Reception

The community came together today in memory of Katie Slyderink and took part in the 2015 Whickham Waddle. 150 children from Front Street Nursery and Reception, Rose Villa Day Nursery and Swalwell Nursery joined Simon, Thomas and Anna Slyderink to walk through Whickham in order to raise money for the

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

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

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

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

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

Our ‘Living eggs’ have arrived!  The eggs are in the incubator and will hopefully begin to hatch soon.  The children are keeping a close eye on them.   

Reception love going to the wooded area to explore and investigate!  Last week we were digging, exploring with funnels and water, climbing the trees and rolling down the hill!  Look at all the fun we had!!

Maddi brought in some lambs to school, their names are Black and Isabelle.  We enjoyed holding and feeding them!

When we came back to school on Tuesday our home corner had been revamped! We now have a kitchen, living room, dressing up area and a baby area.  We have been busy cooking dinner, dressing up, playing with the babies and washing the dishes.  The children are going to make a TV for the living room a