Reception Certificates: 4th April 2025

 Reception E for Excellence

We have had a fantastic week of learning and there has been so much to celebrate and be proud of in Reception! 

These children worked extremely hard and have been rewarded for all of their determination and efforts.

Apple 

E for Excellence - Yousaf, for working hard in Maths this week. Yousaf worked hard to make patterns. Well done Yousaf!

Star Writer - Warda, for writing words in your Easter mind map and drawing a beautiful picture. Well done!

Dojo points - Glory, for participating and paying attention. Well done Glory!

This pupil has read ten books and earned their Gold certificate - Aurika, Zaki A, Sophia, Jamal, Ava, Daniel, Victor, Daman, Eden, 

Reading award for children who have read at home consistently 5 or more times a week (this half term) - Matei, Liza, Adelynn, Aurika, Yousaf, Jacob, Eva and Stefania

Aspen 

E for Excellence - Viyan

Dojo points - Raiyan

Star Writer - Chynna

This pupil has read ten books and earned their Gold certificate - Leonor

Reading award for children who have read at home consistently 5 or more times a week (this half term) - Aarish, Abdul Mateen, Amirah, Ariana, Chloe, Chynna, Cornelius,Dakshika, Dhaksha, El-Amin, Eleha, Emmanuel, Eva, Harry, Lara, Leon, Leonor,Mya-Lee, Nathan, Prisha, Raiyan, Ronnie, Thomas, Zara, and Ziyon

Alder

E for Excellence - Zayna

Dojo points - Nathan

Star Writer - Hoorain

Reading award for children who have read at home consistently 5 or more times a week (this half term) - Kinza, Zayna, Sidrat, Renae, Patrick, Nirgun, Nathan, Lennie, Kameron, Kamari, Jazelle, James, Jahmai, Hoorain, Frankie, Dylan, Charlotte, Arabella, Andrew, Emem and Ade

Nursery Certificates- 4.4.25

  

This week, one child in Nursery has received an 'E for Excellence' certificate.

Well done to Theo who has been awarded an E for Excellence certificate this week because of his super resilience during our Easter Egg Hunt. Theo completed all of the obstacles and did not give up.!! Well done Theo!

This week, one child in Nursery has received an 'I made my teacher happy' certificate.

Well done to Grayson who has been awarded the I have made my teacher happy certificate in recognition of noticing the rhyming patterns in our focus group activity. Grayson was able to hear that 'fog' rhymed with 'dog'. Well done, Grayson! 

 

Nursery Learning- 4.4.25

Important dates:

7th April- 22nd- School closed 

Children are back to school on Tuesday 22nd April 

The children created their own delicious Easter Nests this week. The children worked together to crush the shreddies and break the chocolate. They then counted to ten when we passed the bowl around to stir the mixture and were very excited when the mixture cooled and their cakes were ready! 

"I stir all the way round" Malik 

"Lots of chocolate!" Rosie 

This week we noticed that the tulips were starting to flower. The children have been very good and taking care of the flowers and have remembered to help water them every session. They have also sown vegetable seeds and helped to label these. 

"Big red one!" Theo

"They like the sunshine.." Rex 

The children have used natural resources to create their own outside art in our Tuff tray. They have manipulated materials discussing their pictures and have enjoyed using the round boards as pretend faces. 

"Let's put the sticks here for a smile" Austin 

Excitedly, Nursery set off for an Easter egg hunt. They travelled around the trail outside travelling over and under the equipment. They had to complete actions after each egg found e.g. hop 5 times. 

 The children have had lots of fun outside developing their balance and co-ordination skills. We have used the hands and feet stickers to create different courses that the children have had to follow. 

Inside we set up ramps for the cars to race down. We added numbers to the track to encourage the children to discuss which car had reached the furthest and reached the highest number. 

On Friday we celebrated World Language and Culture Day. The children came in looking FABULOUS! Lots of children wore traditional clothing from their culture and others wore bright colours or their favourite outfit. In Nursery we learnt about Moldova and Romanian language. We were lucky to have our expert, Mrs Luca, who could share her knowledge with the children. 

Mrs Luca did some baking with the children, making traditional Romanian doughnuts called Gogosi which the children loved! 

Mrs Luca shared a traditional children's story with the class, translating what was happening. Even though the story was in Romanian, the children were engrossed and thoroughly enjoyed it. 

We ended the day by doing part of a traditional dance, holding hands and travelling in different directions around the room.

We hope everyone has a lovely break and look forward to seeing you all on Tuesday 22nd April. 

Reception Learning- W.C 31.3.25

 

Year Reception: What We Are Learning 

Reception have been working really hard this week. Our focus book was Easter and Diversity.

Here is what we have been up to: We have learnt about Easter, Lent, Ramadan and Eid. We have created art associated with Easter. We made yellow chicks using paint. We also did an exciting Easter egg hunt and received yummy treats at the end!

The children have also been working hard in Read, Write, Inc this week. In Literacy, we wrote a mind map about Easter. We used words such as hunt, chick, fun, egg, chocolate, lamb and Spring. Please continue to read 5 times a week with your children and work on set 1 sounds as well as word time words (1.1, 1.2, 1.3 etc).

In Maths this week the children have made Easter bonnets with complex patterns on them to wear for our Easter bonnet parade. They enjoyed cutting and sticking Easter pictures!

Easter Bonnet Parade

This week we also participated in the school Easter Bonnet Parade. We listened to music, danced and showed our fabulous Easter bonnets.

World Culture and Religion day

For World Culture and Religion Day, children were invited to come to school in any attire that best represents their culture or religion. We did 3 mini-lessons about different cultures/ religions. The children learnt about Aboriginal Australian dreamtime stories, the Islam religion and Caribbean culture and music. 

Well done Reception for an amazing half term. Have a happy Easter and we will see you when we return on 22nd of April 2025!

Nursery Newsletter- 27.3.25

 

Language and communication

Have a basket and eggs. Ask the children if they have been on an egg hunt before. 

Read the story 

As you read the book and lift the flaps, ask the children to show you the amount of eggs on their fingers. 

PSHE

Make healthy choices about food, drink, activity

Model saying hooray with hands in the air and an excited face as you say “Hooray for Easter Day!” 

Mothers Day

Subitising 1 – Show me 1, 2, 3

Small steps

1. Model showing 1,2,3 on fingers and match to corresponding numeral 

2. Sing number rhymes to recognise 1,2,3

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This week in our mark making area, we provided glitter and paint brushes and kitchen utensils in the sand to support their fine motor skills. The children loved mark making using the messy play resources and watching their marks disappear with one quick flick of the paint brush. There were mark making cards to give the children a focus if they wanted it, which so children really enjoyed using.

Physical Development

The children are practising their physical development using equipment from around the school. This week was the first time They have used the train which is located at the bottom of the school field. They were super excited to venture out as most of the children had only ever been in the Nursery. We focused on how to use the equipment safely, looking at getting on and off independently, before the children could explore the trail and work out what they could do. We are hoping to do this regularly with the children as they enjoyed it so much! 

Our little architects have been busy this week creating all sorts of structures using our blocks. This is an example of when one child started building by her self, which encouraged others to come over and join in with their play

To get ready for our Mother's Day brunch, The children helped to bake a cake. After washing their hands (thoroughly, we promise!) The children took turns to help measure out the ingridents  and mix them together. They loved being part of the process and were so excited to see how the cake had risen when it came out of the oven.