Welcome to Reception’s Class Page
2021–22
Welcome to Reception’s class page. We have 29 wonderful children in our class. Mrs Dalton is the class teacher and Mrs Hart and Mrs Deyes are the class assistants.
On this web page you will see highlights of some of the exciting things we will be doing throughout the year. You will also find some useful links to key documents to support your child’s learning at home.
International Day Of The Forest
As part of our special topic week based around Climate Change, we focused on the importance of trees for our environment. To celebrate the day, we all came dressed in green. We learnt about why we need trees and what deforestation is doing to our planet. In the afternoon, we had a go at tree hugging. We all felt very happy and calm when we had finished.
On Monday, we were all so excited to open our new EYFS outside area! A big thanks to Mr Ed for all his time and effort making it. We are really looking forward to playing outside this summer!
Spring 2- People Who Help Us
This week, we had a visit from Dr Knaggs. She brought her Doctor bag and showed us all the equipment she uses when she is seeing patients. We loved asking lots of questions to find out more about her role.
On Thursday, we had a super visit from Mrs Thompson who is a Veterinary Nurse. We were very lucky that she also brought along her dog 'Moo'. We learnt about the role of a Vet and how they care for animals. We loved watching Moo having her teeth brushed!
We are looking forward to some special visitors in school to help us develop an understanding of the role of the different people that help us such as Doctors, Nurses and Vets. We are also looking forward to a visit to the local Library.
In RE, our new topic is ‘Sorrow and Joy.’ We be learning all about the Easter story in the coming weeks.
World Book Day
We had a super time on World Book Day! To mark the day, we all dressed as a word. There was some really imaginative costumes and we all looked super. We had a fantastic day enjoying lots of stories, having a visit from an author and reading with our buddies.
St David’s Day
The 1st March was our class Saints day- St David. We learnt all about St David and how Welsh people celebrate the day. We made daffodils which are a key symbol of the day. We even learnt some Welsh phrases!
We finished off the day celebrating Shrove Tuesday with pancakes!
Spring 1- Space
This term, Reception have been learning all about Space.
In Literacy we read ‘Whatever next’ By Jill Murphy. We thought about where we would like to go in a rocket. The children have came up with some super ideas!
We have also learnt about questions and what a question is. We focused on who, what, where, when, why and how. The children thought of questions that would like to know the answer to about Space.
In Maths we focused on the topic ‘Alive in Five.’ We learnt about composition of numbers 4 and 5 and comparing amounts. We also learnt about capacity and Mass.
In PE we focused on ‘Dance.’ We thought about expressing emotion through movement and had great fun dancing in different ways.
Autumn 2- Terrific Tales
This term, our topic has been based all around Traditional Tales. We began our topic by focusing on the story Goldilocks and the Three Bears. We enjoyed sequencing the story before acting it in out in our Three Bears Cottage role play area. We used our super phonics to help us write labels for each part of the story.
We then read the story of The Little Red Hen. We enjoyed using Pie Corbett’s ‘Talk for Writing’ approach and learnt the story off by heart including actions. We loved performing it for our buddies!
In Maths, we focused on composition of numbers 4 and 5. We focused on one more and one less than a number. We also learnt about different 2D shapes.