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    Reception Blog

    Summer 1 Week 5

    May 23, 2025/in Archives, Reception, Reception Archive /by Margaret Joyce

    What a wonderful week we’ve had in Reception as we completed our  topic on Transport! This week, we focused on London — its landmarks, ways of getting around the city, and all the exciting things you might see if you visited. The children absolutely loved exploring our capital city! We listened to the story Miles […]

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    Summer 1 Week 4

    May 16, 2025/in Archives, Reception, Reception Archive /by Margaret Joyce

    Our theme this week was trains, and we loved reading the story Oi! Get Off My Train by John Burningham. The story led us into some thoughtful discussions about endangered animals and how we can help to protect them. The children were so curious and caring — they thought of lovely ideas like planting more […]

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    Summer 1 Week 3

    May 9, 2025/in Archives, Reception, Reception Archive /by Margaret Joyce

    This week, we read The Naughty Bus. The children made their own buses, they made road maps with buses on, they made pictures with lots of different vehicles and they painted road signs. The children thought about where they would like to travel to on a bus and wrote sentences.   In Maths, we have […]

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    Summer 1 Week 2

    May 2, 2025/in Archives, Reception, Reception Archive /by Margaret Joyce

    Our theme this half term is transport. This week we read the story Where the Wild Things are. Max travelled on a boat across the water. We thought about different ways to travel across water and the children talked about where they would go to on a boat. The children made boats using tin foil […]

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    Summer 1 Week 1

    April 25, 2025/in Archives, Reception, Reception Archive /by Margaret Joyce

    I hope you had a lovely Easter! On Sunday, we heard the sad news about Pope Francis. The children have painted pictures of Pope Francis and written thank you prayers for him. They thought about how they can show kindness like Pope Francis did. The children made Popemobiles. Wednesday was St George’s Day. We read […]

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    Spring 2 Week 6

    April 4, 2025/in Archives, Reception, Reception Archive /by Margaret Joyce

    Well done to the Reception children. They have completed two terms at school! This week, we have been learning about the Easter Story. We acted out the story of when Jesus travelled to Jerusalem. Then we listened to the story of the Last Supper and acted it out. Then we read the story of Good […]

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    March 28, 2025/in Archives, Reception, Reception Archive /by Margaret Joyce

    This week we read the Enormous Turnip. They enjoyed acting the story out. The children’s writing has been fantastic this week, they wrote about what they would use to pull the turnip out, they made books to retell the story and wrote list of the characters in the story. They have been making models using […]

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    Spring 2 Week 4

    March 21, 2025/in Archives, Reception, Reception Archive /by Margaret Joyce

    On Monday, we had a science workshop with two scientists. The children built homes for animals to adapt in, they made a boat and tested whether it floated or sank, they made birds and camouflage animals. This week we read the story The Scarecrow’s Wedding. The children made scarecrows, made wedding vehicles and wedding gifts. […]

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    Spring 2 Week 3

    March 14, 2025/in Archives, Reception, Reception Archive /by Margaret Joyce

    We have had a fun week for Science Week. We made parachutes and kites and flew them in the playground. Then we had a important job! We had to help Mrs Heymoz to find the best biscuit to dunk in her tea. First we predicted which one we thought would be the best, then we […]

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    Spring 2 Week 2

    March 7, 2025/in Archives, Reception, Reception Archive /by Margaret Joyce

    This week, we have been reading the story Farmer Duck. The children hot seated the characters and asked each other questions. They wrote about what the farmer might have done next. They made ducks, drew story maps and painted pictures of the story.   On Tuesday, we celebrated Mardi Gras by decorating pancakes, pancake races, […]

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