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Weekly update of activities in Reception

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  • 09/01/25

    Friday 10th January 2025

    Reception are very excited to be back after the Christmas break, and we wish you all a Happy New Year! This week we are looking at a story called The Very Busy Spider and have been making crafts and doing lots of literacy work around this. We have also been working on our number recognitio...
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  • 18/12/24

    Friday 20th December 2024

    This week Reception have had lots of fun during our last week of the term. We had our Christmas fair, watch our school peers in the talent show, attended the school disco and went to our first mass at Church. We even had a special visit from Father Christmas and much much more...
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  • 11/12/24

    Friday 13th December 2024

    This week Reception have been busy with final rehearsals and the performance of their Nativity. They really enjoyed this, and we hope you enjoyed watching it! They have also been working very hard making Christmas wreaths and practising their maths and phonics.
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  • 05/12/24

    Friday 6th December 2024

    This week Reception attended their first ever Advent assembly and were able to help light the first candle of Advent. We have started to get into the spirit of Christmas and decorated our very own Christmas tree. We also made our own fruit for the Hungry Caterpillar and much, much more! What a...
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  • 27/11/24

    Friday 29th November 2024

    This week, Reception have been preparing for the Christmas Fair by building a snowman with Ms Braybrooke that will be used in one of the stalls.  The children had fun painting it and gave it a name, "Softy". 
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  • 22/11/24

    Friday 22nd November 2024

    St. Anthony are preparing for their Nativity by decorating the display by painting crowns symbolising the Three Kings visiting Jesus.  
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  • 15/11/24

    Friday 15th November 2024

    This week, Reception had a fun week painting our diva lamps, learning about Baptism, and we even attended our very first school assembly.
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  • 08/11/24

    8th November 2024

    This week, Reception has been extremely busy with our current theme of celebrations. We have been learning about all different types of celebrations.  We have made colourful fireworks for Guy Fawkes night as well as diva candles and rangoli patterns for Diwali...
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  • 24/10/24

    25th October 2024

    This week, Reception have been looking at Lilian Bader for black history month. To celebrate her determination and achievement in working for the RAF, the class painted their own planes, and we composed a poem together. We have also been reading a lot as we do every week. Have a very good half-term...
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  • 17/10/24

    18th October 2024

    This week, reception has been collaborating and working together, doing lots of building.  They worked on the letters l, b, f and reviewed their phonics for this term.  We have also been looking at different jobs people do. 
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  • 11/10/24

    11th October 2024

    This week in Reception we have had lots of fun in forest school finding autumn leaves and making necklaces with them. We discussed the different seasons and the nature we found. We have also been exploring the number four, it's different shapes and how to describe. 
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  • 04/10/24

    4th October 2024

    This week, Reception practised their counting skills and sequencing of numbers.  They also made playdough animals, which helps to improve their fine motor skills. Mr Bray read them a story called 'The Rainbow Fish' and they created colourful rainbow fish, based on the story.
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