2 years ago Posted on 14th Mar 2023 by Lola Lancett Art day in Reception 13.3.23 Art days in reception are wonderful! This art day we have created watercolour daffodils, printed in clay and studied a Ghanaian artist Ablade Glover. We created our own pieces based upon Ablade’s bright creations.
2 years ago Posted on 14th Mar 2023 by Lola Lancett Ghanaian Week Last week we were very lucky to have a kind parent come and make a traditional Ghanaian meal with us. We helped her to make Jollof Rice. The children explored the ingredients and listened to the process. We tried the delicious dish when it was ready. You could ask your children what they thought!
2 years ago Posted on 03rd Mar 2023 by Lola Lancett Reception’s Blists Hill Experience! Reception walked to Blists Hill to find out about living a long time ago in Victorian Britain. We visited the school, the mines, and many shops and houses. We thought about what it would be like to go to the toilet in the garden… Work in the dark mine with the rumbles of explosions… Be hit with a cane for talking in school! We agreed we are glad to live “now” instead of “a long time ago” even though Victorians were super inventors.
2 years ago Posted on 02nd Dec 2022 by Lola Lancett Reception Visit to Sutton Hill Church Reverend Dawn told us how she, as a Christian, feels about God. She performed a pretend baptism and explained the significance to Christians.
2 years ago Posted on 24th Sep 2022 by Lola Lancett Coding Week in Reception Coding week in the Early Years! This week Reception children have been exploring ‘Cubetto’. They have given Cubetto instructions and enjoyed seeing what will happen. “Which is the forward one?” “I think you need the green one to go forward.” We will continue this work to develop our computational thinking and vocabulary.