Reception: Goldilocks and the Three Bears

This week Reception have been designing chairs, beds and tables suitable for the 3 bears. The children selected their own materials, cut them to size and then thought carefully about how they were going to fix them together. We think they look amazing!      

Happy New Year from Reception 

Reception have had a fantastic first week back at school after the holidays. They were so excited to see their friends and share the news about what they had  been up to and what lovely gifts they had received from Santa.

Nursery welcome in the New Year!

This week we have been learning about the New Year Celebrations. We have talked about what we did with our families for New Year and found out about some of the celebrations that happen around the world. We watched London’s celebrations, counting down with Big Ben and enjoying the fantastic firework display. We then all […]

Christmas in Nursery

We have had a busy week in Nursery, enjoying lots of Christmas festivities. We had a special visit from Santa and he even brought 2 of his reindeer that we learned some facts about! We have enjoyed a Christmas disco, making reindeer dust, making Christmas wrapping paper and cards! It’s been a busy, but very […]

Christmas crown designs in Reception

The children in Reception have been using their design skills this week to design their own Christmas hats. They had to select the buttons on the sides of the crown to complete the design before decorating with colours and patterns of their choice.

Nursery’s Christmas Showcase

The children in Nursery have been practising for their showcase over the past few weeks, learning lots of new Christmas songs and learning all of the actions. On Thursday, the children welcomed their parents into school and delivered a lovely performance of the songs. A lovely afternoon was had by all ! Well done Nursery […]

Reception get festive

The children in Reception have worked so hard over the last couple of weeks, learning their Christmas songs for the Showcase and also for the church service next week.  

The Christmas Story in Nursery

This week, the children have been learning about the Christmas story, they have listened to the story’s, practised singing their Christmas songs for the church that tell us about the birth of Jesus and they have used the nativity scene to retell the story. Well done nursery!

The Gingerbread Man in Reception

This week we have been reading the story of the Gingerbread Man. In the story, the Gingerbread Man was struggling to cross the river and was eventually eaten by the fox. The children have been challenged to build a bridge for the Gingerbread Man, to help him escape. They worked together using a variety of […]

World Cup Fun in Reception

In celebration of the World Cup, Reception have been finding out about several countries: Senegal, Ghana, France and Uruguay. We found these countries on the world map then discovered that the Eiffel Tower is in France, French is spoken in Senegal, cacao beans come form Ghana and Uruguay is in South America. We can’t wait […]