Blog by Tag: Reception

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…

Reception class have loved their spa day today. We learnt the art of relaxing and helping our mind feel happy and calm.

This week we have been learning about heavy and light. Today we investigated which numicon pieces were heavier or lighter than 5. 

Reception listened to different pieces of music and used paint to record their emotional responses, creating exciting and expressive paintings. 

Reception class collected materials and objects from nature to make painting tools; the children used these tool with mud to create abstract and figurative art. 

Reception class had so much fun this week learning about the new Lunar Year. We began the week learning all about China and how it was similar and different to England. We then learnt about Emperor Jade's 'Great Race' and found out this year was the year of the Rabbit. We have spent the week…

Reception class investigated ice. We compared a bowl of water to a bowl of ice and discussed which might be colder. We used a thermometer to measure the temperature of each bowl. We then investigated which substances might melt the ice the quickest; salt, sugar or bicarbonate soda? The children…

Each class has been promoting and developing our pupils' knowledge and understanding of new vocabulary.  In Literacy, pupils have explored tier 1, 2 and 3 words linked to their topic, Read, Write Inc. or Pathways to Write.  In other subject areas such as Geography and IT, pupils are investigating…

30.11.2022

Our school disco 30.11.2022

After reading Oliver Jeffers, 'Here we are', Reception class decided to explore their local environment when they noticed a lot of rubbish! We had a discussion about what we could do about it and they were quick to suggest we should pick up the litter to protect and look after our local wildlife…

Reception class are learning all about the season Autumn. We went for an Autumn walk to observe and understand the effect of changing seasons on the natural world around us.