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Welcome to Reception 2025-26 with Mrs Clements and Miss Starmer.
We would encourage you to keep an eye on these pages as we like to share aspects of the children’s learning and experiences from Ash and Alder classes.
12th September 2025 - Reception's first week.
Reception have had an exciting first full week in school! They have made lots of new friends and spent time exploring the classrooms and outside area.
2024-2025
9th July 2025 - Pirates!
This term, Reception learnt about our local area before moving on to learning all about pirates! They have been dressing up, completed lots of construction tasks, and made their own treasure maps!
20th May 2025 - World Bee Day!
Reception are celebrating 'World Bee Day'! They have come to school dressed as bees and they are spending the day learning facts about bees. They have also been learning about why bees are so important for our environment.
5th March 2025 - Term 4
EYFS are enjoying the start of their Dinosaur topic! They have been learning about the different dinosaurs and building houses for them! In Maths, they have been learning about capacity and exploring the concepts 'full' and 'empty'. They have particularly enjoyed learning how to program the Bee-Bots too!
28th January 2025 - Chinese New Year
Reception are learning all about Chinese New Year this week! They have learnt about 'The Great Race' story, which decides the order of the Zodiac, and used puppets to act out this out. They have practiced using chopsticks and learnt about traditions such as giving money in red envelopes. They also got creative, making their own Chinese lanterns and paper plate snakes to show that this year is year of the snake!
22nd January 2025 - Space
This term, Reception are learning all about space! So far, they have acted out stories about space, made and tried their own 'space food' and did some bubble blowing art to make their own planets.
20th January 2025 - Phonics
Reception enjoyed playing a game of 'red word bingo'! They had to practice writing their red sight words, then they could mark off their words when the teacher read them out! They were so excited when they could shout "bingo!"
9th January 2025 - Ice!
What a beautiful start to a chilly day! Reception worked hard to prepare their ice hangings yesterday. Look at what they created.
29th November 2024 - Christmas!
Christmas has arrived in Reception! They had fun decorating their classroom and particularly loved having a turn to put baubles on the tree! We can't wait for more Christmas fun in Reception!
Term 2 Curriculum Map
13th November 2024 - Maths
Reception have been enjoying learning all about 2D shapes in Maths! They have been sorting shapes, looking for shapes in the environment, drawing the shapes they see, and making pictures using 2D shapes!
23rd October 2024 - Autumn
Reception have loved planting bulbs ready for Spring in the EYFS garden. We have been learning to create repeating patterns using various materials. The children are enjoying putting their phonic skills to use! We have been exploring Autumn.
30th September 2024 - Autumn
In Reception, we have started our autumn topic! We have learnt about the changes we will see, and had a go at drawing these. We've also made autumn trees in the construction area, made our own 'leaf man' out of loose parts, and used blow painting to make autumn leaves. We can't wait to keep learning more about autumn!
18th September 2024 - Phonics and curriculum
Reception have started learning sounds in phonics and they are practising their letter formation during continuous provision! Reception are also enjoying exploring the curriculum areas in EYFS.
Term 1 Curriculum map and useful information
Term 1 information for parents/carers
10th September 2024 - Settling in!
Reception have been having fun exploring their new classrooms and the outdoor environment. They have enjoyed having lunch in school and making new friends.
