Blog by Anne Wynne

Reception are learning all about animals and this week we are thinking about pets.

A big thank you to Mrs Clarkson who agreed to bring Billy the Tortoise in to visit us all. We were very excited to meet Billy and learnt lots about tortoises. Billy had dandelion leaves and cooked broccoli to…

Reception had a wonderful day saving toys and vegetables from the Evil Pea! We enjoyed taking part in Superhero PE, completing Superhero training in the outdoor area and playing Superhero party games.

We've all thoroughly enjoyed the Christmas season in Reception. We put on our costumes and performed our Nativity play. It was great fun! Our Christmas lunch was very tasty and we loved pulling the crackers with friends. We wore our Christmas jumpers to school to raise money for Save The Children…

We've all thoroughly enjoyed the Christmas season in Reception. We put on our costumes and performed our Nativity play. It was great fun! Our Christmas lunch was very tasty and we loved pulling the crackers with friends. We wore our Christmas jumpers to school to raise money for Save The Children…

We've all thoroughly enjoyed the Christmas season in Reception. We put on our costumes and performed our Nativity play. It was great fun! Our Christmas lunch was very tasty and we loved pulling the crackers with friends. We wore our Christmas jumpers to school to raise money for Save The Children…

Thursday was Roary's birthday and Sycamore class celebrated in style! It was Freddie's birthday too so he helped Roary sit on the birthday chair. We gave Roary all the lovely presents and cards we had made him then went to the EcoPod to dance and play party games. After lunch, we played Pass the…

We found a bear called Betsy when we went on a Bear Hunt. When we found out it was her Birthday, we decided to plan a surprise party for her. We put our heads together to make a lists of things to do, we created cards and presents for Betsy and we made jelly and cake to share. Here we are enjoying…

Oak class had a great time celebrating Eddie Elephant's 5th birthday party! We gave the birthday boy cards and presents that we had made and sang happy birthday to him. We played party games, including musical statues, the blanket game and pass the parcel. We had a great time dancing! we also had…

In Reception we learnt how poppies grew in the fields after the fighting had stopped. We remembered all those who have been affected by war by printing poppies with potatoes, making paper poppies of our own and then wearing them with pride!

We celebrated bonfire night by making edible sparklers and pretend bonfires. During our Wild At Heart outdoor lesson we collected sticks then added coloured cellophane and twinkly lights for the flames. We then warmed our hands, toasted marshmallows, drank hot chocolate and sang campfire…

We had great fun today exploring the sounds that each percussion instrument made and playing along to our favourite nursery rhymes.