Reception: What do you remember about the festival of Eid?
Published 17/04/26
The children have been learning about the Muslim festival of Ramadan and the special celebration of Eid-ul-Fitr, which happened near the end of the last term!
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Read MoreReception: Can you tell your family the story of the first Easter?
Published 27/03/26This week we learned the Easter Story. We retold the story of Jesus arriving in Jerusalem and made palm leaves which we waved as the people would have waved as he arrived. We learned about the last supper and we had bread and wine (blackcurrant squas
Read MoreReception: What can you remember about the planets in our Solar System?
Published 19/03/26In Reception this week, the children have been learning about our Solar System. They have learnt about the properties of the different planets, discussing how many moons each planet has, which planets are gas giants, which are cold and which are hot
Read MoreReception: What did you learn about the Moon this week?
Published 12/03/26This week in Reception we have been to the Moon! We read the story ‘Whatever Next!’ by Jill Murphy. We retold the story using props and we have been learning about what it would be like to actually go to the Moon. What would we need and w
Read MoreReception: Can you tell someone the story of The Hairy Toe?
Published 06/03/26We have had another fabulous week of Drawing Club. We read the book ‘The Hairy Toe’, with illustrations by Daniel Postgate. The Hairy Toe is a spine-tickling traditional tale. An old woman finds a hairy toe and soon, the owner comes looki
Read MoreReception: Which part of celebrating Lunar New Year did you enjoy most?
Published 26/02/26This week the children have been learning about the Lunar New Year. We learnt about who celebrates it and how a family prepares for the celebration. We have practised our cutting skills making lanterns, our folding skills making drag
Read MoreReception: Can you tell someone your Star Write superpower?
Published 13/02/26This week the children have been using their phonics to complete their Star Writes. Star Writes are done every half term, by all children across the school ,from Nursery to Year 6. They are independent pieces of work which show the amazing progr
Read MoreReception: What is the best weather for making shadows? Why?
Published 05/02/26This week the children have been learning about how shadow are made. Using torches and the natural light of the sun, they have seen how, when a light source is blocked, a shadow is formed. We are looking forward to making some puppets next week and u
Read MoreReception: What is your favourite part of the story 'Room on the Broom" and why?
Published 30/01/26This week we have been visiting Drawing Club while reading Room on the Broom by Julia Donaldson. The children have been using their imaginations to design their own dragons, think what animal they would allow on their broomstick and, if the dragon re
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Published 23/01/26This week we talked to each other about what makes us unique. We learnt that the word unique means that we are the only one like us! There is nobody quite like us! Then we told our friends about something that we really liked - it might be a favourit
Read MoreReception:Can you retell the story of 'Shark in the Park'?
Published 16/01/26A highlight this week has been creating story maps for a familiar story, 'Shark in the Park' by Nick Sharrat, to help us retell it in the correct order. We read the story of Shark in the Park and drew individual maps to show o
Read MoreReception: What was your favourite part of the story 'Aliens Love Underpants'?
Published 09/01/26The children have returned for the Spring term, full of energy and happy to be back with their friends. This week we have been reading the book, Aliens Love Underpants by Claire Freedman and Ben Cort.