Blog by Tag: Reception

Every day we practise our motor skills by doing different activities.  This week we are threading small beads onto pipe cleaners, this takes a lot of concentration and dexterity.  

Working together to build a zoo!

The children are learning to share their toys and resources with lots of other children.  They are learning how to resolve conflicts when things do not go their way or they have to wait to use a toy.  We are very proud of how well they are doing. 

The children are loving exploring the water tray. Lots of language opportunities as they play. 

We have been learning lots of different counting songs in Reception today using numbers from 1-10. 

We have had such a busy first week in Reception.  We have been exploring all the areas in our classrooms and garden. The children have been learning all about our routines, listening to stories and practising some mindfulness techniques.  We have had a brilliant start to Reception and the children…

The children are meeting lots of new people and playing games together to learn each others names.  

Enjoying our day in Reception !

Just a snapshot of the children exploring all our classrooms have to offer.  Don’t worry if you cannot find your child. We will be posting lots over the coming weeks. 

This week we have been revisiting patterns in class.  We have been making patterns and deciding what the repeat is for each pattern.. The children then went into provision and then made their own patterns.  

We are enjoying our special time spent together each day in prayer.  The children choose items to set up a focus area before we spend time together. 

Today we received a letter from some very evil peas who were on the loose in our classrooms.  We decided to design a trap to catch them and asked the children to come up with their own ideas and to make them in the classroom.  The children loved this activity and rushed to provision to have a go…