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Headteacher: Liz Heymoz
Baker Street,
Potters Bar,
Hertfordshire
EN6 2ES
Tel: 01707 659755
Fax: 01707 665431
Email: admin@popepaul.herts.sch.uk
Baker Street,
Potters Bar,
Hertfordshire
EN6 2ES
Tel: 01707 659755
Fax: 01707 665431
Email: admin@popepaul.herts.sch.uk
Spring 2 Week 5
/0 Comments/in Archives, Reception, Reception Archive /by Margaret JoyceAnother term over! We have had a fun week of Easter learning and crafts. The children listened to the story of Good Friday and made crosses using different resources. Outside, we planted our beanstalks that we grew in class. We hope there is some beans when we come back after Easter, We made chicks, bunnies […]
Spring 2 Week 4
/1 Comment/in Archives, Reception, Reception Archive /by Margaret JoyceOur focus in Reception this week was The Enormous Turnip. The children acted out the story in groups, trying to pull a big turnip from the ground! They sequenced the story, made tools using boxes to help them pull a turnip out and retold the story by drawing a story map or making a booklet. […]
Spring 2 Week 3
/1 Comment/in Archives, Reception, Reception Archive /by Margaret JoyceThis week the children have been scientists for Science Week. Our whole school question was Does taller mean faster? The children predicted what they thought and then gave fantastic ideas to plan how we would find out the answer. The next day, the children got into groups and measured each other. The children made another […]
Spring 2 Week 2
/1 Comment/in Archives, Reception, Reception Archive /by Margaret JoyceThis week, our story was Jack and the Beanstalk. The children retold the story through role play using masks. They drew maps to the castle and they made beanstalks with clouds. Outside they built castles in the clouds and built beanstalks using bricks and playdough. The children thought about what would the giant do if […]
Spring 2 Week 1
/0 Comments/in Archives, Reception, Reception Archive /by Margaret JoyceWelcome back! We hope you had a wonderful half term This week we have been reading the story Farmer Duck. The children have been predicting what happened to the farmer next. They have been planting vegetables outside and playing in the farm shop. The children took on the role of the farmer or the duck […]
Spring 1 Week 6
/0 Comments/in Archives, Reception, Reception Archive /by Margaret JoyceOur story this week has been The Elves and The Shoemaker. The children have been describing what they think the elves would look like, designed clothes for the elves and designed magic shoes for themselves to wear. Some children pretended to be the old man, the old woman or an elf and the others asked […]
Spring 1 Week 5
/1 Comment/in Archives, Reception, Reception Archive /by Margaret JoyceThis week has been lots of fun and excitement. On Monday, we received a letter from The Natural History Museum, asking us to look after a rare dinosaur egg. The children wrote letters back to say they would take care of it. They asked questions, for example When will it hatch? What dinosaur is inside? […]
Spring 2 Week 4
/2 Comments/in Archives, Reception, Reception Archive /by Margaret JoyceThis week the children’s learning has been based around the Gingerbread Man. The children made some gingerbread men through collage, playdough and some wonderful pictures. They have been writing about the story, making story maps and writing an alternative ending. Outside the children have been building bridges to help the gingerbread man to cross the […]
Spring 1 Week 3
/0 Comments/in Archives, Reception, Reception Archive /by Margaret JoyceOur theme this week was The Three Little Pigs. The children have been drawing story maps, making pig faces, writing about different tricks the pigs could have done, writing letters and acting out the story. They demonstrated wonderful sticking and joining skills when using boxes to make their own houses. They have also been scientists, […]
Spring 1 Week 2
/1 Comment/in Archives, Reception, Reception Archive /by Margaret JoyceThis week our learning has been based around Goldilocks and the Three Bears. The children have been acting out the story, writing sorry letters from Goldilocks, writing speech bubbles and making wanted posters. We have also been making, mixing and eating porridge. Using their wonderful design skills, children have been making new chairs for baby […]