Author Archives: Kirsty Storey
Bonfire day!
In reception we celebrated bonfire night in lots of ways. We learnt about Guy Fawkes and a little bit about what happened hundreds of years ago. We then looked at fireworks and talked about the colours and shapes. We … Continue reading
Feeding the birds!
As you know, we work hard in Reception making sure our fingers are ready for writing! We build up our strength by joining in with ‘finger gym’ challenges. One of the challenges was to thread Cheerios (the cereal) onto string! … Continue reading
Owls in Reception
As we continue to learn about the season of Autumn, the children took an interest in owls. We read the story Owl Babies and the children have loved acting out parts, especially the part of Bill! When we changed … Continue reading
Oh help! Oh no! It’s a Gruffalo
In reception we have enjoyed reading the Gruffalo. We have cut out our own terrible eyes, tusk and teeth to make a Gruffalo face. We’re trying hard carefully holding scissors and cutting along the lines as you can see. Some … Continue reading
Bonjour Reception
For European languages day reception looked at France. We learnt how to say hello and goodbye, even how to count to three! We made flags and held our own ‘tour de France’ in the afternoon! The children really got into … Continue reading
Guess who?!
Look at our fabulous paintings of our first day in Reception
Welcome to Reception
Well done to all of the children who started school today. We had a brilliant day! Everybody entered the classroom with a lovely smile, even the children who were a little unsure soon settled into their new class. All the … Continue reading
Welcome Back Reception!
Hello 🙂 Welcome back to your final term in Reception! We are in for a very busy, but still very fun 7 weeks. Please keep checking bags, daily for updates on dates, sports days, trips etc. I have attached a … Continue reading
Reception’s Assembly
A huge well done to the children who took part in our assembly on Friday! You had a lot to learn and you did an amazing job remembering it all. I’m sure all of the grown ups who came to … Continue reading
Reception are busy bees!
As you are aware the children have been learning about minibeasts. Not only have we been practising for our assembly – learning our dance, remembering our words and where we have to go, but we have also been busy completing … Continue reading