Reception – Mrs Elliott

Welcome to Reception!

Hello and welcome to our class page. We will update our page regularly with photographs and information. We hope you enjoy finding out what your children have been learning about in Reception.

Please don't forget both Reception classes will have their PE lesson every Monday.

Your child will need a P.E. kit consisting of black shorts, a white t-shirt and easy fasten pumps please. You can also put jog bottoms in for when the weather is cold. If you wish your child to wear leggings for P.E. please put them on under their uniform.

Many thanks.

We had  buzzing time!!

The Bee Company came to visit our school. We found out many amazing facts about bees especially Honey Bees and how important they are to us and our environment. These are just some of the fascinating facts the children remembered.

Bees fly from flower to flower, sipping nectar and collecting grains of pollen.

Bees have a special tongue that sucks up the nectar and a crop in their throat for storing it until they get back to the hive, where it is turned into honey to use as food.

Many plants depend on bees to spread pollen, helping them to reproduce.

Flowers that attract bees are usually yellow, blue, or purple. (we did a bee dance some of us were bees and some flowers.)

Honeybees and bumblebees live in colonies or hives. All the bees in the colony work as a team to make honey.

Without bees we would not have certain food.

Our Victorian Day

Grandparents Day

A big thank you to all out wonderful grandparents who took part in this special day.  The children had lots of fun asking you  questions and I know you enjoyed answering them!

Our singathon

We had a fantastic day at Blackpool Zoo!

National Sports Week 2016

Week beginning 20th^tJune we  celebrated National Sports Week, the children took part in a variety of sport related activities in the classroom and outdoors. Some of the activities the children participated in were relay races, football skills, multi skills and linking sport to their maths and literacy work. We invited our families to come and join us for a fun sports activity morning. Also Freddy Fit came to our school and showed us how to have fun, get fit and stay healthy!!

What Did the Ladybird Really Hear?

What an exciting time we have had learning all about farm animals. We focused our learning around the book 'What the Ladybird Heard' to find out lots of interesting information about all the animals.

We have had a very busy week in fact there was a real 'Commotion in the Ocean' in reception! Take a look at all the learning we have been doing about under the sea.

This week it was our turn to give our guinea pigs Coco and Suzie a cuddle everyday. We loved it.

 Our final day of Family Learning Week. 

 After our assembly with Miss Cowgill and Chris, RE became the Red Class for the day we were all mixed up with children from y2 y1 and Reception.

Our first activity in the morning was to design flags for our dens. We then used mini bamboo sticks and plasticine to make a 3D model of our den. Chris explained that building the model would help us think about working as a team, talking and planning and sharing the equipment. After playtime we put on our hats, coats and wellies and met Chris in the playground. He provided us with large bamboo sticks, cable ties and pegs. Although it rained a little we were so busy we didn't mind and we all worked very hard to build our dens. 

After dinner we went back to our dens to cover them using a variety of sheets and pegs to make them waterproof. Finally we added our flags,went inside our tents and had our snacks. What a fantastic day we had!

A big thank you to all the grown ups who came to help us today we could not have done this without you!

Another super day in our Family Learning Week.

More fun with sticks!

Family Learning Week

Stanley's Stick

what an amazing day we had!

A big thank you to all the grown ups who came to help us today.

We have been learning all about  Under the Sea.

Exploring Spring and Easter.

Sport Relief!

We had a fantastic Sport Relief day. We kept active all day taking part in street dancing and we also ran a mile! Phew it seemed like a long run!

                                         Thank you to everyone for your kind donations.

Wow! What a very busy week.

Our Mother's Day afternoon tea.

The children worked so hard preparing for our afternoon tea.

Lots of parents joined us for a game of Phonic Bingo, we had a great time. Thank you for coming.

Chinese dancing!

Kung Hey Fat Choi !

A big thank you.

Thank you to all the parents who made a contribution and organised the purchase of our new library books.  The children were absolutely delighted with them! 

Um, dois, tres 

Capoeira!

Capoeira is a Brazilian martial art that combines elements of dance, acrobatics and music. We had a fantastic time working with our friends in teams and with partners, helping us to develop coordination, cooperation, trust and respect. We even learnt how to say 1,2,3, in Portuguese, the language spoken in Brazil. 

 'Brrr it's cold!'

 We asked the question Do penguins need to wear a hat? We have had lots of fun learning about Winter and penguins.

Merry Christmas everyone!

 Peace at Last!

We have been learning all about the story Peace at Last.

Numbers numbers everwhere!

We just could not stop counting and writing numbers.

Global Learning Day was so exciting!

              Children in Need

Thank you so much for your kind donations the children had lots of fun too !! 

Happy Diwali

                  We had an amazing day celebrating the festival of lights.

PE in Reception

We are having a fantastic time in PE with Mr Jordan every Monday. The children have been learning how to find a safe space in the hall and  listening very carefully to instructions. They have been doing lots of different movements using their bodies to develop agility, balance and coordination.

Does the moon ever go to sleep?

We have been learning about Day and Night. We asked the question "Does the moon ever go to sleep?". We used the book 'Whatever Next' to help us explore the concept of Day and Night. Please take a look at all the exciting things we have been doing.

We have been very busy learning about Autumn and The Little Red Hen story. Here are some of our exciting activities.