Category Archives: Reception

In our classroom we have some Christmas themed provision out. We have the nativity story out in small world, decorating the Christmas tree, Santas grotto where the children are enjoying dressing up as rudolf, an elf and Father Christmas, we … Continue reading →

To all the parents who were able to attend our workshop, thank you for giving up your time and I hope you found it useful. At the workshop, we briefly talked through how we teach phonics to your children At … Continue reading →

We are very proud of the children’s tribute to the soldiers. We think their Poppy’s look beautiful on the window, we hop you have enjoyed looked at them too.

We looked at the festival – Diwali. Diwali is a festival that Hindus and Sikhs celebrate. We looked at the different traditions that take place and the story of Rama and Sita. The children made some wonderful Diya lamps – … Continue reading →

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 →

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 →

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 →