Reception Sealife Centre Trip

Reception Trip to Southend Sealife Centre. 

Please find below the letter sent out to parents regarding the Reception Trip to Southend Sealife centre on Monday 11th July.  Please complete the consent form via the below QR code. 

Any questions please speak to Mrs Hathaway, Year Group Lead.

Headteacher: Mrs L Nicholls

Reception Trip

Date: Friday 27th May 2022.

Dear Parents and Carers,

We are delighted to inform you that a trip has been booked for our Reception children on Monday 11th July 2022. We will be visiting the Sealife Centre in Southend.

On Monday 11th July 2022, all children are expected at school on time, so that we can leave promptly at 9:30am. We will be travelling by coach and expect to arrive back at school by 3pm - we will ensure to keep parents updated on our whereabouts via the school's Facebook page. 

Children are required to wear school uniform; please ensure that all children wear appropriate footwear and have a waterproof coat. The weather is likely to be warm, so please ensure your child has a sun hat and has had sun cream applied.  We will be eating lunch at the Sealife Centre, so all children will need to take a packed lunch with them. Should your child require a lunch provided by the school, please indicate their preferences on the form below. All lunch orders must be completed by Friday 24th June 2022, so that we can process your order in time for your child’s trip. Alternatively, children can bring their own packed lunch in a carrier bag that is clearly labelled with their name and class.

The Reception trip will incur a voluntary charge of £12 per child that should be paid via sQuid. This charge covers the coach transport and their entry to the Southend Sealife Centre. To make payment log on to your sQuid account and follow the steps provided.

Please either complete the form attached to this letter and return to the class teacher, or scan this QR code and complete it online (it should take no more than a couple of minutes).

We look forward to a wonderful day out!

Yours faithfully,

Mrs Hathaway

Reception Lead 

Reception Sealife Centre Trip - Monday 11th July 2022

Name		Class:
Please outline any special dietary requirements of your child			Please tick
My child is eligible for Free School Meals and would like a free school packed lunch for the visit (see below for choices).
Does your child have any dietary needs or allergies  If yes please provide details below:			Yes / No
I will provide my child with a packed lunch from home.
School Packed Lunch Choices Please note that all packed lunches provided by the school will always come with a cucumber and carrot pot, a piece of fruit and a bottle of water as standard.  Please circle one choice from each row
Ham Baguette	Tuna & Sweetcorn Baguette	Cheese Baguette
Are you able to volunteer on the day? (Please circle yes or no)		Yes	No

I agree to ………………………………………………..…………   (name) taking part in this visit and have read the information provided.   I agree to my child’s participation in the activities described and acknowledge the need for my child to behave responsibly.
Signed:	Parent/Carer
Emergency contact no:
Medical information: are there any conditions requiring medical treatment, including medication    Yes/No If YES, please provide details:

Reception Trip - Southend Sealife Centre

 

Reception Trip to Southend Sealife Centre. 

Please find below the letter sent out to parents regarding the Reception Trip to Southend Sealife centre on Monday 11th July.  Please complete the consent form via the below QR code. 

Any questions please speak to Mrs Hathaway, Year Group Lead.

Headteacher: Mrs L Nicholls

Reception Trip

Date: Friday 27th May 2022.

Dear Parents and Carers,

We are delighted to inform you that a trip has been booked for our Reception children on Monday 11th July 2022. We will be visiting the Sealife Centre in Southend.

On Monday 11th July 2022, all children are expected at school on time, so that we can leave promptly at 9:30am. We will be travelling by coach and expect to arrive back at school by 3pm - we will ensure to keep parents updated on our whereabouts via the school's Facebook page. 

Children are required to wear school uniform; please ensure that all children wear appropriate footwear and have a waterproof coat. The weather is likely to be warm, so please ensure your child has a sun hat and has had sun cream applied.  We will be eating lunch at the Sealife Centre, so all children will need to take a packed lunch with them. Should your child require a lunch provided by the school, please indicate their preferences on the form below. All lunch orders must be completed by Friday 24th June 2022, so that we can process your order in time for your child’s trip. Alternatively, children can bring their own packed lunch in a carrier bag that is clearly labelled with their name and class.

The Reception trip will incur a voluntary charge of £12 per child that should be paid via sQuid. This charge covers the coach transport and their entry to the Southend Sealife Centre. To make payment log on to your sQuid account and follow the steps provided.

Please either complete the form attached to this letter and return to the class teacher, or scan this QR code and complete it online (it should take no more than a couple of minutes).

We look forward to a wonderful day out!

Yours faithfully,

Mrs Hathaway

Reception Lead 

Reception Sealife Centre Trip - Monday 11th July 2022

Name		Class:
Please outline any special dietary requirements of your child			Please tick
My child is eligible for Free School Meals and would like a free school packed lunch for the visit (see below for choices).
Does your child have any dietary needs or allergies  If yes please provide details below:			Yes / No
I will provide my child with a packed lunch from home.
School Packed Lunch Choices Please note that all packed lunches provided by the school will always come with a cucumber and carrot pot, a piece of fruit and a bottle of water as standard.  Please circle one choice from each row
Ham Baguette	Tuna & Sweetcorn Baguette	Cheese Baguette
Are you able to volunteer on the day? (Please circle yes or no)		Yes	No

I agree to ………………………………………………..…………   (name) taking part in this visit and have read the information provided.   I agree to my child’s participation in the activities described and acknowledge the need for my child to behave responsibly.
Signed:	Parent/Carer
Emergency contact no:
Medical information: are there any conditions requiring medical treatment, including medication    Yes/No If YES, please provide details:

Reception Jubilee Celebrations

Reception Jubilee Celebrations

This week, across the school each year group will focus on a decade of the Queen's reign and explore some areas of life in that given decade.  Reception will be focusing on the 2010s.   To celebrate this decade, the children have been learning the lyrics and the dances moves and will perform the song later in the week. 

 Justin Timberlake - Can't stop the feeling

  

                                                         

There will be a red, white and blue dress up day on Thursday 26th May along with a special Jubilee lunch menu. 

During the afternoon, the reception children will be having their own afternoon tea .Children will have come home this week with an invitation to our Reception Jubilee Afternoon Tea. The tea will take place in the reception playground (weather permitting). It will be in the style of a traditional street party, with a long table with the children sat around, music playing. The children will have hats and flags that they have made to wave around.   They will be baking their own scones for the special tea and the children have invited along Mrs Nicholls and Mrs Stanley to join them. 

Across the week children will be making paper chains and bunting decorations for their afternoon tea. Each child will make a jubilee crown, flag  and pin wheel. 

 

Our literacy focus we will be reading The Queen's handbag. This book tells the story of how the Queen goes on a wild-swan chase around the British Isles, in pursuit of her missing handbag. We will have opportunities to discuss and learn about lots of different British landmarks.

The children will be writing letters to the Queens to congratulate her on her Jubilee. Reception will be making a time capsule and capturing all the fun and memories for our Jubilee celebrations. We will bury this in the ground of the school in the hope it is found by future Broadford pupils. 

On Friday 27th May, all pupils are invited to a Party in the Playground.  There will be music, food and games.  Fingers crossed the rain holds off!

 We will share all the Jubilee fun in a blog later this week.... Make sure to look out for it.

 

Reception Learning - Week 4

                                             

RECEPTION LEARNING - SUMMER 1 WEEK 4

Jubilee Celebrations W/B Monday 23rd May 2022

Jubilee Dress up Day - Thursday 26th May 2022 (Wear Red, White, Blue)

Inset Day - School Closed-Monday 6th June 2022 

Return to school - Tuesday 7th June 2022

Maths 

In maths, the children have been exploring number bonds to twenty.  This week we introduced the bar model to support learning numbers to 20.  

The bar model supports understanding of the relationship between addition and subtraction in that both can be seen within the one representation and viewed as different ways of looking at the same relationships.

The examples above illustrates how the bar might be used for addition and subtraction problems. A question mark is used to indicate the part that is unknown.

Key Vocabulary: Number bond, bar model add, altogether, equal.

Eva:  "Four and three makes seven"

Mateo: " Ten plus two makes twelve"

Livai “ 5 add 5 is 10” 

Zarrar “ 6 and 4 is 10”

Success:  "five and five makes ten"

Tiger Lily " It's FIVVVVVVEEEE!"

Literacy

   

This week, we continued reading Tadpoles promise. This is a story about is about a tadpole who meets a beautiful caterpillar and they fall in love with each other. The shiny black tadpole promised the rainbow caterpillar that he would never change but that was not a promise he could keep.

Soon the tadpole changed. He grew two legs and then he developed two arms. His tail vanished and he became a frog. The butterfly could not recognise him. She cried herself to sleep because she was so upset. Surprisingly, she changed too… into a magnificent butterfly! Then something you would never expect happened. The frog leapt out the water and ate the beautiful Butterfly. 

Our literacy task this week  researching facts about frogs.  We discussed as a class different ways to retrieve information, the children were great in telling the teachers that information can be retrieved from books, computers, Alexa, Google, and the TV. 

Key Vocabulary: tadpole, froglet, frog, butterfly, willow

Ameera “The frog is green and has two big eyes” 

Abdul Hafiiz “Frogs live in the wet and dry”

Emma: "Frogs eat insects"

Nikita " Frogs are green and slimy"

Noah: 'Frogs live in the pond'

Ronnie: 'Frogs have big eyes"

Tadpole Update

The children have been checking in on the tadpoles daily and observing the changes as they grow from tadpoles to frogs.  They have thoroughly enjoyed watching them grow. 

On Friday, Miss Mullan is going to return the little froglets to the pond and we will pop down to see them when they've grown fully into frogs.

Emily “Tadpoles turn into froglets then adult frogs” 

Ameera “ I caught two tadpoles”

Mikail: "that one has got legs...look!"

Alfie: " They are actually really cool frogs...  I like them alot"

Lochlan: "They are bigger now"

People who help us 

We were very lucky in reception to have some police officers and special constables visit. 

They told the children all about their jobs and how they help people in the local community.  The children had lots and lots of questions and the police officers answered as many as they could. 

They showed the children their cufflinks, radios and body cameras. One police office even let the children try on his jacket

Finely: "I want to be a police car man when I grow up, they go fast "

Kai “I want to be a police man when I’m older” 

Mrs Hathaway:  "Wow, I can't believe how heavy this coat is," how do you run in this?

Tiger -Lily: "I saw a police car at Tesco's"

 

Reception Learning - Week 6

                                         

RECEPTION LEARNING - SPRING 2 WEEK 4

Key Dates & Information

Easter School Holidays - 4th to 18th April 2022
Bank holiday- 2nd May 2022- School closed
Polling day- 5th May 2022- School closed

Maths 

This week in school the children have been consolidating their mathematical skills. They have been  counting, adding, subtracting, number sentences, more than/less than. 

We have lots of amazing mathematicians!

Mikail: "Jace, I got six... I have to count to six"

Success: "I will help you Jimmy"

Key Vocabulary: count, add, equals, takeaway, more than, less than.

Literacy

This week, we continued with the topic book Izzy Gizmo.  This is a story about Izzy, a girl who loves inventing and fixing things.  Along the way Izzy makes lots of friends. We spoke about our friends in school and what we like to do with them. 

Isabelle: “I play with Ayra” 

Huy: “Building a tower”

Hayden: "We play with the water"

Taylor: "We go to the park"

Zofia: "I like to play on the big slide"

Harvey: "I like playing outside with my friends:

Easter Fun in Reception.

WOW! What fun we had on the last day of term! 

The children arrived to school looking amazing in their Easter hats.  The children (and parents) worked hard at home designing and creating their Easter hats.  The children loved posing for a photo in their hats!

They had great fun throughout the day completing lots of Easter crafts, making their Easter cards for their families, completing the Easter egg hunt.  

The children enjoyed listening to the Christian story of Easter.

 

During the morning reception went to the hall for the Easter hat parade. Mrs Nicholls and Mrs Stanley chose a 'best Easter hat' for each class.

A huge well done to 

Emma, Alfie and Isabelle.  

There was a lot of excitement towards the end of lunch, a few children had seen the Easter bunny hopping through some of the reception classes.  When the children returned to class after lunch they found a wrapped box with a  message from the Easter Bunny.

The message read

 'Dear Reception, 

I have left a surprise for you. If you want to know what it inside,

 please write me a letter and then you can open me at the end of the day, 

Love from the Easter Bunny xx"

The children were so excited by this and rushed to write a letter back to the Easter bunny.  It was lovely to see every child so focused on their letters.

We finished the end of the day and the spring term with a visit from the Easter bunny.

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We would like to wish all our reception children and their families a wonderful Easter holiday. 

We look forward to seeing you all back in school on Tuesday 19th April 2022.

The Reception Team.