Blog by Tag: Reception

This week in reception we have been reading ‘The Gingerbread Man’. Today in class we have made our own Gingerbread Men. We measured the ingredients, mixed them, rolled out the dough, cut out our own Gingerbread man and then we used icing to decorate it.

To mark World Mental Health Day, we all dressed in yellow to show our support. We discussed why being kind to everyone is so important. We coloured some pictures and gave them to our friends who are kind to us.

This week in reception we have been exploring simple patterns, copying and continuing simple patterns and creating simple patterns. Today Reception have made a fruit kebab, making their own pattern.

Reception really enjoyed multi skills this week with the coach. They played lots of fun games!

Reception enjoyed visiting our parish church of St. Mary’s. We talked about baptism, and they took part in role play to explore the different parts of baptism. Reception enjoyed their visit to church and were excited to find out more about baptism.
 

This week in RE, Reception have been learning that God made each one of us and we can be part of his family through baptism. We prepared snacks together as a way of taking care of ourselves, because we are special.

Reception have really enjoyed their first week at school. They have settled into their new routines and have enjoyed making friends.

Reception had fun on their end of year trip to Rookery Wood. They tried archery, climbed up walls and on frames, playing in the castle, went down slides and played lots of problem solving games. Even some rain in the morning didn’t stop us, as after lunch time, it was drier. A fun time for all and…

Today, in Reception class, we explored what happens when butter, chocolate, coconut oil and ice are left in the sunshine. We talked about solids turning to liquids and how they change shape when they melt. We finished off with ice lollies, that started as solids but quickly turned to liquids when…

To end our theme of ‘Commotion in the Ocean’ the children in Reception exploring some sea creatures, such as fish and prawns. They looked at the eyes, mouth, fins and legs and even made up some under the sea stories. 
 

Today, the Reception children have enjoyed their very own treasure hunt. They used a map of the outdoor area to locate the treasure chest where ‘X marks the spot’. They discussed which area each part of the map showed. Above all, it was lots of fun and enough treasure for everyone! 
 

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This week in Reception we have been making sun shadows. The children started with a sun shape that had the middle cut out and glued on a piece of coloured cellophane. They then added a stick to create a handle. If we hold them up they create a coloured shadow on the floor in the sun. Hopefully the…