Reception Blog - Friday 30th January 2026

Date: 30th Jan 2026 @ 12:49pm

Welcome to Reception's Friday Blog!

Phonics

This week we learnt the digraphs qu, ch and sh.

We have been reading and writing them in words, for example; quack, chin and shed.

Drawing Club

We read the story Cops and Robbers. We made our own wanted posters and created our own plan to stop the robbers.

See the photos here.

Maths

We have been learning about addition.

We have been using the part, whole model to help us visually see two amounts added together to make the whole.

See the photos here.

RE

We recapped the story of Jesus blessing the children.

We then made a poster showing all the things we appreciate in our lives, like food, water, doctors etc.

We wrote a prayer for people around the world that do not have these.

Expressive Art and Design

We made our own Supertato’s.

See the photos here.

Understanding the World

We discussed the role of the Police.

A Police Officer also came to see us to talk to us about his job.

We have also had and Intensive Care Nurse and an A&E Manager come to tell us all about their jobs. Such a busy week!

Forest School

We learnt how to tie a simple knot. We kept practising using a strawberry lace-then we made it disappear!

We went to our log circle and had a look for creatures under the logs, did some balancing and climbed trees. We noticed that there are no apples left on the tree but there are a few rotten ones still on the ground underneath it.

We have also had a fantastic trip to Longton Library!

Golden Assembly

Star of the Week – Elijah

Super Learner – Phoebe and Elise

Superstar Writer – Jenson

Bookworm – Harry

Mathematician – George

Special Mention – Cameron, Erin and Ava - for making brilliant Supertato's in Art!