Reception Team: Mrs S Bevin & Mrs J Molloy (Class Teachers) Miss V Andrews & Miss C Dickson
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Date: 23rd May 2023 @ 4:12pm
Well we cannot quite believe we are approaching half term!
For RE this week we enjoyed visiting St Peter’s Church for our WOW service. Caroline and Anne talked about how the church is a special place. The children always love visiting church and for the Reception class 2 more before we finish for the summer.
On Monday when we took part in Forest school in our outdoor area and replanted our sunflowers into our garden. We also talked about what we need to do to care for our plants and checked on the plants that have started blooming too. What great fun we had!
This week we have enjoyed learning all about ‘Ladybirds’. The children have enjoyed painting different types of Ladybirds, making ladybirds out of playdough and also trying to find them in our outside area. The children learnt that Ladybirds lay their eggs in clusters or rows on the underside of a leaf, so also spent time looking under the leaves to see if they could find any ladybird eggs.
We are also very excited about the bird’s nest in the outdoor area and have been thinking about different ways we can help the mummy bird. The children decided they would like to leave water for the bird over half term so she can have a little drink if she needs it. Keep checking on Twitter as we will keep you updated when the eggs hatch.
We wish you all a lovely weekend and a fabulous half term!
Mrs Bevin, Mrs Molloy and the Reception team
Reminders:
Monday 5th June return to school
Date: 17th May 2023 @ 8:11am
Well these weeks are truly flying by! The children are having so much fun and particularly enjoying spending time outside exploring the world around them.
For RE this week we have continued with our ‘Special places’ theme. The children really loved sharing their pictures of special places and discussing why these places were so special. The children had lots of interesting questions to ask each other, this also let us to think about Church as a special place to visit at times when we want to feel close to Jesus, although we did realise that we don’t always have to go to church to feel close to Jesus.
During Forest School, Reception enjoyed listening to the nature sounds around them and looking up to see what they noticed. We talked about how there were no clouds, the sun was shining, the leaves were different and how the trees connected in some parts of our Forest School area and so it was cooler in those parts.
This week we have enjoyed learning all about ‘Caterpillars’, we have been really lucky to have Caterpillars in the classroom, and for a few weeks we have watched them grow and get bigger. Finally, they are ready to go into their cocoons, so we are just waiting to see how long before we get beautiful butterflies. We have thought about what Butterflies may like to eat and have tried to plant different things in the outside area to attract them. We have also enjoyed lots of different activities around the classroom and particularly making our own butterfly prints and using new vocabulary like ‘symmetrical’ when discussing the patterns on the Butterfly wings.
You may also have noticed the installation of our Community Book Swap Box here at Trinity St. Peter's. This has been installed in memory of Margaret Blake, a past Governor here at TSP, who loved coming in to school and hearing children read. It is located on the wall (near the defibrillator) and the idea is for the whole community (adults and children) to use this book swap box so we can share our love for reading with all!
We wish you all a lovely weekend and see you all on Monday.
Mrs Bevin, Mrs Molloy and the Reception team
Reminders:
Wednesday 24th May – WOW service 2pm @ St Peter’s Church
Friday 26th May – Team TSP Mufti day – Bottles
Monday 29th May – Friday 2nd June – Half Term
Date: 10th May 2023 @ 9:39pm
What an amazing weekend of celebrations for the King’s Coronation, we have loved hearing all of the different ways you have celebrated.
We loved welcoming Caroline into class for Godly play, she started to talk to the children about special places and the importance of the church and why this is a special place. The children love it when Caroline visits and we look forward to seeing her soon.
This week we have loved learning all about ‘Dental Health’ we talked about experiences of visiting the dentist and why it is important to look after our teeth. On Wednesday were lucky to have a visit from a local dental practice, they talked all about how to keep our teeth clean, gave us some facts about our teeth and what foods are good for our teeth and ones we should avoid or have a little at a time. We also took part in a colouring competition and four of our friends won prizes for their pictures. We all took home a goody bag for us to use at home this included a toothbrush, timer, disclosing tablet, toothbrushing chart, book and stickers!
We have also taken part in lots of Dental Health activities around the classroom, these included brushing away the plaque, flossing and sorting food that is good and bad for our teeth.
We wish you all a lovely weekend and see you all on Monday.
Mrs Bevin, Mrs Molloy and the Reception team
Reminders:
Wednesday 17th May – Class Photographs
Friday 19th May - Team TSP Mufti day – Rainbow goods
Wednesday 24th May – WOW service 2pm @ St Peter’s Church
Friday 26th May – Team TSP Mufti day - Bottle
Date: 2nd May 2023 @ 10:18am
We hope you all have had a fabulous bank holiday weekend and are ready to celebrate the King’s Coronation with another Bank holiday weekend ahead!
We have continued to enjoy talking about ‘Friends’ for our theme in RE. This week we looked at and explored different symbols of friendship. The children looked at the claddagh symbol; a native America symbol of friendship and also friendship bracelets. The children all enjoyed making a friendship bracelet for a friend in the class.
This week we have had so much fun learning all about ‘King Charles’ and his Coronation. We realise this is such a big event for the children and have celebrated it across the week by carrying out lots of different activities as we wanted to make this as memorable as we could for the children. The children began the week by discussing what we knew about King Charles and what the word ‘Coronation’ means. The children have enjoyed making their own golden coach, decorating crowns and even making their own King out of lollypop sticks. With the help of team TSP, some of the children have also had the opportunity to create a special coronation build a bear. We ended the week by having a special Coronation picnic with our Nursery friends in the outdoor area! What a truly special week we have had.
We wish you all a lovely weekend celebrating the King’s Coronation and we look forward to seeing you on Tuesday.
Mrs Bevin, Mrs Molloy and the Reception team
Reminders:
Wednesday 17th May – Class Photographs
Friday 19th May - Team TSP Mufti day – Rainbow goods
Date: 26th Apr 2023 @ 1:09pm
What a lovely week we have had together in Reception. The children are certainly learning lots and having fun!
This week at Forest school the children have continued to think about Earth day, the children recalled that one of the ways we can help our planet is to collect rubbish. The children used the special litter collecting resources gloves, litter picking poles and bags, they then spent time on our Forest school area collecting rubbish, the children were amazed to see how much rubbish there was! Well done Reception.
We have continued to enjoy talking about ‘Friends’ for our theme in RE. The children enjoyed listening to the story of ‘The Rainbow Fish’. Together we discussed the different events of the story and thought about if Rainbow Fish had been a kind friend? This linked beautifully to our school value of Nurture and reminded us to be kind to others and yourself and one of the ways we can do that by sharing our resources and toys.
The children began our new theme for the half term ‘Growth and Change’ by learning all about Frogs. We were super excited when Mrs Bevin brought some frogspawn into school for us to observe, she had found it in her Dad’s pond! We began the week by discussing what we know about Frogs and completed a class circle map, we could not believe how much we had learnt when we added to this our circle map on Friday!
We wish you all a lovely weekend and the sun shines for the Bank holiday
Mrs Bevin, Mrs Molloy and the Reception team
Reminders:
Monday 4th and Monday 8th May - Bank Holiday
Wednesday 3rd May - Scootering Event– Please wear Trainer
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
Reminders:
Date: 29th Mar 2023 @ 1:09pm
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We simply cannot believe it is Easter already!
This week at Forest school the children found 5 little chicks, the Easter chicks had left a message for the children asking them to make nests for them to lay their eggs in. The children enjoyed creating small nests for the chicks and then sang five little chicks. What a lovely time we have had this term at Forest school!
On Wednesday it was our Easter Bonnet and WOW service. The children paraded to church wearing their bonnets and enjoyed singing songs to their family and friends. Anne and Caroline also told the Easter story. Thank you both for your hard work.
We continued our learning all about Easter back at school. The children enjoyed listening to the Easter story and talking about how they celebrate Easter at home. They also enjoyed sequencing pictures from the story to make their own Easter Story Book.
On Thursday the children shone brightly as they performed ‘Annie’ for you all in the school hall. Our heart was bursting with pride as each and everyone of them enjoyed every minute. We would like to thank Mrs Whitehead from Formby High who has worked really hard with the children to put this dance piece together. Also, a special ‘Thank you’ to Olivia also form Formby High for taking on the role of Miss Hannigan.
We wish you all a restful and enjoyable Easter. We can’t wait to see what the summer term brings.
Mrs Bevin, Mrs Molloy and the Reception team
Reminders:
Monday 17th April – Back to School
Wed 19th April – WOW Service 2pm @ St Peter’s Church
Wed 19th April @ 3.20pm in the Reception classroom – Reception Foundation Stage Profile Briefing
Date: 21st Mar 2023 @ 4:05pm
The children had their final visit from Caroline as part of our Lent programme. Caroline talked to the children about the meaning of Easter and told them the Easter story. A big thank you to Caroline for all you do and the children have thoroughly enjoyed you visiting each week during this Easter season.
This week the children have enjoyed learning all about ‘Ramadan’ and the religion of ‘Islam’. The children discussed how followers of Islam are called Muslims, and that Muslims believe there is one true God called ‘Allah’. We also learnt that ‘Ramadan’ is a period of fasting not eating or drinking during daylight hours. The children also enjoyed looking at similarities and differences between the Muslim faith and the Christian faith, there were more than you would think!
The children have also been working very hard practicing for their performance of Annie next week, we are sure you cannot wait!
We hope you have a lovely weekend and we look forward to seeing you on Monday.
Mrs Bevin, Mrs Molloy and the Reception Team
Reminders:
Wednesday 29th March – Easter Bonnet parade at WOW St Peter’s church @2pm
Thursday 30th March – Dance Performance 9:00am School Hall
Please make sure your child has a pair of pyjamas in school in a clearly labelled plastic bag.
Friday 31st March – Finish for Easter 1pm
Date: 14th Mar 2023 @ 3:19pm
WOW! Reception you are simply AMAZING!!!!!
The children have continued to enjoy Caroline visiting the class for our journey through lent. This week she …
On Wednesday we celebrated British Science Week, Reception completed the experiment ‘Worrying Wiggly Worms’ from Roald Dahl’s 'George's Marvellous Medicine'. We couldn’t believe it when the worms started to wiggle when they were added to the vinegar!
As it is Brain Awareness week, we have enjoyed learning all about the brain. We discussed where the brain is located, what we need a brain for and how we keep our brain healthy. We then had lots of fun making a brain headband to remind us of the fascinating facts we have learnt.
On Friday, the children were very excited to invite their Mums, Grandmas and carers into the school hall to perform for Mother’s Day. The children enjoyed performing their special songs, showing paintings of their Mums and saying why they love them. The children also presented daffodils at the end. We do hope you enjoyed the performance as much as the children and we wish you all a relaxing Mother’s Day!
See you all on Monday.
Mrs Bevin, Mrs Molloy and the Reception Team
Reminders:
Wednesday 22nd March - Health Screening Check
Wednesday 29th March – Easter Bonnet parade at WOW St Peter’s church @2pm
Thursday 30th March – Dance Performance 9:00am School Hall
Friday 31st March – Finish for Easter 1pm
Date: 7th Mar 2023 @ 1:02pm
WOW! The weeks are flying by, Reception you keep on amazing us with your thirst for knowledge and excitement to learn
The children have continued to enjoy Caroline visiting the class for our journey through lent. This week she continued to talk to the children about how Jesus wants us to make good choices.
We have enjoyed continuing to learn about ‘Animals from around the world’. This week we have learnt about animals from South America, we talked about where South America is and enjoyed finding this on our world map. We discussed the type of weather in South America and the different animals you would find living there. We also enjoyed playing a game of ‘What am I?’ where the children had to listen to 3 clues and see if they could guess the animal. What great fun we had!
This week we have also enjoyed listening to the story ‘Pablo the Banana’, linked to Fairtrade fortnight. The children discussed what the word ‘Fair’ meant, the children then spent some time looking at different food packaging to see of they could find the Fairtrade logo. Well done Reception great work!
See you all on Monday.
Mrs Bevin, Mrs Molloy and the Reception Team
Reminders:
Friday 17th March - Mother’s Day assembly 2:30pm in the school hall
Wednesday 22nd March - Health Screening Check
Wednesday 29th March – Easter Bonnet parade at WOW St Peter’s church @2pm
Thursday 30th March – Dance Performance 9:15am School Hall
Friday 31st March – Finish for Easter 1pm
Date: 27th Feb 2023 @ 7:54pm
Well done Reception you truly are superstars! What a fabulous week we have had.
The children have continued to enjoy Caroline visiting the class for our journey through lent. This week she talked about when Jesus was in the wilderness and spent special time with God, thinking about making good choices. We look forward to seeing Caroline again next week.
We are continuing to thoroughly enjoy our Forest school, we enjoyed recapping over signs of Spring and naming the parts of the different plants we have found. We were able to use magnifying glasses to look closely at plants identifying the different features we could see with our friends.
We have enjoyed continuing to learn about ‘Animals from around the world’. This week we have learnt about animals from North America, we talked about where North America is and enjoyed finding this on our world map. We discussed the type of weather in North America and the different animals you would find living there. We also enjoyed thinking about the word ‘habitat’ and what this means.
It was so exciting on Thursday as we celebrated World Book Day. The children looked amazing and enjoyed a fun packed day. The children were treated to ‘Trinity Cinema’ by Mrs Molloy, Miss Andrews and Miss Dickson, as they acted out the story of ‘The Lion and the Mouse’. The children then enjoyed making Lion masks and mouse puppets so they could also re-tell the story. The children also enjoyed taking part in a world book day catwalk and talking about the character they were dressed up as.
Have an amazing weekend and see you all on Monday.
Mrs Bevin, Mrs Molloy and the Reception Team
Reminders:
Friday 17th March Mother’s Day assembly 2:30pm in the school hall
Date: 21st Feb 2023 @ 3:39pm
We hope everyone had a lovely half term and are ready for the fun that lies ahead as we run up to Easter.
The children attended our WOW service on Wednesday where Caroline and Anne talked to the children all about Lent as we celebrated Ash Wednesday. Many thanks to Caroline and Anne for their continued support. We then had another visit from Caroline on Thursday as part of our Godly Play, the children learnt more about the significance of Lent and the importance of Easter.
On Tuesday the children were treated to Pancakes as part of their snack, they were able to decide which yummy topping they would like and then we voted to find out what the favourite topping was for the whole class. The children also enjoyed listening to the story ‘Mr Wolf’s Pancake’.
We began the week with the transformation of our role play into a safari jeep with explorer resources, as this half term we will be learning all about ‘Animals from around the world’. This week we began our journey in Africa, the children looked where Africa was on the world map and then learnt about the animals that live there. We particularly enjoyed exploring the different habitats that the animals live in. We can’t wait to see where our learning takes us next week!
Yoto is the official partner for World Book Day this year! Their aim is to bring more ways to read for children and families through audiobooks. They can help more children access books and stories, and give all families new ways to have story and reading time together. They will be making a selection of audiobooks available for free via the Yoto App (app available for free on AppStore and GooglePlay) and will be donating £1 from the sale of selected Yoto Cards to the World Book Day Charity.
A range of free audiobooks are also available on the World Book Day World of Stories page.
What a busy and exciting first week back! Enjoy the weekend and we will see you Monday.
Mrs Bevin, Mrs Molloy and the Reception Team
Reminders:
World Book Day Thursday 2nd March – Please come to school dressed as your favourite book character and also bring your story book with you if you have it.
Date: 17th Jan 2023 @ 4:21pm
What a very busy week we have had!
For RE this week we continued with our theme of ‘Stories Jesus Heard’ by reading the children the story of ‘Jonah and the Whale’, we discussed how is is important to listen to listen to others and to carry out taks we have been asked to do. The children then enjoyed creating their own whale pictures.
The children began the week with Forest school and we certainly did need our wellies and warm clothing! The children were given the task of collecting together natural materials they could use to help make a snowman from flour! The children were split into groups, given a small bowl of flour and were asked to use natural resources to create their own snowman, the children were very proud of their creations.
Continuing with our ‘Winter’ theme children began the week by exploring Arctic animals. They enjoyed looking at the different animals we have in our block play and then sorting those arctic animals from the others. The children were also challenged with writing facts about these animals in our writing area. We enjoyed learning about Eskimos and how now they may live in more modern homes but they may also live in Igloos, the children then enjoyed the challenge of using sugar cubes to create their own Igloos!
We look forward to seeing you all on Monday.
Mrs Bevin and Mrs Molloy and all of the Reception Team
Reminders:
Wednesday 25th January and 8th February - Parent Teacher meetings
Wednesday 25th January – WOW service 2pm @ St Peter’s Church
Date: 11th Jan 2023 @ 4:38pm
What a very busy week we have had!
For RE this week the children enjoyed exploring our chatterbox, this was full of lots of different items linked to our new theme ‘Stories Jesus Heard’. The children enjoyed discussing what types of stories they thought Jesus would have listened to when he was little and which are their favourite stories.
The children began the week with a visit to our Forest school site and we certainly did need our wellies and waterproofs! The children were given the task of using a checklist to look for different signs of winter, we had great fun working with our partner to find them!
As part of our theme ‘Winter’ the children have enjoyed a variety of different stories with our favourite being ‘A thing called snow’ by Yuval Zommer. We talked about the types of clothing we may wear in the winter and then how they are different to the clothes we wear in summer. The children enjoyed sorting different clothes and talking about why they would or would not wear them in the winter.
To end the week, we enjoyed listening to some classical music ‘Vivaldi’s Four Seasons’ winter section. We recalled our visit to forest school and discussed how trees look during the winter season. While listening to the music, the children were encouraged to sketch the bare winter trees, and what a great job they did! We certainly do have some budding artists in the class.
We look forward to seeing you all on Monday.
Mrs Bevin, Mrs Molloy and all of the Reception Team
Reminders:
Wednesday 18th, 25th January and 8th February - Parent Teacher meetings
Wednesday 25th January – WOW service 2pm @ St Peter’s Church
Date: 4th Jan 2023 @ 7:48pm
Happy New Year to everyone and we hope you had a lovely Christmas. The children have returned to school with big smiles and full of excitement sharing news about their holidays.
For RE this week we loved learning all about ‘Epiphany’ and the end of the Christmas season. The children enjoyed the story ‘We Three Kings’ by Rosie Greening and looking at different images of the kings which we then tried to draw. We reflected on the importance of the star that guided the King’s to baby Jesus, and then enjoyed creating our own star to display in the classroom.
The children also enjoyed listening to different stories all about the ‘New Year’ and talking about how this is celebrated. This brought us to thinking about New Year’s resolutions and our hopes and dreams for 2023. The children were able to write these down and we will reflect upon them through the year.
On Friday afternoon, we were fortunate enough to take part in an interacting Judo assembly. The instructors showed us a range of holds and moves and were delighted to learn that this could be an option for some of us in the coming weeks.
We hope you have a lovely weekend and look forward to seeing you all on Monday.
Mrs Bevin and Mrs Molloy and all of the Reception Team
Date: 12th Dec 2022 @ 10:03am
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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.
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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
Reminders:
Please also find a copy of our virtual classroom attached for next half term
Return to School Wednesday 4th January 2023
Date: 30th Nov 2022 @ 8:27am
We were so excited to start our new theme ‘The Jolly Postman’, we have enjoyed exploring the role play area and even had a visit from Mrs Howell who delivers the post to school each day. The children are going to enjoy listening her talk about her job and all of the different letters and parcels she has to deliver. We also enjoyed listening to the story and beginning to think about what it would be like to be a post person. We were inspired by the theme and wanted to send letters to friends, we began by writing a letter to the fire station to say ‘Thank you’ to them for taking the time to show us around the fire station last week.
The children had a lovely surprise on Thursday when an Elf appeared in our classroom. We were so excited to welcome the Elf and quickly named him ‘Tinsel’. Each day he has brought a gift of a book to the class that we have enjoyed sharing at the end of the day.
We have also been lucky to have a visit from a Police Man Tim, who came to talk to the children about his job and also about ‘Stranger Danger’. The children were able to ask lots of questions and even try on some uniform.
The children have been working incredibly hard learning songs and their words for the Nativity, we cannot wait for you to see it as we are sure you are going to love it!!
Have a lovely weekend and keep practising the lines for next week.
Mrs Molloy, Mrs Bevin and the Reception team
Reminders:
7th December – Nativity performance at 9:20am and 1:20pm
8th December – Santa Dash
9th December – Christmas Jumper / Party Day
12th December – Christmas Movie Afternoon
14th December – Christmas WOW 2pm @ St Peter’s Church
Christmas Dinner
16th December – School Ends at 1pm
Date: 23rd Nov 2022 @ 7:15pm
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
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.
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
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
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
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
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
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