was spotty.
In the afternoon the whole school came together for a special assembly to learn about how the money raised was spent and ended with everyone dancing to the popular song 'YMCA' .
Date: 13th Nov 2023 @ 9:13pm
Today in Reception the children have been celebrating everyones differences by wearing odd socks. We talked about how everyone looks different, lkes different things and wears different clothes. We discussed how being different makes us all unique. We learnt the phrase "Everyone is different but everyone is special". The children used the different resources at the creative table to make their own odd socks.
In the afternoon we explored the importance of having kind words and actions and the characteristics of a good friend. The children created their own faces in the style of Andy Warhol. The talked about how all people look different and have different coloured skin, har and eyes and how it is important we are kind to them regardless of this.
"You have to have kind words" Hunter
"Some people look different but we still have to be kind to them" Levi
Date: 10th Nov 2023 @ 10:19am
This week the children in Reception have been learning about Remembrance Day.
They started the week with their first visit to the hall for assembly about why we wear poppies, they also learnt about events that happened in the past in Blackpool, where they live.
Throughout the week, they were very busy painting and collaging poppies and also labelling poppies they had drawn. Some of their work was then placed on a sillhouette solldier to be displayed in the hall.
Finally, on Friiday, they joined the whole school by planting a hand made poppy in the Boundary Remembrance Garden, followed by an outdoor whole school Remembrance Service.
Reception Celebrating Bonfire Night
Date: 10th Nov 2023 @ 10:07am
This week the children in Reception have been talking about why people celebrate bonfire night and how this is linked to events in the past. We talked about how events in the past can impact the present day. We dicussed different customs and routines within families and the importance of keeping ourselves safe whilst we enjoy the celebrations. The children enjoyed getting creative making their own bonfire night pictures and fireworks.
"I have a fire and marshmellows in my garden" Levi
"You have to wear gloves with sparklers" Esmai
""I'm going to watch the fireworks with mummy" Summer
Date: 5th Nov 2023 @ 9:53pm
This week Reception have been having a spooky time in class!
We listened to the story Room on the Broom, had fun retelling it at the story table, made repeating patterns on a witches hat, and also using spooky objects, painted pumpkins and spiders and wrote CVC words from the story too.
Ouside the children carved pumpkins and made spooky potions.
Date: 1st Nov 2023 @ 8:57pm
Reception have been practicing recognising numbers 1-10,matching objects to its cardinal value and putting them in the correct order. We have also been making AB repeated patterns using spooky objects.
Date: 1st Nov 2023 @ 8:47pm
The children in Reception were lucky enough to use our Now Press play head phones and go on a virtual adventure. The children listened carefully and followed the narrators instructions as they became the character of Little Red Riding Hood. They made cakes for Grandma, went for a walk trhough the forest and even met the big bad wolf. All the children demonstrated excellent listening skills.
