Reception Focus 11.12.17

This week in Reception we will be dressing up in our costumes and performing our Christmas play 'Here we go Around the Christmas Tree' to parents on Monday afternoon and Tuesday morning. We look forward to seeing you all then.


In Literacy, the children will continue writing their letters to Santa and will be posting them in our role play post office.


In Maths, we will be discussing weight. The children will be weighing a variety of different sized presents.


In phonics, we will be learning the new sounds 'v' and 'w'.


In Topic, we will be continuing with our Christmas theme.

Nursery focus: Week ending 1.12.17

This week in Nursery we have been thinking about Christmas and writing our letters to Father Christmas.

The children discussed what they knew about the celebration of Christmas giving their ideas within their key group. They then decided what they would like to have looking through catalogues and magazines and choosing some toys to stick onto their letter to Santa.

The children have also used different textures to make their own Christmas tree and this is now displayed in our corridor for all to see.

The children were also very excited to begin opening our advent calendar and also had a great amount of fun decorating our tree!

The Christmas celebrations are in full swing in Nursery!

Nursery focus: week ending 24.11.17

This week in Nursery we enjoyed everything 'Paw Patrol.'

The children all know the characters and watch this on the television, so we taught about dogs  and how to care for them; we looked at being a rescuer and the best way to save a dog stuck up the tree. Here, the children were taught how to use a winch and a rope to bring the dog safely down.

We also studied different ramps and investigated forces, exploring which cars travelled fastest down a ramp. The children discovered that the 'higher it is, the faster it goes.'

We also read the story 'Hairy Maclary' and looked at the different breeds of dogs. The children chose their favourite and gave reasons as why they liked that breed.

In our creative area, the children explored different colours and made pictures of Marshall and Chase.

Reception Focus 4.12.17

This week in Reception we will be continuing to practise our Christmas play ready for our dress rehearsal on Friday.


In Literacy, the children will be reading 'The Jolly Christmas Postman' and will be writing their own letters to Santa.


In Maths, we will be recapping money and will be working on correct number formation.


In Phonics, we will be learning the sounds 'j 'and c'k',


In Topic, we will be discussing how some people celebrate Christmas.

Reception Focus 27.11.17

This week in Reception we will be spending time in the hall practising our Christmas concert. The children are  now becoming increasingly confident when singing and will now be learning their class dances.

Our phonics focus this week is recalling all phonemes learnt so far and building up CVC words-reading and writing them correctly. We will also be learning the phonemes l, ff and ss.

In Maths, the focus will be on money. The children will be recognising and identifying different coins.
During our topic session, the children will be reading the nativity story.

Nursery focus week ending 17.11.17

This past week in Nursery we have been focusing on Superheroes! 

The children experimented with mixing blue and yellow paint to make green to create their own paintings of The Incredible Hulk.

They made Superman badges and used tape to put them on their jumpers whilst role-playing being the man himself. They even had a go at forming the letter 'S' for Superman!

We used glitter and glue to create Spiderman's web and spent time dressing up and moving to the move themes of the best superheroes.

We read the story 'Superworm' by Julia Donaldson and discussed what makes a superhero.

We completed the week with Children in Need and spoke about the superhero Pudsey Bear and how he saves young children who require extra help to keep healthy and happy. 

We reinforced the fact that they were in turn superheroes for helping Pudsey Bear and they all went away with a special certificate.

What a perfectly SUPER week!

Nursery focus week ending 10.11.17

Last week in Nursery we learnt all about dinosaurs! 

The children created collages of a Tyrannosaurus Rex and a Stegosaurus using a range of materials and media.

They made their own shape dinosaurs and paper plate creations adding features such as horns, spikes and legs. The children were also learning about adjectives, describing dinosaurs using words such as long tail, sharp claws and big teeth. 

In Maths, the children were able to sort dinosaurs into different categories and count small ones into sets of 1 to 5. 

In P.E and music, the children moved liked dinosaurs and played instruments to some dinosaur songs including 'Walk the dinosaur' from Ice Age. 

We think the children had a ROAR SOME time in nursery!