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12.12.25
Well done, Reception, on your wonderful Nativity performance!
You have all worked so hard to learn your lines, remember the songs, and give your very best. We are so proud of you!
Please continue practising your phonics and reading your books at home. Only one more week until the Christmas break—keep up the great work!
21.11.25
Wow, Reception – you have worked incredibly hard this week! We’ve been busy preparing for our Nativity play, learning about Red Wednesday, and finishing the week with the Jubilee celebrations.
This week, we have also started practising cursive handwriting. Please continue to encourage this at home. Keep practising your number bonds to 5 as well – every little bit helps!
Well done, Reception – you are amazing as always!
Mrs Toon
07.11.25
We’ve had a wonderful first week back in Reception! The children have settled in beautifully and shown great enthusiasm in their learning.
This week, we introduced our new story: The Three Little Pigs. The children have enjoyed exploring the tale and learning fun and fascinating facts about pigs. It’s been lovely to see their curiosity and creativity shine through in our activities.
In our topic lessons, we’ve started our new theme: Transport. We kicked things off by learning all about road safety, helping the children understand how to stay safe when out and about.
Reminder: Monday is Odd Socks Day—please send your child in wearing odd socks to help us celebrate diversity and kindness as part of Anti-Bullying Week.
Well done to all our Reception children for a fantastic start to the half term!
02. 11.25
We’re looking forward to welcoming you all back tomorrow!
We hope you’ve had a wonderful half-term break and can’t wait to hear all about it.
This half term, we’ll be learning all about transport and reading the story The Three Little Pigs.
We’re excited for what promises to be the best term yet — the countdown to Christmas begins!
17.10.25
Reception have had a busy week!
They have enjoyed reading our book Peace at Last and joining in with the line, “Oh no! I can't stand this!”
We designed our dream homes, linking to Mr Bear's house — lots of children drew treehouses!
The children sat beautifully during Year 2's Mass and joined in with the songs.
Finally, we finished off the week learning about the seasons.
Well done, Reception!
10.10.25
The children have had a very busy week at school this week. We have been learning about our families and our class saint. Here are some songs Reception have been learning and practising this week. Enjoy learning these at home.
https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=tricky+words
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HWK8KimF0TI&list=RDHWK8KimF0TI&start_radio=1