Category: Reception

Oak Class

This week in Oak Class, we have been enjoying our focus story, Lost and Found. The children have loved retelling the story, exploring the characters’ feelings and discussing what they would pack if they were going on an adventure to Antarctica! We have also been sequencing the story, creating our own penguin friends and labelling […]

Yew-reception

This week, our learning has been centred around the story and theme of “Lost and Found.” The children have loved exploring ideas of friendship, helping others, and finding solutions to problems together.Through our story discussions, the children shared their own experiences of losing and finding things, developing their confidence to speak in front of others […]

Yew class-reception

The children have enjoyed a fantastic start to their Reception journey, settling into their new classroom and beginning to build positive relationships with their peers and adults. Through play, exploration and daily routines, they have been developing their confidence, communication skills and independence as they learn how to navigate their new environment. We have spent […]

Receptions Rare Breeds trip 🚜🐷

Last week, our Reception children enjoyed a fantastic trip to Rare Breeds Farm. The children were excited from the moment we boarded the coach and thoroughly enjoyed travelling together with their friends.During the day, we explored the farm and had the opportunity to see a variety of animals. One of the highlights was watching the […]

Friendship Fun – Yew class

Today in Yew Class, the children enjoyed taking part in a range of friendship activities linked to their new book, Hello Friend, as they explored the importance of kindness, respect and caring for others. They decorated friendship bracelets, wrote thoughtful cards of appreciation, sorted friendly and unfriendly actions, and used puppets to role-play acts of […]

YR Oaks 🏴‍☠️

Oak class had a wonderfully lively week, all sparked by our story Pirates Love Underpants. The children threw themselves into the pirate theme with huge enthusiasm, especially during our musical sea‑shanty adventure. Using drums, egg shakers and triangles, they experimented with rhythm, tempo and teamwork to create a brilliant pirate performance!This hands-on music session supported […]

Yew-reception

This week, the children dived into the colourful underwater world of Hooray for Fish! They were captivated by the vibrant illustrations and enjoyed exploring the many different fish characters, using the story as a springboard for rich learning across the curriculum.Through shared reading and discussion, children developed their communication and language skills by describing the […]

Oak Class 🌊🐙

We’ve had a joyful and busy week in Reception as we dived into our focus book, Hooray for Fish! The children loved exploring the colourful characters and used the story as inspiration for rich discussions, descriptive language, and lots of confident sentence writing. It was wonderful to see them stretching their vocabulary and beginning to […]

Oak – YR 🐟🐙🦀

This week our learning was inspired by the interactive book Who’s Hiding at the Seaside?, which sparked curiosity and rich discussions about seaside habitats and the creatures that live there. The children were particularly excited to create their own rock pools using natural materials, small-world resources, and imaginative play.  Children explored the natural world around […]