With only three weeks to go until half term, it is amazing to see how well these children have settled into school life which is so very different to nursery. They are all making new friends and the party invites have started! They are becoming part of the whole school community and of course starting … Read more
We are almost half way through the first half term. The children in the reception class have had another busy week. In maths we have been learning to describe position using correct terminology and to following positional vocabulary to place ourselves and equipment. Number recognition and writing the numerals has been an area which the … Read more
The older children have done their first full week, nearly everyone coming into school all by themselves and settling to play. The younger children have made a great start, getting used to the daily routines and coping with dinners in a busy dining room. They have experienced all types of indoor and outdoor learning both … Read more
Well done to the eighteen children who have completed a week of mornings only and lunch. On Thursday the children all received an 'Achiever' sticker for being so fantastic in their first week at school. They have settled really well and have tried everything that they have been asked to do with happy smiles! As … Read more
It was a rather unusual start to the term with an inspirational writing day. An early assembly told us of the strange ‘find’ on the school field and the class set off to investigate. What did we find? An abandoned parachute hanging from a tree, a brown hat and two abandoned cases, one of which … Read more
Having learnt all about what makes a bug an insect, the children had a great fun finding and identifying plastic bugs on Monday afternoon. What excitement on Tuesday, a real ‘bug hunt’. With it being a cool day the bugs were well hidden but we had some great finds. The reception garden was even more … Read more
Another week packed with activity and learning. Monday started with a quick chat with ‘talking partners’ and we soon discovered that between us we knew quite a lot about snails. A non-fiction Usborne text entitled ‘Snails’ added to the children’s knowledge and they all wrote some interesting facts for their writing in class. Story recall … Read more
The reception children knew the basic facts about our eight legged friends. Through non-fiction books, e-books and websites, lots of new interesting information has been learnt. We also looked at stories and rhymes about spiders. Our ‘Big Write’ on Friday was non-fiction writing about spiders. The shared writing done on Monday had been beneficial for … Read more
In class this week the children have been learning about butterflies and waiting for our Painted Lady caterpillars to arrive. We have read some great stories about butterflies. From the informative Usborne ‘Butterflies’ with its informative website, to the classic fiction text, The very Hungry Caterpillar by Eric Carle. This is the Usborne website about … Read more
This week the children returned after the Easter holidays and we started our work on life cycles and living things. Unfortunately we have had no tadpoles to study this year which is the first year ever. Please if you are reading this and have a pond full of these ‘delightful creatures’ we would welcome a … Read more
