Reception Class News
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It's Christmas!!!!!!!
The Reception children have thoroughly enjoyed all things Christmas! From Christmas crafting and carols to performing 'A Starry Night In Bethlehem' for all of our grown-ups. We had a special party and Christmas Fair to enjoy as well as meeting the Big Man himself! We were particularly excited to receive a letter from the North Pole after posting our letters earlier in the week.
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Letters to Father Christmas!
The children in Reception have been working very hard and writing their own letters to Father Christmas. Today, we walked to our local post-box to post them, excitedly singing Christmas carols along the way! We are very much looking forward to receiving a response from Father Christmas himself very soon!
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Caldy Manor Visit
We travelled (very excitedly) by minibus to visit the residents of Caldy Manor. During our visit, we enjoyed giving each of the residents a special Christmas card and they were thrilled with the kind gesture and creative designs. The children also enjoyed making models with playdough, decorating biscuits, playing games and singing Christmas carols with the residents. We look forward to visiting again in the near future!
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Stay & Play
We have loved having our grown-ups in to play with us this week! Our activities were all linked to Nursery Rhymes in correlation with Nursery Rhyme week. We learnt to tell the time singing Hickory, Dickory, Dock as well as all 2D shape names linking to Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star. After singing Old Macdonald with our grown-ups, we showed them our fantastic writing as we sounded out and wrote down all of the animals names. Around the classroom, the children rescued Incey, Wincey, Spider from his web, built Humpty Dumpty a wall in the construction area, made 5 Currant Buns in the play dough area and caught some fish alive in the water tray!
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Light & Dark
This week we have continued our learning about 'Light and Dark', focusing on the stories 'Before we go to bed' and 'The Owl who was afraid of the dark'. The children have been writing descriptive words about darkness and also using ordinal vocabulary to sequence their own bedtime routines. In the classroom, the children have enjoyed a 'Sleepover Den' in the role-play area, sorting objects according to light and dark in the small-world area and also exploring a black-out tent with sensory resources inside!
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Remembrance Day
Today the children listened very carefully during a special Remembrance Assembly. This involved the children learning about why today is such a special day and who we are remembering. We discussed why we wear poppies and how thankful we are to all Veterans who made great sacrifices to ensure that we could all live in peace. We finished by singing 'Down by The Riverside' as a whole school. Back in the classroom, we have been enjoying 'The Poppy Day' story and making our own poppies too.
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Diwali Celebrations
Linking to our 'Light and Dark' topic, we have been learning about Diwali and Bonfire Night this week. We have been thinking about Diwali and how and why it is celebrated. We enjoyed listening to the Story of Rama and Sita and learning about all of the special traditions which help to celebrate The Festival of Light all over the World. We then enjoyed exploring light and dark themed activities in the classroom before writing about Diwali and making our own Diya Lamps.
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Harvest Time
This week we have been extending our learning about Autumn and thinking about Harvest. We have learnt all about how and why Harvest is celebrated and how lucky we are to have access to delicious fruits and vegetables all year round. The children have enjoyed printing with vegetables in the Art area, making Pumpkin soup in the Sensory tray, completing repeating patterns with fruit in the Maths area and visiting our new Pumpkin Patch Role-play area! The children have written what they are thankful for on leaves to add to the Gratitude Tree during the Harvest Festival and they made a great attempt at writing their own shopping lists with their favourite fruits and vegetables on too!
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Autumn Leaves are Falling!
As part of our learning all about Autumn, we enjoyed reading 'The Leaf Man's story. Next, we went on a leaf hunt and made our own 'Leaf Man' creations back in the classroom. We then labelled our creations using lots of Autumnal describing words.
The Reception children have also enjoyed making puddle pictures in the Art Area, making Hedgehogs with the play dough and developing their fine manipulative skills by picking Autumnal objects out of the Spiders Web using tweezers! To conclude our Autumn learning, the children enjoyed conducting an 'Autumn Hunt' with their clipboards, finding lots of interesting objects to then investigate and write about back in the classroom.
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World Mental Health Day
As part of World Mental Health Day, we talked lots about our feelings and what they mean. We shared a story called 'The Great Big Book of Feelings' which led us to think about how we were feeling and discuss why we felt this way. We learnt about how important it is to look after our minds as well as our bodies and thought about ways in which we could do this. This led us to enjoy a walk in the sunshine, doing some mediation outdoors before finishing with a relaxing Yoga Session in the classroom!
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European Languages Day
Today we celebrated European Day of Languages and in Reception, we focused on the country 'Spain'. We learnt lots of facts about Spain, including; popular foods, landmarks, sports, celebrations and traditions. The children then enjoyed activities to support their learning about Spain, we enjoyed doing some Flamenco dancing, painting the famous football shirts, making Spanish flags in the creative area and even tasting some of the foods Spain is famous for. We put our creations together on to a large T shirt which we paraded very proudly to the rest of the school during a special assembly in the afternoon!
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Forest School
The Reception children have enjoyed making clay faces in the forest garden today. This began with the children describing each other and then adding googly eyes and natural materials to clay to make their own faces on tree trunks!
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The Start of Our School Journey.......
Our new Reception class have made a tremendous start to their school journey this week. They have thoroughly enjoyed getting to know each other and exploring our new learning environment. The children have also enjoyed their first Music, Computing and Forest School session too!
Well done Reception! You have showed great independence and maturity this week and we look forward to watching you continue to flourish as the school year progresses...
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Welcome to Reception Year
