What a week we have had!  So much snow!  The children have had a marvellous time.  At PE they discovered that it is more difficult to run in the snow.  The children went out onto the grass and they built a snowman.  The next day there was even more snow!  It has been great fun.  Here are a few photos.

The Reception children have had a great time celebrating the Chinese New Year.  This year it is The Year of the Dog.  The children made lanterns, mini dragons and fans and they worked together to make a wonderful big dragon.  They took the dragon they had made for a dance around the playground, banging their drums and clashing their cymbals.  ​The children discovered lots of different vegetables and enjoyed chopping them up to make a beautiful Chinese noodle soup.  Everyone tried the soup and some children had seconds, and even third helpings. The children had a wonderful time and were able to find out lots about how the New Year is celebrated in China. Happy New Year – or, as they say in China, Gung Hay Fat Choy!

It was a pleasure to welcome so many parents to our first Read on Wednesday session this week.  The children very much enjoyed having visitors to share their reading with.  As well as some parents, we were joined by some of our Year 5 children.  Read on Wednesday will take place every Wednesday morning from 8.45am until 9.15am.  Please come and join us if you can.

The Reception children very much enjoyed using the equipment in the hall.  They had a good time using their arm muscles and learning new skills.  Here are a few photos.

We were just about to go to lunch one day before the end of term when suddenly we noticed it was snowing.  We rushed outside before it stopped, to see if we could catch any snow on our hands or on our tongues.  It was great fun.  The following days were very icy and the children had great fun mark-making in the ice, finding frosty leaves and scraping the ice from the gates and tyres.  It was a bit chilly out – brrrrrrrrrr

The children in Reception have had a very busy time preparing for Jesus’s birthday.  From the time that they performed their star dance at the Infant Nativity until the end of term it was non-stop.  All the children helped prepare the classroom for the festivities.  They made paper chains; they made a beautiful advent calendar; they painted trees and they all helped to decorate the Christmas tree and were excited to put on the lights. They have enjoyed learning about the Nativity story and writing about it in their folders.  They each made a clay bauble, using finger prints to decorate it, as a gift for their families, as well as lots of other decorations.  They really enjoyed making jelly to celebrate Jesus’s birthday.  They also enjoyed taking part in the school disco with the other children from Key Stage 1.  We hope you all had a very Merry Christmas.

Happy New Year!

The Reception children had a marvellous time at Beckenham Place Park on Tuesday afternoon.  It was a bit drizzly, but nothing could dampen their spirits.  Lots of parents came along to help out.  The children collected leaves and sticks.  We walked through the woods and up to the big mansion house.  The children have used the leaves and sticks they collected to make a nice display in the classroom.  Thank you mums and dads for coming to join us.

Just before we broke up for half term, the Reception children had a marvellous time celebrating Diwali.  They very much enjoyed learning about Prince Rama and Princess Sita and the battle against Ravanna, the ten headed king.  The children celebrated by dancing to Indian music, creating rangoli patterns, making clay diva lamps and making delicious coconut sweets.  We ended our celebrations with some quiet time.  Some children had bhindis painted on their foreheads.  Take a look at our photos.

The children had great fun this past Friday in Reception Class.  As part of our Harvest celebration, they spent the morning making fruit kebabs, in their house groups.  While one house group was busy inside chopping delicious fruits, the other three houses took turns using the balance bikes and scooters.  All the children took part in both activities.  In the afternoon, we went into the playground and enjoyed our fruit kebabs together.  Some children chose and tasted fruits that they had never tasted before.  What a good day we all had!

 

This week the children have been learning about shape.  They have made pictures and models using 2D and 3D shapes.  On Thursday 21st September, we went on a shape hunt.  We found shapes all around us.