We have had a fantastic first term in Reception. The Reception Team would like to thank our amazing families for all their continued support. We are looking forward to all the learning that is to come in the Spring Term. Happy Holiday!
Thank you for attending parents evening! It was lovely to see you and share your childs targets. Your support makes such a difference.
Tomorrow (Friday 13th December) is our Nativity Performance at 10am in the top hall. Please ensure you are there promptly to secure your seats. Remember to keep noise to a minimum during the performance and to not share any photos on social media.
Next week, we have our Christmas Party on Wednesday 18th December. Please see below for further details;
Next week, on Thursday 19th December is Christmas Dinner and we invite children to come wearing their Christmas jumpers!
School finishes at 2pm on Friday 20th December. Please ensure you pick up your child promptly on this day.
Wishing you and your family a very merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!
Looking forward to seeing you and your children in January! Keep on reading, keep on learning and stay safe!
The Reception Team
This week, the children have been learning about Leaf Man. The children have been continuing to learn their weekly sounds. Please support your child at home by learning the high frequency words inside your child’s reading record. Furthermore, the children have been exploring 2D shapes in maths and making shape pictures. We are looking forward to seeing you all at the Winter Fair later today!
Kind regards,
Reception Team
The children have been busy practising their nativity songs for our big performance on Friday 13th December. Coming up next week on Thursday 5th December is the Winter Fair. Please see the Reception noticeboard for further details.
Please see below for the links for our songs!
Nativity Songs!
If you would like to practice singing our first three songs for the Nativity, please follow the links!
Scroll down for the lyrics…
A Wriggly Nativity
Wriggly nativity, wriggly nativity!
Somehow you’ve just got to move:
It’s a wriggly nativity.
Can you feel the thrill?
Can you feel the thrill?
Glory, glory, what a story!
No-one’s sitting still!
Wriggly nativity, wriggly nativity!
Somehow you’ve just got to move:
It’s a wriggly nativity.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EeTzILIv5wo
Donkey Plodding
Ee-or!
Donkey plodding, donkey plodding
Move your weary bones.
Donkey plodding, donkey plodding
Over rocks and stones.
Or-ee-or, ee-or, ee-or,
Never ever moans
Donkey plodding all day long.
Ee-or!
Carry gentle Mary,
Carry gentle Mary,
All the way to Bethlehem.
Ee-or!
Ee-or!
Donkey plodding, donkey plodding
Move your weary bones.
Donkey plodding, donkey plodding
Over rocks and stones.
Or-ee-or, ee-or, ee-or,
Never ever moans
Donkey plodding all day long.
Ee-or!
Joseph walks beside you,
Joseph walks beside you,
All the way to Bethlehem.
Ee-or!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_1vHUKUE_Ks
Knock On Another Door
We’ve got no room, we must confess
We can’t take any more.
We’ve got no room, so we suggest
You knock on another door!
Rat-a-tat! Rat-a-tat! Rat-a-tat-a-tat!
Any room for a couple
With nowhere else to stay?
Any room for a couple
Who come from far away?
We’ve got no room, we must confess
We can’t take any more.
We’ve got no room, so we suggest
You knock on another door!
Rat-a-tat! Rat-a-tat! Rat-a-tat-a-tat!
Any room for a lady
Whose baby’s nearly due?
Any room for a lady
We don’t know what to do!
We’ve got no room, we must confess
We can’t take any more.
We’ve got no room, so we suggest
You knock on another door!
Rat-a-tat! Rat-a-tat! Rat-a-tat-a-tat!
This week, the children have been exploring and investigating different kinds of leaves. We went on a leaf hunt around the school to find different colours, shapes and sizes of leaves. The children have been getting creative by making some autumnal pictures, using paint and collage. In maths, the children have been introduced to addition and subtraction within 10. The children also enjoyed the Leaf Hunt and addition song.
Please see the links below;
Now the weather is getting much colder, please remember to ensure your child has warm clothing, such as hats, scarves and gloves. Please remember to label everything!
Just a gentle reminder that home learning is given out on a Friday and you have until the following Wednesday to return it so we can put the new home learning inside the book.
Have a lovely weekend ahead! Keep dry and warm!
Regards,
The Reception Team
Hope you are all keeping well! The children have been very busy this week going on a bear hunt! We have been role playing the story and enjoying being bears. We have been making a big story map and stick puppets to retell the story in their own words. You can enjoy the story at home with you child by clicking on the link below.
In maths, the children have been learning about tens frames and exploring addition and subtraction up to 10.
We’re Going on a Bear Hunt performed by Michael Rosen (youtube.com)
Home learning is now being given out every Friday. We kindly ask that you return this by Wednesday to enable us to mark it and put the new homework in the books. Next week, we will be having the story of ‘We’re Going On A Leaf Hunt’.
Here are some photographs of this week’s lovely learning! Children were amazing during our two minute silence on Monday as part of Remembrance Day. Throughout the day, the children were inspired to make poppies, as a mark of remembrance.
Hope you have a lovely weekend ahead!
Regards,
The Reception Team
Welcome back! We hope you all had a lovely half term holiday. This week, the children have been learning about nocturnal animals and hibernation, through the story of ‘It Was A Cold Dark Night’.
As part of our learning, the children have been practising their cutting skills to make hedgehog pictures and using paint and glitter to make beautiful, sparkly fireworks paintings. The children are continuing to make progress learning their letters and sounds and counting to 20. Here are some pictures of our wonderful learning!
Many thanks for your continuous support!
From the Reception Team
Wow! What a busy half term it has been. The children have settled in well and have been getting used to our daily routines. They are making friends and have been accessing all areas of the indoor and outdoor learning environment. It has been a pleasure to see them grow in confidence and embrace their learning. This week, we had a very special visitor, who is an author from Jamaica! She shared her story about Anansi the Spider and then taught the children some songs. Here are a couple of photographs;
Next half term, our topic is ‘Changes’. We shall be exploring the seasons of Autumn and Winter and learning about ‘hibernation’. The children will be ‘going on a bear hunt’ and learning about ‘Stick Man’. We invite you over half term to go on a leaf hunt with your child and collect different kinds of leaves. We would love to see your collections after the half term holiday!
Please keep on reading over the holidays. Maybe you can visit one of the many libraries throughout Southwark!
Here are some important dates for your diaries coming up after half term;
- Thursday 14th November Individual and sibling photos
- Wednesday 4th December Winter Fair (3:45 – 5:00)
- Wednesday 11th December Parents Evening
- Friday 13th December EYFS/KS1 Nativity
- Friday 20th December End of Autumn 2
This week in Reception, the children have been exploring the story of the Colour Monster and the range of emotions associated. The children have been busy making puppets and using the zones of regulation to express how they are feeling. We have had circle times to discuss what makes us happy and sad. As part of World Mental Health Day, the children enjoyed a healthy breakfast.
We have been learning about the story So Much. We have made hats and sandwiches and playdough this week.
