Reception - 1st week back after half term!

 

Never underestimate what a child can do!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 

We were astounded at how fantastically well ALL the children returned to school following 2 weeks holiday! Running through the door, smiling faces and completely ready to learn!

Unfortunately, we were invaded by a pirate crew who stole Donna and Dave, along with a bowl full of golden coins!!!!!! We wrote messages on scrolls to the pirates as well as creating posters to put around the school, describing this terrible crew. We have designed various boats and ships from all sorts of materials and then tested them to see which ones floated. We also used our curious science brains to ask "I wonder........" and "maybe........" questions and ideas to think about why huge boats could float and also to think about which materials were best at floating when we designed our boats. The children enjoyed experimenting and were particularly enthused by our whole class experiment to investigate surface tension! This stimulated lots of discussion and thinking. There have also been some incredible paintings of pirate ships and pirates, with great attention to detail and colour choice. Ofcourse, we are also learning various pirate songs, sharing pirate stories and were enrolled as the new crew on Captain Johnson's ship today following our Pirate PE!!!!!!!

A reminder that EVERY THURSDAY we will be changing the children's library books - so please return them each Thursday. 

Today we enjoyed a celebration of bonfire night by toasting marshmellows on the campfire at forest school and singing campfire songs.

We successfully launched our 3 different RWInc phonic groups this week, based upon prior assessment. Children in some groups will bring a RWInc book home with them tomorrow - this should be kept at home for the week and returned EVERY Friday. If your child does not bring one home, please do not be worried - all children grasp phonics at different points - they WILL get there! Most importantly we do NOT want to rush children, our aim is that ALL children feel secure, confident and above all, successful in their phonic knowledge. We are very proud of all our children, they are trying so hard!

Tomorrow, you will also receive a copy of the new Prince of Wales EYFS Curriculum.

If any families or individuals are struggling for any reason during this next lock down - whether it is financially, with health difficulties or with mental health issues, please do not hesitate to contact us either by email or at drop off/pick up. We are most definitely a community here and we are here to help! We can weather this storm together and stand united with you all! Not only are your children at the heart of everything we do, you matter to us too!

Big hugs,

Mrs. J, Mrs. Smith and Mrs. Hibberd.