This week we have been reading ‘Room on the Broom’, another story by Julia Donaldson and Axel Scheffler. As part of our Communication and Language development, some of the children chose and talked about a character from the story and some re-told the story in groups. We are continuing to encourage the children to talk […]

This week, as part of our new topic ‘Our Favourite Stories’, we have been reading ‘The Gruffalo’ by Julia Donaldson and Axel Scheffler. We talked about the role of the author and illustrator and then discussed our favourite part or favourite character, explaining why. We are encouraging the children to talk about the stories this […]

This week has been another very busy week in Reception Blue. To continue our Topic ’Fantastic Lights’, we read the story of Rama and Sita and found out all about Diwali. We wrote about the story, created beautiful diwa lights and talked about the celebrations we have at home with our families. As part of […]

There has been lots of excellent learning this week in Reception Blue. We have been finding out about the effects of plastic pollution on our seas and the importance of recycling. We found out about the UK Prime Minister and the important role he plays in tackling climate change. We investigated and discussed how plastic […]

It has been another fantastic week in Reception Blue! This week we have been reading the story ‘Teddy’s Secret’. We wrote invitations to Teddy’s party, wrote party food lists and made birthday cards. In our Maths learning we matched the correct amount of candles to the number on the birthday cakes and some of us […]

This week in Reception Blue we are reading the story ’Kipper’s Toybox’ by Mick Inkpen. Today the children enjoyed talking about their favourite toys in Reception. Please have a look at our video. Now tell me about your favourite toy at home. Why is it your favourite and what is special about it?

What a fantastic week we have had in Reception Blue. Our story for this week was Handa’s Surprise. We enjoyed describing and tasting the different fruits that Handa carried in her basket. We created healthy food plates using fruits and vegetables in the shape of different animals and matched the correct number of oranges to […]

What a fantastic week we have had in Reception Blue! Our Topic for this term is All About Me. As part of this topic the children have talked about the school and class rules and values and created a display for our wall with handprints so that we remember to follow the rules every day. […]

We have had a fantastic first day in Reception Blue!We sang some number songs and rhymes, talked about our school and classroom rules and practised using the indoor and outdoor equipment. We are already superstars at helping to put out and tidy away the equipment! A brilliant start Reception Blue. Well done! 👍👏 What was […]

Reception Blue went on a fantastic journey to Ash End Farm near Tamworth today. The weather was beautiful, the sun shone and the children had an amazing time, which you can see from the smiles on their faces! 😀. We saw all sorts of different farm animals and even got the chance to feed some […]

This week, as part of our topic on Journeys and to link with our Maths learning, we have been designing, making and flying paper aeroplanes. We predicted which plane would fly the furthest before testing them out. After flying the planes, we looked at which had flown the longest distance and which had flown the […]

We were very lucky in Reception Blue today to have a special visitor called Julia, who came in to do a well-being session with us. We started off by passing a smile to each other and practised some breathing techniques to help us relax. We also thought about things that make us feel happy, and […]