​ The children were excited to welcome Denise into school. She came to talk about how to stay safe when crossing the road.The children shared their ideas on how to keep safe. George – “Walk on the path not the road.”Scarlet – “Hold a grown up’s hand.”Jacob – “Cross at the traffic lights. You need to wait… Read more »

​ The children enjoyed going on a coach to Newham Grange Farm. They had lots of fun following maps to locate and visit different farm animals. They had the opportunity to go in the Discovery Barn and pet some smaller animals too. We finished the visit with a play in the park, mini – golf and… Read more »

During this term Reception children have loved developing skills with ‘Boomwhackers’. Now we can play them in time, follow instructions and follow simple notation. The children can identify the high sounds from the short instruments and the low sounds from the long instruments. It is great fun for all and because there are so many… Read more »

​The children pretended to be robots and gave each other directions to get from one place to another. They quickly realised that they needed to use the correct vocabulary or people would crash! They focused on the words: direction, forwards, backwards, left, right, turn, and sideways. They thought carefully and estimated the amount of steps… Read more »

​A Chinese teacher came to visit on Thursday; she is called Pei Tingting. We called her Miss Pei. We played a game with a panda toy – when we had hold of the panda we had to say,”Ni hao Miss Pei.”Then Miss Pei showed us how to use chopsticks. Steven said,”It was really hard!”In China… Read more »

​Reception enjoyed a visit to the local church to learn more about the Easter Story. They loved singing and dancing and making Easter Crafts. What great fun they had.

​Which house was the best and why? Reception decided to test straw, sticks and bricks to find out which material is the best. What do we already know?Tabitha – “Straw would blow down when it is windy.”Sonny – “Straw is too soft too and rain came down you would get wet!”Steven – “The straw is too thin.” Charlie… Read more »

​Reception children listened to the story ‘The Great Race’ and how the Chinese New Year began, involving so many different animals. We looked at this year’s animal (pig) and also the animal that was celebrated the year the children were born.The children had great fun retelling the story ‘The Great Race’ through drama and using… Read more »

​The children found some dinosaur footprints on the floor of the classroom when they returned after lunch.They met a palaeontologist called Paul. They followed Paul and the footprints to the big garden – where they made an exciting discovery.  

​On Thursday 25th October, Foundation Stage went on their first school trip. They walked to the Denes Park and enjoyed spotting signs of autumn. The children found many different signs of autumn including: leaves, conkers, acorns and squirrels!In the park, there were clues attached to the trees. The children helped to read the clues and… Read more »