Reception Team: Miss H Dalley (Class Teachers) & Miss V Andrews
and Miss L McCoy: Blog items
Date: 30th Nov 2023 @ 4:47pm
In RE, we had a very special visit from Mark from Holy Trinity Church who came to talk to the children about his special role in the community. Mark 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 enjoyed baking gingerbread men this week. However, we came in to school the next day to find that the gingerbread men had run away! We followed a trail of flour to the outdoor area but couldn’t find them anywhere. The children then made posters to put around the school to see if anyone had seen them. The next morning the gingerbread men had returned! They said they had been running around the outdoor area all night away from mice, birds and foxes so were ready to come back. The children then decorated them and took them home to enjoy.
We were so excited to start our new theme ‘The Jolly Postman’, we have enjoyed exploring the role play area, making letters and postcards. We 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 people around the school.
We had a very exciting visit from Doctor Cosgrove and Doctor Ryan, who kindly came in to talk to the children about their very important job in the community. The children learnt about where they work, what they do and the different equipment they use. Thank you so much for coming in, we thoroughly enjoyed your visit.
On Friday the children had such fun at the Christmas Extravaganza and visit to Santa’s Grotto. Thank you so much to Team TSP for organising this for everyone. IN the afternoon the children enjoyed a film together with snacks and hot chocolate. Wat fun we have had!
The children have been working incredibly hard practicing 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 see you all next week.
Miss Dalley and the Reception team
Reminders:
Friday 8th December – 9.20am and 1:20pm - Reception Nativity
Wednesday 13th December - Christmas WOW service 2pm @ St Peter’s Church
Friday 15th December – Christmas Jumper and Party day
Tuesday 19th December – School Finish @1pm
Date: 24th Nov 2023 @ 3:47pm
This week, continuing with our RE theme of ‘Special people’, we had a lovely visit from Police officer Tim, Gress and El who came to talk to them about their role in the community. The children had lots of questions to ask and even got to have a go at wearing their special hats. Thank you so much for coming in to see us!
On Wednesday we went to our 'WOW' service at St Peters church where Anne and Caroline talked to the children about Advent. Three of the Reception children then said three Advent prayers. You were amazing!
For Road Safety week, the children learnt about how to stay safe near roads. We talked about how to cross the road safely and made our own road in the outdoor area to practice. What fun we have had.
The children have also been enjoying the story ‘The Gingerbread Man’. We introduced a ‘Flow Map’ to the children explaining to them that it is a way to help us to retell a story. We worked with the children to help them sequence the pictures of the story and then encouraged them to create a simple phrase under each picture. The children worked so hard, well done everyone!
In Forest school, the children enjoyed working together to help clear the outdoor area in preparation for the winter time. We could not believe how many leaves there were, so we had lots of fun collecting them.
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 then had a go at building with cubes to help with their understanding.
Reminders:
Friday 1st December - Team TSP Christmas Movie and Christmas Extravaganza
Friday 8th December – Reception Nativity 9:20am and 1:20pm
Wednesday 13th December - Christmas WOW service 2pm @ St Peter’s Church
Date: 16th Nov 2023 @ 4:38pm
On Friday Caroline came into Reception to talk to the children about Kindness and the different ways we can be kind to one another. She talked about how God wants us all to look out for one another and show care and kindness to those around us. Thank you to Caroline for a lovely Godly play session.
It was ‘Kindness week’ in school this week and we listened to a lovely story called ‘Kindness is my superpower’. We discussed the different things we could all do to show kindness to others. This week our school kindness video was launched. The children have thoroughly enjoyed taking part in the production and watching the final video. If you haven’t already seen it, please follow the link .The children enjoyed working with their year 6 buddies to create a special ‘kindness heart’ which they added notes for kindness to and they decided between them who they would give them to. What a lovely time we had with our Year 6 friends. We also had a very special surprise visit from some of our friends in Year 3 who came and played games with us outside. What kind friends we have in our school.
In Maths we have been looking at different ways to show ‘4’ and ‘5’. The children went on a hunt around the room to find things that they could find and we discovered that there are so many different representations. Well done everyone!
On Friday we talked about 'Children in Need' and how we raise money to help children all over the UK. We talked about how 'Children in Need' works very hard to make children smile.
We hope you have a lovely weekend and see you all next week.
Miss Dalley and the Reception team
Please can you ensure that all uniform, coats and belongings are clearly labelled with your child’s name.
Reminders:
Wednesday 22nd November – WOW Service 2pm @ St Peter’s Church
Thursday 23rd November – Team TSP Christmas Present Room
Friday 1st December - Team TSP Christmas Movie and Christmas Extravaganza
Friday 8th December – Reception Nativity (9:20am and 1:20pm)
Date: 9th Nov 2023 @ 4:27pm
As part of our theme ‘Special People’ we talked about different people in our community who help us. We discussed how the police, doctors, nurses, vets, dentists, teachers and people that deliver the post are such important people in our community for many different reasons. The children then thought of ways that we could thank these special people for looking after us.
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.
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, creating a soldier out of different pieces of paper and making poppy biscuits. 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.
In Maths this week, we recapped what sorting meant and the children have been learning all about circles and triangles. The children had to describe the shapes and the different properties of them. We learnt that a triangle always has three sides and three corners. The children also began to recognise that a triangle can come in various forms. Well done everyone!
We hope you all have a lovely weekend and see you next week.
Miss Dalley and the Reception team
Reminders:
Friday 17th November – Children in Need – more information to follow
Wednesday 22nd November – WOW Service 2pm @ St Peter’s Church
Date: 3rd Nov 2023 @ 7:50am
We hope you all had a lovely week off!
This week, the children have 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. The children had great fun looking at each others reactions! We discussed that through life we experience good and bad things and God will always guide us through both.
We got our dancing shoes on this week and had lots of fun filming for our new ‘Kindness video’. We can’t wait to see the end result!
The children really enjoyed learning about Guy Fawkes and the gun powder plot. We discussed how people celebrate bonfire night and talked about the different food you might eat. We then discussed the importance of firework safety when visiting firework displays. The children thought of their own ways to stay safe during this time. The children then created firework paintings and a chocolate breadstick sparkler. What fun we had!
We had a very exciting visit from one of our lovely parents who came to talk to the children about how pumpkins grow and how they are harvested. We learnt that there are lots of different types of pumpkins and enjoyed noticing the differences between them. What an interesting talk this was.
What a busy week we have had in Reception and we look forward to seeing you next week!
Miss Dalley and the Reception team
Reminders:
Wednesday 8th November - School Nurse - Nasal Flu Vaccination
Friday 17th November – Children in Need – more information to follow
Date: 18th Oct 2023 @ 1:25pm
On Wednesday the children attended the final WOW service of the half term, Anne talked to the children about the creation story and three of the children stood at the front to say a prayer. Thank you to Anne and Caroline for a lovely service.
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. We discussed the signs of Autumn and the different things we could see and hear. The children were then encouraged to go and collect leaves to build leaf towers. We decided that the best leaves to collect would be large, flat ones. What fun we had!
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 paintings, pinecone owls and we even made a dark den that we all sat inside together.
On Friday, for a class reward, the children enjoyed a movie afternoon with hot chocolate and popcorn. Well done to each and every one of you for being such super stars this week!
We hope you all have a lovely half term break and see you all soon.
Miss Dalley and the Reception team.
Reminders:
Monday 30th October - Return to school
Date: 12th Oct 2023 @ 8:01am
This week in RE we looked at different countries on the globe and learnt about how the Harvest festival is celebrated across the world. We discussed similarities and differences in other events that we celebrate for example 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.
On Monday we celebrated ‘Hello Yellow’ day for mental health awareness. We read a story called ‘Simon sock’ and talked about how we are all unique in our own special way. We then created a ‘TSP family paper chain’ to show that we are one big family that look out for one another.
On Wednesday we had our first Forest school session. The children sensibly walked over to the fire circle and we all sat together and talked about the rules. The children the all had a go at leaving the fire circle safely and swapping places with their friend. We then played a game of ‘1,2,3, where are you?’. What fun we have had!
In maths this week we have been looking at repeating patterns. The children have enjoyed making repeating patterns out of autumn treasures that we found at forest school. We then made our own patterns out of different objects that we could find in the classroom. Well done everyone.
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 playing games.
We hope you all have a lovely weekend and see you all next week.
Miss Dalley and the Reception team
Reminder
Tuesday 17th and Wed 18th October – Parent Teacher meetings
Wednesday 18th October: WOW service 2pm @ St Peter’s Church
Friday 20th October – Finish for Half Term
Date: 4th Oct 2023 @ 1:56pm
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What a busy week we have had in Reception!
This week in RE the children enjoyed discussing their favourite fruit. We looked at the globe and found out where different fruits come from across the world. We then discussed how they get from across the world into our shops by plane or boat. We then enjoyed tasting some different fruits. Delicious!
On Thursday, we celebrated 'National Poetry day'. First the children enjoyed listening to a poem called ‘Autumn Days' by a poet called Brenda Williams. We then closed our eyes and imagened that we were outside on a windy autumn day and thought about what we might see and hear. We then made a list of Autumn words that rhyme and made our own class poem. Well done everyone!
This week the children have been learning about the Autumn season and together we read a story called ‘Little Gooses Autumn’ by Elli Woollard. We discussed that changes that we see outside in the Autumn and explored some Autumn treasures. The children then enjoyed making their own Autumn leaf collage and hedgehog paintings. Brilliant work everyone!
We hope you all have a lovely weekend and see you all next week.
Miss Dalley and the Reception team.
Reminders:
Friday 13th October – Alder Hey Pyjama Day
Tuesday 17th and Wed 18th October – Parent Teacher meetings
Wednesday 18th October - WOW service at St Peters Church 2pm
Friday 20th October – School finishes for half term.
Date: 28th Sep 2023 @ 3:54pm
On Tuesday, the children were very excited to watch the circus arrive at Trinity St Peter’s. What an amazing circus this was! Thank you so much to Team TSP for organising this fantastic event.
On Wednesday, Reception went to their first ‘WOW’ service of the year. We were celebrating the festival of Harvest and three of the children stood at the front to say a prayer. We were so proud of how amazing you were! The children then sang two songs in front of their friends and family in church. Thank you for the all generous donations that will be going to the foodbank. Thank you to Anne and Caroline for a lovely service. On Thursday Caroline came to speak to the children about gifts and talents and the children were able to talk about what they are good at. We talked about how Jesus asks us to use our talents to help others. Thank you so much for out Godly play session.
After reading a story called ‘Oliver’s vegetables’, Reception discovered a basket of vegetables in the classroom. We looked at the vegetables and talked about how they looked and felt. The children talked about what their favourite vegetable is. The children then looked at the basket of vegetables and had a go at observational paintings with watercolours.
In Maths the children have been learning how to sort items. The children discovered a washing line with different socks hanging from it. We had to work together to find the matching sock to make a pair. We thought about what was different about the socks and what was the same. We then had a go at sorting buttons depending to their size, shape or colour. Reception you have been amazing.
On Thursday we enjoyed taking part in an Afternoon tea performance with our Year 6 buddies. The children thoroughly enjoyed performing a song with their Year 6 friends. We hope you all enjoyed having the chance to meet your child’s year 6 buddy.
We hope you all have a lovely weekend and see you all next week.
Miss Dalley and the Reception team.
Reminders:
Friday 13th October – Alder Hey Pyjama Day
Date: 22nd Sep 2023 @ 8:00am
This week in RE the children explored their own finger prints. We talked about how everyone’s finger print is different and unique to us. We then talked about how we know that we are special to God and he loves us all the same not matter what. The children then created a finger print painting that is unique, just like them!
This week the children have been learning all about the circus in preparation for the arrival of the circus next Tuesday. We looked at the different tricks and performances that may be seen there and looked at their amazing costumes. The children enjoyed balancing on stilts in the outdoor area, pretending to walk along a tight rope and played pin the nose on the clown. The children then enjoyed making a paper plate clown craft. On Tuesday we had a very exciting visit from ‘Bring the fire’ for a circus skills workshop. Reception enjoyed learning some new circus tricks using ribbons and scarves and performed along to some music. What a brilliant day we had!
We hope you all have a lovely weekend and see you all next week!
Miss Dalley and the Nursery team
Reminder
Tuesday 26th September – Team TSP Circus Event
Wednesday 27th September – Harvest WOW service @ St Peter’s Church 2pm
Thursday 28th September - Reception Afternoon Tea with Y6 buddies - 2:15pm
Date: 14th Sep 2023 @ 4:04pm
This week for RE, the children thought about what makes them special and unique. The children have enjoyed listening to a story called ‘You are very special’ and we talked about how God loves us all the same. The children then explored a ‘chatterbox’ of items where we explored different items that we may own which are unique to everyone. The children then made their own mirror and decorated it using different mark making techniques with crayons.
On Thursday we took part in an amazing circus themed art lesson with ‘Outline arts’. The children experimented with painting and mark making techniques using different materials. Then then were able to create their own art work which will be put together to make a circus tent! This will be displayed in the school hall along with the art work from the other classes. Thank you so much to Outline Arts for a fantastic workshop!
On Friday we celebrated ‘Dot Day’, where all the children came to school in their lovely spotty clothes. Together we read the story ‘The dot’ and discussed how we can all make our own individual mark. The children then created their own mark on a long piece of paper and we played a game of ‘find the dot’ by searching for circular items in our environment. The children then decorated their own dotty biscuit to take home. To finish a fun and busy day, our Year 6 buddies came to play with us. What a brilliant day we have had.
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.
Please can you ensure that your child has wellingtons and an all in one puddle suit in school so that they can access the outdoor area and Forest school.
Reminder
Tuesday 19th September - Individual Photographs
Wednesday 20th September – Reception phonics meeting - 3:20pm in the Reception classroom
Tuesday 26th September - Circus Event
Wednesday 27th September – Harvest WOW service @ St Peter’s Church 2pm
Date: 8th Sep 2023 @ 3:43pm
Wow what a fabulous week we have had! Reception, you have all been superstars. We are so proud of how well each and everyone of you have settled in this week.
We have had so much fun exploring our indoor and outdoor area and making lots of new friends. We read a lovely story called ‘The great big book of families’ and we talked about who lives in our house at home. The children then enjoyed drawing pictures of their home and family.
We had a very exciting surprise from a new friend who had visited our classroom. A little bear had left a note and a bag of clothes. He wanted us to pick a name for him and some clothes for his arrival next week. The children cannot wait to meet their new class bear, Topsy.
On Friday, the children had a fabulous afternoon playing outside with their Year 6 buddies. We can’t wait to have more fun with our Year 6 friends.
We hope you all have a lovely weekend and see you all next week.
Miss Dalley and the Reception team
Reminders:
Friday 15th September – Dot Day – Children to come to school wearing something spotty, no school uniform needed this day.
If you have not done so already, please can all children bring a pair of wellingtons and all in one waterproof suit to keep in school.
Date: 14th Jul 2023 @ 4:43pm
We cannot believe it is the end of summer term in Reception class and the end of our second year teaching most of the class.
We would like to say we have had a truly amazing year and are incredibly proud of all the children in Reception, each one of them have demonstrated our school values and are shining bright as they move into year 1.
A big thank you also for all your kind gifts and support this year, we hope you enjoy a well-deserved summer break and look forward to seeing everyone in September.
Mrs Bevin, Mrs Molloy and the Reception team
Reminders:
School Starts Monday 4th September 23
Date: 11th Jul 2023 @ 1:58pm
We cannot believe it is our last full week in Reception!
For RE we attended our very last WOW service, this is an opportunity for all of the children to be involved with the service and reflect on their time in Reception. We were very proud of each and everyone of the children who spoke confidently and sang beautifully. We would also like to thank Caroline and Anne for all of their hard work and support during the year.
On Monday we had a very special Forest school celebration. Mrs Bevin made a fire in our outside area and we used special extendable forks to make our very own ‘S’mores’. We had to carefully remember our forest school rules what a truly amazing experience and a special treat.
We have also been set some Superhero missions this week that we have chosen to accept! These challenges included writing our own story to read to the class at the end of the day, colouring our Superhero characters carefully and Superhero counting. Well done Reception!
We have also enjoyed carrying out our 5 activities before we finish for summer. The children have certainly enjoyed playing on the field, visiting the Ice-cream station, playing in Clubhouse, enjoying hide and seek and ending the week with a movie day whilst enjoying pom bears, what a treat!
Please also find a copy of the ‘Successful Start’ information slides to help with a smooth transition into Year 1. There is also attached a vistual clasroom with some links you may find useful for Year 1 over the summer. We hope these provide you with lots of helpful information and answer any questions you may have.
We wish you all a lovely weekend
Mrs Bevin, Mrs Molloy and the Reception team
Reminders:
Wednesday 19th July – School finish 1pm
Date: 4th Jul 2023 @ 2:37pm
For RE this week we have continued to talk about special times especially those while we have been in Reception. The children have enjoyed practicing singing, learning lines and creating paintings to talk about at our final wow service, we can’t wait to see you there!
On Wednesday we had a classroom full of Super Heroes. The children started the day by taking part in a super hero catwalk, they showed their costume to their friends and talked about their favourite superhero. They also zig zagged under lasers and took part in web shooting practise. The children also made their own super hero vest using fabric crayons, I’m sure you will agree they looked amazing! The children particularly enjoyed decorating biscuits for our end of the day super hero snack! What a fabulous day we had!
Continuing with our ‘Superheroes’ theme. The children have spent time using images from the story ‘Supertato’ to order and retell the events that happened in the story. The children were also able to create their own ideas for the end of the story, the children always amaze us with their imagination and creativity! Well done everyone.
We also discussed with the children 5 things they would like to do together before the end of the term. As you can imagine the children had quite a long list and some of the ideas we were not able to quite carry out! After a vote the children settled for a final 5, you will have to keep a watch on our twitter page to see what these ideas are!
We wish you all a lovely weekend
Mrs Bevin, Mrs Molloy and the Reception team
Reminders:
Wednesday 12th July – Final WOW service 2pm @St Peter’s Church
Friday 14th July – Team TSP Break the rules Mufti day
Wednesday 19th July – School finish 1pm
Date: 27th Jun 2023 @ 2:26pm
What a fabulous week we have had, the weeks really are flying by!
For RE this week we have started a new theme all about special times. We began our session thinking about what we mean by ‘special times’, the children talked about holidays and birthdays. We then began to reflect on our school year and the special times we have had together. The children have made a list of their favourite special times and we will then talk about these in our final WOW service.
On Wednesday we had the best time for Sports day, we were glad the rain stayed away and we could take part in our races! We are very proud of them all and their sportsmanship.
Continuing with our ‘Superheroes’ theme. The children have enjoyed re-telling the story of ‘Supertato’ using a variety of different vegetables. They have been able to also think about healthy and unhealthy food; the children sorted a variety of different foods as talked about why we need to eat lots of fruit and vegetables and not as many sweets and sugary drinks. The children have also talked about the different activities they would like to take part in for our superhero dress up day!!!!
We hope you enjoy visiting our summer fair, look out for us on the bouncy castle!
We wish you all a lovely weekend
Mrs Bevin, Mrs Molloy and the Reception team
Reminders:
28th June – 4th July - Scholastic Book Fair
Wednesday 5th July – Super hero dress up day
Wednesday 12th July – Final WOW service 2pm @St Peter’s Church
Friday 14th July – Team TSP Break the rules Mufti day
Wednesday 19th July – School finish 1pm
Date: 20th Jun 2023 @ 1:19pm
Well we can’t believe how quickly the weeks are flying by!!
For RE this week we have enjoyed Caroline visiting us for Godly Play. Caroline continued with the theme of ‘Prayer’ and discussed the Pretzel prayer and how when you look at a pretzel it can remind us of crossed arms in prayer. Caroline then shared pretzels with the children as they all said a prayer together.
We continued with our theme of ‘Superheroes’. This week we have loved the story of ‘Supertato’ and on Monday we discovered some frozen peas in blocks of ice with letter asking us to help them escape! The children then enjoyed using warm water and salt to help the peas escape, the children had so much fun! The children have also enjoyed making pictures of the Evil Pea and writing wanted posters to help catch him. On Tuesday, we received a parcel and letter from Supertato with his book for us to read.
What a wonderful time we had at Martin Mere, the children were absolutely amazing and such a shining example for our school. The children were so excited to go on the coach and have been excited for weeks. On arrival; our first stop was to take part in a ‘Pond Explorers’ workshop, here we used nets to see what we could find living in the water. We then had time for our wild walk and then we were off to lunch followed by a minibeast hunt! The children loved exploring the play area before it was time to head back to school! We are sure the children slept well because we certainly did!!
Enjoy the weekend and see you Monday!
Mrs Bevin, Mrs Molloy and the Reception team
Reminders:
Wednesday 28th June – Reception Sports Day @ 9.30am on the school field.
WOW service 2pm @ St Peter’s church
28th – 30th June – Scholastic Book Fair
Friday 30th June School Summer Fair
Wednesday 5th July – Super hero dress up day
Date: 14th Jun 2023 @ 9:29pm
We hope you all had a fabulous weekend and are enjoying the sunshine!
For RE this week we continued to learn about our theme of ‘Prayer’. We learnt about how we can use our hand to help us to pray using each finger for a different meaning, for an example the thumb because it is closest to you when you look at your hands reminds us to pray for people we love. The children then enjoyed drawing around their hands and talking about the ‘five finger prayer’.
We are loving our theme of ‘Superheroes’. This week we watched a short film about 10 rules of a superhero, we then asked the children to think about if they could have a super power what their superpower might be and why they would like to have that power. The children described to their friends how they would use their powers, what fun we had!
We have also spent the week thinking about Father’s Day and the special father figures in their life. We made a card and a special gift to share with our Father’s / father figures and talked about what makes them so special.
We have also taken advantage of the lovely weather this week and enjoyed lots of water play, watering our plants and cold ice pops for snack!
We wish you all a lovely weekend!
Mrs Bevin, Mrs Molloy and the Reception team
Reminders:
Please ensure all children have a sunhat, sun cream and a filled water bottle in their bag daily.
Wednesday 21st June – Class trip to Martin Mere
Wednesday 28th June – Reception Sports Day @ 9.30am on the school field.
WOW service 2pm @St Peter’s Church
Friday 30th June – Summer Fair
28th – 30th June – Scholastic Book Fair
5th July – Super Hero dress up day
Date: 7th Jun 2023 @ 9:31am
We hope you all had a fabulous half term and all ready for a fun packed final half term in Reception!
For RE this week we have started to think about Prayer. We began our session thinking about when we pray and prayers that we knew. We then looked at lots of different objects we may use to help us pray, such as rosary beads and holding crosses. We talked about the Lords prayer and how he taught this to his special friends ‘The Disciples’ in case they did not how to pray or what to say.
On Monday we enjoyed our first visit of the half term to ‘Forest School’, we have so much fun and just love visiting our forest school site each week. This week we spent some time exploring the changes in the environment and then went on to use some of the natural resources around us to create faces on the trees, if you pass forest school see if you can spot any of the faces!
We were very excited to start our new theme ‘Superheroes’. The role play has been turned into a superhero headquarters, where the children have had the opportunity to dress up as a superhero and think about what the role of a super hero is. The children have enjoyed thinking about what makes a superhero and if they know any superheroes? The children also enjoyed thinking about if they were a superhero what super powers would they have and why? We look forward to seeing where our learning will take us!!!
As we finished for half term our caterpillars had changed into beautiful butterflies and out tadpole had grown legs and changed into a frog. The Birds nest has four chirping chicks in and we have enjoyed watching the parents gathering food and listening carefully to chirping they make!
We wish you all a lovely weekend and continue to enjoy the sunshine!
Mrs Bevin, Mrs Molloy and the Reception team
Reminders:
Tuesday 13th June – TSP Father’s Day Present Room
Wednesday 21st June – Class trip to Martin Mere
Wednesday 28th June – Reception Sports Day @ 9.30am on the school field.
28th – 30th June – Scholastic Book Fair
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: