Welcome to Reception

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Welcome to Reception! It was wonderful seeing you all for lunch this week. The children have settled in well and are beginning to learn the new routines.

The children have enjoyed playing outside on the bikes and in the water and sand. Inside, they have loved the home corner, drawing and playing with dinosaurs.

I have sent home the Lunch menu. Next week is Week 3. Please talk about the lunch options with your child so they know what they are having when we ask them.

I will add photos once data collection forms are in because We need permission before sharing photos on the blog.

Reminders

  • Please label all clothes including coats, jackets, hats, gloves and bags.
  • Could you send in boxes of tissues please?
  • Children should have a labelled water bottle.
  • Please send in a book bag by Monday 23rd September when we will send home phonics books.
  • We give fruit out at break time but children can bring in a fruit snack in a labelled box if they prefer.
  • Water bottles and snacks to be out of the bag in the morning, ready to put in their box.
  • Please could you send in a pair of wellies with their name on (Please put them on the welly rack outside our class.)
  • Please send the following photos with the child’s name on the back.

             Photo of your child with their family.

            Photo of your child at Baptism (if you have one)

Reception Information Meeting – Wednesday 18th September at 2.45pm in the school hall.

Have a lovely weekend.

 

Mrs Carey and The Early Years Team

Summer 2 Week 7

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Our last week in Reception! What a wonderful year full of fun and learning! Your children have been a pleasure to teach. It has been great to watch them all grow in confidence and they have all developed new skills. You have been amazing parents, supporting your children in their first year at school. They are all ready for Year 1!

On Wednesday, Mrs Wilson bought in some of her pets. We met Malcolm the Millipede, Billy the tortoise and some snails and a gecko. The children were very brave at holding some of them.

   

Thank you for the cards and gifts.

Have a wonderful holiday.

 

Mrs Carey and the Early Years Team

Summer 2 Week 6

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This week we read the story Snail and the Whale.  The children made maps of the places the snail and the whale went to. We learnt about snails and the children wrote facts about them. The children made snails with playdough and decorated snails with dots.

The children have been decorating their mini beasts. They look wonderful!

On Wednesday, we had our Summer Fun Day! The children went on the bouncy castle, played with nerf guns, went on the go-karts, had cakes, got tattoos and played games. What a wonderful day!

 

On Friday, we made pizzas.

Have a lovely weekend.

Mrs Carey and the Early Years Team

Summer 2 Week 5

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Another busy week in Reception. It was lovely to see you at the Parent’s evenings this week.

This week our focus has been Ladybirds. We read the story The Bad Tempered Ladybird and the children wrote about what made them grouchy. They painted ladybirds and we added these to a class display. The children have been writing facts about ladybirds and making life cycles. The children have been making paper mache minibeasts. This week we painted them. We made watches to tell the time like in the story.

This week we had lot of excitement in our class when our caterpillar finally turned into beautiful butterflies. On Wednesday, we let the butterflies go.

In Maths, we have been ordering numbers to 20 and practising reading and writing numbers.

In Religion, we learnt the importance of oil. The Good Samaritan used oil to helped the injured man, the priest anoints sick people with oil, it is put on babies at Baptism and at Confirmation.

Lots of excitement in out class on Monday morning when our caterpillars transformed into butterflies. We have been observing the changes from a caterpillar to a chrysalis to a beautiful butterfly. On Friday, we let them go in our playground!

Next Week

We will be collecting reading books next week. Please practise their phonics and tricky words. We will collect reading books on your child’s reading day.

Monday– Watching Year 6 Play

Wednesday – Fun day!

Thursday – Transition Day

 

Have a lovely weekend.

 

Mrs Carey

Thursday 4th July Learning

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Good morning,

Read your reading book, practise your tricky words list that was given to you on Parents Evening. Can you read and spell the words?

Read about an athlete of your choice who is going to the Paris Olympics. Draw or print a picture and underneath write a sentence or more about the athlete.

See you all on Friday

Mrs Carey

Summer 2 Week 4

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Our focus this week has been spiders. We read the story Aaaarrrggghhh Spider! Then the children wrote about the things the spider did to impress the family and they wrote about their own talents. They learnt facts about spiders and wrote about them. They made webs with glitter and by threading string into small holes. Outside, they crawled through spider webs, played with spiders in the water and made playdough spiders.

We have enjoyed the lovely weather this week by paddling our feet in water to cool down and playing in the sandpit.

In Maths, we have been practising number bonds to 10. We have been singing songs and playing games to help us to remember. They have used counters and ten frames, made rainbows to show the bonds and have been writing number sentences.

In Religion, we recalled the story of The Good Samaritan. Then we talked about the virtues that the church teaches us to behave. Be fair, be brave, think before we do and wait your turn. The children made posters of one of the virtues that they follow.

We missed our Year 6 reading partners this week but Year 4 and 5 have been playing with us at lunchtime! On Friday afternoon, Year 5 came to read with the us.

Have a lovely weekend.

I look forward to seeing you next week at parents evening.

 

Mrs Carey

Summer 2 Week 3

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Reception Class has had a busy week! On Monday, we went to Hertfordshire Zoo. I was proud of how well they behaved. We had a fantastic day! We saw lots of different animals, we played in the play area, had lunch, listened to a talk about penguins then went on a train ride. At the end of the trip, we had lots of sleepy children on the coach.

       

 

 

On Tuesday, we had Sports Day. Reception were amazing at their first Sports Day. They listened to and followed instructions, supported each other and has a great time!

 

The children have been writing about their day at the zoo and writing facts about Penguins. Using paint, the children have made wonderful painting of the animals they saw at the zoo.

In Maths, we have been learning about positional vocabulary and using bee-bots to practise giving instructions.

 

In our role-play area, the children have been dressing up in school uniform that they will be wearing in Year 1.

 

Have a wonderful weekend.

 

Mrs Carey and the Early Years Team

Summer 2 Week 2

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This week was Healthy Living Week, we have been doing a variety of activities to promote healthy living.

On Monday, we learnt about the imporatance of earing a balanced healthy diet including fruit and vegetables. The children made posters, painted a plate of healthy foods and made fruit kebabs.

On Tuesday, we learnt about the importance of including fibre in our diet. The children looked at different packages to check if they included fibre, they made pea pods and they tasted foods that contained fibre.

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On Wednesday, we learnt that drinking 6-8 glasses of water a day helps us to stay hydrated. The children tasted fruit infused water with mint, lemon and lime. They voted for their favourite flavour and made a pictogram. The favourite flavour in Reception is lemon.

 

On Thursday, we learnt about how exercise can keep us healthy. The children took part in exercises and talked about the effect it has on their heart rate. We made obstacle courses outside to encourage lots of exercise and wrote about their favourite type of exercise.

In Maths, we have been learning about repeated patterns. Children have been describing and continuing patterns. They have also been making their own patterns with a variety of objects and drawings.

In Religion, we read the story The Good Samaritan then the children acted out the story. The children painted pictures and wrote sentences. We thought about how we can be kind friends like the Samaritan.

Next Week

Monday

Hertfordshire Zoo. Thank you to the parents who voluntered, we picked an adult from a hat and have spoken to them.

If it is sunny, please make sure your child has a sunhat and suncream is applied before they come to school.

Send lunch in a throw away bag with their name on it with two drinks. (no fizzy drinks or glass bottles) If you have ordered a school lunch, this will be given to your child in the morning.

If it is forecasted to rain, please send a raincoat.

Please be at school  on time.

Tuesday

Sports day. Please wear their coloured t-shirt, a sunhat and apply suncream before school. They must have a water bottle.

Have a wonderful weekend.

Mrs Carey and The Early Years Team.

 

Summer 2 Week 1

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Welcome back to our last half term in Reception!

This term, our topic is minibeasts. This week, we read the story the Very Hungry Caterpillar. The children have been retelling this story through role-play and sequencing. The children have made their own books about the things they like to eat. They have been printing caterpillars, drawing and cutting caterpillars and have made symmetrical butterflies. The children have been using magnifying glasses to look closely at minibeasts that they have found in the playground. They have been making homes and feeding the minibeasts. We have been learning facts about butterflies and writing wonderful fact files to describe a butterfly.

In Maths, the children have been learning to share equally between two and three people. They have been using a variety of resources to help them to understand the concept. They have been investigating different numbers to check whether the number can be shared equally between two and three people. As a link to our Literacy topic, the children have also be learning about symmetry and making symmetrical butterflies with shapes and counters.

In preparation for Sports Day, the children have been practising their running, jumping and throwing skills. Sports Day is Tuesday 11th June at 9.30am. If you do not know your child’s house colour, please let me know. If they have a PE t-shirt, wear it to school that day. Do not worry if they do not have a PE t-shirt, we can give them a coloured band. Please make sure your child has a sunhat and a water bottle.

On Friday, the children were amazing when walking down to the church following the Blessed Sacrament. Well done Reception! They enjoyed the ice-lollies after.

 

Have a wonderful weekend.

Mrs Carey and the Early Years Team

Summer 1 Week 6

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This week we have been focusing on London. We read a book called Miles in London who visited many places. The children learnt about the different landmarks in London and wrote about where they would like to visit. They made postcards about a trip to London, letters to King Charles and drew maps of the different places to visit in London. The children made Big Ben, the London Aquarium, the Natural History Museum  from boxes.

Outside, the children have been acting as teachers. They have been teaching phonics, taking the register and writing comments about good behaviour. The children have been very good teachers! Then they had fun in the puddles, making bubbles.

In Religion, the children learnt about Pentecost. They acted out the story in groups, they made fire using blow painting to represent the fire and made kites to represent the wind. The children made birthday cards and birthday cakes to celebrate the birthday of the church. Some children retold the story in a story map.

On Tuesday afternoon, the children took part in different prayer stations led by the Year 6 children. The children were wonderful throughout.

In Maths, the children have continued learning about 2D shapes. They made pictures out of different 2D shapes. Then we learnt about 3D shapes and the children learn the names of cube, cuboid, cylinder, pyramid and sphere. They identified everyday objects that are 3D shapes.

It was lovely to see some of you at The International Evening. Thank you for donating lovely food.

In Ten Ten, we learnt about what to do in an emergency and the people who can help us. We talked about when we need to call 999. Please practise the children’s address with them (door number and road) so they know if they have to make a call to 999.

On Friday, the children celebrated their first Mass with the school. I was proud of how well they sat and joined in with the prayers and singing.

I have attached a copy of the children’s house colours. They will need the t-shirt for Sports Day and for Year 1 PE.  Reception House Groups

Have a wonderful half term!

Mrs Carey and the Early Years Team