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EYFS Weekly News

Weekly update of activities in Reception

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  • 08/01/26

    9th January 2025

    This week Reception have got off to a flying start! They have been exploring their new role-play area that is now Travel Agents. The children have been taking turns to fly off in their hot air balloon as we explore our new topic of transport. The children have been looking at the book...
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  • 16/12/25

    Friday 19th December 2025

    This week Reception have been busy getting ready for Christmas and have been doing some lovely Christmas crafts! We practised our fine motor skills by decorating Christmas trees with pom poms. Some children took part in the talent show and Reception enjoyed attending their f...
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  • 12/12/25

    Friday 12th December 2025

    This week Reception have had a super busy week! They had their Nativity rehearsals followed by their final Nativity performance. We are glad so many parents could come and watch and we hope you are as proud of them as we are! They had their first visit to church on Wednesday where they were able to...
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  • 04/12/25

    Friday 5th December 2025

    What a busy week Reception has had! Reception have looked at the book “The Jolly Christmas Postman” for Literacy. In Maths, they have been looking at composition of 5 and subitising. The children also helped to decorate their classroom for Christmas and were practising their Nati...
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  • 27/11/25

    Friday 28th November 2025

    This week Reception have been looking at what is zero and not zero in Maths and sorting them into groups. They have also been practising their number writing outside. We have been decorating doves on the Art table for our class hoop and this hoop will be hung in the hall on Frida...
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  • 20/11/25

    Friday 21st November 2025

    This week Reception started to look at a new book called “Prince Cinders” in literacy.  We had a go at cleaning things in the water tray, just like Prince Cinders would clean up in the story.  We also made and painted an amazing castle fo...
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  • 13/11/25

    Friday 14th November 2025

    This week Reception made poppies for Remembrance Day and we attended a special Remembrance Assembly to observe the a two minutes silence. We learnt more Phonics and in Maths we were sorting items into amounts of 4 and 5. We also got a chance to build with our new foam blocks in our construction...
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  • 06/11/25

    Friday 7th November 2025

    This week Reception looked at our new story Binny's Diwali in literacy and they each wrote keywords for our current topic of celebrations. We had fun designing fireworks and cakes on the creative table.  Reception have been learning new sounds for phonics and have been comparing triang...
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  • 22/10/25

    Thursday 23rd October 2025

    This week Reception have had a AMAZING week of learning! We learnt about Diwali, made Diva Lamps and learnt about the story of Rama And Sita. We also learnt about Black History Month and Shirley Thompson who is an amazing violinist and composer. We made instruments using junk model...
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  • 16/10/25

    Friday 17th October 2025

    This week Reception have had a fun week painting pumpkins on the creative table as part of our Harvest Celebrations and our acknowledgement of the Autumn term. We learnt the ck, e, u and r sounds in Phonics and in Maths we worked on comparing amounts. The children also cut up paper cl...
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  • 09/10/25

    Friday 10th October 2025

    This week Reception have had a very busy week! Reception have looked at comparing mass in Maths using words such as “heavy” and “light”. They have enjoyed painting their faces on paper plates and exploring the train set on the small world table. This week it wa...
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  • 02/10/25

    Friday 3rd October 2025

    This week Reception have been looking at “big” and “small” in maths. They have learnt more phonics and worked on finding recipes to make them glow in connection to our book “This is ME!”  They have also been practising their name writing.  Reception...
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