Reception Team: Miss H Dalley (Class Teachers) & Miss V Andrews
and Miss L McCoy: Blog items

Reception - Autumn 2 - Week 4

Date: 23rd Nov 2022 @ 7:15pm

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As we come to the end of our ‘Special People’ theme, the children discussed ‘who is special?’ and ‘what makes someone special?’ The children recalled visits from Mark and Gordon, they then spent some time thinking about families. The children also enjoyed listening to ‘The Big Book of Families’ they then thought about their own families and how families were made up of different people and how all of these people are special.

In Maths the children have been learning all about numbers 4 and 5 and different ways these numbers can be made. They then enjoyed learning about 1 more and then 1 less. The children used cubes to build towers and help with their understanding, we also learnt that when adding 1 more you don’t always have to start at the number 1!

The children were very excited to visit our local Fire station on Friday afternoon. We met Fire man Mike and his team. We had a look around the inside of the Fire station and then went out side where we got to try on Fireman’s hats, sit in the fore engine and even spray the water hose! A big thank you to all of the firefighters it was such a lovely experience for the children.

The children have also been very busy learning the songs and words for our upcoming Nativity play! Thank you for helping them practise their words at home, please continue to do so.

Mrs Molloy, Mrs Bevin and the Reception team

Reminders:

30th November -Team TSP Present Room

2nd December – Team TSP Christmas Extravaganza

7th December – Nativity performance at 9:20am and 1:20pm

8th December – Santa Dash

9th December – Christmas Jumper / Party Day

14th December – Christmas WOW 2pm@ St Peter’s Church

Christmas Dinner

16th December – School Ends at 1pm

Reception - Autumn 2 - Week 3

Date: 16th Nov 2022 @ 4:15pm

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This week we attended our WOW service which was all about Being Kind. Thank you to Anne, Caroline and Gordon for all your hard work and we look forward to seeing you at our next WOW service.

Continuing with our theme ‘Special People’ we were delighted to welcome Gordon to our class from St Peter’s Church. Gordon talked to the children about his role in church and the community and then talked items that are associated with his job such as the bible and a dog collar that he wears. Thank you, Gordon, for your time, it was so lovely to welcome you into our class. On Thursday we also welcomed Caroline into class for our Godly Play session, Caroline talked to the children about Kindness and how God wants us all to be kind and look after each other. Thank you also to Caroline, we do enjoy our Godly Play dates.

The children headed off to Forest school this week where they spent time looking at the many different coloured leaves that can be found at this time of year. The children then used the leaves and placed them onto sticks, creating ‘leaf stick trees’, we wonder what we will be learning at forest school next time we go!

It was ‘Kindness week’ in school this week that was launched with our very own school video, please follow the link if you have not already seen it! The children enjoyed working with their year 6 buddies to create a special ‘kindness heart’ which they added notes of kindness to and placed around the school for others to find. We ended the week by talking about ‘Children in Need’ and how they raise money for children across the country to help them thrive and be the best they can be.

The children spent some time with their team house this week, they have been busy making small decorations and treats that will be sold at the ‘Formby Christmas Light Switch on’. This will take place on Thursday 24th November from 4pm till 7:30pm, make sure you keep an eye out for our school stall, we look forward to seeing you there!

We hope you all have a peaceful weekend and look forward to seeing you all on Monday morning.

Mrs Molloy, Mrs Bevin and the Reception team

Reminders:

Please can you ensure your child has a warm coat in school at all times and that it is clearly labelled with their name, thank you.

Reception - Autumn 2 - Week 2

Date: 8th Nov 2022 @ 7:44pm

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As part of our theme ‘Special People’ we were delighted to welcome Mark from Holy Trinity Church to our class. Mark talked to the children about his role in church and the community and then talked about Baptism with the children, we even had our own Baptism in class! Thank you Mark for your time, it was a lovely experience for the children.

The children are loving our Forest School sessions! After putting on their wellies and coats the children headed to our Forest School area, this week we continued the theme of bonfire night by using the natural resources around to create their own fire. We then talked about fire safety and how you should ever go near a fire. What a fantastic session and great teamwork!

The children have enjoyed learning about ‘Remembrance Day’ and why we celebrate it. The children enjoyed lots of different activities such as making poppies from loose parts and paper plates and even creating a soldier out of different pieces of paper, they looked incredible. The children also took part in a 2 minutes silence where they had time to think about and remember all of those who have been injured or died at war.

This week we have also started our theme ‘The Gingerbread Man’, we were very excited to find the home corner had been turned into ‘Gingerbread Cottage’. We have enjoyed listening to the story and identifying the different characters whilst retelling the story through our play.

In Maths this week, the children have been learning all about circles and triangles and practicing their skills of sorting. The children had to describe the shapes and the different properties of them. The children also began to recognise that a triangle can come in various forms! This exciting maths work led us onto learning all about the famous artist ‘Kandinsky’ where the children enjoyed creating their own picture in the style of Kandinsky using circles. The children ended the week by looking around the school to see if they could identify real life circles and triangles! I wonder if the children can spot any whilst they are out and about at home?

We ended the week by watching the school’s Kindness Video. We loved seeing ourselves, friends and families on the screen and couldn’t believe some of the teachers fabulous dance moves. We hope you enjoy watching it as much as we did!

'Love Reading for Kids' have released their early November newsletter. This includes a first look at their Christmas Books and Gift Guide which is full of great ideas for all readers. Books really do make the best presents so please do take a look!

We hope you all have a relaxing and peaceful weekend and look forward to seeing you all on Monday morning.

Mrs Molloy, Mrs Bevin and the Reception team

Reminders:

Please can you ensure your child has a warm coat in school at all times and that it is clearly labelled with their name, thank you.

Wednesday 16th November- WOW 2pm @ St Peter’s Church

Reception - Autumn 2 - Week 1

Date: 1st Nov 2022 @ 3:51pm

 

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Welcome back after what we are sure was a busy but well deserved break!

This week the children were treated to a talk from one of our parents all about ‘Pumpkins’ the children learnt about how pumpkins grow, how they are harvested and the life cycle of a pumpkin. We learnt that there are lots of different pumpkins such as racer pumpkins, knuckle head pumpkins and sunbeam pumpkins. We thoroughly enjoyed this experience.

The children have also learnt about ‘All Saints day’ following on from All Hallows day. The children were presented with two identical looking bowls and had to taste what was inside them, some picked something tasty and some selected something not so nice to taste. We had great fun and the children also made the connection that just like everyone else we experience good and bad things in life. God guides us through both.

We ended the week by learning all about Guy Fawkes and the gun powder plot. The children talked about their experiences of watching fireworks and discussing different traditions they may have for example eating toffee apples. The children also talked about the importance of Firework safety if visiting any fireworks displays this weekend. The children created firework paintings and a tasty firework cake.

In Maths this week the children have been enjoying sorting dominoes into different sets. The children had to look at the different arrangements on the dominoes and then sort them into piles of 1,2 or 3. They then learnt to recognise one more and one less than numbers to 5 and comparing who has more or less.

What a very busy and excitable week we have had in Reception! Have a lovely week and we can’t wait to see what adventures take place next week.

Mrs Molloy, Mrs Bevin and the Reception team

Reminders

Wednesday 9th November - Parents Phonics Meeting - Reception classroom @ 3:30pm

WOW Service 2pm @ St Peter's Church

Reception - Autumn 1 - Week 7

Date: 19th Oct 2022 @ 5:18pm

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On Wednesday the children attended the final WOW service of the half term, Anne talked to the children about how God made all of us and we are all amazing. We were incredibly proud of the children who read prayers in front of the congregation. Well done!

This week the children enjoyed another visit to Forest school where they recapped Forest school rules the calling sound and how we use the sitting circle. The children were then encouraged to go and collect a leaf where they had to cut it in half to make leaf jigsaws. It was lovely to hear the children discussing the different shape, sizes and colours of the leaves. We brought the leaf jigsaws back to class so that we could play with them and match them this week.

For our theme we have loved listening to the story ‘Owl Babies’ we have learnt lots of fascinating facts about Owls and also thought about other Nocturnal animals. The children have enjoyed creating their own owl from a pinecone, the children even enjoyed creating a dark den where they had the opportunity to explore torches and glow sticks!

Please see or updated virtual classroom attached to this blog if you would like to explore any of the themes we will be exploring after the half term.

Well done Reception you have worked very hard this half term, enjoy the holidays and we will see you on Monday 31st October.

Mrs Molloy, Mrs Bevin and the Reception team

Reception - Autumn 1 - Week 6

Date: 12th Oct 2022 @ 2:33pm

 

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This week for RE, the children learnt how people from other countries celebrate ‘Harvest’ and enjoyed finding these different countries on the Globe. They also began to make connections with how we celebrate Harvest or other special occasions and how other countries celebrate e.g. we have turkey at Christmas in America they have it at ‘Thanksgiving’. The children learnt that in Thailand they use fruit from the harvest to make pictures with and enjoyed making their own pictures using different fruits.

Thank you to all of those who collected and sent in Autumn treasures, in Maths this week we have used the treasures to learn all about making simple patterns. The children loved using these resources and soon learnt how we can make patterns using shapes, colours and even realised that whilst singing the song ‘Heads, shoulders, Knees and Toes’ we were making a pattern.

On Monday we celebrated ‘World Mental Health’ day, the children listened to the story of ‘Simon Sock’. We talked about how it is ok to be different from our friends and that it is good to talk about our feelings to our friends and family. The children ended the day with a walk through our ‘Positivity Pathway’ with our Year 6 buddies.

We also enjoyed a visit from Dom from Active Sefton, who talked to the children all about Healthy eating and making the right choices with our food. The children enjoyed using our senses to explore different fruits before Dom made it into a healthy smoothie for us all to taste.

We all arrived to school on Friday in our Pyjamas to raise money for Alder Hey. Throughout the day the children enjoyed listening to stories with their friends and were even treated to a Hot chocolate and a biscuit!

Well done Reception you have worked very hard this week, enjoy the weekend and we will see you on Monday.

Mrs Molloy, Mrs Bevin and the Reception team

Reminder

Wednesday 19th October – WOW service 2pm @St Peter’s Church

Friday 21st October Finish for Half Term

Reception - Autumn 1 - Week 5

Date: 5th Oct 2022 @ 5:34pm

 

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This week for RE, the children spent some time looking at a globe and a variety of different fruits. The children enjoyed discussing their favourite fruit and then thought about if all of the fruits grow in our Country/where we live or where do they grow? We also discussed how do the fruits end up in our shops? We explained that fruits are transported to England where we live on planes and boats. We then enjoyed tasting these different fruits.

We had our first forest school session on Monday, where we recapped Forest school rules, calling sound and sitting circle. We then collected Autumn leaves for our leaf crowns and added any extras to our Autumn exploration tray.

On Thursday we celebrated National Poetry day by listening to Mrs Molloy’s favourite poem ‘Magic shoes’ by Brian Moses. We then spent some time thinking about what magical powers we would like to have and designed our own ‘Magic Shoes’.

With the help of their buddies the children also took part in a 2022 Virgin Money Giving Mini London Marathon by completing laps of the outdoor area and field. We certainly were tired once we had completed it!

Mrs Molloy, Mrs Bevin and the Reception team

Reminder

Tuesday and Wednesday 11th & 12th October Parent Teacher meetings via Microsoft teams

Friday 14th October – Alder Hey Pyjama Day

Wednesday 19th October – WOW service 2pm @St Peter’s Church

Friday 21st October Finish for Half Term

Reception - Autumn 1 - Week 4

Date: 28th Sep 2022 @ 5:30pm

 

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This week for RE, we had a visit from Caroline who delivered a Godly Play session to the children, she talked about our skills and talents. The children enjoyed telling Caroline about their skills and talents and then discussed how Jesus asks us to use our skills and talents to help other people.  

On Monday we discovered a basket of vegetables in the classroom, these had been left by a little boy called Oliver. We spent some time exploring the vegetables and talking about the vegetables we like to eat, we then were set a challenge of creating different vegetables using the playdough. What an amazing job we did! On Friday we found the story ‘Oliver’s vegetables’ hidden in our classroom, we spent some time tasting the vegetables and then using them to make a tasty soup, what a yummy treat.

We were so excited on Tuesday as we performed with with our Buddies for ‘afternoon tea’, we hope you enjoyed your afternoon as much as we did and especially meeting your child’s year 6 friend.

In Maths we have been learning how to sort different items, we began the week by discovering the story 'Smartest  Giant in Town' and a washing basket full of socks. We quickly had to find all of the matching pairs and put them together. We have also enjoyed sorting buttons and soon realised that there are more that 2 ways to sort things. What great sorting Reception well done!

We have loved our week in Reception and we hope you have a lovely weekend.

Mrs Molloy, Mrs Bevin and the Reception team

Reminder

Friday 14th October – Alder Hey Pyjama Day

Parent Teacher appointments go live at 6pm on Monday please use school spider to make your appointment

Reception - Autumn 1 - Week 3

Date: 21st Sep 2022 @ 4:38pm

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This week for RE, with the help of Buddy the children enjoyed exploring their fingerprints. We talked about how everyone’s fingerprint is different and that is why we are unique! 

On Wednesday we went to our first ‘WOW’ service of the year. We were celebrating harvest and enjoyed singing two songs to our friends and family. We were very proud of some of the children for reading a prayer. Thank you for all of your food donations, these will be passed onto a local foodbank. Thank you to Caroline and Anne for all your hard work and we are looking forward to our next WOW service already.

We have continued to talk about Encanto this week and focused on our gifts and talents. The children spent some time talking to each other about their talents and what they are good at. We soon realised we are all good at something and how these talents are all different.

We hope you have a lovely weekend and look forward to seeing you on Monday.

Mrs Molloy, Mrs Bevin and the Reception team

Reminder

Tuesday 27th September 2022 – Reception and Year 6 Buddies Afternoon Tea in the school hall at 2pm

Our Read-A-Thon takes place Monday and Tuesday next week

Reception - Autumn1 - Week 2

Date: 14th Sep 2022 @ 6:11pm

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This week for RE, the children have enjoyed listening to a story called ‘You are very special’. This provided the children with the opportunity to discuss how they were all very special and that God loves us all the same. The children then enjoyed making their own mirror to look in and remember how special they are!

On Monday we found clues that led us to keys, a glittery trail and a magic green door. We soon discovered it was linked to ‘Encanto’. We took some time to discuss what we knew about the story and enjoyed listening to the song ‘Family Madrigal’, this then led us to thinking more about our families and discussing different family members.

On Tuesday the children enjoyed celebrating ‘Roald Dahl’. The children enjoyed learning about the story ‘Charlie and the Chocolate Factory’. They visited the invention station and collaged their very own fantastic sweet, thinking about what it would taste like and what they would call it! The children also enjoyed exploring their very own ‘Wonka’s Magnificent chocolate Playdough’.

On Thursday we celebrated ‘Dot Day’ and the children looked amazing wearing their spotty clothes! They enjoyed making their own mark using a variety of different media for example paint, crayons, chalk and pencils and were very proud to display it in our very own art gallery. The children also took part in lots of spotty activities including hunt the spot and playing with the parachute. They even took part in singing ‘The Dot’ song and having a try at copying the actions.

We hope you have a lovely weekend and look forward to seeing you on Tuesday.

Mrs Molloy, Mrs Bevin and the Reception team

Reminder

Wednesday 21st September 2022 -   Individual Photographs

                                                            WOW Harvest Service at St Peter’s Church at 2pm

Tuesday 27th September 2022 – Reception and Year 6 Buddies Afternoon Tea in the school hall at 2pm

Reception Autumn 1 Week 1

Date: 7th Sep 2022 @ 6:14pm

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Welcome back to school after a lovely summer break, it is so lovely to welcome all of the children to our Reception Class. We are very proud of how well they have settled and the amazing week they have had.

We have spent the week exploring the classroom and making new friends. The children enjoyed listening to the story ‘The Great Big book of families’ and ‘Our Class is a Family’ and discussing their families and who lives in their house. The children quickly realised that not all families are the same! The children then enjoyed drawing a picture of their family to be displayed in our home corner.

There was great excitement on Friday afternoon as the children got to meet their Year6 Buddies. The Buddies came into our classroom and we enjoyed showing around our classroom and outdoor area. We ended the afternoon by sharing snack together. We can’t wait to more exciting times ahead. 

A poster containing 100 recommended reads for Reception children has been attached to this blog. By providing 100 quality texts at an age appropriate level, this list may be useful when choosing your child's next book. We hope it inspires the children to continue on in their reading journeys whilst further encouraging a lifelong love of books and stories.

It has been a lovely start to the new term, we hope you have a great weekend and look forward to seeing you on Monday

We hope you have a lovely weekend and look forward to seeing you on Monday.

Mrs Molloy, Mrs Bevin and the Reception team

 

Reception

Date: 14th Jul 2022 @ 8:01pm

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I can’t believe that we have come to the end of our year in Reception.

This has been a wonderful week for us all, spending quality time together and reflecting on our year.

We loved watching our Year 6 buddies rehearsing their show on Monday morning – they were all fantastic and Reception were an amazing audience, entertained from start to finish.

Our final Music in Unison session was on Tuesday where Tara presented each of the children with a certificate to celebrate their progress!  We have all loved our music lessons and I am so proud of how the children have grown in confidence.

Wednesday was our final WOW service at St Peter’s Church.  The children sang beautifully and confidently shared prayers and special memories from the past year.  Thank you to those of you who were able to be there to help make it so special.

We said our final goodbyes to our buddies on Thursday.  We played games on the field and exchanged gifts.  There was so much generosity – thank you.  It was quite emotional, and I am sure that the Reception children will remember their buddies for a long time to come and are already looking forward to when they can be buddies themselves!  We wish all of Year 6 lots of luck and happiness as they move to High School and thank them for their care and kindness they have shown Reception over the year.

So, that is how we have arrived at today!  Thank you so much for the generous gifts and cards.  It has been a privilege to have been your child’s teacher over what has been an amazing year and I know that they will thrive in Year 1.  They are all absolute superstars and I am incredibly proud of them all.  From the Reception team, we wish you a wonderful summer and thank you so much for your support this year.

Farewell!

Mrs Mallett and the Reception Team.

Reminder - School starts Monday 5th September

Reception - Summer 2 - Week 5

Date: 7th Jul 2022 @ 7:52pm

 

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We can’t believe that we are approaching our final week in Reception.

We have seen some fantastic writing from the children this week as they describe themselves as Superheroes.  They have had some fantastic ideas and designed some wonderful costumes.  Yet again we have been blown away by their independence when writing – what a class of superstars!

We loved our music session with Music in Unison on Tuesday.  The children are developing a great sense of rhythm and have made so much progress over the weeks.  Thank you so much Tara, we are so lucky to have these times with you.

The children have been fascinated by the sycamore seed helicopters which have been landing in our outdoor area.  They have spent time exploring how they fly and have then chose to collect them, along with other leaves, seeds and twigs to create some fantastic nature art work.  What a great idea!

We have spent a lot of time with our buddies this week, reading and reflecting on the past year.  We even played some games in the hall together.  It was lovely to see the relationships the children have with their buddies and how this has grown over the year.  We had a little peep at the Year 6 end of year performance rehearsal – we felt so proud of our buddies and can’t wait to watch a final rehearsal next week. 

Each year, there is a summer reading challenge for the children to join either at the local library or online. We encourage all our pupils to take part if possible so they can continue to enjoy their love of reading over the summer and earn rewards as they complete the challenge. Children who complete the challenge receive certificates from the library which are presented in school when they return in September.

National Book Tokens are running a competition where the lucky winner will win £1000 of book tokens for their chosen school and £100 book vouchers for themselves! Please click the link below to quickly enter and nominate our school for the win! Thank you!

National Book Tokens Competition

In preparation for the next academic year, please see the 'Year 1 Successful Start' PowerPoint, which can be found at the end of this blog.

We wish you all a lovely weekend and we look forward to seeing the children on Monday for their final week in Reception.

Mrs Mallett and the Reception Team.

Reception reminders

Wednesday 13th July – WOW at St Peter’s Church at 2pm

Friday 15th July – End of term – School closes at 1pm

Reception - Summer 2 - Week 4

Date: 30th Jun 2022 @ 6:58pm

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Time flies when you are having fun in Reception. 

The children have completed some great written work this week based on Supertato, describing him and his characteristics.  Inspired by their writing we have made Superveg, complete with super powers!  It got our fine motor skills working and we saw some fantastic creations!

In maths this week we have introduced odd and even numbers, showing the children how we make a number into pairs to decide if the number is odd or even.  They really enjoyed making odd number aliens and showed us how well they understood these numbers.  The aliens looked very odd!!

On Wednesday the sun shone for Sports Day and we were so excited to go the field.  There was a wonderful crowd to cheer us on and the children made themselves so proud.  They supported each other and tried their best and all the practice paid off!  Thank you to some of our Year 6 buddies who were able to come and help us, you were brilliant.  We celebrated our sporting achievements by relaxing with ice lollies!   Well done Reception for a fantastic Sports Day.

Thank you to Caroline and Anne for our WOW service on Wednesday, where we learned all about Peter and his kindness.  We look forward to seeing you for our final WOW service in 2 weeks time.

Our school book fair is currently taking place in the school portacabin and is open from 3.05pm to 3.30pm each day after school until next Wednesday 6th July. All purchases made, result in more books for our class libraries! Please do support us if you are able to, and thank you to those of you who have supported this event already. Your support is very much appreciated.

We wish you all a lovely weekend and we look forward to seeing you on Monday.

Mrs Mallett and the Reception team.

 

Reception Reminders

Wednesday 13th July – WOW at St Peter’s Church at 2pm

Friday 15th July – End of term – School closes at 1pm

Reception - Summer 2 - Week 3

Date: 23rd Jun 2022 @ 8:15pm

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What a lovely sunny week we have had in Reception!

We set up our playdough area as an ice cream shop where the children have really enjoyed letting their imaginations run wild with flavour combinations and selling techniques!  They have served their ice creams to their friends and teachers and worked really well as a team.  If only the ice cream had been real!

We have been learning about sharing quantities in maths, understanding what is fair and when we don’t have enough, how we can make equal groups.  The children quickly understood the idea and how many we need to add or take away to make it fair.  They have been keen to use some doubling facts from last week to help explain their reasoning and I am so impressed with their knowledge!

In our literacy learning , the children have been set the challenge of describing key parts of the story Supertato.  They have approached this with enthusiasm and pride and I am blown away every day by how independent they are becoming with their writing.

On Wednesday the class had the opportunity to spend time in their Year 1 classroom with their new teacher, Miss Jones.  They were all very intrigued about what it would be like and were absolute stars.  It’s hard to believe that we are so close to the end of their year in Reception and I was so proud of how well they coped and asked questions to help them understand what it will be like in September.

Over the week the children have created superhero capes, some using vegetables to print a pattern.  We have loved spending time outside, playing in the water trays, blowing bubbles and reading stories in the shade. We especially enjoyed creating nature art in Forest School and our time at Music in Unison.

We welcomed Caroline this week for Godly Play, where she spoke to the children about the importance of prayers and we learned about the Pretzl Prayer.  Thank you so much for your time Caroline.

Friday was such an exciting day for Reception.  The children looked fantastic in their own clothes ready for the fair.  The children had a great time exploring with their buddies, taking part and winning prizes.  Thank you for all of your support.

We wish you a lovely weekend and look forward to seeing you on Monday.

Mrs Mallett and the Reception team.

Reception Reminders

29th June – Sports day at 10.30am

29th June – WOW at St Peter's Church 2pm

13th July - WOW at St Peter's Church 2pm

15th July - End of term 1pm

 

Reception

Date: 16th Jun 2022 @ 8:16pm

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What a lovely time we have had in the sunshine this week.

The children were all excited to come into the classroom on Monday to find fruits and vegetables in various places, including a tied up coconut and watermelon with plasters over it’s mouth!!  The Evil Pea had struck again!  They were able to match up speech bubbles to each of the characters and have then shown some fantastic writing skills over the week, writing their own versions!

In our maths lessons we have been exploring how to double numbers.  I have been so impressed by how quickly the children have understood and applied their learning in various ways, from painting butterflies to making double numbers for Superhero capes. 

Our RE learning has included discussing why Jesus was a special person, learning about miracles and the miracles that Jesus performed.  We listened to stories of Jesus healing ill people and how he showed kindness to all, which led to some wonderful discussions and conversations from the children. 

We have spent time over the week understanding the importance of healthy food and brushing our teeth.  Each child has been given a tooth brushing chart to tick off their morning and evening tooth brushing for the next few weeks, when they will be able to bring them back into school to show us all.  Well done for making  a great start Reception.

Continuing our topic of Superheroes and Supertato, the children have created playdough Supertato and the Evil Pea, traps for the Evil Peas as well as designing their own Superheroes.  They are all determined that the Evil Pea will soon be caught!  We had a mini supermarket set up in the playground, just like in the book Supertato.  The children labelled their items and set prices - it was a very popular place to do your weekly shop!

We wish you all a lovely weekend (and Happy Father’s Day) and look forward to seeing you on Monday.

Mrs Mallett and the Reception Team

 

Reception reminders

Friday 24th June – Mufti for the Summer Fair

Wednesday 29th June – Sports day (weather permitting) - 10.30am

Wednesday 29th June – WOW at St Peter’s Church - 2pm

Reception

Date: 9th Jun 2022 @ 8:59pm

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We loved welcoming the children back this week and hearing about their half term break.  We can’t believe we are into our last few weeks of  Reception.

The children arrived on Monday to find some very strange looking vegetables in a bit of a predicament!  They were keen to find clues about who could have done it and why…then we found out!  It was the Evil Pea from our new book, Supertato!  Over the week we have seen some fantastic writing and creative work from the children, to help us try and catch the Evil Pea before he causes any more mischief.  But he has not been found…yet!

In maths we have been looking at subtraction.  We have used different ways to show how we take away and the children have shown a good understanding already!  I have been really proud of how hard they have all worked this week.

We have spent time this week thinking about why we need to eat healthy food and took the chance to taste test some different fruits!  We had some delicious choices, and melon and blackberries came out as the joint winners!  I was really impressed with everyone who tried something new and we had a few children with a new favourite fruit.

Forest school was so much fun this week where the children made mud faces for the trees.  They loved getting their hands dirty and using natural resources to bring their mud faces to life.

In RE we read the story of Jesus feeding the 5000 and talked about the kindness that Jesus showed, caring for all of the people and sharing.  As an act of kindness the children decided to create pictures for their buddies which we will give to them the next time we meet. 

We wish you all a lovely weekend and look forward to seeing you on Monday.

Mrs Mallett and the Reception team

 

Reception reminders

Friday 17th June - Mufti day -  Bottles for the tombola

Friday 24th June – Mufti day and Summer fair

Wednesday 29th June – Sports day (am – weather permitting)

Reception

Date: 26th May 2022 @ 5:04pm

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We can't believe another half term has come to an end!

This week we have enjoyed learning about the Queen and the special reason for her Platinum Jubilee.  The children have created crowns in the classroom as well as at Forest School to celebrate and have thought about how life has changed over the years since the Queen's coronation.

For RSE week, we have focused on friendship, kindness and family relationships.  The children have shown a great understanding and I have loved hearing their thoughts during whole class discussions.  The importance of their friends and family has been wonderful to hear.  We used the film 'Inside Out' to think about our emotions and times when we have felt joy, sadness, fear, disgust and anger. 

Thank you Caroline for our WOW service on Wednesday.  Caroline had her very own TSP buddies to talk about our school values and Jesus' friendships with his disciples.

There was great excitement on Thursday when three of our butterflies emerged from their cocoons!  They will need to be looked after for a couple of days before we can release them.  They are beautiful and have really captured the imagination of the class.

To finish our half term and to celebrate the jubilee, we enjoyed an afternoon picnic with our buddies.  It has been a while since we were all together and it was the perfect way to end the half term.

Love Reading have issued their Mid-May Newsletter; please see many more top-read recommendations you may wish to explore with your child/ren. Happy reading!

We wish you all a great half term break and look forward to seeing you for our final half term in Reception.

Mrs Mallett and the Reception team

 

Reception Reminders

Return to School Monday 6th June

Please send your child to school with a clearly labelled sunhat and suncream.

 

 

Reception - Summer 1 - Week 5

Date: 19th May 2022 @ 10:34pm

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It's been another busy week in Reception!

Following on from our trip to Martin Mere last week, we gave the opportunity to the children to independently write about their day.  They have made us so proud and we have seen some fantastic pieces of written work over the course of the week.

We welcomed Caroline for Godly play on Thursday. She talked about the joy of friendship and we learnt about loving each other in the way that Jesus loves us. Thank you for your time Caroline and we will see you next week for WOW.

Our caterpillars have all successfully pupated and we have moved them in to our observation net.  Throughout the week the children have been fascinated by the process involved and we are really hoping that they emerge as butterflies before we break up for half term.

We also enjoyed time in the sunshine, planting our runner beans out from their mini greenhouses.  We talked about the roots and other parts of the plant, and we can now watch them grow even taller in their pots.

In maths this week we have introduced first, then, now stories.  This is another way of helping the children understand number sentences and they have all tried really hard, with some fantastic maths and number writing.

On Friday we celebrated World Bee Day.  We learned that there are lots of different types of bees, what they feed on and why they are so important.  The children have loved creating bee art work and we even tasted some delicious honey!

Please see the book recommendations provided this month from the charity 'Read for Good'. There is a book for all ages from 3-11 to perhaps inspire the next book purchase or local library loan.  Happy reading!

We wish you all a lovely weekend and we look forward to seeing you on Monday.  

Reception reminders

25th May – WOW Service St Peter’s Church at 2pm

27th May – Finish for half term

 

Reception

Date: 12th May 2022 @ 6:19pm

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Time had flown this week in Reception!

We have continued with our RE topic of Friendship, learning about Jesus and his disciples and how Jesus showed his friendship to them.  The children were asked to think of qualities which make a good friend and their responses showed us what is important to them in their friendships.

As always, the children loved their time at Music in Unison followed by a trip to Forest school where they were given a choice of activities.  Reflecting on Mental Health Week , we recognise that being out in nature is so important to our mental health and well being.  The children are so excited for their time in the woods each week.

We had a great game of hide and seek with our anteeter this week and challenged the children to have a go at writing a non rhyming poem about where he was hiding.  I am so proud of how hard the children are working with their written work.

Thursday was the best day with our trip to Martin Mere.  The children represented our school with pride and were enthusiastic and keen to participate in everything that we did.  The sun shone and we enjoyed pond dipping and minibeast hunting, as well as some great fun in the playground.  The children were so excited to see the flamingoes and we were lucky to see the baby flamingoes too.  What a treat and it will be a day we remember for a long time!

We wish you all a lovely weekend and we look forward to seeing you on Monday.

Mrs Mallett and the Reception team.

Reception Reminders

Please send into school a clearly labelled sun hat and sun cream

17th May – Bag to School 9am

25th May – WOW Service at St Peter’s Church 2pm

27th May – Finish for half term

Reception - Summer 1 - Week 3

Date: 5th May 2022 @ 9:23pm

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This week may have been a short one, but we have done so many wonderful things in Reception!

The children have been excited to look at the progress of their runner bean seeds which they planted last week.  We already have some roots growing and can see changes overnight.  We have also welcomed some caterpillars to our classroom which the children have found fascinating.  They are happily growing each day and we cannot wait to see them go through their life cycle to become beautiful butterflies.

For RE this week we read 'A storm on the lake' and talked about how Jesus was a great friend to the disciples on the boat.  We remembered how Jesus is a friend to us all and took the time to think about what we enjoy doing with our own friends and how lucky we are.  The children all drew a picture of themselves with their friends, telling us all about how their friends make them feel.  

In forest school this week, we continued our mini- beast theme by going on a mini-beast hunt.  The children explored the woodland, finding the perfect places for mini-beasts to live - they were really interested in what they found and have continued to look for and find them in our outdoor area. 

Our literacy learning has been focused on the anteater from our book.  We learned some interesting facts about anteaters as well as what they eat and then challenged the children to write about their favourite facts.  We were all amazed by the length of their tongues and that they walk on their knuckles!

I have been so impressed with the children in our maths sessions this week.  We have continued our learning of numbers up to 20 this week, focusing on the recognition of numbers 11-20.  We are also learning to count in 5s which the children are really keen to practice and apply whenever and wherever they can.  

We wish you all a lovely weekend and we look forward to seeing you on Monday.

Mrs Mallett and the Reception team

Reminders

Martin Mere trip - Thursday 12th May - Please send the children to school wearing their usual uniform, trainers, coat and a clearly named cap/hat.  Please also send in a named disposable plastic bottle of water.

 

Reception - Summer 1 - Week 2

Date: 28th Apr 2022 @ 2:58pm

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We have all enjoyed another busy, fun filled week in Reception!

The children have been really enjoying our class book, 'I'm going to eat this ant' and have created some wonderful food combinations for the anteater to try!  The children wore chef hats to help get them into character when writing menus for the anteater and we had some wonderful ideas, from 'Marshmallow meatball mush' to 'Peas and pepperoni pizza'!  It all sounded very delicious!!

Thank you to Anne and Caroline for our WOW service on Wednesday.  We learned about how Jesus was a good friend when he was alive and how he is now a friend to us all, helping us to be kind, understanding and considerate. 

We took our maths outdoors this week and took part in a number hunt for numbers 11-20.  The children were asked to match their pictures to the correct number and it was wonderful to see them working together, counting and reasoning.

Each child has planted a 'magic' runner bean seed this week.  We explored the seed pods and popped out the bean seeds which the children found fascinating.  It was a great opportunity to practice our counting skills too.  We can't wait to watch our beans and see how they grow over the next few weeks!

We were very lucky to have a special PE session from Ultimate Kids on Thursday.  We played the 'naughty neighbour' ball game and the children were so excited  and keen to participate.  Thank you Ultimate Kids, we loved it.

Wishing you all a lovely bank holiday weekend and we look forward to seeing you on Tuesday.

Mrs Mallett and the Reception team.

 

Reception Reminders

Our dance sessions with Formby High have now finished – children no longer need to wear trainers on a Wednesday.

Please send a clearly labelled sun hat and sun cream into school for your child.

Reception - Summer 1 - Week 1

Date: 21st Apr 2022 @ 8:40pm

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We were so happy to welcome back the children this week and it has felt just like summer in the sunshine!

It has been wonderful to hear all the news from the children's Easter break and I am so proud of how they have settled back into school life.

On Tuesday we discovered tiny footprints all around our classroom and the children were set the challenge of being minibeast detectives.  We had some exciting discoveries underneath tree strumps and in amongst the plants.  The children were then introduced to our new literacy focus book, 'I'm going to eat this ant'  and we started to learn all about Anteaters and what they eat....ants!

Our maths learning has introduced the children to numbers beyond 10, where they are beginning to discover how these numbers are made.  They have worked really hard and are already showing a good understanding - well done Reception.

We spent time learning about Ramadan, Allah, and understanding that Muslims will not eat during daylight hours.  We were able to compare this to Lent and the children were asked to consider how it would feel to give up breakfast, lunch and dinner.  

We were so lucky to be joined by our buddies at Forest School this week.  With Earth Day today, the children did a litter pick to show care and pride in our woodland.  It was a lovely way to spend time with each other.

Love Reading have chosen their 'top book picks' for April and May. More, highly-rated children's reads, from a variety of authors for different age ranges, are shared with us all to enjoy.

Mrs Mallett and the Reception team

Reminders:

Monday 25th April - Reception profile briefing - Reception classroom 3.15pm

Wednesday 27th April - WOW service St Peter's Church at 2pm

 

Reception - Spring 2 - Week 6

Date: 31st Mar 2022 @ 9:43pm

 

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Easter has arrived in Reception this week!

It is hard to believe that our second term is coming to an end.  I am so incredibly proud of the children, of the little characters they are and how much they have learned and progressed over this past term.  Well done Reception.

We had a shock this week when we discovered the Easter Bunny had been in our classroom overnight, causing all sorts of mischief which was caught on our special Bunny CCTV!  The children were so excited to write all about it and we have seen some fantastic letters to the Easter Bunny Mummy, telling her all about it as well as 'Wanted' posters and letters to the Easter Bunny himself!  Imagine our surprise on Thursday when he appeared in our playground and even left the children an Easter treat to enjoy!  Thank you Easter Bunny!

The children had a fantastic dance session this week with the wonderful Mrs Whitehead.  We are lucky to have one final lesson after the Easter holidays – the children have really embraced dancing, giving it their all and they are so quick to learn the routines.

Thursday's Easter Bonnet Parade was a lovely experience for the children.  They were all so proud of their bonnets and loved walking to church wearing them.  Thank you so much for all the effort that went in to making them at home and thank you Anne and Caroline for a lovely service.  Well done to Reception for their fantastic singing! 

We wish you all a lovely Easter break and we look forward to hearing all the children's news on their return to school.

Mrs Mallett and the Reception team.

 

Reminders

Tuesday 19th April - School reopens

Wednesday 20th April - Dance - Children to wear trainers please.

Monday 25th April - Reception Parents – FS Profile Briefing at 3.15 pm

Wednesday 27th April - WOW Service 2pm at St Peter’s Church

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Reception - Spring 2 - Week 5

Date: 24th Mar 2022 @ 8:56pm

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What a sunny week we have enjoyed in Reception.

We have loved the arrival of some warm spring sunshine this week, enjoying plenty of time outdoors, listening to stories and even doing some of our work.

We celebrated World Poetry Day on Monday, reading poems and listening to rhyming stories.  We have also seen some fantastic writing throughout the week in our Garden Centre and construction area as well as in our newly created Story Station. 

The children had a wonderful Tuesday afternoon.  At Music in Unison we had some children performing solos with their glockenspiels.  At Forest School the children worked together to design and build dens and were so proud of what they created!  Thank you Tara and Mrs Bevin for the best afternoon!

On Thursday we welcomed Caroline for Godly Play where the children continued their learning about the Easter Story.  Thank you for coming Caroline and we will see you next week for our Easter WOW Service!    

In our literacy learning we have asked the children to use role play to act out our story, Silly Doggy.  They showed great understanding of the story and their acting skills were very impressive.    

We introduced number bonds to 10 in our maths learning this week.  The children have been using their fingers, numicon and 10 frames to help them see how  10 can be made and are already keen to apply this knowledge.  We have seen some fantastic number sentences being written independently with the children showing great pride in their work. 

Today we welcomed Mummys, Grandmas and Nanas into school for our Mother's Day Celebration.  The children were so excited to perform the songs which they have been rehearsing and it was a perfect way to show how special our mummys and grandmas are, along with the presentation of a tulip and a personal message from each of the children.  I was blown away by how the children performed and have worked so hard to make their singing and actions the best they could be for our special guests.   Thank you to all of you who were able to attend.

Have a lovely weekend and we look forward to seeing you on Monday.

Mrs Mallett and the Reception Team

 

Reception reminders

Wednesday  March 30th  – Dance (Children to come to school wearing trainers please)

Wednesday 30th March – Parent Teacher meetings

Thursday 31st March – WOW Service Easter Bonnet

 

 

 

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