Blog by Tag: Reception

This week we have been reading the story 'Supertato', the children have loved learning about the mischievous Evil Peas predicting what they will be up to next and keeping an eye out for them around school! 

The children enjoyed the story so much they wanted to make their own super veggies,…

This term we are lucky enough to be having two PE sessions. On Tuesday, the children will be focusing on developing their ball skills, such as throwing and catching with the Blackpool sports coach Jamie. On Wednesday, the children will be doing gymnastic with Mr Higginbottom. 

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To begin our new super hero topic the children have been looking at the story 'Superkid', they were very curious and wanted to ask him some questions. The next day, the children arrived to school to find a sparkly letter. It was from Superkid and he had flown in to our classrooms to see the…

After waiting patiently for weeks the children were finally allowed to explore our new ourdoor area and they loved it! They especially enjoyed playing in the tunnel and on the climbing rocks and they were getting super creative in our new mud kitchen making pud pies and pancakes. 

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On Wednesday the children arrived at school to find the trail of a surprise visitor!
The Easter bunny had come to visit our classroom, he left an awful mess, there were muddy bike tracks all over the place and the children were very inquisitive as to why he'd been here! 

Some of the…

The last week of the spring term was spent learning all about Easter and the Easter story. The children really enjoyed discussing why we celebrate Easter and this led to a lot of activities to help us with our learning. 

We got very creative, making spring chickens, decorating our own Easter…

The children have been working very hard practicing their independent writing skills this half term and were so proud of the progress they are all making! They are becoming very confident young writers and it is lovely to their creativity coming through in their writing.

This week we are…

This week in reception we have been encouraging the children's investigative skills as a part of British Science Week! 

The children were challenged to investigate materials that float or sink and they did this in many ways! Some children went off to find their own materials that would float or…

This week has seen some more fabulous writing down in reception and we are pleased to announce our new super sentence heroes for this week!!
Not only have these children been tyring very hard to write their own sentences during our morning activities they have also been trying to practice their…

This week we have introduced something new to the children, Super Sentence Writers!
Each week we will be looking for children who work hard to be the best independent writers they can be!
 We have been asking them to show their resilience and keep trying whilst writing their own independent…

Last friday reception finished their topic of Traditional tales with a exciting Traditional Tales Day! 

We started the day tasting porridge just like Goldilocks with our friends in Year 1 - some of the children loved it, enjoying two bowls all to themselves!

We then went back to class…