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
The older children have done their first full week, coming into school all be themselves and settling to play. They have enjoyed learning about harvest, the Jewish celebration of harvest called Sukkoth and painting their own version of Van Gogh’s ‘Wheatfield with Crows.’ The younger children have made a great start, getting used to the … Read more
Well done to the first twenty-one children who have completed a week of mornings only and lunch. We hope that you enjoy looking at a few photographs of what your child has been doing in school this week. Just to remind parents that this group of children really need to come in by themselves next … Read more
The children who started school today had a taster of the activites on offer during a normal day in the reception class. Free play, the story of Mrs. Rainbow and number rhymes. The rain prevented us from accessing much outdoor play but we played some active games in the hall to run off some energy.Everyone … Read more
Jane Asher has only written three Moppy stories which we have read and enjoyed this week. We talked about all of the different emotions and the children chose one to write their own Moppy story about. One rainy day Moppy was playing with David’s toys. Moppy was feeling sick and he was white. So he … Read more
We have been learning about the planets this week. We looked at some non-fiction books to learn some facts and read some stories. Our favourite story this week was ‘Dogs in Space’. Everyone worked together to make a picture about the story. The children learnt about the stars and made some pictures of the constellations … Read more
Today we harvested our Rocket and Rudolph potatoes. The bags in which they were growing, had become home for lots of minibeasts;spiders, slugs, woodlice, ants, centipedes and a snail. We were very disappointed with the Rudolph potatoes because we only had 3 big ones and three tiny ones, total weight 500grams. Better news with the … Read more
Alan Bean was an astronaut who enjoyed painting. He painted his impressions of the Moon and space, using photographs to help him paint accurately and ‘moon dust’ mixed with his paint. The children mixed some sand with their paint and using pictures from books and the Internet, painted their pictures in the style of Alan … Read more
Half term sounded full of exciting adventures for the children in the reception class. Each child talked about what they had done in the holiday and then wrote a short recount and picture to make our class ‘Half Term Holiday’ book. Tuesday was another exciting and exhausting day as the reception class visited Shepreth Wildlife … Read more
The only minibeasts on show this week were the slugs and snails, the prime suspects for eating our precious courgettes! On the plus side some of the sunflowers are up and the beans are planted. minibeast hunting will have to wait until next half term. Jack and the beanstalk was the centre of our literacy … Read more
