Our first half term

The children have really enjoyed their first half term in Reception. We have enjoyed becoming familiar with our new classrooms and school grounds. The children have started to take part in their Read, Write, Inc., Maths and Topic sessions and are loving learning new things. We have spent lots of time in our indoor and outdoor environments. The children are forming some great friendships and lovely relationships with the staff. We are really proud of all of them and can’t wait to continue our learning after half term.

The Scarecrow's Wedding

The children have been very busy making their very own Betty and Harry scarecrows. The scarecrow's finally tied the knot today with a service carried out by Mr Chamberlain. We held a wedding reception and celebrated the happy couple. We then waved the happy couple off to their honeymoon. Mr Chamberlain drove them in our school mini bus!
We carried on discussing the story throughout the week, joining in with repeated phrases. We talked about the problems that arose in the story and how these were solved. 

The Gingerbread Man

The children have been so excited about some gingerbread visitors that came into our classroom! We started the week trying to watch 'The Gingerbread Man' story on the board, but a video came up of some cheeky gingerbread people running through the classroom! The children spent an afternoon hunting for clues, they found crumbs in some of the other classrooms. They had even been in Mrs Beckett’s office and through the door to Mr Chamberlain’s room. We all managed to squeeze into his office where we found crumbs, a gingerbread man and a story. We have done some amazing writing all about the gingerbread man.

The Christmas Tree Festival

The children had a super morning on their first school trip; a walk to the Christmas tree festival. The children walked beautifully into town, listening to all of our rules to make sure we stayed safe when walking and crossing roads. We enjoyed looking at all the different trees when we got there, we couldn’t believe how many there were! A couple of favourites were the ‘elf on the shelf’ and the ‘Beauty and the Beast’ tree. We stopped for a biscuit to recharge and then headed to see the big tree in the market square! We had some lovely comments about the children’s behaviour and manners when we were out and about.  We were so glad the forecast rain stayed away!

All of the children really were amazing on their first trip out and we are very proud of them.