Reception writing inspiration this week!

Oh, and here is the story we used to inspire our writing this week...................

Tyrannosaurus Drip

Enjoy - it is a great story!

Reception Thursday 27th June 2019! CAKE!

Thank you sooooooo much to all of you who had fun doing your baking home learning - #contextualisinglearning!

The cakes looked amaaaaaazing and were a huge success! We even have some left over for a little snack tomorrow!!!!!!!!!!!!👍🙊 I will reveal the grand total raised tomorrow morning on our class whiteboard!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! (Just to keep you all in suspense!)

Reception - you did it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Let's get planning our trip!!!!!!!!!!!


Next week is the start of Inclusive Sports Fortnight. A reminder to come along next Friday afternoon for the Dance Day celebration! The week after next is sports day!

A few children still need to have a sun hat and sun cream in school please - it was VEEEEEERY hot today and it would be a shame if they could not join in with all the fun learning going on outside!

Home Learning and new books tomorrow!

Many thanks again everyone for all your hard work and support - the children were so proud of their cakes!

Mrs. J and the Dream Team!!!!!!!

Reception w/c 24th June 2019

Hello Everyone!

We hope you had a lovely weekend and enjoyed the sunshine?

As you will have seen, the home learning is to bake a cake or cakes with a dinosaur or fossil theme ready to sell on Wednesday after school to the rest of the school.

It is with great sadness that we said goodbye to Mia today, but we wish her LOTS and LOTS of luck in her new school. We will REALLY miss you Mia!!!!!!!!!!!!

Please ensure sun hats are in school and named suncream is handed to a member of staff if, we do not already have it. I believe it is meant to get quite hot towards the end of the week!!!!!!!!

Don't forget next Tuesday afternoon, 3:30pm, is the Reception BBQ for families new to Reception and for our special families all moving to Year 1. Come along, relax and chat! Oh, and eat!!!!!!!

Many thanks!

Mrs. J and the #awesomereceptionteam

Reception w/c 17th June 2019

This week we have been learning about the Jurassic Coast and Pre-Historic Marine Reptiles. They were enoooooooooormous!!!!!!!!!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IFPMKNCT6fo

Reception: can you remember what a gastrolith is? What did they eat? Watch the film again, can you measure out one of the Marine Reptiles? What is a reptile? Was Dorchester and Weymouth land or underwater during the Jurassic period?

This inspired us to write poems about these colossal giants of the sea!

FYI: We are planning a trip, in the very near future, to Charmouth Beach to hunt for fossils just as Mary Anning did. Amber's mum has kindly offered her expertise and will accompany us. We hope to go by minibus again in order to reduce the cost to approximately £4. A letter will come out over the next week. It is looking likely that we will go during the week commencing 15th July.

FYI: Our final class assembly is on Friday 19th July. Warning in advance, please could they come in wearing a dinosaur costume or a fossil costume (home made is perfectly fine!) I will have one child as Mary Anning and will let that family know by Friday this week.

FYI: Keep your eyes peeled for Dance Day during Inclusive Sport Fortnight - each class performs a surprise dance. I would like to ask Reception to all bring in a baseball cap and a pair of sunglasses for this day (top secret.....can't tell you why!!!!!!!!)


Stomp, stomp, stomp............

Reception - Tectonic plates, Pangaea and Volcanoes!

Thank you sooooooo much to Amber's mummy who came in and shared her amazing fossil collection and knowledge - we loved it!

We then continued our learning:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zyu3E6Vtz6U

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U446RAfua0w

As you can imagine this was a challenging area of learning and it was tricky to find age appropriate resources but I was keen that the children were challenged and also should learn about where the dinosaurs lived, how things changed and possible theories behind their extinction. They were like sponges and continued to be thoroughly inspired and engrossed in their choice of learning based around volcanoes!!!!!!

Thank you for the varied and creative pieces of home learning that is coming in - WOWSERS!!!!!

Mrs. J and the A Team.

Reception - topic, W/C 10th June 2019

The children have been enthralled by our new topic............many of them enjoying being fossil hunters with our tools outside!!!!!

The story of Mary Anning has captured their imaginations and we will be continuing this learning. This week we will be talking about Pangaea, the formation of the Jurassic Coast along with volcanoes!!!!!!! Get ready for the eruption!!!!!!!

You will have received a Knowledge organiser in the home learning books. This is to inform you of the knowledge and vocabulary we want the children to gain about the topic and so that you can support this at home with further inspired home learning activities of your choice!

Coming up: The Circus arrives this Thursday, we are also on our trip on Thursday - do keep your eyes peeled for the weather!!!!
Transition afternoon is this Tuesday, where half the class will be spending the afternoon in Year 1 meeting Mr. Gibson and the Year 1 Team.

See you all tomorrow for more exciting learning...........#inspiredtolearn

Mrs. J and The A Team

Reception Home Learning Friday 7th June 2019

Reception Home Learning

Friday 7th June 2019

• Read and share your RWInc book as well as enjoying your library book.

Choose from the learning below:

• Visit the beach to look for “curiosities” as Mary Anning called them (fossils), you could hunt for stones and shells too. Can you sort them, count them, make a picture with them???????
• Write the story of Mary Anning.
• Write a poem about fossils.
• Paint a picture of a fossil or skeleton: How many bones can you count?
• Can you make a picture of a dinosaur skeleton out of pasta?
• Make some dinosaur bones or footprints and measure them or count them.

Reception - 3rd June 2019..........dig, dig, dig!

Yippee, you all brought the sun with you today..........and lots of happy, excited, enthusiastic, wonderful children!!!!!!!

I am not going to tell you our topic because the children were all so enthusiastic about their learning that I am sure they can tell you!!!!!! Our wow word today was Paleontologist and we even learned about sedimentary rock!!!!!!!! That's all I'm saying...........


We have a fun packed final half term with lots of exciting learning opportunities. The progress the class are making is superb and we are proud of all of them!

Forest Schools will return this week with 3 weeks of Owl, Eeyore and Rabbit group before change over. Do check the weather on the day - if it is hot the children still need to have their arms and legs covered, so leggings/lightweight trousers and a long sleeved t-shirt will be perfect - as well as a sun hat!

As you may have noticed, our morning routine is slightly different, the reason for this is so that we can spend less time tidying away before our main learning. As a part of encouraging independence, we would now really appreciate your support in asking your child to put their own bags etc away and coming to the carpet, you can even leave them with us at the door if they are confident! Of course, we will always still be there to talk and also if you feel your child still needs you to come in.


I have had some amazing home learning so far and even some post cards!!!!!!!

Thank you so much for your continued support.

Mrs. J and the #amazingreceptionteam