Autumn 2 Week 2

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What a busy week!

Anti- bullying has been the main theme in class this week, with Reception focussing more on how to be a good friend. The children have worked very hard producing posters to tell you how this can be done.

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They also made friendship bracelets from a range of materials and gave them away to their friends in class.

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On Tuesday, Reception participated in an Anti-bullying workshop, where they thought about the importance of being part of a team and how important it is to listen to each others’ ideas.

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In Maths, the children have continued to focus on shape and problem solving. In small groups, they have been deciding on their own criteria for sorting shapes, according to the shapes’ properties. Using bubble mixture and different shape cutters, the children had fun investigating whether or not the bubble shape changed, according to the shape blown through.

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In RE, we have been thinking about preparing for a baby and relating this to how the Catholic church prepares for Christmas, during Advent.

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Today, the children played their own part in deciding the future name of our school, by individually voting.

Wishing you all a lovely weekend,

The Reception Team

 

Autumn 2 Week 1

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This week, Reception have joined the rest of the school, focussing their learning around the book Weslandia. The children worked very hard, imagining and creating their own lands.

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In RE, the class have been taking part in ‘Other Faiths Week’ and have been learning about Judaism and the Jewish celebration of Shabbat. They particularly enjoyed trying some sacramental grape juice!

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In Maths, we have been learning about 2D shape, describing the properties of each shape and using shapes to make pictures.

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Reception spent Friday learning about Remembrance and what it means. They remembered members of their family or friends who are no longer with us, when participating in a special Act of Worship in class.

Enjoy the rest of your weekend,

The Reception Team

One World Week- Reception

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As part of One World Week, Reception have been learning about Italy.

 

The children began the week by finding Italy on a globe, map and Google Earth- everyone thought that it looked just like a boot! They then found Rome and talked about how the postcard on our prayer table, recently written by the teachers, had travelled all the way from The Vatican City to Potters Bar.

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The children then worked very hard transforming the home corner into an Italian restaurant. They designed posters and signs to advertise the restaurant, wrote menus and made food to go inside. When it was ready, they had lots of fun pretending to be chefs, waiters, customers and greeters!

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On Tuesday, Reception class made individual pizzas.

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On Thursday, they made fresh lemonade and it was delicious!

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Over the week, the children have been bringing in their brilliant Italian themed home learning. Thank you for supporting your child this week.

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This morning, the class celebrated the Harvest Festival with the rest of the school. This was followed by the Celebration Morning, where the children shared their most recent learning and received their very special prayer books from Mrs Heymoz. Thank you to all the family and friends who were able to join us today.

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We wish you all a restful half term break.

The Reception Team