Each week we will share what we have been learning in our class. Remember to look at our photo gallery to see what we've been up to.

Friday 29th November 2024

This week we have loved investigating number in maths! We have look at addition number sentences and found different ways to solve them. We have also enjoyed using the numicon! We are great mathmeticians! In Literacy, we have continued looking at 'The Tiger who came to tea'.  We have used our imaginations to change the story and invent new characters! It has been fun playing with the text. We have found out about the Christmas story and how it is important to Christians, we have discussed how we celebrate Christmas and other events. We are looking forward to another busy week next week!

Friday 22nd November 2024

It has been another busy week in Reception! We have loved reading 'The Tiger who came to Tea' in Literacy and creating our own story map to retell the story. We have been listening carefully to our phonic sounds to help us with our writing. In maths, we have investigated capacity, weight and length. We have learnt lots of words related to size. We have also begun to think about Christmas and learn our songs for the Nativity!

Friday 15th November 2024

We have had a busy week in Reception! We have been thinking about kindness and how to look after each other in relation to anti-bullying week. We have enjoyed sharing how we celebrate our birthdays and reading Kipper's Birthday together. We have used our phonics to write an invitation to a friend. In maths, we have been counting carefully, looking at different amounts and recognising numerals.

Friday 8th November 2024

We have really enjoyed our adventures in Reception this week! We loved learning about Bonfire Night and Diwali. We have created some beautiful Rangoli patterns using different media and printed some firework pictures with paint and glitter. We have explored language linked to fireworks and had fun using our phonic knowledge to write the sounds and colours.  We made some delicious Diwali sweets; Lemon Ladoos. We have been looking at quantities and developing our use of mathematical language. It has been a great week!

Friday 25th October 2024

In maths, we have been investigating repeating patterns and have created our own using different resources. We have been reading Funnybones and writing our own recipes for potions using our phonics. We have also learnt about our skeleton and how to keep our bones healthy. We created cotton bud skeletons for our display.

Friday 18th October 2024

We have enjoyed learning about rhyme this week and reading 'Stickman' by Julia Donaldson. We have found matching pairs of words that rhyme by listening carefully. The improved weather has enabled us to spend more time in the Mud Kitchen, and we LOVE it! We found lots of different bugs and also enjoyed stirring, mixing and digging.

We have created lots of Autumn art this week using different skills; finger painting, paining with cotton buds and collage.

Friday 11th October

This week the children have enjoyed exploring the text Oliver's Vegetables. They have retold the story, written shopping lists and recipes and had fun planting and harvesting vegetables in the garden.

We enjoyed performing in our Harvest Assembly and have been learning more about Harvest and Autumn. We went on an Autumn walk, created leaf prints and rubbings and finger painted an Autumn tree. 

We have been exploring numbers using numicon and other resources in the classroom and have also been keen to practise writing our letters.

Friday 4th October 2024

The children have enjoyed another busy week in reception! Despite the rain, we have managed to get outside as much as possible and have enjoyed a turnip number hunt, ordering numbers to 10 and beyond. We were even able to put numbers in order when some were missing! Well done everyone! We have also started to look at subitising in maths.

We have continued to enjoy The Enormous Turnip and have had fun adding our own characters and enormous vegetables and fruit to the story. We are looking forward to Harvest Assembly next week and performing in front of the whole school. We have started to collect items for our Autumn Tuff Spot. Please bring in any leaves, conkers, twigs etc that we can add next week.

Friday 27th September 2024

It has been a busy week in Reception!

We are continuing to practise our Harvest Song and have added the BSL signs to it. I have been really impressed how quickly children have learnt these. Do ask them to show you at home. We have been looking at numbers in maths and been counting different objects around the classroom. In Literacy, we have been reading The Enormous Turnip and retelling the story using actions and BSL and a story map. The children enjoyed role-playing the story and various activities linked to our learning, including looking at a variety of root vegetables and using play dough to make items from the story. We also had our first visit to the school library!

Friday 20th September 2024

The children have enjoyed another wonderful week! This week we have been continuing to get to know one another and the wider school. Mr Lack bought his tortoise, Tommy, to meet us! We have investigated shapes in Maths and have also been working to develop our fine motor skills through pencil control and cutting. We have been busy learning the words and signs for our song for Harvest Assembly; Big Red Combine Harvester, 

We are looking forward to another busy and exciting week next week!

Friday 13th September 2024

The children have had an amazing first week in Reception! We have been learning the classroom routines and getting to know each other through games and whole class discussions. We have enjoyed painting self-portraits ready for a classroom display, exploring the wider school, writing our names and looking at numbers to 10.

We are looking forward to more exciting learning next week!

Well done Reception!