Murphy Class Reception

Welcome to Murphy Class

Reception

Mrs Harvey, Mrs Otwinowska, Mrs Faircloth

SPORTS DAY

SUPERHEROES PE FESTIVAL

The children took part in a range of throwing, kicking and running activities and had lots of fun.

DRAWING FUN WITH LIZ MILLION

Learning a new song and dance in our music lesson with DMS

CODING WITH THE CODE-A-PILLARS

We enjoyed exploring the Code-a-Pillars to help us to learn about direction. We used the terms : left, right, straight ahead to describe a sequence. The children attached the segments to the Code-a-Pillar according to the sequence I gave them. Then, working in pairs, the children took it in turns to describe a sequence to their partner and program the robot.

WE LOVED OUR SKIPPING SESSION AND TRIED HARD TO DEVELOP OUR SKILLS

CREATIVE ARTS WEEK

FUN AT THE FARM

We had a fabulous day at Hall Hill Farm. The children loved seeing all of the animals, holding the chicks, rabbits and guinea pigs and feeding the lambs. The bumpy tractor ride was great fun too!

FUN IN THE WOODLAND

OUR R.E. TOPIC - Being Special : Where Do We Belong?

OUR HOOPSTARZ SESSION WAS GREAT FUN

We talked about the life cycle of a frog and the children helped to sequence the different stages

WE WERE VERY EXCITED WHEN THE BUTTERFLIES EMERGED FROM THEIR CHRYSALIS

WE MADE PIZZAS FOR OUR DOJO TREAT, THEY WERE YUMMY!

WE LOVED LOOKING AFTER THE CHICKS AND LETTING THEM RUN AROUND

We talked about the life cycle of a chicken and the children helped to sequence the different stages

WE MADE SCRAMBLED EGGS

We had lots of fun at our Stay and Play session with parents, carers and friends who came to the woodland to help us look for items of food from The Very Hungry Caterpillar story.

DEVELOPING OUR PHYSICAL SKILLS ON THE KS1 EQUIPMENT

GROWING OUR PLANTS

We enjoyed seeing how much the caterpillars had grown and noticed the silk mat they had spun.

OUR MATHS WORK

The children were very excited to see the baby caterpillars and enjoyed watching them eating their food and crawling up the pot.

In PSE, we talked about how to look after the planet and ways to reuse and recycle. The children helped to make paper from old, used paper.

In Maths, we created repeated patterns using 3 items

OUR R.E. TOPIC - Which Places Are Special And Why?

We talked about the life cycle of a sunflower and the children helped to sequence the different stages

April 2024

Welcome back everyone. We hope you have all had a wonderful Easter break and are ready for the new and exciting experiences awaiting you this term.

Please remember that we are always happy to speak to you about your child and their time at school. If there is anything you would like to talk to us about, please tell us and we will arrange a suitable time to do this.

We are really looking forward to the term ahead. We have got lots of exciting activities planned and we know this is going to be another fantastic term with lots of new experiences, including our End-of-Year trip.

We will be visiting the woodland on a Thursday afternoon and Friday morning. Children should come to school wearing tracksuit bottoms or leggings on those days.

Miss Forster, Mrs Harvey, Mrs Hawkins, Mrs Scott and Miss Jones

Our topic for the Summer Term is:

One Moment In Time

During this topic, the children will learn about the life cycles of: frogs, butterflies and chickens.

We are really excited that we will once again be getting an incubator and ten Living Eggs, these will be arriving on Tuesday, 7th May. This is always an amazing opportunity for the children to learn about life cycles and to be able to look after the baby chicks for a few days.

They will also learn about the life cycles of plants; they will plant seeds and find out what seeds need to grow. We will use the story 'Jack and the Beanstalk' to introduce our learning about plants.

This topic will also be a good opportunity to celebrate the special moments in the lives of the children; we are really looking forward to our End-of-Year trip which will be a wonderful experience.

We will also be taking part in Sports Day and helping the children to understand the changes they will face as they transition to Year 1.

OUR DOJO PARTY WAS GREAT FUN

BEAR HUNT FESTIVAL AT MAIDEN CASTLE

We had lots of fun at Maiden Castle when Reception class were invited to take part in the Bear Hunt festival.
First, we took part in some team games where the children had to complete an obstacle course to collect bears. Then, we went outside and followed the Bear Hunt trail, reciting the story along the way. We particularly enjoyed the snow storm! When we came back in, the children were thrilled to find the bear, he wasn’t scary at all!
The session ended with a Bear Hunt dance when we performed different movements to a song of the story.