The Pre Reception children have been very busy this week with our Space focus. We have been learning all about the eight planets in our solar system. We have been finding out different facts and then ordering the planets to see which ones are closest to the sun. We have been making our own solar…
Reception children have been enjoying their weekly Natural World sessions in The Spinney. Their first session involved playing hide and seek with Peter Rabbit and his friends! The children used their tick sheets to mark off each time they found a Beatrix Potter character hiding amongst the trees and bushes. They then played their own…
This week the Reception children have been busy making new friends, it has been lovely watching them play, laugh and talk to one another. What an exciting first two days we have had! The children have been exploring their classroom environments, both indoors and outdoors. Dressing up and playing outside on the scooters have been…
It was with great sadness that we had to cancel the long-standing traditional outing to Frinton beach for the entire Pre-Prep. However, the Pre-Prep staff, forever resilient and resourceful, worked very hard to arrange a “staycation” which included: inflatables, pony rides, goat feeding and petting, a tonne of sand and an ice cream van! They…
The Reception children were truly captivated by the wonders of nature this week. They have curiously been following the progress of their caterpillars who took up residence in their classroom a few weeks ago. They have completed their transformation into butterflies this week and the children were very excited to release them into their garden.
This week, RL have been thinking about spring and what you see happening in the natural world at this time of year. For some spring art, the children painted a tree and decorated it with bubble wrap printed blossom. In addition, they made tye-dye flowers by twisting a baby wipe, adding rubber bands and decorating…
As part of our theme Animals and their Habitats, RL created habitats that were either hot, cold, in water, up high or under the ground. They could make their habitat in whatever way they wanted and there were some imaginative and interesting ideas. When she was out for a walk, Maya M was looking for different…
This week was our final swimming session of the term and was a ‘fun swim’ where the children were able to use some of the new inflatables which was great fun! In maths we have been investigating 3D shapes, learning that 3D shapes have faces, some of which are all the same as with a cube or…
What another busy week in Pre-Reception. We have all been talking about, how we can help each other and what we do that is kind. Throughout the week we have created our very own Kindness Tree and the children have come up with different ideas of what kindness means to them. On Wednesday we joined in…
Week 4 in Reception has seen the children continuing to grow in confidence and to be comfortable in their surroundings. In French, the class has been learning to use the phrase Je m’appelle using different cartoon characters. In outdoor learning this week, the children worked with a partner to collect 10 different items from around…
