Reception learning 26.06.2026

 

Year Reception: What We Are Learning 

This term our topic is Journeys. Our focus book this week was Katie in London.

What a hot week it has been! The children had a wonderful time keeping cool by enjoying a variety of water-based activities throughout the week. They had lots of fun splashing, pouring and exploring with water,while also developing their physical and sensory skills. As a special treat,everyone enjoyed a refreshing ice lolly,which was the perfect way to cool down in the warm weather!

This week we learnt all about London and British Values. 

In Literacy we recapped our red words the,a,I,of,he,go,to,my,was,you,we,they,she,have,all and remembered that sentences begin with a capital letter and end with a full stop. This week we learnt how to write the set 2 sounds word ‘see’. We wrote about what landmarks we might see in London.

Please continue to read 5 times a week with your children and work on set 2 or 3 sounds as well as word time words (1.5, 1.6, 1.7 etc).

In Maths this week the children have been exploring  mapping is using pictures, symbols, marks, or drawings to show where places and objects are located and how they relate to each other. We looked at our local area and found places like the park and McDonalds. 

Well done Reception for an amazing week - keep up all your brilliant work! 

What we are learning W/B 10/11/25

 

Year Reception: What We Are Learning 

Reception have been working really hard this week. Our focus book was The Little Hen and the Great War.

Here is what we have been up to: the children painted poppies and added them to our Reception Outside Area to remember all of the soldiers who sacrificed their lives during war. They also painted their hands red and from their hand prints made their own poppy wreaths to display outside our classroom doors. The children also recorded a poem for Remembrance Day. 

The children have also been working hard in Read, Write, Inc this week. The children have all been assessed and are now working in groups based on this. The children discussed what makes a good friend and made their own friendship recipes. They put the key words in their friendship bowls that they thought makes a good friend. They worked hard to write the initial sounds they could hear in words such as ‘h’ for ‘helps’. They also tried to sound out the words such as ‘kind’ using their set 1 sound mat.  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). Well done Reception for your hard work in Read, Write, Inc and with your writing this week. 

In Maths this week the children have been learning all about 2D shapes. They worked hard to recognise triangles and circles in their classroom and during our outdoor shape hunt. The children also went outside and made triangles from sticks in our outside area. They also learnt about positions and could describe the positions different objects were in in our outside area. Well done Reception for your hard work in Maths this week! 

This week is also Anti-Bullying Week. We learnt about the importance of kindness and made friendship recipes and added words such as ‘help’ and ‘kind’ into their friendship recipe bowls. 

The children had an amazing day celebrating Children In Need. They all enjoyed taking part in lots of fun Pudsey themed activities. 

Well done Reception for an amazing week - keep up all your brilliant work! 

VE Day 80th Anniversary Celebrations! You're Invited!

 

Dear Parents and Carers,

We are delighted to invite you to join us in commemorating the 80th Anniversary of VE Day on Thursday 8th May at 2:30pm.

Nursery AM parents are invited to join at 10:45am.

To mark this significant moment in history, the children will be learning about the events of VE Day and its importance in shaping the world we live in today. This will be a non-uniform day and children are invited to wear the colours red, white and blue. As part of our celebrations, each class will be performing a special song to honour the occasion, and we would love for you to come and watch.

These will be performed in classrooms and following this, you are warmly invited to stay and enjoy a selection of VE Day-themed activities and afternoon tea, prepared with the spirit of the 1940s in mind.

Nursery, Reception and KS1 parents - please wait by the glass doors to be let in.

KS2 parents - please wait by the KS2 doors to the left of the office to be let in.

If you have more than one child we will send the sibling to the classroom you are in after the singing performance to join you for afternoon tea.

We hope you can join us for what promises to be a memorable and meaningful afternoon.

Kind regards,

Mrs Marie

Reception Year Group Lead

Happy St George's Day from Reception

Happy St George's Day from Reception!