Reception
Welcome to Reception Class!
The adults in the room are:
Miss Fletcher, Miss Joles & Miss Wilson.
March 2025
The next celebration we have been looking at is the Hindu festival of Holi.
The children have been enjoying exploring powder paint in the provision and then used special safe coloured powder to throw in the sky as it represents new beginnings and spring.
World Book Day.
Here we are in our favourite costumes from characters in books.
We got to meet author, Liz Ansell, who came to do special activities and workshops with us.
The children get to learn about a variety of celebrations and festivals in school. Currently, we are looking at Ramadan. The children have enjoyed a variety of tasks, learning about different communities and their beliefs. We were very lucky to have a special guest speaker, Asad’s mummy, who kindly came in to speak to Reception about their Muslim celebration and the reasons why they fast.
Pappadoms, the Indian takeaway in Milton, have once again kindly given meals and snacks to staff and the children all over schools and hospitals in Weston. The children were treated to some chicken tikka, spring rolls and samosas. As part of their Ramadan celebration, the Pappadoms owners decide to give back food to the Weston community. What lovely, tasty treats enjoyed by all!
Here we are making collages and creating a variety of buildings with the resources and playdough. We also had a go at making artistic Mendi patterns for hands. 🖐️
Spring is in its way! The children spotted daffodils growing in the garden and we used their ideas to bring some learning to class. They painted and made daffodils with card. 🍃 🌼 ☀️
February 2025
Our new book is ‘Supertato’, by Sue Hendra & Paul Linnet.
Here we are using garden peas to scoop, pinch, squeeze and investigate.
During busy learning, we enjoyed building using the natural resources to create our own zoo.
January 2025
We have been practising some brilliant sentence writing. Look at our special display where we showcase our amazing work!
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Look at these number lines and number sequences some of our children did independently! They are proudly displayed in our classroom.
We are learning the story of ‘The Colour Monster’, by Anna Llenas.
We have been exploring our emotions and thinking of occasions when we have felt happiness, anger, fear, sadness & calm.
🇨🇳 🎊 Chinese New Year is impending! Here we are creating lanterns, making snips and enhancing our scissor skills. ✂️
Within the Reception curriculum there are seven areas of learning. These are:
- Maths
- Literacy
- Understanding the world
- Personal, social and emotional development
- Expressive arts
- Physical development
- Communication and language
How do we support these areas of learning in play? These photos demonstrate the children busy in play, learning so much as they explore their classroom...
How can you help at home?
- Reading books at least once a day. This can just be enjoying a book and looking at the pictures, not always reading the whole thing
- Pointing out words in the environment
- Sounding out words, such as; can you see the c-a-t?
- Singing nursery rhymes e.g. 1,2,3,4,5 once I caught a fish alive
- Counting EVERYTHING! Socks, sweets, birds, cars etc
- Writing your child's name with them
- Allowing your child to help with tasks such as baking, cooking
- Playing games such as I spy