​On Thursday 26th April a Chef came to school and made Spanish tapas. We tasted Totilla de patatas. Spanish/potato omelette – but what is omelette’s main ingredient? Are eggs only Spanish? Where do eggs come from? What different eggs are there? We explored a raw egg, listened to how it sounded in the shell when uncooked… Read more »

​Reception were treated to a visit from ‘The Wandering Duck’ restaurant. They serve traditional Spanish food called Tapas. This means a small plate of food that is usually meat, fish, cheese or vegetables. The children tried a variety of dishes including a potatas bravas, rice with tomatoes, manchega (a Spanish cheese) and some bread. 

​On Monday everybody picked up their passports ready to fly to another country. This week we are learning about Spain. We listened to the safety instructions and ordered our drinks and snacks. When we landed everybody had their passport stamped at passport control.

​Our Mathematical focus is Financial Capabilty. Children have been introduced to and practised recognising coins. They are developing their understanding of the value of each. To practise we have a cake shop. Children are becoming more confident making amounts using 1 pennies and 2 pences. Some children can also use 5 pences and 10 pence… Read more »

Our caterpillars turned into butterflies. On Monday we set our butterflies free. At first they were at little shy but they soon developed confidence and flew into the beautiful sunny day.

​We have a travel agents in our classroom. We realised that if we wanted to find out about our world we needed to travel around it!Some children decided to recreate an aeroplane too. They made tickets and numbered each seat. The pilot said, ”Hello,” to everybody when they climbed up the stairs.

This term our topic is ‘Around the World’, to introduce the topic the focus was great Britain, the children learned about our capital city, the royal family, traditional foods and culture.During the week all children planned and made a sandwich for afternoon tea, as The Queen would enjoy it. They talked about healthy and ingredients… Read more »

​The Reception thoroughly enjoyed their first School trip on Tuesday morning. The sun was shining and the mini-beasts were plenty in the Denes. All Foundation Stage staff were proud of the behaviour of children on our first outing. We found many mini-beasts and saw signs of spring around with snowdrops, crocuses and daffodils.

​On Friday 2nd February the Reception children enjoyed ‘sharing a story’ with their parents. The afternoon was well supported by parents and other family members. The children loved baking gingerbread men and preparing for the afternoon! The children sang loudly and clearly, there was dancing and acting too! The children were very excited to hear… Read more »

On Monday something strange happened in Reception. When the children came back from lunch somebody had been in the classroom! A chair was broken and there was an empty bowl left on the floor with a spoon and a little porridge on the carpet. After much searching for clues with magnifying glasses we found a… Read more »