Reception Blog - Friday 9th October 2026

Date: 9th Oct 2026 @ 4:30pm

Welcome to Reception 

Autumn 1 

Topic – Ourselves 

PSED 

This week we have spoken about what makes us all different. 

We discussed that being different makes us special. 

We then drew our favourite things for our class book.  

Drawing Club 

We have read ‘Owl Babies’.  

This week we focused on the characters in the story and thought about where the owls lived.  

We created our own owl babies, and we drew what we thought their house might look like inside the hole in the tree.  

Phonics 

We have now learnt s a t p i n m d g   

Please see the formation rhymes below 

We have also learnt the tricky words  

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Maths 

This week in number land we have been exploring the number 3.  

We created our number land for the number 3 and discussed amounts using the words fewer and more. 

RE 

This week we explored what a Baptism is.  

We thought about being welcomed into Gods Family.  

We used pictures to think about what happens at a Baptism. 

Shared Reading 

‘The Three Little Pigs’  

This week we created a story map and used it to help us retell the story. 

We had a go at being the teacher, reading the story out loud to our friends using the story map.  

Art 

We have continued to investigate colour mixing, using pipettes and coloured water. 

Understanding the World 

We learnt the names of the different items in our Autumn Tray.  

We have been sorting our Autumn treasures in lots of different ways,  

Forest School 

This week we played a class game of hide and seek in the forest. 

The children loved it.

Reminders 

We have the LEP photo being taken on Monday.  

Right Start is also on Monday in the afternoon; please make sure your slip has been returned into school.  

Golden Assembly  

Golden Star - Joey 

Super Learner - Martha.S 

Superstar Writer - Oscar 

Mathematician – George 

Bookworm - Gabriel 

Special Mention - Summer