​The children enjoyed working together as a team, taking turns and sharing, to play outdoor games. They practised passing the ball over their heads and through their legs as quickly as they could. They practised balancing a ball on a bat as well as throwing and catching a large ball. All the children had great… Read more »

​The sudden drop in temperature encouraged super exploration in Reception this week. When the children went into the garden they found that the water tray had frozen over with water toys inside it. The children were amazed to find icicles that had formed around water bottles. We took some samples of ice inside to explore. Many… Read more »

​An unexpected blizzard of snow brought much excitement to Reception. Inside the classroom there was a lot of discussion about where snow comes from and why does it stay on the ground. The children decided that it only snows when it is very cold. They added food colouring to a pile of snow and salt… Read more »

The children were introduced to non-standard measure and used hand prints and foot prints to measure objects height and length. The children enjoyed throwing the javelins and using their footprints to measure who could throw the longest and shortest distances. We discussed how everyone has different sized feet and how this could be unfair. Later… Read more »

​The children enjoyed making pumpkin soup. They learnt how to use different equipment, such as knives, graters and peelers, safely. They thought about the weight and size of the different ingredients, how to measure liquid for the stock cube and discussed how the stock cube changed. The children were very enthusiastic about selling the soup… Read more »

​In reception this week, we have read the story of The Three Little Pigs. The children loved exploring to see which material would be the best. They all voted and gave the reasons to why they thought each materials was good or bad. The children tried to blow the houses down themselves but could not;… Read more »

​Reception have enjoyed Gymnastics in P.E. They started by exploring different ways to travel and different ways to balance using different body parts.  Next, they were introduced to apparatus. They had to practise travelling, balancing and jumping off carefully; making sure to stayed safe at all times! The children became very good at using their… Read more »

Reception had a visit from Suzy from the Library. She read them a story about dancing fruit! She then taught them the names of some new fruits such as nectarine and plum. The children had to pull the material and go underneath and find the correct fruit.They all had a cuddle from the Rhyme Time… Read more »

​On Thursday 26th January, FS had a wonderful first trip to Tesco. The focus of the day was ‘Being Healthy’. ​Joseph said:“I liked when we went to the factory and when the man showed us the fish. I thought that when I touched the crab it was alive and that it would snip me. I… Read more »