Reception class have been reading “10 Things I can do to help my world”. We have been inspired to find ways in school to help save our planet. We have written signs to go up around school to encourage others to turn off lights and taps when they have finished with them. Yesterday, we wen...
Have a Go, Eat a Rainbow! Reception Class Challenge
Reception class have been finding out about ways to keep ourselves healthy. We have set ourselves the challenge of “eating a rainbow” to encourage us to try new fruits and vegetables. We started today, choosing the colours red and yellow. We read a set of instructions about how to make a...
On Wednesday, the children in Nursery and Reception took part in their Don’t Stop Moving fundraiser, to raise funds to further develop our outdoor area. The children took part in lots of movement activities throughout the day, including dancing, riding on bikes and scooters and ring games. All...
Reception class have visited The Rising Sun Country Park as part of their learning about mini beasts and habitats. We had a glorious day for the visit with our first sunny day this year.
As we walked to the pond, we spotted lots of wildlife including rabbits, butterflies and a variety of birds...
As part of our ‘Supertato’ work in Reception this week, the children have been designing and making their own superhero characters made with real fruits and vegetables. First, the children designed what their character was going to look like and thought of a name to call it.
Today we are celebrating the Hindu festival of Holi which is a celebration of colour and welcoming spring time. We have all come to school dressed in our brightest clothes to get our celebrations off to a colourful start!
We have been finding out how to prepare for Holi and some of the traditions...
Last week, Reception class took delivery of some duck eggs and have been patiently observing for them to hatch into ducklings. In the meantime, we have been learning information about ducks and some of the BSL signs associated with the key vocabulary.
We were lucky enough to have 3 eggs hatch into...
Today Reception and Year one had a very exciting morning with a visit to the Tyne Theatre in Newcastle to watch a performance of ‘The Gruffalo’s Child’.
We all thoroughly enjoyed the show. There was lots of audience participation, and we enjoyed spotting all the different characte...
This half term, Reception class are enjoying lots of traditional tales. We have been reading the story of “The Gingerbread Man” and as part of our learning we have written a shopping list and taken it to our local shop to buy the ingredients needed to make our own gingerbread. We have us...
Today, Nursery and Reception children enjoyed celebrating Christmas and had a party morning. We danced to music and listened carefully to play games that required us to follow simple instructions like pass the parcel and musical statues.
We heard a bell ring and were delighted to see Santa had co...
This afternoon, we welcomed parents and family members to our classroom to celebrate Christmas with us. The children performed some Christmas songs, much to the delight of the audience! We then joined our grown ups for a craft session. We stitched Christmas stockings together and decorated them. We...