Miscellaneous

27Apr2016

Reception have had a great week with the chicks! The chicks are changing everyday, they are developing feathers now! We tried feeding the chicks a slice of apple, which they seemed to enjoy! We have baked shortbread chicken biscuits and enjoyed making chick hats and other chick crafts. We have enjoy

10Jun2015

We have thoroughly enjoyed learning about mini beasts in Reception. We enjoyed looking for mini beasts in our local environment. The children found different mini beasts! We looked closely at them and handled them with care. Some children created mini beast hotels, schools and vets in the mud kitche

10Jun2015

Reception enjoyed a visit from zoo lab on Tuesday afternoon. We met lots of different mini beasts during the session. We learnt all about snails, crabs, scorpions, snakes, spiders, cockroaches and millipedes. “I liked Turbo the snail the best!” said Isobelle. “I love spiders” said Harry. We learnt l

25May2015

On Friday we invited our families into Reception to see the chicks for the last time. We enjoyed handling, feeding and caring for the chicks. We were able to share our completed chick diaries with our visitors, they were very impressed! Before the chicks left for their new homes, we all had a cuddle

19May2015

Look at how much our chicks have developed over the weekend! What changes can you see? We enjoyed observing the chicks and continued to complete our independent chick daily diaries. We are welcoming our families and carers into Reception to see, handle and feed the chicks. Do you recognise any of ou

16May2015

On Friday after carrying out observations of the chicks, some of the Reception children were keen to handle and feed the chicks. We learnt how to hold them carefully, stroke them gently and clean our hands after touching them. Next week will be gaining a lot more experience of handling and caring fo

15Mar2015

We had a great day on Friday 13th March celebrating Red Nose Day 2015 by taking part in nose agility challenges. We started by balancing the nose on our body, such as our heads and face and nose. Next we practised throwing and catching the red nose before taking part in races with the noses. Part of