Blog Author: Mrs Coleman Harris

We retold the creation story through role play, movement and rhyme. We went in the dark tent and into the light, we felt water, became birds, explored the natural environment, drew the moon, stars and sun, moved like an animals and rested. We lit a candle and said a prayer outside. What a lovely…

We have worked alongside the whole school to create crosses and school value stones for our forest school reflection and prayer garden. We can be calm here, be with nature and be spiritual in nature. 

Today we have been learning about germs and how they can make us poorly. We used an experiment to show how soap fights germs! We learned how to wash our hands well using soap. We counted up to 20. We lathered the soap and it was frothy and bubbly! 

Reception have been learning about size and sorting and matching by size in maths! We used a variety of vocabulary e.g massive, large, huge, gigantic, mini, tiny, small and miniature. Well done Reception!

Today Reception learned about the VIP God! The Creator! We read the Creation story and then we took a walk around the school. We visited the big Bible Frieze. We found the Creation section. We spotted fish, Adam and Eve, sea creatures and a giraffe! All of God's amazing creations! We then walked…

This week Reception began their reading journey with the Monster Phonics!

The children have really enjoyed taking part in their first lessons learning the sounds s,a,t and p. We have learned how to say the sounds and how to write the letter that represents the sound. We have practised forming…

We have been learning the sounds s,a,t and p this week. 

We have been practicing pronouncing the sounds clearly. 

We have also been forming the letters in sand, on Chinese writing paper, using pen, and dough!

We have really enjoyed and flown like eagles in our first Monster Phonics…

We have had a fabulous morning on our mini beast adventure! We have painted, created, built, worked as a team, face painted, ate snacks, created potions, hunted for mini beasts, made bracelets and more!

We have been using cotton buds and our finger strength to press and mark mark in the paint pouches. The paint was squashy, thick and difficult to press into the shapes but we persevered! 

We have been enjoying learning around the story 'Sharing a Shell.' We explored the textures and materials in our under the sea themed tray. There were anemones, coral and sea creatures to find. We have been learning about the oceans that surround the land on planet Earth. 

Look at us developing and building our shoulder, arm and hand strength! We have been working hard to build our gross motor muscles and strength this morning! We used the brushes to sweep soapy water and made rivers, we used spray bottles and stencils to make patterns on the playground and we built…

We have had a lovely visit from Bob at the Lichfield Litter Legends! He taught us all about caring for the environment, the word biodegradable and told us lots of stories about his litter picking adventures! The children sat and listened beautifully. Well done class one!