Happy half term!

 Hello Reception families

What a busy and exciting end to this half term we have had! This week we have been to the farm and have also found time to squeeze in lots of learning AND celebrate the jubilee in style! In the classroom we have been:

Making minibeasts

Finishing off a picture of the queen

Finger painting flags

Mr Bascombe did a site inspection and told the builders that their building was not safe and they needed some safety signs. They set to work immediately and were very animated when Mr Bascombe came to check again!

Investigating the water wall

Making Jubilee crowns

What a wonderful end to a very busy week.

Thank you to all families for making me feel so welcome in my first few weeks here at the Prince of Wales School. 

We're looking forward to seeing you back at school on Tuesday 7th June.

Mrs March and the Reception Team

Reception Farm Visit

 What a wonderful morning we had at the farm. Hazel met us at the farm classroom and we found out about all the animals that live there. We also found out that there are lots of minibeasts that live on the farm too.  Our first stop was to have a look around the farm; looking at different machinery, animal habitats and flora and fauna. We then made our way to the lambs where we investigated their wool and  watched them feeding from their milk bottles. After this, we went to see the cows and found out that they are beef cows. They are also a bit mucky and we learnt that their cow poo and straw is used on the fields - it's called muck spreading and its very smelly! Finally we set off for the pigs. We fed them our leftover fruit peels from our snack! Before we knew it, it was time to walk back to school. The children were amazing and were on their feet the whole time. The muddy puddles were a big hit! I think we may have some tired children tonight! Thank you to the parents and volunteers that helped on our trip and to Mr Spracklen who came with us too. Mrs March really enjoyed her first trip to the farm with the class and can't wait to go again soon!

Mrs March and the Reception Team.

Hello Families

Just a quick reminder to let you know we are off to the farm tomorrow. Please send your child in the appropriate clothing for the visit. The weather looks OK but please pack for all weathers! We have lots of wellies at school, so if you think your child's wellies are here then they can change into them when they get in.

Thank you to those of you who are able to come and help us. We are really looking forward to it.

Here are some photos of our busy start to the week.

We have been investigating how the water wall works.

Taking on a minibeast writing challenge.

Rescuing minibeasts from the spider web using tweezers.

Mrs March and the Reception Team

Busy Week

Hello families!

What an incredibly busy week we have had in Reception! The children have coped really well with the changes and are enjoying exploring the classroom to find out where things are and how to use them. 

They have shown great respect for the toys and resources following Mr Spracklen’s assembly this week too.

The school day itself hasn’t changed and the children have been busy learning in their usual way.

Highlights of the week have been:

- Learning about doubles in maths and practicing in their own learning time

- Using the pipettes in the water tray (excellent use of fine motor skills)

- Some seriously good building and decorating of sandcastles using the buckets and spades (thank you for the loan Pre- School)

- Making some crazy looking mini beasts in the play dough (while discussing all the parts a mini beast has)

- Not just building in the Lego but becoming designers too

- Showing off our handwriting and letter formation skills

- Painting symmetrical butterflies (and looking for doubles)

- Playing with the mini beasts, making them homes and discussing what they are

- Playing with the mini beasts, making them homes and discussing what they are.

Don’t forget you can still return decorated bunting ready for our jubilee celebrations next week. 

Remember to wear something red, white and/or blue to school on Friday and bring your specially packed royal lunch too.

Have a wonderful weekend!

Mrs March and the Reception Team

Hello Reception families

 Hello Reception families,

We hope you have had a lovely weekend enjoying the sun and the rain! We are very excited about the spring clean the classroom has had and look forward to sharing it with everyone tomorrow.

This week we will be learning about doubling numbers and numerical patterns. We will be checking that the children can recognise numerals to 10 and if they can recognise an amount without counting every object.

In our Read Write Inc lessons the children are continuing to learn digraphs and they will have the opportunity to read and write them in their learning time.

We are also busy learning about minibeasts. There will be lots of opportunities to learn, make, read and investigate them during the week. We will be painting butterflies and ladybirds to add double spots to, as well as creating our own minibeasts using a range of materials. 

There will, of course, be lots of time for the children to follow their own interests too.

We are already excited to share some of their learning with you later on in the week.

Home Learning

Don't forget to decorate your bunting and return to school on Wednesday. If you need another sheet please ask.

Notices

As the weather is getting warmer please remember to apply sun cream to your child and pack a sun hat for them.

Please can toys be left at home unless absolutely necessary. We have lots of lovely teddies and toys for the children to use at school and wouldn't want anything to happen to their special toys in school. 

Remember that on PE days children will still arrive in school uniform and change into their PE kit at school. The same for Forest school on Wednesday where they will only need a change of bottoms and wellies/sturdy shoes. Please provide these in a named bag/rucksack to be left in their lockers. 

If possible, please ensure snack boxes fit in their school trays, a box that is not too tall.

We look forward to seeing you all tomorrow and to another exciting week of learning.

The Reception Team

Reception Key information for the next few days.

 Welcome back to the Summer Term!

You even brought the sunshine with you........!

We hope you all had a restful and wonderful Easter Holiday?

A reminder that THIS Friday is our Class Assembly - 9:15 am in the school hall. In order to alleviate many anxieties that some of our children have about performing, we have decided to invite you to a Cinema experience where we will be premiering our movie"Reception Visits London". We hope you can join us!

Next Monday, 9:10 in the school hall, is our Summer Term Parent Information Session. I will be sharing our learning for the Term and upcoming events.........Mrs. March willnintroduce herself and briefly outline transition to Year 1.

See you all tomorrow,

Reception Class Team

Reception celebrating the end of their second term with a Royal Banquet!

It was an honour to host a Royal Banquet at PoW. Each King, Queen, Prince, Princess and knight were formally introduced to the ball.

The Royal party enjoyed their feast immensely and we thank the royal chefs for their excuisite  bakes!

Now Press Play took us on an adventure with Queen Elizabeth the 1st. We experienced first hand what it would have been like to live in Elizabethan England. Super drama! 

We cannot believe that we are at the end of our second term already! The children are flourishing and growing from strength to strength.

Next term, as part of the transition process into year 1, Mrs. March our new Deputy Head and Year 1 Teacher will be joining us and teaching in Reception for 2 days a week.

Mrs. Smith will be carrying out RWIUnc assessments during the first week back and we will also be holding our Reception class assembly on the first Friday back.

We wish you all a restful, fun, family filled break.

Thank you all for the kind words you have communicated to me regarding the staff team and the incredible teaching and learning that has taken place so far this year! We have many exciting adventures planned for Summer Term - watch this space.

FYI - we will be having Mr. Treble leading PE with us next term as Coach Luca will be teaching basket ball to a different year group - we would like to thank Coach Luca for inspiring our class and for teaching them valuable skills! On a PE day next term, we would ask that children come to school wearing comfortable clothes for PE - tracksuit bottoms, leggings or PE shorts, PE t-shirt and school jumper + comfortable trainers!

I will communicate the days they will need to wear these clothes to school in due course.

Mrs. J and the ENTIRE Reception team (all colleagues who have enjoyed working with our children this term.)