Screen time for children in reception
***IMPORTANT***
The World Health Organization (WHO) have reported that children under five should spend less time sitting looking at screens, and more time being physically active to grow up healthy. Children develop very quickly in early childhood, so it’s important they’re encouraged to live…
Understanding the World - Celebrating Easter and visiting our local church.
This week Reception class have been learning all about why Easter is important to Christians. We discussed the Easter story and visited Father Antony at our local Church - St John the Evangelist. He showed us around and we discovered why the church was so special to people in our local…
Signs of Spring
Reception class explored the natural world around them to find signs of the season Spring.
Signs of spring
Reception class explored the natural world around them to find signs of the season Spring.
Science in Reception
Reception class have been reading Little Red Riding hood and wanted to help Little Red Riding hood get to Granny's house quicker that the Big Bad Wolf so they decided to make a plane for her. We investigated 2 different types of paper aeroplane, a thin one and a fat one and we predicted which…
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World book day reception and year 6
We loved dressing up as our favourite book characters today for World Book Day. We especially loved sharing our favourite books with our Year 6 buddies.
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Fair trade
Today reception discussed where food comes from, specifically chocolate (our favourite). We talked about how hard the farmers work to harvest the coco beans to send to the factories to make our delicious chocolate. We then found out that some farmers don't get paid nearly enough for all their hard…
mental health spa day
Reception class have loved their spa day today. We learnt the art of relaxing and helping our mind feel happy and calm.
Internet Safety Day
Today we discussed different technology. We found out that most children in our class use an ipad or a tablet at home. We talked about our favourite games to play on the ipad/tablet and which cartoons we enjoying watching. However, with the help of Buddy the dog, we also discussed how to keep safe…
Mental Health Week
Today we discussed physical and mental health and how important it was to look after both. The children came up with lots of ideas to make their brains happy and healthy including; eating healthy foods, having a good night sleep, talking about how we are feeling, going outside for fresh air and…