Reception - Miss Tose

Welcome to Reception! This year we have 18 wonderful children who have settled in so well and are eager to learn new things!

Here are some important reminders;

PE is a Tuesday. Children can come to school wearing their PE kits. We have our wonderful new PE hoodies which look very smart and are ideal for when the cold weather begins! Children can wear black trainers on PE day but will need to bring a pair of plimsoles to school to wear for PE in the hall. These can be kept on your child's peg until the end of the half term.
Reading books need to be in school every day. You have already received a booklet explaining reading in Reception so please look through this as it details everything you need to know.
We access the outdoors daily so children need to come prepared! Warm coats, hats gloves and scarfs when the weather begins to get chillier!

Reception visit Durham Gala Theatre for the Panto!

In December, we visited Durham Gala Theatre to watch their Panto production called 'A Christmas Eve'. It was all about a girl called EVE who with help from the magic fairy, tried to restore Christmas joy to Durham. We sang, danced, popped bubbles, closed our eyes and wished and had a brilliant time.

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Funnybones

One of our core texts this half term has been Funnybones which the children have loved! We made a doctor surgery in our classroom where the children have been examining xrays and healing broken bones. Outside we have been using shaving foam to make skeleton outlines of parts of the body.

Snow and Ice in Grangetown!

We couldn't believe it when we woke up and saw it had been snowing outside! When we arrived at school the yard was full of snow and we couldn't wait to get our wetsuits on and explore! As well as snow we found lots of ice too which we picked up carefully. Look at our lovely pictures!

Backhouse Park visit

We visited Backhouse Park to look for seasonal changes. We found lots of Autumnal leaves had begun to fall from the trees as well as conkers and their shells. We even saw a squirrel climbing up a tree with what looked like an acorn in its mouth!

EYFS PUMPKIN PATCH 2025

EYFS held their very first Pumpkin patch in October and it was a huge success!

Parents came into school, picked their own pumpkin, washed and weighed it. There was a range of Halloween activities to complete, face painting and hotdogs and drinks. The children thoroughly enjoyed it and we cant wait until next year event!

A huge thank you to Terry from Asda Leechmere who kindly donated pumpkins to our lovely event!

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A trip to the post box

It was Geraldine the Giraffes birthday in Early Years and we were planning a surprise birthday party for her! We planned games, music, food and wrote birthday cards. We posted birthday cards to see if they would be delivered to school and low and behold, they were delivered by the postman just in time!

Outdoors

We have been busy developing our gross motor and balancing skills whilst outside using our bikes and scooters!

Mark Making

Look at our fabulous mark marking! We have been drawing our families and using our new drawing ipads.

Snack times!

We loves to have a diverse range of food at snack times! We have fruit and milk daily but have crackers, cheese and dips and toast on a Tuesday and Thursday. The children have loved this!

Snow and Ice