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23 October 2025

Poem performance

It has been poetry week in Reception! After listening to various poems about minibeasts we then set to work to write our own class poem! As a team, we wrote our very own poem packed with rhyming words! We then thought of actions to go with each line. Reception then performed their poem to Nursery…

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22 October 2025

A busy morning in Reception.

It may be a rainy day but we are always busy in reception!

 

 

 

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21 October 2025

Harvest Time in Early Years

This morning our Nursery and Reception children came together for a beautiful Harvest Assembly.  It was also a chance to thank God for our wonderful world, God’s creation, linking in with our ‘Creation and Covenant’ branch of learning in RE.  We retold the creation story from Genesis.  The…

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13 October 2025

Patterns

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.

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13 October 2025

Minibeasts

As part of our poetry week, we have been reading lots of poems about minibeasts. We have explored new vocabulary, where we might find minibeasts and what equipment might help us to find them! We then, in small groups, used all our knowledge to find minibeasts in our garden area. So far, we have…

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8 October 2025

Fine Motor

In Reception we take every opportunity to practise our fine motor skills.  This week we have been using Geo Boards and elastic bands. 

 

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8 October 2025

Leaf man!

After listening to the story ‘Leaf Man’, we used our Autumn collection to create our very own Leaf Men! What brilliant creations!

 

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8 October 2025

Scarf dancing

We have been using scarfs to make movements to music. A fun way to develop our gross motor skills!

 

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2 October 2025

Designing a cake

We have been reading The Gingerbread Man! Today, we received a letter from Mrs and Mr Baker, telling us they are hosting a cake competition. Together, we designed and labelled what we thought was an ‘award winning cake’. The children then made their own designs and labelled what was on their own…

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29 September 2025

The Gingerbread Man

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…

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29 September 2025

Welcome to the Reception Blog

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

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9 September 2025

ADDvanced Solutions Newsletter Autumn 1

ADDvanced Solutions Community Network has released their Autumn 1 Programme, offering support to parents on a wide variety of subjects eg. supporting friendships, sleep difficulties, supporting organisational skills, Introduction to Autism and much more.  The courses are held in a variety of…

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