Reception: Blog items
Date: 18th Dec 2020 @ 3:00pm
Although it has looked very different from previous years, we have still celebrated the festive season at Boundary, albeit it in our bubbles and via whole school virtual assemblies.
Our carol service was a beautiful event, witnessed, shared and enjoyed (virtually!) by the whole school – a testament to the resilience, patience and determination of both our children and our staff.
During the week, bubbles have enjoyed their Christmas dinner. The hall was set out beautifully with crackers to pull, hats to wear and the odd poor joke to tell for each year group bubble to enjoy their Christmas dinner on their special day! A huge ‘Thank You’ goes to all the staff for making it run smoothly, especially Debbie and all the catering and welfare staff for all their hard work in making our delicious dinner.
Each bubble also enjoyed their party day this week, with children wearing their Christmas jumpers and their best party clothes! Each class spent the last afternoon of this term watching a special virtual pantomime ‘Jack and the Beanstalk’ and eating popcorn.
Although 2020 has not been the year we would have hoped for, our children, staff and parents and carers have once again united to create a supportive, nurturing environment for the children of Boundary, ensuring that each child continues to receive the best education and start in life despite the events of this year.
We would like to take this opportunity to say thank you for your ongoing support during these strange and difficult times and to wish you all a very Merry Christmas and a peaceful, safe and happy New Year and we look forward to welcoming you all back in January.
There is no such thing as a Gruffalo...!
Date: 18th Nov 2020 @ 8:29pm
This week we read the story 'The Gruffalo in Reception. We talked about the different animals we might meet if we went for a walk in the woods and had fun role playing in our own Gruffalo cafe taking orders and eating weird and wonderful Gruffalo food. The children have been busy working at the creative table painting Gruffalos making models from play dough and recycled materials. The children had to think very carefully about the different colours they used for the 'purple prickles' and 'orange eyes'. The children worked hard labelling pictures with the initial sound and writing lists of the Gruffalos favourite food.
Date: 7th Dec 2020 @ 8:18pm
This week in Reception the children have been introduced to our first characteristics monster 'Katie Kindness'. Katie Kindness has been teaching the children all about the importance of being kind to one another by sharing, taking turns, including everyone in your games, helping someone if they are hurt and using kind words and actions. Mrs Clark and Mrs Farley have spotted lots children showing kindness to others and we have been very proud of all the children. As a class we talked about how we could show kindness and how it makes us feel.
"Hurting someone is not being like Katie Kindness" Elliott
"I helped Charlotte when she fell over" Riley.
You need to have kind words so you don't make people sad" Emily
"I'm happy when my friends let me play'" Jasmine
I wonder which characteristic monster we will meet next...?
Updated COVID Information - Letter to Parents and Carers
Date: 8th Dec 2020 @ 3:20pm
Date: 2nd Dec 2020 @ 4:48pm
Date: 3rd Dec 2020 @ 11:20am
This week in Reception the children have been learning about how to keep safe whilst crossing the road. We watched a shorted video about 'Monster Moe' and discussed what he needs to do to keep safe.
"When you cross the road you Stop, Look and Listen" Ella-Rose
"don't run across because you might fall over" Leyton.
"Hold your mummy's hand to keep you safe" Emily
"Cross at a zebra crossing" Lauren.
"Find the lolly pop lady and she will stop the cars for you" Lyra-Rose.
The children then enjoyed making their own road signs and role playing in the garden.
Everyone is different but everyone is special!
Date: 17th Nov 2020 @ 9:02pm
The children in Reception have enjoyed celebrating Anti-bullying Week by coming into school wearing wonderfully mismatched socks. We took part in a whole school assemble via Google Meet learning about what bullying is and what to do if we are affected by it. In class we looked at our similarities and differences and learnt that everyone is different and it is our differences that make us unique. We talked about how we should treat everyone fairly regardless of our differences. The children also enjoyed designing their own odd socks.
"I have glasses but Alfie doesn't. We are different but he's my friend" Leyton
"You should always be nice to people and have kind words" Lyra-Rose
"If someone is being mean you tell a grown up and they can help you" Elliott
Date: 17th Nov 2020 @ 7:51am
Date: 11th Nov 2020 @ 9:18pm
The children in Reception have been learning about the importance of wearing poppies and remembering those who gave their lives to secure our future.
"We wear poppies because the soldiers died" Leyton.
Date: 9th Nov 2020 @ 3:30pm
This week the children have been busy planting bulbs ready for Spring. They learnt which way round they should be planted in the ground and hopefully we should see crocus, tulips and daffodils blooming in our garden next year!
"You dig a hole in the ground then put the bulb in...flowers will grow" Oscar.
"...it goes this way round...this hairy bit at the bottom" Alfie.
Take a look at our photos!
Wow Walk! Looking for signs of Autumn!
Date: 2nd Nov 2020 @ 9:19pm
Luckily, Reception managed to dodge the rain and go for a walk around school today, looking for signs of Autumn. They explored the gardens to find out why there are lots of leaves on the ground in Autumn.
"They are all different colours...red, brown, orange, yellow" Alfie.
"They have died and fallen on the floor" Emily.
"In Autumn the leaves die and fall off the trees...they change colour...some still stay green" Leyton.
Date: 2nd Nov 2020 @ 10:47am
Date: 20th Oct 2020 @ 10:05pm
The children have been busy in the mud kitchen, using their motor skills to pour the mud, mix the mud into "soup" and chop up the left over carrots from snack time. They took care when doing this and held the knife safely and with increasing control.
Rosie's Walk In The Outdoor Area!
Date: 24th Sep 2020 @ 9:51pm
After reading the story Rosie's Walk, the children went outside to act it out and learn their new positional language. They went "under the bench" and "through the blocks" then they climbed "over the blocks" and finally "around the pond". They all managed to do this and "get back home in time for dinner"!
Date: 20th Oct 2020 @ 9:29pm
Everyone has been very busy weeding the raised beds and preparing the pots to plant bulbs in a few weeks time. The children worked together, sharing tools, digging and chatting about the different creatures they found living in the soil.
"Look! A worm! It's wriggling!" Amy.
"It's very long (worm)" Oscar.
Date: 20th Oct 2020 @ 9:07pm
The children in Reception have been having a great time riding the new balance bikes and scooting around on the scooters. They have also been enjoying climbing up the slide (three points of contact at all times!) and then sliding straight back down again! At all times, they took care when moving freely and loved being active and energetic!
Date: 12th Oct 2020 @ 8:48pm
This week we have been talking about celebrations and achievements. Our lesson started with the question 'What is a celebration?'. As a class we discussed the different things we celebrate with our friends and families and why we do this. The children had some super responses and were able to identify lots of different ways we can celebrate including birthdays, Easter, Christmas, Halloween, weddings and even a new baby being born.
"My mummy is getting married and I will wear a special dress" Mia said.
"On my birthday I have a party with my family. We have a cake, balloons, presents and play games" Riley said.
"I'm getting ready for Halloween at my house. My mum put up some scary teeth lights in the living room" Ella-Rose said.
Once we had discussed the different things we can celebrate we passed the special 'Let's Celebrate' box around the circle. Inside were lots of different items and we had to guess what was being celebrated. We also talked about how we can celebrate our own achievements like learning to count, ride a bike or write our name. Throughout the year we are going to be adding different things into out 'Let's Celebrate' box when we learn about different celebrations.
During continuous provision the children then enjoyed writing their own cards for their friends, having a birthday party in the home corner and making birthday cakes and counting the candles in the play dough.
Exploring percussion instruments
Date: 30th Sep 2020 @ 8:10pm
This week in music Reception have been introduced to a range of different percussion instruments including triangles, tambour, tambourine, bells, maracas and claves. The children have been learning the names of the instruments and exploring different ways of playing them and making sounds. We learnt some new words including percussion, instrument, orchestra and conductor and added them to our vocabularly wall.. We talked about the role of the conductor and how it was important to watch him or her carefully to know when to play and when to stop. The children showed great concentration and good listening skills during this activity. After exploring the instruments sounds we listened to a famous piece of music called 'Four Season' by a composer called Vavaldi. We listened carefully to see if we could hear any different instruments and discussed how it music made us feel. We identified the season we are in and some of the different things that happen during the Autumn including leaves changing colour and falling off trees as the temperature cools down. We then used the ribbons to move in time to music.
Date: 8th Oct 2020 @ 3:23pm
This week in Reception we have been reading the traditional tale 'Little Red Hen'. We read the story together and talked about how the Little Red Hen worked hard to grow the grains and to harvest them to make bread. She never gave up even though her farm friends didn't want to help her. We talked about how it is important to help others and the qualities of being a good friend.
We also made our own story maps and orally retold the story, used a range of different materials to create a little red hen at the creative table and moulded the play dough to make our own models.
As a class we then made our own loafs of bread by working together to follow a recipe. We collected the correct ingredients including flour, salt, water, oil and yeast. We measured out the flour and water and added the yeast to help the bread rise. We then kneaded the dough and placed it in the oven to bake. When the bread was ready we all had a chance to taste it. It tasted delicious.
"It's so soft and yummy" Riley said.
'It's fluffy" said Ella-Rose
Date: 24th Sep 2020 @ 10:50am
This week the children have been reading the story Rosie's Walk. A story about Rosie the hen who goes for a walk around the farmyard and is not aware there is a sneaky but clumsy fox following right behind her.
To remember the story we built an obstacle course outside where we could travel under, over, around, past and on top of objects- just like Rosie did in the story. We also collaged a fox, used small world figures to retell the story and drew story maps too. Take a look at what we have been doing.
Date: 21st Sep 2020 @ 12:50pm
This week in Reception the children have been enjoying the sunshine in our outdoor area. We have been role playing in the mud kitchen, getting musical at the music wall, exploring in the water, counting and matching numbers to the correct quantity. What a great week we have had.
Date: 14th Sep 2020 @ 8:15pm
This week in Reception we have been reading the story 'No-Bot The Robot with no bottom". We talked about what it means to be a good friend like bear, bird and monkey. The children were able to describe how they have been a good friend.
"I help my friends when they are sad" Cleo said
"Me and my friends play together" Riley said.
The children enjoyed painted robots and making their own robots at the creative table using different materials. The children ordered the robots at the maths table and counted out the correct amount of buttons. A super start to the week. Well done Reception!
Date: 10th Sep 2020 @ 8:17pm
Welcome to all the children in Holly Class! We have had an exciting and busy first few days in school and all the children have settled in brilliantly, making new friends, learning new routines and exploring their classroom inside and outside! It looks like it's going to be a fun filled year of making lots memories together.
Take a look at what we have been doing, as we begin our journey together!
Date: 4th Sep 2020 @ 2:42pm
Welcome to Willow Class! What a fantastic first week the children have had in Reception. We have been busy making new friends, learning our new rules and routines and exploring our classroom. The children have coped exceptionally well and we are very proud of them. We can't wait to make lots of memories together this year.
Changes to Home Time Arrangements
Date: 3rd Sep 2020 @ 4:18pm
Changes to home time arrangements
As we have now been open for a number of days we have noticed a concerning lack of social distancing by parents and carers. Therefore, we are enhancing our COVID Safe rules.
We recommend that face coverings are worn by all parents and carers who are medically able to do so – staff will also be wearing face coverings.
To further ensure safe exiting at the end of the date, we will now stagger the collection times:
Year 3 – finish at 3:15pm
Year 4 – finish at 3:10pm
Year 5 – finish at 3:20pm
Year 6 – finish at 3:25pm
As always, for those parents/carers who have to collect children from Nursery, Reception and Key Stage 1, staff will still wait with your child until you can collect them from their designated zone.
Nursery, Reception, Years 1, 2 and 3
There will be no changes to Reception and Key Stage 1 at this time, however, this situation is under constant review. Please remember, do not call your child over to you, they will be brought to you by a member of staff.
Please follow these new procedures to help keep your child safe.
