Blog Author: Mrs Morris

This morning we have been learning about Diwali or the ‘Festival of Lights’ The children were very interested to hear how this is celebrated and we are going to be making our very own diva pots in class.  

This week we will be investigating patterns. We started off by reading the story ‘My Mum and Dad Make Me Laugh’ by Nick Sharratt. The children loved looking for the spots and stripes in the book. We then went to activities and explored further by making our own patterns.

Our book for this half term is The Gingerbread Man and the children have loved reading and talking about this book.  Today we were discussing how the Gingerbread Man could get across the river without the fox.  We talked about bridges and boats.  The children then went into provision and made…

Welcome to our first blog of the new term 2025.  Keep checking back for updates and pictures of what’s happening in Reception. 

This week we have been reading Handa’s Suprise in class with Reception.  The children have explored the contrast between some of the clothes we wear and the traditional clothes of Kenya, where the story is set.  We looked at differences and similarities between types of animals and houses in…

Architects of the future here in Reception.  The boys spent most of the afternoon building this airport!

We have been talking about balancing today as part of our work with our book.  The children have loved doing the actions to get through the creek.  

Following on from last week’s icy weather we decided to explore what happens to ice and how we can melt it the quickest way.  We started off by enjoying a song from ‘Frozen’ by Olaf who wanted to see what happens to snow in summer!  We then used warm water, salt and glitter to melt the ice.  We…

Last week Reception visited church to. See the crib with the Three Wise Men visiting.  We have talked about the story of the Wise Men and their visit to the baby Jesus and the Angel visiting them to tell to avoid King Herod on the way home. It was great to see the church crib with all the…

In Reception we have been talking about being a good friend to others as Jesus was a good friend to us.  We discussed what makes a good friend and the things we like to do with our friends.  Some children visited Mr Dinsdale because they have been noticed for being lovely friends and looking after…

Using our fine motor skills we are creating pictures today using Tap Tap Art.  We are very careful not to bang our fingers and are enjoying copying the pictures and creating our own! 

We looked at the hail stones and watched them melt on our hands.  ‘They turn to water!’ The children were able to say what the hail was made from and what happened when it touched our warm hands!