Reception Blog
Spring 1
We have had another action packed half term in Reception full of fantastic learning. Our topic has been 'Just the Job'. We have been learning all about people who help us. The children have loved being police detectives in our police station role-play area and we were lucky enough to have real life police officers who came to visit and teach us all about their job. One child said, 'I love the siren.' We have also learnt about firefighters, dentists and doctors as well as thinking about what the children might want to be when they grow up. We had a week learning about Chinese New Year and they worked together to make an enormous Chinese dragon which they enjoyed playing with all week. The children continue to amaze us with their intricate models and imaginative play. They have been making lots of hotels, zoos and imaginative worlds, which has sparked interesting conversations and even involved some maths learning! We have introduced rainbow learning challenges this term and this has really encouraged the children to access all areas of provision in the classroom.
Autumn 2
We have had a busy Autumn term in Reception! The children settled so well and are forming some lovely friendships. They are confident to try new things in the classroom and in the quadrangle. We have enjoyed a trip to the theatre to see ‘We’re Going on a Bear Hunt’ and we even had our own bear hunt set up in the quadrangle. The children have been investigating ice and discussing the conditions needed for it to melt. We performed our Nativity for parents and carers, had a Christmas party and had a visit from Santa! We now have presents for the classroom which the children have loved playing with.
Autumn 1
We have had a busy first half of Autumn term in Reception! The children settled so well and are forming some lovely friendships. They are confident to try new things in the classroom and in the quadrangle. They have particularly enjoyed our Autumn work: going on an Autumn walk and looking closely at their Autumn treasures. We have been learning about colour mixing and the children have mixed some lovely Autumn colours (including pumpkin orange and conker brown). They used some of these new colours when creating artwork inspired by the work of Alma Thomas during art week.
To view previous year's information and pictures, please click here.