Class Teachers: Mrs Towriess
Teaching Assistants: Mrs Smithstone, Mrs Cassidy, Mrs Burnett
Welcome to Reception, also known as the Early Years Foundation Stage (EYFS) which is part of Key Stage 1.
Please check this page regularly to see updates of what we are learning.
In Literacy we are learning about stories by Julia Donaldson. The first story we are reading is ‘What the Ladybird Heard’ and the children have enjoyed using a creative approach to make and describe the characters from the story.
We will now be making a story map to help us to think about and remember the order of the story. We will use this to help us to include lots of detail when retelling the story.
Our focus in maths for the beginning of the Spring term has been matching groups of objects and numbers, counting accurately using 1:1 correspondence.
We are also learning how to estimate and compare groups of objects using mathematical vocabulary of ‘more’ and ‘fewer’ when comparing.
We have enjoyed thinking about all the different people who help us as we begin our new topic.
We were very excited to receive a visit from the local Police Officer and Police Community Support Officer who talked to us about their role in our local community. They parked their Police Car on the KS1 playground and we all had a chance to sit in a real Police car and listen to the siren!
In RE we are learning about stories that Jesus told. The first story we have learnt about is the story about the Good Samaritan.
After listening to the story, we thought about the message that we should love the Lord our God with all our heart and love our neighbour as much as we do ourselves. We shared our learning during EYFS/KS1 worship when we used drama to re-enact the story.
The next story we will be reading is ‘The parable of The Great Feast’ – Luke 14: 15-24.
All of the Reception children are currently taking part in a 6 week course called ‘Bikeability’. The children get to go on balance bikes and learn all about balance and controlling their bikes. Take a look at them in action below!
The children from the Reception Classes have been reflecting on the Nativity through art.
They took inspiration from different artists and art styles including Heidi Malott, Eric Carle and Popart to produce their wonderful Nativity artwork.
“And suddenly there was with the angel a multitude of the heavenly host praising God, and saying,
Glory to God in the highest and on earth peace, goodwill toward men.”
Luke 2: 13-14
What a surprise! When we arrived in our classroom there were carrots scattered everywhere. Then we found straw in all the other classrooms. We went to meet our Year 6 friends and set off to investigate. Imagine our excitement when we found one of Santa’s reindeer on our playground!
“He was so soft!” Jack
“He was bumpy and soft. I loved his antlers.” Libby
“He was fluffy and cute.” Ava
