Reception Blog

October 17 was the International Day for the Eradication of Poverty, so right now is a great time to explore Article 27. During the pandemic child poverty has increased by 15% globally, with almost 1.2 million children worldwide living below the poverty line – 4 million of these children live in the UK. Leading up to this important day in …

Reception have been looking carefully at the changes outside. On letter l day we went outside to collect some leaves. We used these leaves in class to do some transient art work. Back outside we looked more carefully at the trees. We looked at the patterns on the bark and did some tree rubbings we also tried to do some …

This week has been such a busy week in Reception Class. We have been introduced to the letter sounds c, k, u, b, and f.  We have looked at mixing colours on coffee filters, collecting conkers, making and flying kites, investigating boxes and bubbles and visiting the allotment to see what flowers and vegetables we could find underground. We are …

Reception Class had lots of fun in their ICT lesson this week. Mr Graham took a group outside and set the children some challenges to carry out with their digital cameras. Who could take a photograph of something made of plastic, wood etc. Inside the children worked with the Bee Bots. They had to make them move forwards, backwards and …

Reception Class enjoyed their run today. They showed us how fit they were by running around the yard and field lots of times. Reception Class should sleep well tonight! Well done.      

This week our Reception Class have been in school everyday full time. They have been introduced to a different letter sound each day. The activities for that day have been linked to the sound of the day. On “m” day we had a marshmallow challenge where the children had to use a catapult to fire marshmallows onto a spot they …

We have been so impressed with our new Reception Class. They started school on Monday looking so smart in their school uniforms. They have settled so well into our class routines and have especially enjoyed our morning wake up shake up sessions. They have stayed for their first school dinner, made new friends with Year 1 who are in our …

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I am so proud of our new starters who have been visiting their new school for some Stay and Play sessions. Even though some of them have felt a little bit nervous they have settled so well. It has been lovely to see them making new friends and investigating their new indoor and outdoor classrooms with big smiles on their …

We have finalised our timetables today. Please remember to send your child in PE kit on their PE days. This will begin from Monday 7th September. PE days for this half term are: Year 1: Monday & Tuesday Year 2: Monday & Friday Year 3: Wednesday & Thursday Year 4: Tuesday & Friday Year 5: Wednesday & Thursday Year 6: …

We are looking forward to welcoming everyone in our school family back in September. We know you will have lots of questions which we have tried to answer in the following documents Reception Frequently Asked Questions Year 1 Frequently Asked Questions Year 2 Frequently Asked Questions Year 3 Frequently Asked Questions Year 4 Frequently Asked Questions Year 5 Frequently Asked …

Thank you for your late entries everyone! What a great week you all had. We loved seeing your active photos and want to say thank you and well done to all families who took part! In third place were St. Andrew with a brilliant 95 points, in second place were St. Patrick with 97 points but our Lockdown Sports Week …

Next week we would like you to take part in SPORTS WEEK CHALLENGE! Firstly, if possible, can you wear something in your house group colour: purple for Aidan, blue for Andrew, white for Bede, yellow for David, red for George, orange for Oswald and green for Patrick. There are two challenges each day. If you send your teacher a picture …

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