This week, Reception class has been making shape pictures using coloured paper and plastic shapes. They have also been using long sticks to make large shapes and patterns on the playground.

The children wrote diaries this week about how their bean seeds had grown. The class enjoyed listening to each others diaries.

Reception class won the 'walk to school week' challenge last week so Year Four prepared and served them with a treat - some fruit snacks and juice drinks, which the class enjoyed. Well done Reception!

We hope you all have a nice half term holiday,

From the Reception team.

Flowers and fun!

We have continued to enjoy playing and exploring in our new garden area this week, when the weather has allowed us. We all remembered that after the 16th May it was OK to go on the grass. Sadly it's now looking a little the worse for wear already so we need to be careful when playing on it. Some of us have learnt new skills using the hockey sticks and we enjoyed a Science investigation finding out what happens when you put flowers in different coloured water. We've made beautiful flower collage pictures and labelled the different parts - root, stem, leaf, petal.

Jack and the Beanstalk

This week, Reception class read the story ‘Jack and the Beanstalk’ as part of their ‘plants and growing’ topic. Some children then used props and costumes to retell the story to one another, using the new bridge in the garden area as a stage.

Reception class also helped to weed and tidy up the new garden area using a variety of spades, rakes and brushes. They are hoping to plant new things in the garden once the area is tidy.

The class have enjoyed working outside again this week and many children practised their ball skills in a game of basketball.

Experimenting with water

Welcome back to the Summer term!

This week, Reception class have enjoyed working outside in the sun. The class went on an exciting 'Spring walk' and discovered that a lot of the plants in the school grounds had changed over the Easter holidays, and that new flowers had grown. The children noticed the differences between the trees and plants and drew lovely pictures of them.

In a messy activity, groups of children experimented with water, cooking oil and food colouring. They enjoyed watching the mixtures seperate and the water change colour.

ALso in the water tray, the children used duck tape to help them make waterways out of different pipes and pieces of guttering.