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Reception

Welcome to Reception

This is the day the Lord has made; we will rejoice and be glad in it.

Psalm 118:24

Mrs Liggat and Miss Snellgrove would like to welcome you to our class page!

Throughout the year we will be adding lots of information and pictures, so you can share our many wonderful experiences and wow moments.

General Information

School doors open at 8.30am, please do try and be prompt.

Snack money can be paid each week or for the half term at £1.00 per week. Please put the snack money in an envelope in your child's book bag with their name clearly written on the outside. Many thanks!

Please ensure that all items of your child's school uniform (including coats and shoes) have their full names in.

For more detailed information about each curriculum subject please refer to the appropriate tab on the Curriculum page.

Oracy

We are using our curiosity cube this year to help us develop our oracy skills of speaking in full sentences. Each week someone is chosen to bring something in for the cube, we then try to answer questions in full sentences. We are using the sentence stems of I can see...... and I think .... because ....

Stay and Share - Magic Moment Day

The children loved sharing their setting with their special people and we all found our brave when we had to say goodbye to you all. We enjoyed sharing our news about our physical development achievements and we demonstrated the ability to listen to and celebrate the accomplishments of others.

Maths - Maths Monsters

In response to the story '1 Nose and 10 Toes' the children created their own Maths monsters using the resources made available to them. They then used their increasing mathematical knowledge and vocabulary to say something about their monster. They used the language of shape, pattern and numbers when describing their monster.

Maths - equivalence towers

Using the Numicon the children found a variety of different ways to make a number museum. They used the actual Numicon number shape to prove all their ways were correct. They learnt that all the ways needed to be different and they used the sentence frame .... and .... makes .... when discussing their own and their peers' museums.

Expressive Art and Design

The children have been completing an observational drawing of a sunflower. We looked at the shape and then used real artists pencils to create our own representations.

Physical development - fine motor skills.

We have been working on our fine motor skills and particularly improving our finger strength. We have been using spoons, tweezers and tongs to pick up conkers and Numicon pegs. We have had lots of mathematical fun in the process.

Hello Yellow day

The Reception children came to school wearing a yellow accessory to support young people's mental health.

Mathematics - Patterns (Part 2)

Using our knowledge of repeating patterns we created a pattern using the Lego, we used the pattern to create a pattern of seeds for the scarecrows to protect. We identified the repeat in each of our patterns. We know the repeat is the part of the pattern that we see over and over again.

Literacy - Leaf Man

We used this story to provide the stimulus to create our very own Leaf family. The children selected an autumn leaf, added features to create their own stick person.

Mathematics - Patterns

The children have been creating picture patterns, which then led onto them creating their own repeating patterns. They have been able to say what the whole pattern is and have been trying hard to identify what the repeat is in each of the patterns that have been created.

Mathematics - Data Handling

The children studied their eye colour and then created a pictogram showing the range of eye colours in their group. The children used their completed pictograms to explain to Captain Conjecture what they knew. They used the sentence STEMS of The ___ eyes has the most/least and More/Less children have ___ eyes.

Enchanted Forest

We had a lovely afternoon at the Enchanted Forest; some children new to our school enjoyed exploring all the different adventures there are to have and the children who have already experienced the forest while in Nursery had fun re-acquainting themselves with everything.

R.E. - Creation and Covenant

We have been talking about our families and sharing who lives in our houses with us. We know our families might be different, but they are all special and God loves us all.

Grandparent Day

We celebrated Grandparent day with our special visitors. We enjoyed showing them our indoor and outdoor settings and had lots of fun. Thank you all for coming.