Odd and Even
New concept in reception today . . . odd and even numbers. Thank you to Subegh, who took this lovely picture! Odd and even numbers are hard work and we had to do a lot of preparation before we could…
Oliver’s Fruit Salad by Vivian French and Alison Bartlett
This is a story that we have been reading in reception while we have been thinking about healthy eating. If you would like to play it to your children, please use the link; https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jcTprkImlmI
Healthy Eating in Reception
Over the past couple of weeks we have been thinking about the food we put into our bodies. Today we did a sorting activity together using KAGAN co-operative learning task, 'Corners'. The children used green, amber and red plates and…
Vaisakhi
During our Easter break our Sikh families celebrated Vaisakhi. Vaisakhi is significant because it marks the birth of Sikhism as a collective faith in the year 1699. If you are unfamiliar with this festival, please find out more with your…
Eid Mubarak!
To all of our Muslim families who are celebrating today we would like to wish you Eid Mubarak! If you are unfamiliar with Eid-al-Fitr and would like to find out more . . . for your younger children please click…
🐥 Easter production at Encounter Church 🐥
On Thursday, we enjoyed a fantastic Easter concert at Encounter Church! The children walked sensibly to the church and took their seats along with parents and carers. We sang many Easter and Spring themed songs, heard a recorder recital with…
Nowruz Mubarak!
Nowruz is a new year holiday for the Persian community. It marks the spring equinox. It is celebrated by hundreds of millions of diverse communities around the world. Much like the spring holiday of other cultures, Nowruz teaches us about…
Holi 8th March 2023
What better way could you celebrate the arrival of Spring than with the festival of Holi? It is a beautiful festival celebrating the first colours of spring arriving following the cold and grey of winter. To all of our families…
Sing A Rainbow
The children in Reception are doing very well at learning this song with Mrs Vaughan. Every colour has a Makaton sign and the children are really enjoying learning to communicate in this way. They need to know it for the…
Maths for Reception Children
We have been working hard on numbers to 20. As a class we are great at counting aloud, using our fingers and counting out amounts for 1:1 correspondence but we definitely needed more work on where to place numbers on…