Reception Blog - Friday 23rd March 2026

Date: 20th Mar 2026 @ 2:39pm

Welcome to Reception's Friday Blog!

This week we have been learning all about Chicken Licken

Drawing Club

In our drawing club, we thought about the beginning, middle and end of the story. We drew a picture and tried our best to retell the story. 

We practised lots of different voices for the characters when we read the story together. 

Phonics

We recapped ch, sh ,th, ng, qu, ai, ee, igh, oa long/short oo. 

she, he, we, be, me, we, was, you, they, my, her, are, all, like, said

Our new sounds are the ar and the or

ar - farm, car, barn 

or - fork, corn, short

The children are working hard on their letter formation and trying to write their words on the lines. 

Maths

Our focus has been to learn our doubles to 10. 

We learnt that doubling is the same as adding two numbers together that are the same. 

We used dominoes and ladybirds to help us. 

1 + 1 = 2

2 + 2 = 4

3 + 3 = 6

4 + 4 = 8

5 + 5 = 10

Click here to have a go at our doubles song at home

Understanding the world 

We continued to learn about life cycles - we watched a real life chick hatching from their egg.

We drew and labelled the chicks independently. 

Science

We carried out a science experiment this week. We thought about what a plant needs to grow. 

Then we put a bean into a bag. One bag was wet and the other was dry. The children discussed their ideas of which would grow and why. 

We decided to put two beans on the window and two beans in a darker place in class to find one which will grow quicker.

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We learnt about 'Palm Sunday' this week. 

Make sure to check out our galleries to see all our brilliant learning from this week!

Golden Assembly

Star of the Week – Teddy

Super Learner – Rosie

Superstar Writer – Louie

Bookworm – Henry.W

Mathematician – Elsi

Special Mention - Ava-Grace & Maisie & Vinnie & Harry & Ella