| 23/10/25 |
It’s been a wonderfully spooky week in Reception as we celebrated Halloween! The children have loved taking part in a range of Halloween-themed activities, from making fluffy cotton wool ghosts to scooping out pumpkins and counting their seeds. In maths, we’ve been exploring parts and wholes through our exciting witch’s brew activity, mixing ingredients and talking about how parts come together to make a whole! The classroom has been full of creativity, curiosity, and lots of laughter as the children enjoyed this week of learning. As we come to the end of our first half term, we are so proud of how well the children have settled into school life. They have worked so hard, made new friends, and shown such enthusiasm for learning. We hope everyone has a restful and fun-filled break! |
| 17/10/25 |
What a wonderful week we’ve had in Reception! The children have been getting into the Halloween spirit with our story Funnybones. This has sparked lots of great conversations about our bones and skeletons, and how they help to keep us strong and upright. In maths, we’ve been exploring 2D shapes, circles and triangles, and finding them all around our environment. We’ve also been learning about the artist Wassily Kandinsky, whose colourful abstract paintings inspired our own shape-filled creations. Alongside this, the children have been building their fine motor skills through lots of fun Halloween-themed activities, including cutting, threading, and sticking. |
| 10/10/25 |
This week, we have continued celebrating Black History Month through our Power of Reading text 'Hair Love'. The children have been having wonderful discussions about what makes each of us special and unique, comparing different hair types and styles and celebrating individuality. In maths, we have been exploring numbers 4 and 5, practising our counting and number recognition skills through fun, hands-on activities. We’ve also been looking closely at the signs of autumn. The children worked together to count how many pine cones they could find in our autumn-themed tuff tray, linking beautifully to both our maths and science learning. They compared their collections to see whose pile was greater and even discussed how to make the piles equal! Out in the playground, we have been collecting acorns and talking about how animals like squirrels gather and store them for the winter months. It has been a week full of curiosity, teamwork, and excitement for the changing season! As the weather turns cooler, please make sure your child comes to school with a warm coat each day so they can continue to enjoy outdoor learning and play comfortably. A gentle reminder that homework and reading books should be completed and returned by Tuesday each week so we can celebrate the children’s efforts and swap books regularly. |
| 3/10/25 |
This week we have been celebrating Black History Month through our Power of Reading text 'Hair Love'. The children have been sharing wonderful discussions about what makes each of us special and unique. We have been developing our fine motor skills in a by setting up our own hair salon, where the children pretended to be hairdressers and practised cutting a variety of materials. In maths we have been exploring the numbers 1, 2 and 3, building confidence with counting, recognising and comparing these numbers. In music we have been learning and singing some nursery rhymes together, which the children have really enjoyed. We have also continued our work on portraits, looking closely at faces and features, and creating our own pieces of art to celebrate who we are. we’ve also been helping the children develop their independence by looking after our classroom resources. We’ve been practising the simple phrase 'Choose it, use it, put it away!' to remind ourselves to tidy up when we’ve finished playing. It’s been wonderful to see how proud the children feel when they take responsibility for their toys. You can support this at home too by encouraging your child to help tidy up after play using the same phrase. It’s a lovely way to make tidying fun and familiar! |
| 26/9/25 |
This week in Reception we have been enjoying our Power of Reading text 'The Colour Monster Goes to School' and linking the different feelings in the story to our Zones of Regulation. We have also been talking about our families and who we live with, which connects to our PSHE and History learning for the term. In Art and Geography, we explored creating self-portraits using natural materials, which the children loved experimenting with. Just a small note, adults, please remember to send in the children’s PE kits on Wednesdays. It's important that the children have the opportunity to change into their PE clothes as a part of our curriculum. Well done Reception for another very successful week! We are so proud of how well you're settling in. |
| 12/9/25 |
This week in Reception has been such a lovely start, with the children settling in beautifully and already beginning to form some really positive friendships. We dove straight into our learning this week. In maths, we focused on sorting, using our key words; same, different, compare, and sort to help us organise objects in different ways. In language, we read The Colour Monster and had some wonderful discussions about feelings, talking about how they can sometimes be all mixed up and how we can begin to identify and name them. It has been a fantastic first week! Well done Reception! |
