Blog by Tag: Reception

To some this might look like a messy busy classroom.  To us it is a creative, collaborative creation that the children have worked hard on all afternoon and are rightly proud of.  It represents relationships, compromise, dialogue, decision making, flexible thinking, resilience, perseverance and…

When we returned after lunch today imagine our surprise when we noticed some special visitors to our garden!  The ducks didn’t hang around long after we went to play and they waddled off down towards Year 2 but we were very excited to see them. 

Our last day at the farm.  We managed to squeeze in so much! We started by playing in the park and getting the chance to hold some Guinea pigs. We then went on a train ride followed by our packed lunch! We then met lots of animals and had the chance to feed lambs, goats, sheep and a cow.…

What do you do when you need a ruler to measure something? Make one of course! Great number work.  

Another lovely day! The children had a ball and were so good.  We completed all the usual activities and the children particularly enjoyed feeding all of the animals.  

Another great day at the farm.  We managed to squeeze in so much.  Feeding lambs, goats, sheep and a cow.  We met lots of different critters and were all very brave holding and stroking them.  The children enjoyed a packed lunch before going on a train ride.  A quick play in the park and it was…

We have had a wonderful first day at the farm! We had the chance to feed baby lambs, goats, cows and alpacas. We listened to the farmer as they told us all about the animals on their farm and they even let us stroke a tortoise, gecko and snake! We went on a train ride and had the chance to…

We have looked at the effect of using soap has on keeping our hands free of germs.. It was so interesting to see the children’s reactions to the pepper moving away from the clean hands.  

This week we have started tooth brushing in school.  Designed to compliment what the children do at home we have been taking it in turns to have a go at brushing our teeth in school. The children have loved getting on their coloured toothbrush train and using their own individual toothbrushes to…

Thank you so much for your generous donations.  We chose the winner today and the bunny is called Cupcake.  Thank you to everyone who took part.  

Yesterday we were scientists.  We explored what happened to raisins when they are submerged in fizzy water.  We watched them dance and it was fascinating! The we predicted how many cotton wool balls we could fit into a shot glass filled to the top with water and we were amazed to discover that we…

Continuing on from last week we developed our ball skills by bouncing and catching the ball before travelling whilst bouncing and controlling the ball.