Reception w/c 29th June 2020

Hi Everyone,

What strange weather we have had - Wednesday and Thursday felt as though we were in Saint Tropez and Friday felt like a cold, dark November evening!!!!!!!!!!!

The children are settling back in to school life, learning and expectations. New friendships are forging and we are all re-learning how to share, negotiate, and talk to other people in a respectful way.

This week is the start of inclusive sports fortnight. On Thursday afternoon Mr. Treble is leading our sports day activities: Sprint, Small Ball Throw and an Obstacle Course. Please do join in at home and send us in your pictures. Unfortunately, families will NOT be able to come and watch but we will ensure you see photos. On Friday is Dance Day, we will be performing our dance (socially distanced) to the other Kingdoms who will be sat around the perimeter of the field.

Please could all children wear bright summery clothes, a hat and sunglasses! (This is to make us look super cool for the dance.) I have copied a link to the dance so that the children can all practice at home! As families are unable to come and watch - why not video you joining in and send your family dances to Mr. Spracklen!

Koo Koo Kangaroo - I Get Looser

Have fun!!!!!!!!!

Mrs. Smith, Mrs. Rogers, Mrs. Thompson and Mrs. J

Reception - Bugs and Mud!

Happy Saturday Everyone!!!!!!

We have had an inspiring week learning all about bees as well as exploring in Forest Schools, PE with Mr. Treble, time to play on the school field and lots of fun in the rain! Our mud kitchen areas have been very aromatic this week and have not only provided an excellent platform for curiosity, discovery, imagination, sensory play, role play and vocabulary building but also developing fine motor skills with chopping, snipping, squeezing, stirring, mashing...............

We loved learning about doubles in Power Maths, as well as learning the days of the week. Evie sent in some superb home learning related to Power Maths and spelling the days of the week, the months of the year and the seasons! Well done Evie!


Alek has shared a lot of home learning with Mr. Spracklen and also shared a show and tell video with us proudly explaining about his lockdown challenge! Well done Alek, I know you have another distance challenge planned - good luck!

We have been challenging ourselves in class to shared write the longest sentence in the world, EVER!!!!!!!!!

It was a real joy to welcome back some other members of our class this week, it was so lovely to see them and we are certainly missing our friends that are still at home.

See you all on Monday for some slimy learning..........look out for the Reception Learning Buffet Slide on the Virtual School.


Finally, a huuuuuugggggggeeeeee thank you to Mrs. Cura, who has been working with us. She is now going to spread her magic back in Year 1. We will miss you Mrs. Cura!!!!

Big Happy Hugs from Mrs. Smith, Mrs. Cura, Mrs. Thompson, Mrs. Rogers and Mrs. J

We are so proud of you Reception!

What a strange week of weather we have had!!!!!!!!!! The cooler temperatures, drizzle and grey skies have certainly not stopped a great deal of water play, from the mud kitchen, painting, watering plants, water fights, bathing babies, washing windows to problem solving.

We hope that our settling in in the outside areas approach, along with Mr. Spracklen's inspiring greeting on our first day back, made you all feel welcome and at ease. Our aim was also to ensure all the children had smiles on their faces and felt happy.

I have to say, children of 4 and 5 years old are definitely not given enough credit for how absolutely fantastic they have been, and continue to be, throughout this pandemic. They clearly understand guidance about social distancing and hygiene and were fully aware of this before they returned to school. We have begun each day with sharing our feelings following excellent guidance from Clare Shave and a brilliant book that Mrs. Brooker gave us. The children have been open, honest and articulate about their feelings and worries and have approached the whole situation of returning to school with great, admirable maturity. I strongly believe that many adults could learn an awful lot from our youngest learners! Qualities that I have seen in abundance since the return to our two kingdoms are: positive attitudes, kindness, consideration and the care and concern of others. We are so proud of EVERY member of our class, whether they are at home or at school.


I would like to reassure families that are still learning from home, we are following the same Learning Buffet to ensure a fair and consistent learning experience.

Unfortunately, we will not be able to continue to send RWInc books home in order to limit the transference and possible cross contamination between households when sharing resources. The children in school will be having daily RWInc lessons as usual and children learning from home should continue to follow the virtual school RWInc slide. Continue to read stories together and talk about them in order to build repetition, build repertoire and build vocabulary.

Thank you to those of you who have continued sending in their learning from the virtual school. We love seeing all your adventures.

We will all be together again very soon!

Mrs. Smith, Mrs. Cura, Mrs. Thompson, Mrs. Rogers and Mrs. J