RECEPTION
Miss R Innes and Mrs. S BrogdenWelcome to the wonderful world of Reception!
Our teachers are Miss Innes and Mrs. Brogden and our Teaching Assistant is Miss Tingle.
We aim to inspire, in every child, a love of learning and enable them to achieve their goals, aspirations, and dreams, by encouraging independence, confidence, and creativity.
We believe that young children learn and develop best in enabling environments, in which their experiences respond to their individual needs, both in the classroom environment and in the great outdoors.
We hope you enjoy looking around our class blog, which is a window into our world and the wonderful things we get up to, please feel free to add any photos or comments you have too!
Our Class Blog
Body percussion in 1/2M
In these times of covid, music lessons are particularly difficult, but the children have loved using their body as a percussion instrument. They realised all the ways they can use their hands to make music.
How much rainfall falls in Rowlands Gill in autumn?
Yesterday the children set to work trying to answer our question about rainfall so we set to work making rain gauges. The children worked in a team to measure 100ml marking on the water bottles so we can measure how much rain falls. They all worked really well as a...
Bonfire NIght Poetry
In 1/2M, we have been using our senses to write Bonfire Night poetry. We have used alliteration, onomatopoeia, and similes not to mention amazing adjectives to bring our writing to life.
Remembrance Day
After observing the two minutes silence on Sunday, Lewis went home and made a Cenotaph out of blocks and said “Mammy I’ve made this for the people that died in the wars” In school, the children listened to The Poppy Story and watched 'Poppies' on CBBC. The children...
Remembrance Day Art
This morning, as part of Remembrance Day, we used oil pastels and black paper to create these fantastic poppy fields with a soldier and a cross. We even used black oil pastel to create the shadows.
Odd Socks Day for Anti-Bullying Week- Monday 16th November 2020
To raise awareness of Anti-Bullying Week, we are taking part in Odd Socks Day. All you need to do is wear odd socks! It's a great way to celebrate what makes us all unique in Anti-Bullying Week! It will be held on Monday 16th November 2020, the first day of...
Planning a suspenseful story
After reading the story Marshmallows, we used a story pathway to help us sequence the events. It was a great story, featuring a boy scout, a river monster, a camp fire and quite a few marshmallows (but not quite enough!) We saw that the story had quite a few...
School Christmas Dinner 2020
Dear Parent/Carer Please click on the link below to view our letter giving details on how to book a School Christmas Dinner for your child on Friday, 11th Dec. Booking must be made by Wednesday, 18th Nov. Christmas Dinner letter 10.11.20
Autumn Poetry in Year 1/2M
The children have been writing some poetry using their senses about bonfire night so I set them the task to use their skills to write some autumn poems and they have done brilliantly. Press the play buttons to hear them read their poems. ...
Year 2 addition with regrouping.
Year 2s working hard again on their addition using base ten to exchange their ones for a ten. Keep it up year 2s!
You shall go to the ball, Cinderella!
With a wave of the fairy godmother's wand, 1/2M was transformed to an amazing ballroom. The children danced the night away with Cinderella and the handsome prince in amongst the glamourous patrons. But be careful Cinderella because the ugly sisters Doris and Jezebel...
Mondrian Digital Paintings
Today in 1/2M, we were using the paintz website to create Mondrian style digital paintings. The children used the shapes tool and the fill tool to create their work. They used primary colours and even saved their work on Seesaw. I'm very impressed.