Welcome to Reception

Your class teachers are: Mrs Mason and Miss Savoy
Your classroom team are: Mrs Foster

Our Jubilee Celebrations

Summer 1

This term we will be learning about:

Spring Term 2

Growing and Changing

This term we will be learning about:

Spring term 2

Growing and Changing 

We began by listening to the story of Jack and the Beanstalk. We are learning to retell the story orally and adding actions.

Retelling the story using the Giant's Castle.

Building the Giant's Castle.

Jack stole the Giant's golden harp from the castle. We listened to some music played on a harp and then made our own golden harps. 

We drew and labelled story maps.

We celebrated Mother's day.

We observed the Spring all around us and were inspired to paint daffodils for our Easter Cards.

Easter fun time!

We went on an Easter egg hunt and then made Easter chocolate nests .

Spring Term 1

Walking in a Winter wonderland.

This term we will be learning about:

We began this half term  learning about the Artic. We found out where the Artic is by using a globe and a map. We found out what it would be like to live there and we packed a bag to go. After we explored the animals that live there including polar bears, artic foxes and whales. We learnt new vocabulary like camouflage, climate, Artic, poles, ocean and many animal names. Reception found out about the people who live there, the Inuit and Sami tribes in Norway and how they survive the extreme cold weather.

Antartica

Reception have been learning about Antartica, we learnt that Antartica is covered in ice and only a few animals live there. We learnt about penguins after reading the The Emperors Egg. We wrote, made and painted penguin. We also learnt about the lifecycle of a penguin.

What can penguins do ?

Chinese New Year 

We enjoyed celebrating Chinese new year and learning about how it is celebrated. this year is the year of the Tiger . We made lucky money purses, Chinese dragons , tasted Chinese food and loved dancing with ribbons to Chinese music. Reception enjoyed playing in the Chinese restaurant .

 We found golden coins in our lucky money purses.

Using chopsticks and ordering from the menu.

Writing our names in Chinese writing.

Chinese ribbon dancing 

Place and arranging Chinese dragons

Winter time.

We explored winter through the story of Percy the Park Keeper.

Can you make a home for the woodland animals to keep them safe from the snow?

Sketching winter trees after studying the artist Piet Mondrian

Can you make bird food to feed the birds in Winter time?

World Book Day 

We celebrated World Book Day by sharing some of our favourite stories. We love reading books together and are using our phonic skills to help us.

Autumn Term 2:

 Lets Celebrate!

This term we will be learning about:

Let's Celebrate...Diwali!

To begin our half term theme we celebrated Diwali. We listened to the story of Rama and Sita and acted it out. We loved listening to the story of the demon king with 10 heads! Using our creative skills we made mehndi patterns, Diwali cards and diva lamps.  we constructed bridges for Rama and Sita to cross over. We ended our week with Diwali dancing and eating Indian food to celebrate.

In maths this week we have been learning about prepositions and have described where objects are using on, under, behind, in front of and next to.

Let's Celebrate...Bonfire Night!

This week we celebrated Bonfire Night. We listened to the story of the Gunpowder Plot and acted it out. Using our creative skills we made firework pictures using different media. We worked together to build our own bonfire. We enjoyed singing songs, reading books and toasting marshmallows. 

In maths this week we have been learning about 4 and 5. 

Let's Celebrate...Birthdays!

Autumn Term 1:

 Into the Woods in the Autumn.

This term we will be learning about:

Our first few days in Reception...

We are so proud of the Reception children and the way they have  settled quickly into their new class . 

They have been finding out and exploring their new environment , showing curiosity whilst playing and exploring. 

The day the Owl Babies came to visit Reception.

We walked into the classroom and were amazed to see it was as dark as night. Three baby owls had flown in. Their names were Sarah, Percy and Bill and they had lost their Mummy.

Owl Babies.

Did you know owls are nocturnal and they fly silently and swiftly through the trees? They love to eat bugs and insects when they go hunting at night.

We have listened to the story, explored it through drama, writing ,  painting, placing and arranging  and drawing.

Fun in Forest school

Autumn time.

We have enjoyed reading lots of Autumn stories and exploring the changes around us. We made delicious vegetable harvest soup and went on an Autumn walk using our senses to look, listen, smell and touch.

 Room on the Broom 

 Reception had great fun exploring the story "Room on the Broom" by Julia Donaldson.

We carved a pumpkin, made witches, acted out the story, made broomsticks  and potions and then had a Halloween disco. Didn't we all look amazing!