This week, Reception began to learn about their new topic: Mini-beasts. The continuous provision has been set up with lots of activities that have allowed the children to explore different varieties of mini-beasts and the habitats that they like to live in. In the classroom, the children...
Over the last two weeks, Reception have been lucky enough to be taking care of a brood of chicks! They arrived last Monday morning, and were safely cooped up in their incubator. The children spent the first few hours observing the eggs and by lunch time they noticed...
Last Friday afternoon, Reception visited Hackney School of Food for a sensory experience in their beautiful garden! The children were split into small groups and had the opportunity to take part in a carousel of fun and engaging activities, including a flower treasure hunt, exploring a...
This half term, Reception will be learning all about plants. We will learn about the process of flowers and plants developing from a seed; we will learn how to help plants grow and we will also be thinking about how we can look after the...
To finish off our RE unit in Reception, we answered our big question: 'What is so special about Easter?' The children used visuals to help them retell key events from the story and discuss the importance of symbols like the cross and the stone tomb. We...
In RE this half term, Reception have been learning about the Easter story and talking about why Easter is such an important celebration for Christians. We learned all about the importance of the stone tomb - this is the place where Jesus' body was kept after...
This week in Reception, we have continued to immerse ourselves in our new literacy text - The Bog Baby by Jeanne Willis. We have been exploring the kind of habitat that Bog Baby was found in and thinking about what other wildlife might like to...
To celebrate British Science Week, Reception have been investigating how humans can use light to help them stay safe. The children began by discussing the different things that they could do to keep themselves safe in a dark space, like on a winters night. Then...
Reception have had a fabulous first week back at school after the half term break! This week we have been focusing on small group activities that develop our fine motor skills, which will help to support the children in refining a comfortable pencil grip. As...
This half term in Reception, we have been learning all about the famous artwork of sculpture and photographer, Andy Goldsworthy. We discovered that Andy is an environmentalist who likes to use natural materials to create his pieces of art. We began by looking at some examples...