Reception Blog - Friday 6th December 2026

Date: 5th Nov 2026 @ 8:24pm

Welcome to Reception

Autumn 2

Topic – Ready, Steady, Go

Drawing Club

This week we have read the story ‘The Quiet Little Firework’

The children have created their own rockets using junk model crafts and different materials. We then all drew our own firework and tried to label what noise it made.

On Wednesday the little firework found himself inside a magical garden – the children loved creating their own magical garden with glowing flowers and secret paths.

Phonics

We have now learnt s a t p i n m d g o c k e u ck  

Please see the formation rhymes below

We have also learnt the tricky words

I the to no go

Maths

This week in number land we have been exploring the number 6

We ordered our numbers from 1 to 10 by cutting and sticking, we have also been focusing on finding one more and one less using our numbers 1 to 6.

RE

This week in RE we have learnt about the celebration of Diwali.

We watched a video about how a family prepares for Diwali, including the things they buy and how they decorate the house with diyas and rangoli art. 

We had a go at creating our own rangoli patterns outside with chalk and we decorated a hand template with mehndi patterns.

Understanding the World

This week we have been learning all about Bonfire night and Remembrance Day.

We watched firework and bonfire videos.

We spoke about the colours and the sounds we could see and hear.

We learnt about why celebrate bonfire night each year.

We also thought about how to stay safe on bonfire night.

We learnt what Remembrance Day is, why we wear poppies and meaning behind them.

We all had a go at making our own poppy craft by ripping and scrunching tissue paper.

 PSHE

This week we have been focusing on what makes us special, we looked at a lot of different sport activites and discussed if we liked or disliked them.

We enjoyed hearing how differnet everyone is.

We learnt a song about being special too. 

"I'm special. You're special.

There's no-one quite like me.

I'm special. You're special.

Clap if you agree. (Clap, clap)."

Reminders

Please remember to send your PE kits and your school trip slips back into school 😊

Friday 13^th November is Children in Need – children can come into school in pyjamas or wearing something spotty.

Golden Assembly

Golden Star - Iris

Super Learner - Marnie-Mae

Superstar Writer - Alex

Mathematician – Mohamed

Bookworm - Theo

Special Mention - Eva