Reception Class

Reception Class enjoyed their first trip to Forest School. It was really exciting returning to Deers. Mr Cooke came out to see us and told us he was delighted to see the children and to hear the happy sounds of children at the forest.  The class voted for their class forest name... Continue Reading

We have had a great week learning across the curriculum. Details below – 15-10-21 Friday Focus (1) Continue Reading

This week in Reception, our poem is about picking apples.  So, we went to the orchard and picked apples to fill up our baskets.  It was a beautifully sunny Autumn morning. We all had a turn at carrying the baskets. When we returned to the classroom, we were visited by two of the... Continue Reading

We enjoyed visiting the reading circle. We all had a go at sitting on the story throne. Then we sat quietly to listen and look. We saw an aeroplane and a butterfly and heard the leaves rustling, children playing and a lawnmower.  We moved onto the shady benches for our story. Continue Reading

We enjoyed using the hall for P.E.  We used the spots on the floor to have our own space.  We played lots of listening games. Then we travelled around the space in different ways – all the ideas came from us!  We loved sliding on our stomachs!  After that we did some Sticky Kids... Continue Reading

During the summer before we start school, we decorate a shoe box and fill it with special items.  We all brough our Chatterbox into school on the first day. We have take it in turns to speak to the class about the special items in our box while they listen. Then our friends ask... Continue Reading

Welcome to the Autumn term!  The children are settling in well and have been enjoying sharing their Chatterboxes with us and their friends.  We have really enjoyed meeting our new families and the familiar faces! Thank you all for being so understanding in the Summer term about... Continue Reading

Dear parents, Welcome back to a new term. We do hope that you all had a restful and enjoyable Easter break. The children have settled very quickly into the new summer term routine and are really enjoying the big playground and field. We have another busy term and we trust that... Continue Reading

Space Talk We have a resident space expert in our class. During our online lessons I asked him if he would like to give the class a talk about space and he agreed enthusiastically. Today he spoke to the class for 15 minutes using resources he had prepared at home. He told us all... Continue Reading

Reception class have had four birthdays this week! Following on from our ‘kindness’ focus last week, one child decided to write a lovely happy birthday message to to one of his peers  today completely unprompted! He read it out to her through Teams. Continue Reading