Reception

A Showcase of work from from Reception

2 months ago
Posted on 16th Jul 2026 by

Pirate Training Day

Today our youngest swashbucklers completed their pirate training.  They collected a precious gemstone for each completed challenge – “Piratifying” themselves on a wanted poster, a pirate obstacle course with “Walk the plank” and a treasure hunt to find doubloons that add up to 5.  What a busy day and what fun we’ve had!  Captain Boots has hung up her pirate boots now and we wish her all the very best as she retires to spend time with her beautiful granddaughter.  She will most certainly be missed not just on pirate day but every day of the school year.

 

 

   

 

2 months ago
Posted on 07th Jul 2026 by

Our First Sports Day

We are so proud of our Reception children!  Today they all took part in a lovely sports day.  Everyone completed a running race and a teddy bear race.  The children all took part and cheered each other on, setting a fantastic example for everyone.  Well done TEAM RECEPTION! Here’s a snapshot!

3 months ago
Posted on 22nd Jun 2026 by

An eggsperiment to save Humpty

Our times for rhymes topic was all about Humpty Dumpty today.  We saw what happened to a real egg when it fell off the wall.  We talked about the parts of the egg that we could see.  Then we set about a challenge to save Humpty.  The children worked with a friend to find a way to protect humpty using a range of resources like cotton wool, bubble wrap and feathers.  Then we sang the nursery rhyme and let each Humpty fall to the ground.  Amazingly only three eggs cracked.  What a good job the children did!

 

4 months ago
Posted on 04th Jun 2026 by

Run, run as fast as you can, you can’t catch me I’m the Gingerbread Man

We have continued with our topic of well loved stories, and this week is the classic tale of The Gingerbread Man.  The children have been busy making their own, different sized Gingerbread people, making bridges across the river, rolling and cutting dough, story telling and writing amazing stories.  Take a look at this snapshot.

 

             

 

   

5 months ago
Posted on 01st May 2026 by

We’re going on a bear hunt!

This week we started our new topic of ‘Stories We Love’. This week we have been reading We’re Going on a Bear Hunt.  The children have been very creative and their writing is something to celebrate.  Here’s a brief snapshot of some of our work.

       

5 months ago
Posted on 22nd Apr 2026 by

Blast off!

The children in reception have had an amazing time learning all about space.  They have loved our space role play corner and really impressed us with their moon fact writing.

        

 

5 months ago
Posted on 17th Apr 2026 by

Forest School Adventures

Today the children in RH had a lovely time at forest school.  They hammered petals and leaves between fabric to make butterflies and flags.  We had some fantastic ladybird hunters and minibeast spotters. The mud kitchen was as popular as ever and digging in the mud pit discovered lots of worms and the odd slug and snail. Everyone made a pizza for Fiona to cook over the fire which we enjoyed with some hot chocolate and a story at the end of a wonderful forest school session.

     

 

 

   

Thank you to our wonderful Forest school leader Fiona for another memorable session.  It was overheard that “This was the best day ever!!”

6 months ago
Posted on 26th Mar 2026 by

Easter Craft Fun

On Wednesday afternoon, the children paraded in their amazing Easter hats and then treated their special grown ups to some wonderful Easter songs.  Afterwards the children worked with their adults to create some amazing artwork.  We spent a lovely afternoon together.

    

   

6 months ago
Posted on 25th Mar 2026 by

Farm Experience

What a wonderful time we had at Ash End House Farm!  We sang songs about animals, learned the names of baby animals, fed goats, sheep and ducks and collected an egg for supper.  We were very busy farmers.  All the children had a fantastic time and they made their teachers so proud with their super behaviour and manners.  Take a look at a snapshot of our time spent at the farm.