Reception - Summer 1 - Week 1

Date: 19th Apr 2023 @ 9:55pm

Welcome back after our Easter break, we hope you had a lovely time together and cannot believe we are starting our Summer Term.

This week at Forest school the children have been spending time in our outdoor area. They have been weeding the planters and preparing it so we can plant some vegetable seeds to grow! The children have also been looking for signs of spring and that Summer is on the way. We love noticing the changes in the different seasons

On Wednesday it was our WOW service, this week Anne and Caroline talked about the importance of Friendship and that Jesus has 12 special friends he called the Disciples. Back in school the children loved talking about who their friends were and all of the things they think make a good friend.

The children have also spent some time learning all about ‘Eid’, the children learnt that Eid Al-Fitr means ‘the feast of breaking the fast’, is a celebration that happens when Ramadan ends. We also talked about how we know that Eid Al-Fitr is here when we see a new crescent moon in the sky. The children have also enjoyed making special Eid decorations and recalling previous learning about Ramadan.

On Friday the children enjoyed listening to the story ‘Someone Swallowed Stanley’ as we celebrated ‘Earth Day’. We learnt that Earth Day was started to encourage people around the world to think and learn about what we can do to look after our planet. We discussed ways we can help look after our planet, the children decided with the help of an adult we will try and pick up one piece of litter a day, we will try and recycle materials where possible and then to end our session we all planted our own seeds. We will keep you posted with how they grow!

What a very busy first week back!

We wish you all a lovely weekend.

Mrs Bevin, Mrs Molloy and the Reception team

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