Reception Sports Day
Our Reception children took part in their first Sports Day at St Barnabas. All of the children participated in an obstacle race, egg and spoon race, sack race and sprint race. A huge well done to all of our children for taking part although we think we might need to work a little bit more on resilience and understanding that not everyone can win. Thank you to all of our parents and carers for coming along to support and cheer the children on!
Sports Day Parent Races
A huge thank you to all of the parents and carers who joined in with our races today! It was wonderful to see so many smiling faces taking part and creating such a fun atmosphere for the children to enjoy. The cheering, laughing and friendly competition made for some brilliant memories.
Reception to Year 1 Transition Day
Reception have had a fabulous day transitioning to Year 1. They have shown hard work, confidence and followed the 4B’s. They started off by exploring the provision areas in the classroom and creating some flowers all about them. We have created birthday cards to give to each other when they turn 6 in Year 1. This afternoon we also had some fun on the outdoor gym. We have been really impressed by the children and cannot wait to have them in our class next year.
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Reception Class New Intake Morning
We are incredibly proud of all the children who attended their very first transition morning today. Leaving mummies and daddies can be a little daunting, but they were all so brave and took it completely in their stride! Mrs Wilkinson, Mrs Govan and Mrs Thompson absolutely loved getting to know each and every one of them. The children had a wonderful time exploring all the different areas, making new friends, and we wrapped up the morning with a brilliant, energetic rhyme time! We are already so excited for them to officially start their journey with us in September.
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Reception- Understanding the world- The difference in seasons
In class we took part in a quiz all about the different seasons and what signs indicate that we are in that season. We then had a circle time and the children picked items and said which season the item belongs to Eg, woolly hat= winter, sun cream= summer.
Reception Maths - Counting to 20
This week in Maths we have been extending our counting to 20 using concrete materials. We have been using a double ten frame and a variety of counters to represent amounts between 10-20. Whilst we did this, we noticed how we can see the numbers clearly on the frames, for example 10 and 5 makes 15. The children enjoyed developing their counting skills in this and worked hard to think about the cardinality of each number.
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Reception- PSHE- Summer
In our PSHE lesson we have been looking at the different seasons and especially focusing on Summer. Together we took a quiz to identify signs of summer. In class we did some flower arranging, making fans to keep cool and colouring our summer posters.
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Reception-RE- Jonah and the Whale
In our RE lesson we learnt the bible story ‘Jonah and the Whale’. We listened to the story and discussed the meaning of the story together and spoke about forgiveness and why it is important to forgive others who sometimes do wrong. We then acted the the story out in class.
Reception - Father's Day Stay & Play
What a fantastic afternoon we had in Reception! To celebrate Father's Day this coming Sunday, we welcomed some very special grown-ups into school for a brilliantly active 'Stay and Play' session. Our classroom and outdoor areas were buzzing with excitement as the children proudly showed their special visitors around. The children loved exploring our outdoor areas alongside their grown-ups, building, creating, and sharing their favorite daily school activities and it was clear that many of the boys had an absolute ball playing football on the MUGA together! The teamwork, laughter, and skills on display were wonderful to see. We would like to say a huge thank you to all the Dads, Grandads, and special grown-ups who took the time to join us. You made the afternoon incredibly memorable for the children. We hope all of our school families have a wonderful, relaxing Father's Day this Sunday!
Reception - PSHE - How we encourage others to keep to keep trying.
Today we continued learning about resilience and the magic word ‘yet’. We talked about ways we can encourage others to keep trying if they don’t succeed first time by working together and celebrating each other’s successes. We played games to get her to work as a team and applaud the winners and other players for trying.
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Reception: Muddy Monday
The Reception class had a brilliant time during their recent "Muddy Monday" adventure at Whitehall Park! The children leaped enthusiastically into nature, exploring various hidden corners of the park with endless curiosity. Foraging became a massive hit as the little explorers searched for natural treasures, which quickly sparked their imaginations and led to some fantastic outdoor roleplaying games. Energy levels reached an all-time high as the children giggled their way down the grassy hills, rolling over and over, before challenging themselves to climb the park's sturdy trees. It was a wonderful morning proving once again that some of the best learning happens right out in the great outdoors.
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Reception - RE - Ways to talk to God
In today’s lesson we talked about prayers being a way we send messages and talk to God. The children then came up with their own ways we could send messages to him including, writing letters, phoning him, sending messages in a kiss, sending messages in bubbles and by helicopter. We then went onto the yard to send some messages by bubble prayers.