Welcome to Miss Daniels' Reception Blog!

W/b 29th June 2015

Well Done to the Star of the week Byron, for producing brilliant writing in his invitation for the Pirate Party. Super work Byron, keep it up!

Our other Reception Awards this week go to:

Writer of the week – Lucy S

Maths Award – Max

Reader of the Week – Reece

Well Done Reception!

All week the children were very excited about the pirate party, and they wrote their own invitations. We looked at all of the information that needed to be on a party invitation, and created our own.

We created some magic goo in Reception, we watched as it expanded when water was added to it. We thought of some amazing describing words as we put our hands in the bowl. 

On Thursday we had a Pirate Party! All of the children looked fantastic in their costumes, and they all enjoyed the party food, and following the clues on our very own treasure hunt. They all had scary pirate faces…

 

 

 On Friday we took part in Bike ability training, we practised riding the balance bikes and spoke about how to keep safe on our bikes.

Merit Award this week: ‘I aim high.'

Reception Winners: Gold – Joshua , Silver – Lucy B and Bronze – Molly.

Enjoy the weekend.

Miss Daniels and Mrs Steele x

REMINDERS

Farmer Ted’s trip is on Wednesday.

School Disco is Thursday 9^th July 3:30pm-5:00pm.

 W/B 22^nd June 2015

Well Done to the Star of the week Libby, for excelling in her writing, and producing stories independently in her own free time. Super work Libby, keep it up! 

Our other Reception Awards this week go to:

Writer of the week – Daniel

Maths Award – Max

Reader of the Week – Callum

Well Done Reception!

In our creative area this week we made our own pirate hooks out of paper cups and tinfoil. The children had lots of fun playing with them.

Our main event this week was Sports Day. It was a brilliant day and thankyou to all parents who came to support the children, and even take part yourselves. Reception were fantastic, and they displayed good sportsmanship cheering on their other team members. 

 

We have finished our Eco Art, and our recycled wind chimes are now displayed around our school grounds. Reception went on a hunt to find them. During our walk around school we also checked on our Minibeast Mansion, and we’re happy that it seems to be a cosy home for lots of different minibeasts.

 

 

Merit Award this week: ‘I am proud of myself, class and family.'

Reception Winners: Gold – Daniella , Silver - Noah and Bronze – Callum.

Enjoy the weekend.

Miss Daniels and Mrs Steele x

REMINDERS

Farmer Teds slips must be returned to school by Monday 29th June.

Summer Fair is Saturday 4^th July 10:30am – 2:00pm.

School Disco is Thursday 9^th July 3:30pm – 5:00pm.

W/B 15^th June 2015

Well Done to the Star of the week Callum, for his outstanding development in reading, writing, and maths. Super work Callum, keep it up!

 Our other Reception Awards this week go to:

Writer of the week – Jack

Maths Award – Annabelle

Reader of the Week – Lucy B

Well Done Reception!

We began the week making our very own treasure maps, and staining the paper using tea bags. We made sure each of our maps had an ‘X marks the spot’ to help us find the treasure.

 During Maths this week we have went on a number hunt for Pirate Pete’s Puzzles. We had to read the number problems and work out the answers using our number line. We have also played addition games, and explored with our 3D shapes. What busy bee’s we have been.

It is National Science Week, and the whole school have completed experiments with bubbles. Reception made their own bubble blowers and tried to pop as many bubbles as they could. It was a lot of fun.

 On Thursday we had our CD recording. All of the children sounded amazing. The whole school sang songs together, and reception made Let It Go sound fantastic. Don’t forget to purchase your CD for £7.99 to hear how brilliant they are.

Friday was Art Day, were we made recycled art. Reception have recycled tin cans and painted them and sprinkled them with glitter to make our own wind chimes. Keep an eye out for them hanging around school.

 Merit Award this week: ‘I am the best that I can be.'

Reception Winners: Gold – Ellis B , Silver - Paddy and Bronze – Jessica.

 Enjoy the weekend.

Miss Daniels and Mrs Steele x

REMINDERS

Please return Farmer Ted slips to let us know if your child will be attending.

Sports Day is Wednesday 24^th June at 1:30pm on the school field.

Place your orders for the school CD asap, and payment of £7.99. 

 W/B 8^th June 2015

Well Done to the Star of the week Maisee, for wowing us with her knowledge and understanding in each of her learning this week. Super work Maisee, keep it up!

Our other Reception Awards this week go to:

Writer of the week – Summer

Maths Award – Molly

Reader of the Week – Lucy S    

Well Done Reception!  

We began the week using all of our pirate activities around our classroom. We have enjoyed dressing up, building ships, and making our own treasure.

The children worked very hard writing tricky words in the sand and with the chalk on the playground.

 In science we looked at floating and sinking, we searched the classroom for objects that we thought would float and sink and tested our predictions.

 We have also practised for Sports Day in our PE. The children are doing really well, and displaying good sportsmanship, which is what it is all about.

 Merit Award this week: ‘I have respect for others.'

Reception Winners: Gold – Lola , Silver - Byron and Bronze – Raiya.

 Enjoy the weekend.

Miss Daniels and Mrs Steele x

REMINDERS

Please make sure your child has suncream and a hat on at the start of the day as we will be spending a lot of time outside.

Please return Farmer Ted slips to let us know if your child will be attending.

We will be painting our tin cans this week to make our recycled wind chimes, please send in any tins from your recycling boxes.

W/B 2^nd June 2015

Well Done to the Star of the week Daniel for being an all-round superstar. Daniel has worked extremely hard this week, and is such a helpful member of the class and a good friend to everyone. Keep it up Daniel.

Our other Reception Awards this week go to:

Writer of the week –Rowan

Reader of the Week – Ebony

Well Done Reception!

Welcome back to the final term of the year. I can’t believe the school year is almost over; we have lots of fun and learning to do in the upcoming weeks.

We have began our ‘Arghh Pirates’ theme this week, and the children have been so excited to get started. On Monday we found a message in a bottle left in our water tray; it was a message from Pirate Pete asking us to build him a new ship and write a message about ourselves.

We decorated our own pirate bunting to decorate our classroom with skull and cross bones. 

 The children split into two groups during the week and worked together to build different pirate ships with different resources. The children were encouraged to listen to each other’s ideas and work as a team. 

 Pirates seem to be taking over our classroom this week! Our new role play area is being used very well.

Merit Award this week: ‘I keep everyone safe.'

Reception Winners: Gold - Lily, Silver - Noah and Bronze - Ebony

 Enjoy the weekend.

Miss Daniels and Mrs Steele x

REMINDERS

We need tin cans for our recycled art wind chimes, please send them in clean and with the labels taken off.

Uniform - Please make sure your child’s uniform and PE kit has their name written in each item. If your child is missing a piece of PE kits e.g. shorts or pumps, they must have taken them home at some point in the last term, they are not in school.

W/B 18^th May 2015

Well Done to the Star of the week Reece for developing tremendously in his learning and his friendships since the start of the Summer term. Keep it up Reece.

 

Our other Reception Awards this week go to:

Writer of the week – Lucy B

Maths Award – Olivia

Reader of the Week – Ellis S

Well Done Reception!

The whole school have been working hard to celebrate Eco-Week, and learning lots of new things about how to care for our environment. The Eco Monitors in Reception are Maisee and Kiea. They done a fantastic job making sure we were saving energy and recycling our paper

 Tuesday was a fantastic day, we had Reptile Time with Rowan’s Dad. It was such a fun afternoon, learning lots of new facts about different reptiles. Our favourite was the Boa Constricta Snake (the biggest one) which the majority of the children had around their necks.

Click on this link for more information on children’s Reptile Time birthday parties: http://www.dylansreptiletime.co.uk

We had lots of other visitors throughout Eco-Week. A lady from the Citadel came to do a drama workshop with us, were all the children danced and moved like the things on our environment. A beekeeper from Fir Tree Farm came and told us all about looking at bees are looked after and how they make their honey. A farmer came to talk to us about the animals and how they care for them.

 

Merit Award this week: ‘I know how to help others when they are in trouble'

Reception Winners: Gold - Jack, Silver - Daniel and Bronze -  

 

Enjoy the half term holidays, stay safe and we look forward to seeing you all Tuesday 2nd June.

Miss Daniels and Mrs Steele x

 

 

W/B 11^th May 2015

Well Done to the Star of the week Tilly-Rose for making an outstanding effort in each area of her learning, and being a helpful friend in the classroom.

Our other Reception Awards this week go to:

Writer of the week – Ebony

Maths Award – Paddy

Reader of the Week – Callum

Well Done Reception!

Thank you so much for all of your efforts to help us build our ‘Mini-beast Mansion.’ We couldn’t have built it with out each of your contributions. The children worked very hard collecting twigs, moving bricks and pallets, and filling the tubes with sticks. A Dragon Fly waited patiently as we built it, we hope all of the mini-beasts find it comfy.

Go and have a look at it down the side of the Reception/Nursery playground.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

In maths we have been learning to tell the time. We played ‘What time is it Mr Wolf?’ We sequenced the events in our school day, and made our own watches in the creative area.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Seth from Nursery brought some stick insects in for Reception to have a look at. It was amazing looking at the Mummy, Daddy and lots of baby stick insects.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

We also planted our vegetables this week; we have courgettes, carrots, leeks, and beetroot. Hopefully we will be able to taste them when they grow next term.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Children worked hard recycling some of our rubbish, preparing for Eco Week in school next week.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Merit Award this week: ‘I can share'

Reception Winners: Gold - Lucy S, Silver - Max and Bronze - Kiea.

Enjoy the weekend.

Miss Daniels and Mrs Steele x

 

W/B 5^th May 2015

Well Done to the Star of the week Megan for trying very hard in all areas of her learning and playing. Well done Megan  

Our other Reception Awards this week go to:

Writer of the week – Libby

Maths Award – Maisee

Reader of the Week – Daniella

Well Done Reception!

On Tuesday we looked at a variety of vegetables and used our senses to talk about them. We had Butternut Squash, Rhubarb, Courgettes, Celery and lots more.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

We read the story The Enormous Turnip, acted out the story trying to pull it out, but it would not budge!!

 

On Wednesday we made our own Mr Potato Head’s. It was lots of fun using the different vegetables for different parts of the face.  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

On Thursday we tasted some delicious vegetables. Before we tried them we made a list of who liked them and who didn’t; once we had tried we revisited our list and lots of children decided that they loved them. They tasted carrots, sweetcorn and peas, well done reception for trying new things.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

On Friday we had Gymnastic in our PE session. We practised our different body shapes and began practising our rolling techniques.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

We are also taking good care of our plants on the EYFS playground by making sure they have enough water.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

During golden time we all had a little treat with a slice of carrot cake as suggested by Summer; it was delicious. 

 

Merit Award this week: 'I try to do things that make me feel good about myself.' In reception Gold - Libby, Silver - Joshua and Bronze - Rowan. Well done!

 Enjoy the weekend.

Miss Daniels and Mrs Steele x

REMINDERS

1. We need toilet/kitchen roll tubes and coke bottles for our bug hotel.

2. On Thursday our new school gate arrived which means that the electrics will soon be activated. The gates will be controlled by the office as an extra security measure. Keeping our children safe at all times is so important to us at Grange Valley. The gates will be locked to cars from 8:40 until 3:40, access within those times will be limited. Staff will have access fobs and visitors will need to speak to the office via the intercom that will be situated by the entrance. The gates for pedestrians will also be locked and access to school will be limited with permission needed via the office through the new intercom.  

Any queries please do not hesitate to contact Mrs Holcroft or the office staff.

 

W/B 27^th April 2015

Well Done to the Star of the week Annabelle for superb writing this week, and excellent doubling in maths. An all-rounder this week, keep it up Annabelle.  

Our other Reception Awards this week go to:

Writer of the week – Jack

Maths Award – Max

Reader of the Week – Noah

Well Done Reception!

On Monday we had used our senses to look at different types of plants, we discussed how they smelt, looked and felt.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

On Tuesday the children produced fantastic writing, we looked at the different parts of a plant, and labelled them.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The highlight of our week was on Wednesday when we planted flowers in tyres on our playground. We have Pansies, Begonia’s and Petunia’s. We are looking forward to taking care of them and watching them bloom.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Thursday we had lots fun getting messy, making flower pictures using our hands. They’re going to look lovely on our wall.   

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

On Friday the whole school joined in the sponsored dance. It was so much fun and the children danced their socks off. Thank you for all of your help raising money.  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Enjoy the weekend.

Miss Daniels and Mrs Steele x

W/B 20^th April 2015

Well Done to the Star of the week Noah, for being an excellent friend and sharing our resources in class. Keep it up Noah, we’re proud of you.

Our other Reception Awards this week go to:

Writer of the week – Annabelle

Maths Award – Ellis B

Reader of the Week – Kiea

Well Done Reception!

Welcome back to the summer term. We hope you all had a lovely Easter break. A lot has been happening over the holidays with our school, we have a brand new entrance and library area. On Monday Reception went to have a look, we can wait to read in our new area.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Our role play area for this term is a ‘Creepy Crawly Corner’. The children have really enjoyed using this new area to become mini beast explorers.  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

To fit in with our Living Things theme for the term, we have tadpoles and freshwater shrimps in our investigation area.  We have loved observing them each day, and we can’t wait to watch them as they grow into frogs.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

We have a new child friendly V-Tech camera in our class. The children have loved using it to take pictures of each other and even some ‘selfies!!’ We have enjoyed looking at reception through their eyes.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

In PE we have began our Gymnastics. This week the children learnt the importance of stretching and warming up. We have learnt lots of different shapes that are used in gymnastics such as; tuck, star, straddle, straight, arch and dish. I think we have some future Olympians.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Enjoy the weekend.

Miss Daniels and Mrs Steele x

REMINDERS:

• Sun cream on for hot days please and sun hats to be brought into school.
• Sponsored Dance is next Friday 1^st May, all money raised through sponsors is going towards our new school library.

W/B 30^th March 2015

Well Done to the Star of the week Rowan. Rowan has grown in immensely in confidence over the Spring term, and is making super progress in all areas of his learning. Keep it up Rowan, we’re proud of you.

Our other Reception Awards this week go to:

Writer of the week – Summer

Maths Award – Joshua

Reader of the Week – Olivia

Well Done Reception!

This week our theme in Reception was Easter, the children loved playing in the small world area and hiding things inside the eggs.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

We have made Easter cakes this week! Yummy! We broke the chocolate into small pieces and melted it, and poured a whole box of cornflakes and mixed them altogether. We let them set through the afternoon and enjoyed them as a lovely sweet treat.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

We took some extra cakes around to our teachers.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

We’re so lucky in Reception, as this week we received two lovely wicker castles for our outdoor area. Look at how much fun the children are having.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The winners of the Easter Egg competition were announced in assembly. All of the eggs were fantastic, thank you for all of your hard work. Mrs Bailey and Mrs Gribbon chose Rowan’s egg as the winner for reception. Rowan made an Alien loves Underpants egg.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Mrs Steele noticed the Easter Bunny running out of school this morning! He left a message for us, and hid chocolate eggs all over the school. We enjoyed going on the hunt.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Thank you for all of your contributions and efforts with the children’s learning and development this term. Have a lovely break.

Happy Easter

Miss Daniels and Mrs Steele x

REMINDERS

Follow the schools Twitter account @GrangeValley1 and @Miss_DanielsGV for reception updates through the week.

Bags to School: Why not de-clutter over Easter? You can bring bags of unwanted clothing in to school on   collection day, Tuesday 21st April, and help to raise funds for school. Clothing only, please. No bedding, bags, belts or bric-a-brac.

Please don’t send bags in any other day as there is nowhere to store them.

W/B 23^rd March 2015

Well Done to the Star of the week Kiea. We can see huge progress in all areas of your learning, particularly reading and writing. Keep it up Kiea, we’re proud of you.