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Reception have been learning about what happens when you grow up! They have been looking through the ‘You Choose’ book to decide which job they would like to have! Well done reception!

Reception have had such a fun time learning about the journey of growing up as part of our ‘History’ topic! The children have learned about the different stages of our life, from being babies to toddlers, children, teenagers, adults and finally elderly! We even had a go at making our own timelines! 
To show just how much change can happen in our lives, the children played a game of ‘Guess Who’ using baby pictures of themselves and their friends to see if they could recognise themselves. The children enjoyed a few days of this game, swapping and changing the baby pictures around each time. We even included some pictures of their familiar staff members in school and some pictures of their parents too!

A big thank you to everyone who helped make this wonderful game possible. 

Reception have been learning all about what one more or one less of a number is! The children know that to add ‘one more’ makes an amount bigger and to take ‘one less’ makes it smaller. We investigated this with lego towers, ‘one less’ bingo and exploring dominos! 

On their first day back, reception have been learning all about winter using a non-fiction text. They explored what the weather is like in winter, what clothes you need to wear, what celebrations happen and which animals we see in winter! Well done Reception!

Reception explored what it means to have zero of an amount, using games and nursery rhymes to help them. Great job reception!

Reception have had so much fun in our outdoor area with Mr Jelley this week. 
The children have enjoyed creating a variety of festive shapes and objects using our outdoor equipment, such as snowmen, Father Christmas, igloos and even a Mr Jelley Christmas Tree! 

Following last week’s learning about Day and Night – Reception have been introduced to different ways of measuring the passing of time. 
The children discussed and investigated different ways to measure time – from clocks and stopwatches to simply the sun or moon! 

Reception then enjoyed applying this new knowledge by trying to ‘beat the clock’ and rescue as many animals as they could before time runs out!

Reception have loved having the opportunity to put on an amazing Christmas Nativity Show for their families this term! 
The children worked so hard to learn song lyrics, matching actions and even some narrator lines too – and the show turned out to be absolutely brilliant. We, as a whole school, are so proud of each and every single one of them – just as I’m sure you are too. 

Amazing job, Reception!

As part of our PSHRE topic, Reception enjoyed discussing and comparing their talents, hobbies and interests as part of our celebration of what makes us all unique! We all have our own talents and special activities that we like to do and that is all part of what makes us individual. 

We celebrate our differences and always enjoy hearing about other children’s own special talents too! 

Reception had a competition for who could get the most bean bags in the hula hoop. They then had to count how many was in each one. Well done reception.

Reception continued to practice their knowledge of non-fiction by revisiting, recapping and remembering the features of a non-fiction book, including what is a contents page and glossary. Reception also learnt lots of facts about autumn time.

Reception looked at exploring one more and one less with different numbers. They did this by physically taking away and adding items and also through drawing items. Well done reception!

Reception used their knowledge of positional language to navigate an obstacle course. They had to direct their friends using positional language to describe which way to go. Great work Reception!

Reception have started their new art topic, exploring the work of Wassily Kandinsky and the different colours we can use in our own artwork. We have started to understand the difference between primary and secondary colours and how to mix colours to make new ones. Great work reception.

Reception have been looking at non-fiction book in-line with their learning about Autumn. They have been looking at what happens in Autumn and also beginning to learn how to use a non-fiction text! Well done Reception!

Reception have started their new term looking at shapes and what properties they have. Using their artists from their Art topic ‘Wassily Kandinsky’ they have created their own shape pictures! Great work reception!

This week has been the Hindu celebration of Diwali! Reception have done lots of fun maths activities based around this week’s class story of Rama and Sita – including using monkeys to count ‘one more’ and ‘one less’ and making new bracelets for Sita too! 

Super week of maths, Reception! 

Reception had a great time celebrating Diwali and exploring their new story ‘Rama and Sita’! We explored how Hindus celebrate Diwali and why Diwali is so important and made friendship bracelets. Well done reception!

Reception have been having a great time in PE learning lots of skills about moving and travelling. Well done Reception!

Reception have been practising their scissor skills and crafting skills this week by making different creations! They have also been doing some great moulding in the playdoh area and super building! Well done reception, how fantastic they are!

This week reception have been exploring their new book ‘Fletcher and the Falling Leaves’. They have been doing lots of good reading and writing around our story! Great work reception!

This week, Reception have been exploring the numbers 1, 2 and 3 with increasing depth. The children have been investigating matching the numeral to the correct number of objects, such as matching a number ‘2’ to 2 pinecones!

Reception are loving investigating these numbers and are beginning to write numbers of their own as well as they practice formation. 

Super counting and matching, Reception!  

Reception were visited by a special guest today – Jess – who came in to tell them all about the story of Rama & Sita, introducing the children to the important story that led to the annual celebration of Diwali – also known as the Festival of Light! 

Jess and the children recreated the story together, listening and taking turns beautifully to put on a wonderful showcase of the infamous story. 

Well done, Reception, you were brilliant! 

Reception have been doing some fantastic learning around mass and how much things weigh, looking at what is heavy and lighter.

Also, they have explored capacity, on how full, empty or half full the containers were. Great work reception!

Every Thursday, Reception look forward to a wonderfully fun PE lesson with our PE Coach – Mr Jelley! 

The children are becoming increasingly independent at getting changed every week and love going into the big school hall to do their lesson. 
Today, after a fun-filled warm-up, we practiced moving around the hall in different ways and the children had the opportunity to use their bodies to move and increase coordination around the space! 

We love PE Thursdays! 

Reception had a visit from the firefighters today. They spoke to the firefighters about what equipment they need and the uniform that they wear. Reception got the chance to see inside a fire engine and spray the water hose. Well done Reception.

Reception are now brilliant with our dinnertime routine! The children happily go into the hall each lunch time, line up fantastically and are able to choose between a variety of options to eat that day – vegetarian options and alternatives are always there for the children. 

Ranging on the menu this week has been: 
Burger, wedges and vegetables
Chicken (quorn) pasta bake
Chicken curry
Pizza 
Fish and chips
Jacket potatoes with tuna or cheese 
Sandwiches 

All finished off with a delicious pudding such as yoghurt, fruit, jelly, mousse or even a cake! 

Another delicious week of dinners for us! 

Reception have been working so hard this week with their reading and early writing!

Our ‘Book of the Week’ has been The Colour Monster – we have been learning all about different emotions and feelings that we might have. We started the week with an exciting colour experiment followed by some fabulous reading and writing practice throughout the week. 

In our phonics lessons, the children have learned the sounds: s, a, t, p, i, n, m, d and the children have enjoyed applying these sounds in their English lessons! 

Well done for a wonderful week of learning, Reception! 

Reception have been doing a great job exploring people who help us! They have used their good matching skills to decide what equipment people who help us need.

Reception are having a great time playing in the Early years provision. They also have been exploring group work and having time at the tables to do independent learning activities. Today, they were building using Legos and blocks to match their design brief that they had created. Well done reception!

Reception are little superstars in the dinner hall already – and it is only day three! 

Today the children had the option of enjoying:
Chicken (or quorn) wrap 
Tuna jacket potato 
Cheese flan 

Well done for following the rules, routine and expectations of Oxford Grove lunches already, Reception, you are doing brilliantly! 

Reception were amazing today during their dinner time in the hall! The children are becoming experts at the new routine of collecting their own dinners, finding where to sit and happily enjoying their lunch with their friends! 

On the menu today we had: 
Chilli nachos 
Tuna Panini 
Jacket Potato and cheese 

Well done for another wonderful dinnertime today, Reception!

Reception have enjoyed exploring and getting to know the different areas of the classroom, having dinner together in the hall and getting to spend the whole day in school with their friends and teachers inside and outside the classroom.
The children have loved it today and are excited to see what wonderful learning the rest of the week holds! 

Today, Reception enjoyed their first School Dinner in the school hall! The children were extremely excited about getting the chance to look around the hall and eat their lunch together.

On the menu today was: 
Cheese and tomato pizza 
Ravioli 
Sandwich 
Jacket Potato

The children were absolutely brilliant and were so sensible in the big hall – we cannot wait to see what is for lunch tomorrow! 

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