Reception - Autumn 2 - Week 7

Date: 12th Dec 2022 @ 10:03am

Reception we can not believe it is the end of the first term, what a wonderful time we have had. We have had a lovely week making cards and gifts for family and everyone is very excited.

The children have had a fun packed final week, it began on Monday with a ‘Movie Afternoon’ and refreshments were provided for the children by Team TSP. We always love to get together with our house teams and Tuesday was no different, the children competed against each other in a house team sing off. It was tremendous fun.

We continued to think about Christmas and how it is a time we celebrate Jesus’ birthday. The children also enjoyed attending our Christmas WOW service on Wednesday where they gave another fantastic performance. Thank you to Caroline, Anne and Gordon for all their help and support this year.

On Wednesday, we had a visit from Santa’s Elves they danced outside the classroom and left each of us a special candy cane. What a lovely treat.

This week the children have enjoyed learning about the Christian tradition of a ‘Christingle.’ The children talked about symbolism of the Christingle and then enjoyed creating their own Christingle to take home. The children continued with the Christmas theme by listening to the Nativity Story. We then thought about the true meaning of Christmas and if they were to visit Baby Jesus what would they take as a gift? This led to a very interesting discussion about what a gift was and how something as simple as a smile of a hug could be a gift and that Jesus was a gift from God.

Can you hear the ring of jingle bells? Love Reading 4 Kids have released their mid-December newsletter. There's still time to order your Christmas books; their Christmas Gift Guide is full of festive treats for all ages, and you can also find more ideas for your perfect presents in their round-up of the best fiction and non-fiction books of 2022. 

We would like to thank you all for your kind wishes, cards and gifts and we wish you and your families a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.

Mrs Bevin and Mrs Molloy and all of the Reception Team

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Please also find a copy of our virtual classroom attached for next half term

Return to School Wednesday 4th January 2023

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