Reception
Welcome to Reception
Reception Routines and Procedures 2025 - 2026
Reception Curriculum Map - Autumn 1 2025
reception curriculum map a2.pdf
Reception Curriculum Map - Autumn 1 2025
reception curriculum map a1 2025.pdf
Reception Curriculum Map - Summer 2
reception curriculum map s2 2025.pdf
Reception Curriculum Map - Spring 2
reception curriculum map spring 2 2025.pdf
Reception Curriculum Map - Spring 1
reception curriculum map spring 1 2025.pdf
Reception Curriculum Map - Autumn 2
a2 curriculum map reception.pdf
Reception Curriculum Map - Autumn 1
reception curriculum map a1 2024.pdf
Reception
Reception's News
Archived News
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Friday 12 January 2024 Magnificent Machines This half term, Reception are learning about Magnificent Machines. Following their own interests, children spent the first week back investigating robots! They programmed Ozobots to follow a marked path along paper and used screwdrivers and wire cutters to dismantle broken technology and see how it works.
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Tuesday 19 December 2023 Biscuits and Hot Chocolate around the Firepit To celebrate Winter and the end of term, Reception made biscuits and hot chocolate. Having used sets of old balance scales in the classroom for weeks, they were intrigued by modern scales! They measured butter, sugar and flour and combined it to make dough.
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Friday 15 December 2023 Reception's Busy Jobs Just a few of the activities Reception have been busy with this week. Including word hunts for Percy the Park Keeper on a snowy night, habitats for hibernating animals, measuring classroom decorations and using artists' easels.
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Friday 24 November 2023 Stay and Play We have had a lovely week of mornings welcoming grown ups into classrooms for Stay and Play.
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Monday 6 November 2023 The Sele Tree
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Thursday 26 October 2023 Reception's Take One Picture Open Day A day full of art and witch's potions in Reception! Children built on their printing skills from this half term to make stamps using textured materials. They made paper animations of boats in stormy seas and created disgusting recipes for Winnie's Pumpkin.
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Thursday 19 October 2023 Reception's study of Clementine Hunter
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Thursday 12 October 2023 Mono Printing WOW Reception! We loved printing stormy waves for our masterpieces this week. Children loved the simplicity of the process and the big reveal as they uncovered their pattern. These will form the sea in their final Take One Picture piece, adding texture and movement to their art.
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Tuesday 3 October 2023 Museum of the Moon Reception had a wonderful lunar trip to the Abbey today to visit the Museum of the Moon. The Abbey staff asked children to share their thoughts about the moon. Some said it was a sphere and that it had craters, whilst others said they loved the moon!
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Friday 29 September 2023 Reception Gymnastics This half term, Reception are enjoying Gymnastics lessons with our specialist coach, Gayle Smith. This week they practised bunny hops, leaping over benches, jumping with two feet together, holding balances with upper arm strength and jumping into a squat position.
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Thursday 21 September 2023 Sounds and Messages in Reception A busy week in Reception, learning new sounds and writing messages to friends in the classroom. As ever, there has been lots of reading in the Reading Corner and during 'Busy Bee' time, children sorted objects according to their sound they began with (e.g. toothpaste went into the 't' pot).
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Friday 15 September 2023 Reception in the garden