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Reception News

Rec/Y1

7 October 15

Number of the Week: 5. We have been learning about our 5 senses this week. Year 1 have been listening to and writing poems based on the senses. Reception have also been exploring their ‘Taste’ sense with an afternoon of…

Forest School Reminder

2 October 15

The children in Reception, Year 1 and Year 2 will be visiting Forest School next Friday 9th October. Don’t forget to bring wellies and coats into school. If any parents would like to join us on our visits to Forest…

This week in year 2…

2 October 15

This week we have been continuing with our work on Traditional and Fairy Tales. We have been finding out about different versions of stories, e.g. audio versions, and discussing which versions we prefer. In Maths this week we have been…

Rec/Y1

30 September 15

No-bot the Robot has been our focus book this week. In Maths we have been using squares and rectangles to create our own robots. In Literacy we have been thinking of adjectives to describe our robots. Year 1’s have also been…

Rec/Y1

25 September 15

This week we have been focusing on the story ‘Goldilocks and the Three Bears’. We have enjoyed retelling the story with masks and puppets. Year 1 have also been thinking of alternative endings to the story. We have enjoyed singing…

Reception Reminder

16 September 15

Please remember to bring in 3 photographs: one of you as a baby, toddler and now for next Monday (21st). Many thanks.

Welcome to Reception / Year 1

16 September 15

Week beginning 14th September 2015 Activities this week have been based around our focus book ‘Noah’s Ark’. Year 1 have been retelling the story and have produced some sentences based on their favourite part of the story. Reception have enjoyed retelling the…

Welcome to Year 2

15 September 15

Last week it was lovely to see you all looking refreshed and ready for the new school year! We were learning all about the brain and having a growth mindset, and this week we will be putting it into action…

DISNEY DAY!

8 July 15

The infants have had so much fun today celebrating Disney Day! In the morning we worked in groups to complete four activities based on the Disney films: Frozen, Peter Pan, Cars and Planes. For a playtime treat the children enjoyed…

Rec/Y1 update…

19 June 15

This week has been the final week of our ‘Animal Allsorts’ topic.

Year 1 have been creating Animal fact files, with the help of non-fiction books and the internet.

In Maths both Reception and Year 1 have been focusing on ordering Days of the Week and Months of the Year. Year 1’s have also been telling the time to the nearest quarter of an hour as well as learning about 1/4, 1/2 and 3/4 turns. To listen to the ‘Months of the year’ song we have been learning click here

A couple of weeks ago Reception were very excited and amazed when they watched Year 3/4 re-enacting a battle on the playground, displaying impressive shields. Reception have enjoyed making their own shields this week!