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Yew Tree Class Assembly

Yew Tree Class performed their first class assembly to their parents and the rest of the Pre - Prep. Following the theme of love in preparation for St Valentine's Day, the children talked about things that they love, recited a rhyme and performed their most loved story - The Gruffalo!

Library Visit

Yew Tree Class thoroughly enjoyed their first visit to the School library. The children listened carefully to the story of 'Six Dinner Sid' read by Mrs Wootton the librarian. After the story each child selected a book to borrow and helped Mrs Wootton to 'check' the book out of the library using the computer system. The children behaved beautifully and remembered that the library is a quiet place. Yew Tree Class look forward to their next visit.

Exploring Light and Dark 

The children in the Reception classes explored the traditions of Diwali, the Hindu festival ‘of lights’. The children produced their own diva pots using modelling material, created Mendhi hand patterns and made coconut bharfi treats.

To celebrate Bonfire Night the children thought carefully about firework safety and created colourful firework pictures using a variety of materials.

Reception Animations

As part of our topic on ‘Bears’ our class created a series of animations for our class assembly.  We used a special animation camera and took lots and lots of pictures, they are then played quickly and create a film!

Click HERE to view short video clips

Beech Tree Class Settle In

It has been lovely to see all the children settling in, making new friends and enjoying exploring their new environment.

We have been taking advantage of the wonderful Autumn weather and have created 'Woodland patterns', been on outdoor number trails and formed letters out of conkers. The children are showing great enthusiasm for our Read Write Inc Phonics sessions and are becoming 'Fred Talk' experts with the help of Phoneme Fred the fox.
 
Beech Class love listening to stories and sharing books with their friends. We have been reading lots of stories including Lucy and Tom Start School, Funny Bones, The Little Red Hen and Octopus Socktopus.

We have been thinking about what our bodies can do and have been exploring our senses. We put on our enormous special 'listening ears' to go on a listening walk, baked hedgehog bread and tasted bread from India.

Our Oak Tree Reception Class

Oak Class have all enjoyed their first few weeks at school. The children have explored our wonderful grounds and buildings, made lots of new friends at school and been busy playing in and outdoors. We have been to visit our school swimming pool, enjoyed our first dance and music lessons and are finding the food at lunchtime delicious.

Starting School and Making Friends – September 2011

Since starting school in September, the children in Yew Tree Class have made lots of new friends and have settled seamlessly into Reception. The class have enjoyed exploring all of the many learning spaces and have even celebrated a birthday already!

Reception Outing to the Dinosaur Park  

Recently, all three Reception classes boarded a double – decker coach to visit the Dinosaur Park in Lenwade. The children spent the day as dinosaur explorers, and learnt lots about prehistoric creatures. The weather was very kind, and everyone had a super day.

The Reception classes visited their older peers in the Pre – Prep to listen to ‘Mr Men’ stories, written by the children in Year 2. Reception loved visiting the Year 2 classrooms, and seeing the ‘big’ children. Henry from Reception R said that his favourite story was “Mr Drill".

Reception Fun Run

All the children in Reception took part in a Fun Run to celebrate the Royal Wedding. They ran really fast and deserved a sit down with their 'Royal Refreshments'!

The Reception classes visit Norwich Castle

Recently each Reception class visited Norwich Castle. The visit linked to our recent topic of ‘Fairy Tales and Castles’. When the children arrived at the Castle, they observed the turrets, stone bricks and arched – shaped door. Once inside, each class was given a tour of the castle, with activities to complete along the way. The children especially enjoyed watching their pennies drop to the bottom of the wishing well, and having the opportunity to sit on the throne.

Upon return to school, the children wrote a fact about Norwich castle, constructed their own 2d or 3d castle and made crowns and shields.

Reception R’s Pancake Day

To celebrate Shrove Tuesday, the children in RR had a wonderful time making, and eating pancakes. After enjoying this delicious treat, the children became active by participating in a range of pancake – themed games. There was raucous laughter from the Outdoor Classroom as the children competed in races such as ‘balancing the pancake on your head’ and ‘tossing the pancake on a tennis bat’. Here are some of our photographs taken from the day.

World Book Day

Our Reception children participated in a variety of activities to celebrate World Book Day.  We dressed up as a character from our favourite book and shared stories, poems and rhymes with our friends, teachers and parents.

Reception R’s St Valentine’s Day Biscuits 

To celebrate St Valentine’s Day, the children in Reception R decorated biscuits to give to their loved ones. During this enjoyable activity, the children also developed their investigation skills by observing how chocolate changes from a solid to a liquid when melted.

Reception

Reception’s Chinese New Year celebrations!

The Reception classes celebrated the Chinese New Year of the Rabbit. The children participated in ‘dragon dancing’, had the opportunity to paint their own faces as a rabbit and feasted upon a Chinese banquet of seaweed, rice, noodles and prawn crackers. Kung Hoi Fat Choy! 

It is rocket science!

Reception S enjoyed an exciting afternoon of fun and investigation when we were joined by Corey’s mummy, who is a Science teacher.  We found out about the properties of gas when we launched paint rockets and made coca-cola fountains.  We discovered that Science is great fun and cannot wait to learn more!

We love reading!

After a visit to the school library, Reception R spent the rest of the afternoon sharing stories with one other. We really enjoy reading a range of fiction and non – fiction texts.

The Bossy King

On Friday 10th December, our Reception children performed the story of the Bossy King to a sell out audience.  Joined by parents, grandparents, brothers and sisters we all celebrated their success. 

Visit from a dentist

We had such a super time when Kaitlin’s mummy came into school for an afternoon to talk about her job as a dentist. We learnt lots about teeth, and how to keep our own healthy!