Year Two – Agility development

17th February 2022K Meads

The children in Year Two have been practising their agility skills in preparation for building the skills up needed for a send and return game for example Tennis or Handball. The children started by sitting with a partner side by side. One side will be called ‘Rabbits’ and the other side ‘Rats’. Mrs Fraser called “rabbits” the rabbits had to chase the rats to a designated point on their side and visa versa for rats. The children could only chase their partner and had to be fast. Mrs Fraser encouraged the children to think about being ready to move and to consider the direction they may need to run in and the space around them.

The children then rotated around the different agility stations to practise all the skills they would need in a send and return game such as quickly changing direction, receiving and throwing objects, running with pace, shifting balance from one leg to the other.

The children in Year Two then used all the skills they had been practising and applied them to a team group game, where the aim was to get the ball over the other side of the bench and to not let the other team catch it in order to score a point.

Year One – Send and Return

17th February 2022K Meads

The children in Year One have been exploring the topic of Send and Return in P.E lessons. The children have been practising the skills of aiming, throwing and catching a ball with a partner. To add another layer of challenge, the children then had to aim the ball and bounce it once over a cone to their partner. They were focussing on keeping the ball controlled and at their partners waistline so that it is easier to catch. The children then participated in a team game where they needed to roll the ball over to the other side and get as many balls over the line of cones by the end of the game. The children had to aim the ball into a space and concentrate on catching it before returning it.

Reception- online safety

17th February 2022K Meads

The children in Reception have been learning about how to keep safe when online. We read the story of Digi Duck and helped him with his problems online. We have learnt that it is important to have trusted adults at home and in school to talk to if we see something online that makes us feel scared, worried or upset. The children have been following our online rules and asking permission from adults before using the devices in class and using them respectfully. The children know they need to ask permission before taking someone’s photograph and they have the right to say no. We have been practising logging on to the computers with our own passwords that we cannot share with others. Mr Best, our computing lead, visited our classroom to help us learn how to use our new story headphones to listen to rhymes and stories independently in our reading area.

Reception – Chinese New Year

17th February 2022K Meads

The children in Reception have been learning about Chinese New Year celebrations. We read  the Chinese Race story to help us understand the order of the Zodiac animals. We acted out the race on bikes and scooters in our outdoor area. The children used different materials to create the animals in the creative area and made rats, snakes, tigers and dragons. We used folding techniques and learned how we could join the head and tail to the dragon bodies using different tools. The children were keen to show our nursery staff their creations.  The children practised writing and painting numbers in Chinese and learned how form the symbols for the zodiac animals. We used paper mache to cover balloons and decorated them with traditional colours and symbols to decorate our Chinese restaurant in our classsrooms. We used traditional lucky colours red and gold. We made our own fans and decorative dragons to copy a Chinese dragon dance with traditional music. We tasted traditional foods that would be used to celebrate Chinese New Year such as noodles. The children found them very tasty!

 

Reception P.E Sessions – Little Dribblers

3rd February 2022K Meads

Our Reception children have been taking part in weekly, Little Dribblers sessions. Our coach, Joey, has been teaching the children fundamental skills needed to progress in their physical development. They have been learning how to co ordinate their bodies, move and control a football, have an awareness of others around them and follow a series of instructions in games. The children have thoroughly enjoyed participating in these sessions and have had a positive start to their P.E lessons.

Look out for new coaches teaching our children new skills soon such as Tag Rugby, Yoga, Gymnastics, Multi-skills and more.

“Who will help me make the bread?”

21st November 2019K Meads

The children in Reception have been learning the story of “The Little Red Hen”. They have practised very hard and are able to retell the story off by heart through following a story map and using actions to help. Throughout this half term, the children have written shopping lists for the ingredients and instructions for how to make bread. All the children have helped to make their very own bread buns by weighing the flour, adding the yeast, water and salt and then kneading it altogether. We cooked the bread and we all had a taste at story time!

Well done Yellow and Orange class for helping The Little Red Hen to make bread!

Show Racism the Red Card

18th October 2019K Meads

Reception took part in a whole school event for “Show Racism the Red Card” campaign. Every one wore something red such as their school jumper, a red bow or red socks to support the event. We read a story called “It’s Okay to be Different” and we discussed how we all special and unique. The children talked about their eye colour, hair colour, skin colour, likes and dislikes and understood that it would be boring if everyone was the same. Thank you to everyone who donated to the campaign!

Foundation of Light Project

23rd April 2019K Meads

A big well done to all the children and parents from Reception who took part in a 10 week Maths course with the Foundation of Light Project. All the children and parents thoroughly enjoyed the sessions and attended each week. Everyone received a certificate and a visit to the Beacon of Light Centre at the Stadium of Light football ground at the celebration event.

Our school name was called and all the parents and children stood up for their achievements and were applauded for their hard work. Afterwards, we all took part in sporting activities such as curling, dodge ball and basketball and completed an Easter egg hunt.  We also met a special police dog and police officer. The children went inside the police van and put on the sirens. It was a great celebration for all that were involved! Thank you for all for this great success and your efforts. 

Chicks have hatched!

3rd April 2019K Meads

The chicks starting pipping around the eggs on Tuesday and we could see some eggs moving around the incubator. On Wednesday, we came into school and had 3 new chicks. As we started our learning for the day, we set up a live camera on the IPad and we watched some more chicks hatching live!  The children were lucky enough to see lots of the eggs crack and experienced how the chicks hatch out of their shells slowly.

The children were able to see the life cycle of the chicks and have learnt lots of information about the process. They have all written names for the chicks and had a hold of them. Reception have even had the chicks out on the carpet and created a maze for them to try.

The children have had a wonderful experience, Happy Easter everyone!

The eggs have arrived in Reception!

26th March 2019K Meads

On Monday 25th March, we had a very special delivery…10 chick eggs! Chick number 1 had a wiggle last night, maybe it will hatch first? All the children have predicted which egg they think will hatch first and written a list of names they would like to call them.  When the eggs hatch we will pick out names from a hat.

Keep checking our website page for regular updates to see when the eggs hatch.

Children can bring in any work they do at home about our chicks!

 

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