Reception
Welcome to Reception
Staff
Class Teacher: Mrs Katie Coleby
TAs: Miss Katie Richards and Mrs Patricia Taylor
Useful Information
Children have both PE and Forest School on a Wednesday, so they should come into school wearing their PE kit for the day. This helps us move smoothly between activities and ensures everyone is dressed appropriately for outdoor learning.
Phonics homework is set every Friday, and library books are also changed on this day. Reading books are changed every Monday.
Spring 1
Week 5
Look Up
Week 4
The Way Back Home
We’ve had such a fun and busy week in class. The children loved writing their postcards from the Martian to the boy. In Drawing Club, their ideas really took off as they sketched exciting ideas for new tools that the boy could use to help fix the Martian's spaceship. Our creative work continued in Expressive Arts, where the children made fantastic moving astronauts using split pins and designed colourful space backgrounds to go with them. In Understanding the World, we explored how objects fall to the ground when they are dropped, and the children enjoyed linking this idea to splatter painting, watching how the paint fell just like real objects do. They have been busy during play and learn time making astronaut helmets and have fun on the bikes outside. It’s been a week full of imagination, creativity, and discovery.
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Week 3
The Way Back Home
Maths
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We have had a fun‑filled week packed with creativity and exploration. The children loved making blow aliens and designing their own aliens using a range of materials and resources. We enjoyed diving into our new story The Way Back Home, answering questions about the characters and setting, and thinking carefully about where we would go if we found an aeroplane. The children had great fun drawing and labelling their ideas, and later in the week they sequenced the story and acted it out with their friends.
In PE, we continued developing our fundamental skills of throwing, catching and rolling, this time introducing apparatus to extend our learning. Using natural materials collected from Forest School, the children worked together to create a hedgehog house and a bird’s nest for our display. In Knowledge and Understanding of the World, we explored gravity through hands‑on experiments and watched how astronauts move on the moon before trying out our own moon‑walking. It’s been a wonderful week of imagination, teamwork and discovery.
Week 2
What Ever Next
Maths
We’ve had a wonderfully busy and creative week. In Literacy, we worked on ordering the story Whatever Next, talking about the beginning, middle and end, and using picture cards to help us sequence the events. We also made our own lists of things we would take to the moon, using our imaginations and growing confidence in writing. The children loved designing, making and painting their own rockets, bringing lots of creativity and problem‑solving to their work. In Knowledge and Understanding of the World, we learnt about healthy and unhealthy food choices, and we even made our own moon cakes using Rice Krispies.
In PE, we focused on the fundamental skills of throwing and catching, practising control and coordination. During Forest Fun, the children worked together to build hedgehog houses, showing great teamwork and care for nature. In My Happy Mind, we spent time thinking about who we are grateful for and why, helping us reflect on the positive people in our lives.
Week 1
What Ever Next
Maths
We’ve had a wonderfully busy week full of learning and exploration. In Knowledge and Understanding of the World, we investigated magnets and discovered fascinating facts about constellations. Our Literacy sessions were full of creativity as we enjoyed taking part in Drawing Club.
In PE, we focused on developing our fundamental movement skills, especially learning how to roll a ball with control. During Forest Fun, the children worked together to build cosy nests for birds, showing great teamwork and imagination.
In Play and Learn, the construction area was a big hit, and everyone loved designing and building their own creations.
