St Oswald's Catholic Primary SchoolFoundation Stage- Reception: Blog items
Reception Blog - Friday 20th July 2023
Date: 20th Jul 2023 @ 11:48am
What a fantastic last week we have had in Reception!
We have been on a trip to the library and had our final stay and play.
We hope that you all have a brilliant summer holidays and wish you all the best!
The Reception Team
Reception Blog - Friday 14th July 2023
Date: 14th Jul 2023 @ 8:31am
This week we have taken part in Super Learning Day. This is when all the teaching staff plan a range of activities that are different to our day to day learning. Reception have enjoyed doing seven different activities throughout the day which have included: building scarecrows, making worry dolls, doing summer circuits, bowling, tower building, natural art and games.
Reception Blog - Friday 7th July 2023
Date: 7th Jul 2023 @ 12:52pm
This week we have had a whole week doing lots of Art and DT.
In Art we have been using our imaginations to make our own collage using paint and pens. To start we had to make our own patterned paper using paint, glue and mark making equipment. Once this was dry we then tore it and cut it to make our own imaginary scene. We then added more detail to our pictures using pens, before signing it like an Artist would. These will be framed and sold at the Summer Fayre in our very own Art Gallery!
In DT we have used the story of the King's Pants. We found the story very funny. All about a King who had different pattered pants for every occasion. We all designed our own pants, choosing the colours and what we would like to stick to them. Afterwards we all got to speak about what we liked about our pants to evaluate them.
In French this week, we played some traditional French playground games. We played one called Pecheurs et poissons - Fishermen and fish - which involved half the class being the net in a big circle and the other half weaving in and out of the linked hands, being the fish. At the end of the little rhyme, the arms come down and trap some fish in the net. They then join the net until a winner is left, still not caught by the net. On s'est bien amuse!
We have also had Year 5 come and visit us this week to do an investigation on their DT project. They had to design a house for the Three Little pigs and Reception had to try and blow them down using fans, hairdryers and blowing them. Reception loved this investigation as they already knew the story.
The Reception Team would also like to say how amazing Reception did in their first ever School assembly. The children worked so hard and we are very proud of each and every one of them!
Have a lovely weekend and we will see you all on Monday.
Reception Blog - Friday 30th June 2023
Date: 30th Jun 2023 @ 1:42pm
We have had a fanastic week learning all about the Queen's Handbag.
We have been retelling the story using story maps and actions. We have been learning all about London and the different buildings and places to visit. Together we made a collage of the London skyline using different paper, we then drew our favourite London landmark and added it to the collage.
Reception Blog - 23rd June 2023
Date: 23rd Jun 2023 @ 3:28pm
What an end to our school week! We had a fantastic time taking part in our first Tough Kidder!
A big well done to Reception!
Reception Blog - Friday 16th June 2023
Date: 16th Jun 2023 @ 1:01pm
We have had another great week learning about our story, The Journey.
We have been doing story maps about the journey the boat took and writing sentences. In maths we have been doing number bonds to 5. Exploring using equipment, singing songs and writing number sentences.
We have had Dance from the Heart this week. It was lovely to see the children perform to parents after trying so hard to learn the dance for the past few weeks.
In French we learnt some words for summer things and listened out for the new vocabulary in a summer song. We practised the words with a game and listened to a new story, Le Petit Poisson, about a fish who had no one to play with. It's lovely to hear the children using their French around school - fantastique, Reception!
In RE and Art we have made friendship candles out of clay and we have painted them.
In PE we have been doing ball skills, throwing and catching and using a tennis racket to hit to a target.
Our new topic for computing was sequencing and following instuctions. The children had lots of fun making instructions for their friends.
To end the week it was story and snack in the shade.
Have a great weekend in the sun everyone!
Reception Blog - Friday 9th June 2023
Date: 8th Jun 2023 @ 1:32pm
All of the children have come back from their half term break very grown up.
This week we have started our new topic of journeys. We have been talking about the different transportation there are and we have been writing lists of them. On Tuesday we went onto our school car park and looked for different transport, making tally charts of how many we could see.
In maths we have been doing about 3D shapes. We have been on a 3D shape hunt and we have made our own playdough 3D models.
Reception Blog - Friday 26th May 2023
Date: 26th May 2023 @ 1:20pm
We have had a fantastic week learning all about animals. The children have really loved this topic. For Writing we have been writing lists of animals we saw at the zoo and writing Who Am I? clues for everyone to guess the animal, we had lots of fun doing this.
In Maths we have been sharing amounts, using money in our own little shop and we have been recapping 2D shapes that we could see in our classroom.
In French this week, we talked about the points of the compass and why they are useful. Then we played games to reinforce the vocabulary in French.
Our Understanding the World has been a lovely topic as we have looked at habitats. The children have all done a collaborative collage of different habitats, including; jungle, desert, arctic and oceans. We all talked about what we would expect to hear, feel, see and touch in those habitats before we made our collage. Then we made our own animal pictures to go within those habitats. We have also looked at animals from the past that are not here anymore, specifically a woolly mammoth and a sabre toothed tiger! The children loved learning about these extinct animals and used great vocabulary.
For Come and See we started our new topic of Friendship. We all spoke about what makes a good friend and how we can help each other.
Finally, we have been doing outdoor learning, creating our own obstacle course. The children worked very well together and took part in each others courses!
We hope that everyone has a great half term. We can't wait to come back for the final half term with our new topic, journeys!
The Reception Team
Date: 23rd May 2023 @ 12:10pm
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Reception Blog - Friday 19th May 2023
Date: 19th May 2023 @ 11:51am
This week we have visited Blackpool Zoo for our school trip. The children loved seeing all of the animals and learning all of the facts of what the different animals eat and where they live. Every child had beautiful manners and were spotted by lots of people. Big well done Reception!
Reception Blog - Friday 12th May 2023
Date: 12th May 2023 @ 12:54pm
We have had another great week learning all about dinosaurs!
This week we have continued to look after the eggs that we had delivered last week. When they hatched, they were dinosaurs! We have written letters explaining how to look after the eggs and the baby dinosaurs.
In maths we have been looking at more/less and playing an interactive game to find the missing numbers. We have also looked at the numbers from 11-20 and how many tens and units make that number.
Reception Blog - Friday 5th May 2023
Date: 5th May 2023 @ 1:01pm
Reception Blog - Friday 28th April 2023
Date: 28th Apr 2023 @ 1:04pm
Reception Blog - Thursday 6th April 2023
Date: 6th Apr 2023 @ 12:56pm
What a wonderful week we have had this week. Mrs Stone has returned from maternity leave and has enjoyed getting to know all of the children.
Throughout the week we have been learning about the Easter story and drawing pictures of what happened. We have recapped the numbers from 11-20, ordering them and matching them to eggs.
We have enjoyed using our outside area much more this week as the weather has been warmer. We have been watching our frog spawn change and we even went on a little walk to our school pond to have a go at pond dipping!
Towards the end of the week we had our stay and play, with lots of Easter/spring crafts and activities - a big thank you to everyone who came. The children really enjoyed sharing their learning with you.
We hope that everyone has a lovely Easter break and we will see you in 2 weeks!
Reception Blog - Friday 31st March 2023
Date: 31st Mar 2023 @ 1:04pm
This week we have continued our learning all about minibeasts as we have been adding mini beasts to our bug hotel, it is very full now!
In science and writing we have been learning all about frog lifecycles, making our own, writing about them and even watching our frog spawn change over the past two weeks. We have also been to check on our bean plants to see how they have been growing in the different areas we left them. The ones in class have grown the most so far.
In maths we have been looking at one more and one less than a number - we have been doing this practically outdoors, jumping along numberlines to solve the questions.
In French, we listened to La legende des Cloches de Paques - the story of the Easter Bells. In France, they say that the bells fall silent at Easter because they have gone to Rome to be blessed. They return on Easter Sunday, dropping chocolate eggs in gardens for children to find. We also learnt a traditional French nursery rhyme about a rabbit - Mon petit lapin a bien du chagrin.
In music we have continued with the story Handa's surprise and made our own African music.
In come and see we learnt all about the Easter story, the children asked some brilliant questions and could retell parts of the story. We used the Easter story as our art this week, making pictures of what happened.
And on Friday afternoon, we had our last Tots on Tyres session with Mrs Cookson.
Next week our learning will be all about Easter and Spring. We will also welcome Mrs Stone back from her maternity leave!
Reception Blog - Friday 24th March 2023
Date: 24th Mar 2023 @ 3:30pm
Our favourite part of this week was our school trip!
We talked about growing plants and keeping them healthy. We planted our own plants and worked together to help each other. After lunch we recycled our packaging and left over food and we even put some in the wormery!
Then it was time for games; a boat race and den building.
Reception Blog - Friday 17th March 2023
Date: 17th Mar 2023 @ 12:54pm
This week we have finished our story of Jack and the Beanstalk. We have done great sequencing of the story pictures and retold the whole story using actions.
In Maths we have continued with more addition, looking at one more and less than a number and looking at the part, part, whole model, were you can split a number up and investigate what it makes.
In French this week, we began to learn the vocabulary for family members then we made a card for Mother's Day. We also enjoyed the story of Jacques et les haricots magiques (Jack and the Beanstalk) in French, joining in with the repetitive parts.
We had PE with Freddy Fit, at first we talked about healthy eating and how to keep our bodies healthy. Then we did dancing, exercises and a game.
We also looked at how the chicks have changed since we saw them last week. They now have feathers!! After this we made our own chick lifecycles and talked about what happens.
Reception Blog - Friday 10th March 2023
Date: 10th Mar 2023 @ 12:55pm
On Monday we came into school with clues about our story, after some investigations we discovered that it was for the story Jack and the Beanstalk. Again, we have been using pictures to retell the story which we are half way through and we have talked about speech bubbles and what they are for, writing our own for the characters from thestory.
In Science, we talked about seeds and plants - what are they, where do they come from, what do we need to do to help a seed grow? The children gathered seeds from fruits and chose some to plant. They also decided where to put them to see what difference it makes if they are in a cold/warm place, light/dark, soil/no soil. We'll wait patiently to see if they grow! We have also built our own minibeast hotel together. We searched for minibeasts and where they live and what they like to live near and made our own. Next week will will go on a minibeast hunt and put some in ours.
In Maths we have been looking at addition. We have done lots of talking about what addition means and what happens. The children know to get the amounts, push them together and count how many there are.
In French this week, we read the story of La Petite Poule Rousse (Little Red Hen) to bring together our learning of animal words. The children joined in with the repetitive parts and some were able to give the words for the animals without prompting - super remembering!
In Come and See we have started our topic of growing, which fits perfectly with our topic at the moment. Together we have looked at Spring and what we can see in spring, we have also been painting and drawing pictures of daffodils. We have also been to look in Year 1 at their chick eggs, we talked about how to care for chick eggs, then on Friday once they had hatched we got to see the chicks. Over the next week we will see how they change as they grow.
In Art, we have continued with the story of the Hungry Caterpillar, this week looking at the butterfly and its colours. we have made our own collage butterflies.
We also had a lesson aboout the Japanese festival of Tanabata, which is all about dreams and wishes. Together we made our own dreams and wishes and put them on a bamboo tree.
On Friday, it was time to say goodbye to our Japanese student who has been with us the past two weeks. In the hall during Golden assembly we all performed 'The Swallow' dance which we have been learning with them.
Reception Blog - Friday 3rd March 2023
Date: 3rd Mar 2023 @ 10:43am
We have loved continuing our story of Oliver's Vegetables this week. We have continued to use talk for writing to retell the story and performed it on our outdoor stage, with Year 1 and Year 6 coming to watch. We did very well! We have also made pea soup, just like Oliver's Grandpa did in the story. From this we have written our own instructions. This week we have also looked at Handa's Surprise and learnt all about fruit. We have done sketches, made our own fruit kebabs to have for snack.
In maths we have looked at 3D shapes this week, learning what they are, their names and their properties. We have sorted shapes in class and we have been on a shape hunt around our school to see what more we can find.
In music this week we did some singing. We split into different groups and had to listen to each group to know when our turn was.
In French this week, we recapped the words for farm animals through songs and games. In science we have been looking at seeds and how they are all different in all of the different fruits.
For art we have been looking at the story of the Hungry Caterpillar, we talked about the different colours we could see on him and made our own.
Reception Blog - Friday 24th February 2023
Date: 24th Feb 2023 @ 10:54am
What a fabulous first week back! Big thank you for all of the cress diaries. The children have loved sharing them with us.
We have started our new topic of 'growing' and the children have really enjoyed our story of Oliver's Vegetables. We had a special delivery at the beginning of the week and it has inspired all of the children to write letters and lists all about the food we have received. Throughout the week we have retold the story so far using actions, we have sent this through on seesaw then you can all see how fabulous it is :)
In maths we have been looking at weight and capacity, using lots of vocabulary to talk about what we have found out.
Tuesday was pancake day, so we talked about how to ake them, we all mixed the ingredients, then cooked and ate them.
In Music we have used instruments to explore loud and soft sounds.
In the afternoons we have been exploring different fruits and vegetables, sorting them, looking at their seeds, what they look like and how they grow! We have even done drawings of the patterns we can see in different vegetables.
In RE we all talked about Lenten promises, what they were and what we could do. Each child has done their own and stuck it on our wall for everyone to see.
In French this week we began to learn the words for some farm animals through a song, game and story. The children are gaining confidence with greetings, answering simple questions about themselves in French - fantastique!
The Friday afternoon was time for PE and tots on tyres!
Reception Blog - Friday 20th January 2023
Date: 20th Jan 2023 @ 11:29am
We have had another great week doing about the story of Zog. We have been labelling pictures of Zog using describing words and putting them into sentences!
In phonics we have played cross the river, we have done this reading or writing words with our new digraphs in. These are sh, ch and qu.
In maths we have been subitising - saying what the amount is without counting. We have also been sorting random amounts from 6-10 and counting to and from 20.
On Tuesday afternoon we had snow and ice on our school grounds, so we got our wellies on and went for a walk all the way to our pond, which we discovered was frozen!! On our way we talked about what we could see and hear. We saw frost on the trees, but we could also hear it melting, as it was dripping on the ground.
In Come and See we did the story of Jesus meeting Simeon and Anna at the temple, we made our own candles to show Jesus being the light of the world.
We have really enjoyed celebrating Chinese new year too! We looked at how it is celebrated and planned our own celebration. We had dragon dancing, food tasting and we even made our own flags and chinese lanterns. We even looked at the Atlas's and talked about what we could see on the maps, we saw rivers, mountains, the sea and much more!
In PE we have started our Tots on Tyres progamme and we have also done yoga.
A big well done to everyone on another super week!
Reception Blog - Friday 13th January 2023
Date: 13th Jan 2023 @ 12:48pm
We have had a great week starting our new topic of Julia Donaldson and the story of Zog. This week we have been retelling the story using story props, it was lots of fun! We have also been using our sounds to write short words on our own in Phonics.
In maths, we have been subitising when looking at different amounts. Then we have put these amounts in order, creating our own numberlines.
In Phonics we have done the sounds: x, y, z and zz and we have learnt new games to help us with our learning, called 'read, read, run' and 'phonic detectives.'
Reception Blog - Friday 6th January 2023
Date: 6th Jan 2023 @ 12:47pm
We have had a great first week back in school.
All of the children have remembered all of our routines and have enjoyed telling us all about their Christmas holidays.
This week we have started our new mini topic of Winter. We have been making snow villages and winter scenes. We have done the j, v and w sounds in phonics and learnt the tricky words 'he' and 'she', doing lots of games to help us remember them.
We have also been making a junk model castle for our small world area, all taking turns in helping each other, ready for our Julia Donaldson topic starting next week and the story Zog.
For this term, we will collect reading book bags in on a Monday, change them and hand them back out on a Tuesday.
Reception Blog - Friday 16th December 2022
Date: 16th Dec 2022 @ 11:55am
We have had a fantastic last week in Reception, from Christmas crafts to Christmas jumper day, carol singing, Christmas lunch and much more!
A big well done to every child for all of their hardwork this term!
Lots of rest and family time and we will see you in 2023!
The Reception Team
Here is the new edition of our Learning Times.
Reception Blog - Friday 9th December 2022
Date: 9th Dec 2022 @ 11:46am
A big well done to all of Reception for their first school Nativity this week. The children did amazing and sang their hearts out.
This week we have been making presents out of numicon, writing letters to Father Christmas, singing carols, looking at the change in the weather and making all of our Christmas crafts to bring home next week!
