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Reception F
Welcome to Reception F
Reception is a wonderful experience of fun and learning.
Every child is valued as an individual.
We are ready to play, explore and be creative.
We always try our best.
Watch how much we learn!
Reception Mrs Franklin, Mrs Adamson and Mrs Thomas.
Newsletters
Curriculum Maps
Week beginning 11th July- the final pupil of the week. These two made us and themselves so proud. It was also Sports Day this week- what amazing children, staff and families we have. Put us all in the feel for Summer.
Week beginning 4th July-Isabelle won a competition to design the queens handbag, pupils of the week this week, also we made bread and then tasted honey on our bread yum yum. In forest school we made bubbles...huge bubbles!
Week beginning 27thJune. Following children’s interest we learnt about bees, ask us a question about bees and see if we can answer it. If not we will look it up for you.
Week beginning 20th June- pupils of the week, forest school, making pizza in read write inc after we read Pip’s pizza and then star write pizza writing.
Week beginning 13th June. Our pupils of the week. We drew the missing side of the Queens face and look how good we are getting at using our phonics to write.
Week beginning 6th June- it was lovely to be back after the break and see all of the children again. Can’t believe that this is their last half term in Reception! We have our pupil of the week, we planted some sunflower seeds this week and we are becoming readers and writers- how exciting!
Week 23rd May- we invited our grownups into school this week for a Jubilee stay and play. We loved it! It was amazing being able to have them in our classroom with us again. Our Caterpillars had all completed their life cycles so we let them out to fly free.
Week beginning 16th May: We have enjoyed being outdoors this week in the dry weather. We have explored numicon to show different amounts. We have been reading and writing about The Queens Hat, making paper aeroplanes, exploring in forest school and pupils of the week.
Week beginning 9th May- we have been excited to see our caterpillars grow and change, we looked for more mini beasts on our bug hunt at Gibside. We played at Strawberry Castle and enjoyed a picnic in the sunshine. During star write we talked about our visit and wrote some fantastic independent sentences. Our pupils of the week have been amazing too.
Week beginning 2nd May- Forest school, healthy eating, number splat, Eid cards and pupil of the week.
Week beginning 25th April- Pupils of the week, some fun in the sunshine and creative dance in PE.
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Week beginning 4th April-Our Easter hunt in forest school.
Week beginning 28th March: creative play in the sticky area, forest school, drawing of submarines and amphibious vehicles and we have some independent writers! Oh and pupil of the week!
Week beginning 21st March. Pupil of the week, emergent writing, skull playdough, blending with magnetic letters and some maths games outdoors in the sunshine. Pheasant!
Week 14 th March: Red Nose Day today!
Week beginning 7th March: what a lovely week with lovely children, the sun has been shining too.
Week beginning 28th February. Our pupils of the week, gymnastics in PE, World book day, pancake day and a theatre company visit. What a week!
Week beginning 14th February Some pictures from our Fun Day - Obstacle course.
We made cress heads, windmills and designed and decorated biscuits too. Oh and some face painting.
Week beginning 7th February For Children’s mental health week we enjoyed some relaxation activities.
Week beginning 31st January. We practised our sensory challenges in PE. We are getting really good at them! We also had fun in forest school. We played hide n seek and then looked to see what objects we could find.
Week beginning 24th January-Our pupils of the week for the first time! Today was bright red day, the children chose some games to play in the hall for their golden time.
Week 17th January- some different ways we have been working on our language and literacy skills this week.
Week 10th January- We have been juicing and tasting fruits this week, we made ice paint and used it to mark make, we are becoming much more confident in writing some cvc words and we made popcorn in forest school!
Week beginning 3rd January. A happy new year from Reception F, we have been happy to settle back into familiar routines and try some new challenges.
Week beginning 6th December: This week brought us potion making in Forest school. Our Christmas party and the Christmas fair.
Week beginning 29th November- This week has seen the start of some Christmas preparations for our crafts, we read the nativity story and Jesus’ Christmas party. We joined a Winter watch live session that matched to our interest in hibernation and Nick Sharrat read ‘Shark in the snow’ to us too. In our golden time on Friday we chose to go into the hall and play some sports games.
Week beginning 22nd November- lots of interests followed this week. We have been interested in animals, building zoos and farms in the construction, reading stories about nocturnal and hibernating animals, linking our small group to day and night activities. In forest school we worked in groups making homes for different animals, then shared and compared our ideas. In maths we have been finding out about 3. Oh and we put our Christmas tree together! Phew, happy weekend everyone.
Wk 15th November- A busy week in Reception, small group was based around food tasting and making choices. In forest school we have been looking at different leaves and went on a scavenger hunt to find and identify them. In maths we have been learning about three. In phonics we started to write some three letter words and it was Children in Need! Oh we also managed to squeeze in a special birthday too!
Wk 8th November - We talked about Remembrance Day and took part in some activities this week. We also looked at Diwali and made diva lamps.
Wk beg 1 Nov- it was amazing to see all of the children back in school after half term. This week we made firework pictures with so much sparkle, we danced like fireworks, Mr Parkin joined us for a music lesson and we had a visitor tell us all about her job as a nurse. We talked about how doctors and nurses care for us, keeping healthy and looking after our teeth. What a busy week! Well done everyone.
Wk 18th October. The children were interested in hammering and Halloween so we put both activities together, we have counted with pumpkins, danced outside, made dippy apples, dressed up, introduced m and a in RWINC and visited Alive at St George’s for our Harvest service. ( see Tapestry for videos)
Wk 11th October. Another week and another birthday! Muddy Monsters joined us for our forest school visit. We painted with mud and watercolours, went for a drive on the bus, rolled apples down the hill, splashed with tubes and funnels and learnt how to be safe around the fire. Some of us tasted our first toasted marshmallow. Mrs Franklin was shocked that we didn’t all like to eat them!
Wk Beginning 4th October- we are getting faster and more independent at getting changed for PE so we had time to get out some equipment this week and practice climbing and jumping.
Week beginning 27th September- Outdoor building and messy play this week. Oh and two more birthdays!
Week Beginning 20th September. This week we used some equipment in the hall and celebrated a birthday.
Week beginning 13th September- We went into the hall to play some games
Week beginning 6th September. Reception staff are so proud of how the children have settled in, we hope you are proud of them too!