Our theme this week has been ‘eggs’. We enjoyed reading ‘We’re going on an egg hunt’ by Martha Mumford and Laura Hughes and ‘The Odd Egg’ by Emily Gravett. We learnt about how birds make nests and we learnt about the life cycle of a chick. We went on an egg hunt in the woods and then we worked with our talking partner to create a birds nest. We were only allowed to use one hand to build our nests because a bird can only use its beak. In Maths we have been practising our number bonds to 10 and in Literacy we have been working hard on writing words and sentences independently. All the adults have been really impressed with our handwriting since we returned back to school. Well done Reception!
We hope you have a wonderful Spring break and look forward to welcoming the children back to school on Tuesday 13th April.

Well done to our children who received reading certificates, a handwriting certificate and CHAMP of the week!

All about Growing!

This week we have enjoyed reading the story ‘Jasper’s Beanstalk’ by Nick Butterworth and Mick Inkpen. We have been learning about how seeds grow. Everyone has planted a bean and is really looking forward to seeing it grow. In preparation for how tall we hope our beanstalk will grow, we have been learning how to measure items using our feet, rulers and multi link. We were very motivated when designing and making our paper aeroplanes and really enjoyed talking about and measuring how far they flew. We flew them on the playground and then, with the Nursery (but on separate playgrounds) we chalked flowers and beanstalks to create a playground garden. We have also used our phonics to write a sentence about what we hoped we would find at the top of the beanstalk. Well done Reception, you have been fantastic learners!

First Week back

We have been having fun learning with our friends! We have been enjoying reading the book ‘The Secret Sky Garden’ by Linda Sarah and Fiona Lumbers. We made our own kites and investigated the best material for kites. The children were all very motivated and worked hard with their talk partner to create their own kites. On Friday we showed our kites to Nursery and admired their kites! We then flew our kites on the playground. After we had flown our kites we went back to our classroom and evaluated their performance. The children had lots of great ideas - well done Reception!
The children have settled back into school really well. We are looking forward to another week of learning next week!

Well done to the children who received certificates this week for CHAMP of the week, handwriting and for taking part in the world book day challenge. Well done to our Wonka Bar winner!

Reception would like to wish you all a Merry Christmas! We look forward to seeing you again in January.

We were confident to show and tell the class about our alternative jumpers! We enjoyed making hats and having Christmas dinner together.

Well done to our children who received certificates for reading 100 times, handwriting and CHAMP of the week.

We have been enjoying linking our learning to the story of 'The Snowman' by Raymond Briggs. We wrote a sentence about the story and also created our own mini snowman story books. Ms Field showed us all how to make snowflakes; we were very proud of our creations!

Well done to our children who received certificates for reading 50 times, handwriting and CHAMP of the week.

** Our Nativity-check out the trailer for our virtual Nativity Performance! It is in the virtual events tab which can be found at the top of the class pages menu tab**

We have been working really hard on our handwriting! In Maths we have been learning about the differences between 2Dand 3D shapes. We have been describing the properties of these shapes to our talk partners.

We have enjoyed sharing and programming the Beebots this week. We linked our programming to the Gruffalo by creating ways to go through the wood.

Well done to our children who received certificates for reading 50 times, handwriting, CHAMP of the week and the Wonka bar for reading five times at home.

We have really enjoyed our book of the week, 'the Gruffalo'. We carefully read the description of the Gruffalo and then created our own Gruffalos!

In Maths this week we have been comparing lengths. We have enjoyed measuring a variety of objects and each other!

As part of our learning about the digraph 'ee' we went into the woods to complete a tree rubbing. We then used natural materials to create our own pictures. We had lots of fun!

Well done to our children who received certificates this week for reading 50 times, handwriting, CHAMP of the week and the golden ticket for reading five times at home.

* Reading books* IMPORTANT

Please note that from Monday 23rd November we will be changing your child's reading book as soon as they have read it three times at home (they were previously checked/changed on a Monday and Thursday). Please remind your child to hand in their reading book and record when it needs changing. Thank you!