Teaching & Learning Weekly Summary
Below you will find our weekly teaching and learning summary to find out how we develop and enrich your child's teaching and learning whilst they are with us.
Week ending |
What we have been learning about |
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| 16/10/26 | It’s been another busy and exciting week of learning in Reception! This week, we have been reading Room on the Broom. In the creative area, the children created their own cauldrons and used paint to make bubbles on the paper. They had so much fun exploring different ways to make circles and getting creative with their artwork. As part of our phonics learning, we explored ‘p’ for pumpkin and practised writing the letter ‘p’. We then had fun drawing pumpkins from our observations, thinking carefully about what they looked like and exploring how they felt. On Thursday, the children had a wonderful time celebrating Crazy Hair Day! It was lovely to see so many creative and colourful hairstyles, and the children really enjoyed sharing them with their friends. We hope everyone has a lovely and restful half-term break. Enjoy the holiday, and we look forward to welcoming everyone back soon! |
| 9/10/26 | Reception have had a fantastic week, exploring our feelings through the story of Emily Brown and the Thing. We have been working hard on building our friendships, and learning teamwork and turn taking through shared play! Next week we will be exploring Halloween themes through our continuous provision, with the help of our story, "Room on the broom." With this, we will be practising our cutting and scooping skills with pumpkins, exploring textures, and making our very own creative potions and soups! |
| 1/10/26 | It has been a lovely week in Reception! This week, the children have been exploring the book Hair Love. We have been thinking about how our hair can make us special and unique, and the children have enjoyed completing lots of activities linked to the story, including creating different hairstyles using cotton. Outside, we have been focusing on team games, where the children have been developing their turn-taking skills and learning how to work together. This week, the children have also taken home their very first reading book – a wordless picture book. These books are a wonderful opportunity for children to talk about what they can see, tell the story in their own words, and make predictions about what might happen next.We hope everyone has a lovely weekend! |
| 25/9/26 | It's been a great week in Reception. This week we have been working on our turn taking and listening skills. In PE, we played the traffic light game and 'What's the Time, Mr Wolf?', and then practised playing these games on the playground as well. We've been working really hard in phonics and learnt the new sounds G O C and K, as well as the tricky word 'is'. Well done, everyone! |
| 18/9/26 | This week we have been reading "The Colour Monster Goes To School" and talking about what school is and what we do here. The children have been practising writing their names and learning the names of their friends as well! In phonics, we have learnt some new sounds: i, n, m, d, and we have started blending CVC words. In maths, we played 'Guess the rule!' where children had a go at working out the different ways objects had been sorted. We changed for PE for the first time this week and the children worked on dressing independently! I wonder if you can practise this at home! |
| 11/9/26 | We’ve had such a fantastic first full week together! In phonics, we kicked off our learning with the 's', 'a', 't', and 'p' sounds, and we’ve loved exploring our feelings through our story of the week, 'The Colour Monster'. The children drew pictures of what makes them happy, with lots of lovely mentions of 'cuddles from mummy!' Over in maths, we’ve been busy sorting items that are the same and different. The children did a brilliant job matching pairs of socks and explaining why the odd ones didn't belong. Everyone is settling so nicely into our daily routines and working hard on their sharing and turn-taking skills! |
| 4/9/26 | Well done Reception! We have had a lovely start to the year! The children have enjoyed meeting new friends and exploring their new environment. We have spent time learning our new school routines and getting to know each other. I hope everyone has a lot of rest over the weekend and look forward to seeing everyone again next week! |
