13th - 17th December

Last week we were busy getting ready for Christmas! Our role-play area was turned into Santa's Grotto and we had our own class Christmas tree that we could take turns to decorate everyday. We also baked some yummy mince pies, made Christmas cards and even did some sewing!

Have a look at what we have been up to!

Dressing up fun!

Sam M and Ben playing in Santa's Grotto

Harry E and Olivia

Charlie H

Harry L and Harry E decorating the salt dough Christmas tree decorations

Max is carefully sewing

The beautiful salt dough Christmas tree decorations

Mrs B with her table at the Christmas lunch

My table enjoying Christmas lunch!

I would like to wish everyone a very merry Christmas! I hope you have lots of yummy food and beautiful presents!

Kind wishes,

Miss Houlihan x

The Nativity!

The children performed The First Nativity to their friends and family on Friday 10th December. The children all did so well and I am so very proud of them! Well done reception class!

Take a look below at some of the children dressed in their nativity costumes.

The three kings (Ben, Lawrence and Harry L)

The angels (Ella, Amelia, Charlotte, Annabel, Ruby and Maria)

Angel Gabriel, Joseph, Mary and Donkey

 

(Josie, Connor, Taleesa and Eddie)

 

The shepherds and their sheep (Max, Sam M, Molly, Sam L and Ava)

 

 

 

The innkeeper and the star (Charlie H and Macy)

Rudolph and Santa (Harry E and Harry H)

For the past few weeks we have been busy getting ready for the nativity. The children are doing brilliantly and looking forward to performing it in front of their families on Friday.

Last week we were learning about post workers and how they help us. The role-play area was turned into a Post Office and the children enjoyed writing and delivering letters to each other.

James is busy wrapping parcels

Max is delivering a parcel in the post box

Ruby

Ava is weighing some of the parcels

When helping your child to practice their nativity lines, please encourage them to speak as loudly as possible.

Many thanks,

Miss Houlihan x

15th - 19th November

This week we celebrated Children in Need day and the children dressed up in fancy dress. We had lots of fun and the best bit was watching Mrs Hickey and Mrs Beasley dancing the YMCA with the other teachers. It was very funny and we got to join in! We raised lots of money for children in need! We said goodbye to Mrs Hickey on Friday as she goes on maternity leave and has her baby. Mrs Hickey has enjoyed the first term with the children and will miss them all!! Mrs Hickey hopes the children have lots of fun in the run up to Christmas and enjoy performing in their first nativity!

Love Mrs Hickey and Miss Houlihan x

Police day!

Today has been such an exciting day! We've had PCSO Simon come in and speak to us about how the police help us. He talked to us about the different roles that the police have and showed us the different uniforms they wear. He even brought in a police car to show us!

Olivia trying on a police helmet.

Harry L

We found the flashing lights!

We all tried to fit in the police car!

It has been a busy and tiering day, but it has been lots of fun!

8th - 12th November

Last week we were learning about how fire-fighters help us. We set the role-play area up as a fire station and had good fun pretending to put fires out! We also learnt about fire safety and how we can stay safe in our homes.

Firewoman Ava

Chief Fireman Eddie

Also just to remind you that it is Mrs Hickey's last day on Friday!

2nd - 5th November

Last week we were learning all about Bonfire night. We found out why we celebrate Bonfire night and how we can keep ourselves and others safe when watching fireworks. We also made some beautiful firework pictures using florescent paint, string and glitter.

Take a look at some of them!

Charlie H and Charlie L are making their firework paintings with Mrs King.

Some of the fantastic firework paintings!

In numeracy we have started learning about shapes. The children became 'Shape detectives' and went around school looking for different shapes. Have a look below at some of the shapes they found. The children have taken these photos themselves by using a digital camera.

Connor has found a cone.

Eddie noticed that a tyre is a 'circle'.

Gracie spotted a triangle, can you see it in the photo?

Max spotted a square.

Enjoy the rest of your week!

Miss Houlihan and Mrs Hickey x

Welcome back!

Welcome back! We hope you've had a lovely half term break. We have a very busy and exciting term ahead of us! Our new topic this term is 'People who help us', in which we will learn about the different roles people have to help us in our everyday lives. We will learn about Fire-fighters, Police officers, Dentists, Post workers and many other people that help us. In the last two weeks of term leading up to Christmas, we will be doing lots of Christmas related activities and even set up the role-play area as Santa's Grotto!

We can't wait!

Miss Houlihan and Mrs Hickey x

11th - 15th October

Last week the children were learning about repeating patterns in numeracy. They made their own repeating patterns using paints, chalks, beads, shapes, play dough and many other resources. 

Have a look below at some of the repeating patterns the children have made.

Olivia is threading beads to make a repeating pattern

Harry has made a repating pattern using cubes

Charlotte, Ella and Macy are making repeating patterns using paint

Thank you for all the shoe boxes we have received! The children will be creating Woodland Homes using the shoe boxes this week.

Miss Houlihan and Mrs Hickey x

Harvest festival

This week the children have been celebrating the Harvest festival. We have talked about why we celebrate Harvest and drawn pictures of our favourite fruits/vegetables that we are thankful to God for. We sang songs about Autumn and made pumpkin soup in our water tray! The children also used leaves and printing of fruits to create lovely Autumnal pictures. On Friday we had our Harvest festival assembly and we enjoyed taking part and singing with the whole school. For those who were able to attend I’m sure you will agree that the children sang beautifully and confidently in their performance at Sedgberrow school!
 
We look forward to our open morning next week when you will be able to see our lovely displays and share a part of our morning in Reception.

Mrs Hickey x

27th September - 1st October

Well it has been another busy and fun week in the reception class. On Wednesday we had a fantastic time with Mrs B for European Day of Languages and everyone looked amazing in their European costumes! We have also learnt 4 new sounds in phonics and have been busy practising writing the letters using paint, sand, whiteboards and even toothpaste! The children have each done a self-portrait using oil pastels, these will be displayed shortly. I have to say parents, I think we may have some budding artists in the class! The children have been set homework to practise putting on their shoes and socks independently, so parents please encourage your child to do so.

Enjoy the weekend!

Miss Houlihan x

European Day of Languages

We’ve had a fabulous time today for European Day of Languages. In reception class we covered France. We showed pictures of famous French landmarks. We were very impressed that some children recognised the Arc de Triomphe and the Eiffel Tower. We even had a conversation about the Battle of Waterloo as one child had recently seen video footage of it! We talked about French food and tasted brioche. The best part of the session was performing the can-can.  The children loved it – through the internet we were able to show the meerkats from Meerkat Manor doing the can-can. Great fun!

Mrs B x

Look how fantastic all the reception children look in their costumes!

Luke and Maisie looking very French!

Amelia, Gracie, Taleesa and Ruby

Ava has made the Arc de Triomphe

20th-24th September

All week we have been busy preparing Sedgebear's birthday party! We have been writing invitations, making party hats, designing cards and making decorations. We also made food for the party using the play dough and even baked some cakes! This afternoon we had the party and had lots of fun playing party games and eating the yummy cakes we baked.

Sam L is mixing the cake mixture

Kyra is beating the eggs

We have also started phonics this week, so the children have taken their sound cards home with them. Please encourage your child to practise these regularly.

Have a lovely weekend!

Miss Houlihan x

13th-17th September 2010

Last week in reception class we were learning all about babies! Mrs Griffiths (Macy's mum) very kindly brought in baby Tallulah for us to meet. We asked Mrs Griffiths lots of questions about baby Tallulah to find out how young babies are cared for. Although Tallulah was crying because she was feeling hungry, some of us had the opportunity to have a little cuddle with her!

Macy with her baby sister

James with baby Tallulah

Welcome!

Miss Houlihan and Mrs Hickey welcome you to the reception class blog. We look forward to sharing with you all the exciting things reception class will be doing this year!