Reception

Welcome to Reception Class! 

The adults in the room are:

Mrs Metcalfe, Miss Joles, Mrs Causon-Butler, Miss Bastin, Mrs Robinson and Mrs Brown. 

WB Monday 8th July

This week is SPORTS WEEK! We have had lots of fun and we can not wait for our Sports Day on FRIDAY. We have been very lucky and had lots of fun joining in with a scooter workshop. Check us out on the scooters:

WB Monday 1st July

This week we have been busy working on our fine motor skills, we have been practising threading a shoe lace through the cardboard shoes. Some of us have also been practising how to tie a shoe lace.

We have also been practising our different events for our sports day. We can't wait to show our parents and families how amazing we are!

We have also been speaking about the changes of going into Year One. We have been visiting Year One on a Friday afternoon to read a story and allow your child to get familiar with their new surroundings. 

WB Monday 24th June

This week we have been learning all about 2D and 3D shapes. We are becoming amazing at recognising them and knowing their names. We then also started to explore how different shapes move, and what shape would be the best shape to make a sleigh. We had to draw ourselves and then test out the different objects.

This week we also went to see our new classroom and spend all morning in Year One. We got to sit at the new tables and explore the area. We have been going to Year One every Friday for a story, to get us used to our new surroundings.

WB Monday 17th June

This week we've been looking at the story, 'The boy who harnessed the wind'. We were fascinated by the wind turbines he made to create electricity, that we decided to make our own windmills.

We have also been making the most of the sunshine this week, and have been enjoying our garden area.

In Maths this week we have been looking at making equal groups. We have been amazing at this and have even learnt a new word. The word we have learnt is remainder. 

WB Monday 10th June

This week we have been very busy pretending to be the Little Red Hen. We have had lots of fun making some bread. We all had a go at kneading the dough, and we then took the dough to the kitchen to be baked. At snack time we have enjoyed eating our bread we made.

We have also had lots of fun exploring the new items in our home corner. We have enjoyed making cups of tea and having a tea party, whilst also trying on some new clothes.

Look at our amazing designs we made, using the hammers and nails.

WB: Monday 3rd June

This week we have been looking at capacity in Maths, we have learnt what capacity means and have been making predictions on how many spoonfuls it will take us to fill the capacity of the pot.

WB: Monday 20th May

This week we have been looking at symmetry, we have been focusing on butterflies and making sure they have the same pattern on each side.

We have shown great interest in building our own structures. We turned the playground into a building site, and the children got to work making their own buildings and structures. Look how fantastic they are!

We have also been busy learning the story 'The little red hen', we have learnt the story and have also learnt some actions to help us. We can not wait to show you are performance.

WB: Monday 13th May 2024

We have been busy making our garden look beautiful, we have been planting lots of different plants. We have also been going on a hunt to find things around the garden. We have been enjoying the sun shine when it makes an appearance. 

We heard a lovely story about a cheeky sunshine that did not want to go to sleep. We then created our own sunshines using out fine motor skills to manipulate the plasticine. We have also been practicing writing the letter S and writing things about the Sun.

We have also been learning all about Seagulls, you may of heard us speak about Sandra and Steven the Seagulls that like to visit us everyday in the playground. This week we have been sculpting our own Seagulls using clay. We have been trying to make lots of curves when sculpting. The word curved is also our word of the week!

Here are a few of the activities we have been doing this week:

WB: Monday 6th May 2024

This week we have been making the most of the beautiful weather. We have been busy buying plants in the garden centre. We have enjoyed playing with the water and painting the fences. We have also been sorting the bean bags and making one more and one less. Check out our hopscotch we made with the tiles, we had to make sure the numbers were in the right order.

In Maths this week we have been looking at addition and using our mathematical language, first, then and now to explain our number sentences. We have been using objects to help us count.

WB: 29/04/2024

We have been very busy making different obstacle courses in our garden area. Have a look at the different ones we have created.

We have also enjoyed making play dough this week. We have had to follow different instructions to make sure we get it right. We also had a go at mixing the mixture.

W.B: 22.04.2024

This week we have been busy exploring. We have been on a nature walk, and collected different resources a long the way. We collected, sticks, leaves, flowers and even found some feathers. After we used our imagination and made different things with the items we found. We had stick men, stick ladies, paintbrushes, unicorns and we even made some letters using the items.

Look at our amazing Maths. We have been busy writing number sentences and we have also been using our eyes to subitise. 

We have also had lots of fun exploring the different areas in our outside space.

WB 15.04.2024

We have had a great start to Term 5, the children have been making relationships with their new teacher Mrs Metcalfe. We have been busy learning all about spring and our new story 'Bloom' by Anne Booth. We have also been planting our own seeds, and can not wait to watch them grow.

We have also been exploring our outside area, and using different resources to play noughts and crosses.

This week we have been exploring new words and what they mean. This week our word is layers. Here are some photos of us creating layers.

WB 25.3.24

We have been making Easter nest cakes! 🪺 We stirred our mixture of rice crispies and discussed how the chocolate melts once it is warm. We then used a spoon to scoop into the cake case.