Bickershaw Church of England Primary School
Reception Class
Welcome to Reception's page!
2022-2023
Welcome to the Reception Class Page.
Below you will find all the information that you need from this term's Knowledge Organiser.
This terms topic is ...
All About Me
The Knowledge Organiser will help you to identify what we will be learning in class and ways in which you can support your child at home.
Autumn
OUTDOOR ADVENTURES SHARING STORIES PLAYING TOGETHER MAKING FRIENDS DEVELOPING INDEPENDENCE TAKING TURNS READING AND WRITING BEING CREATIVE INVESTIGATING THINKING CAREFULLY CONFIDENT CHILDREN CARING FOR EACH OTHER FUN AND ENJOYMENT HIGHLY MOTIVATED TRYING OUR BEST ACHIEVING GREAT THINGS SENSE OF BELONGING
This week our focus text is 'Pumpkin Soup' by Helen Cooper.
This week as we have been thinking about Harvest and the season of Autumn, we enjoyed the story of 'Pumpkin Soup.' We used the story to help us to sequence and draw or write the instructions. We got to make our very own delicious Pumpkin Soup and bread.
This week our focus text is 'Sharing a Shell' by Julia Donaldson.
As we settle into school we have developed new friendships and thought about our feelings and the feelings of others.
This week our focus text is 'Starting School' by Allan and Janet Ahlberg.
We have had lots of fun exploring our new classroom and school and learning all about our new friends.
Welcome to Our new Reception Class of 2022-2023
We have had a lovely first few weeks settling into school. We have made lots of new friends and enjoyed exploring our new school environment.
Spring Term
Growth and Change
The Knowledge Organiser will help you identify what we will be learning in class and ways in which you can support your child at home.
Spring Term
Spring 2
Celebration
Spring 2
Celebration
Spring 1
The children have had a fabulous half term and worked really hard. Here is just a short video to showcase some of the fabulous things that we have being doing. We hope that you enjoy watching it as much as we have making all our fabulous memories.
This week’s focus text is ‘The Great Race’ by Emily Hiles
This week’s focus text is ‘Oliver’s Vegetables’ by Vivian French.
This week’s focus text is our R.E story ‘Noah’s Ark’ taken from ‘The Old Testament’ in the bible.
This week’s focus text is ‘Titch’ by Pat Hutchins.
Autumn Term
Autumn 2
Celebration
The children have really enjoyed the preparations for Christmas and have lots to Celebrate.
Well done Reception!!
Autumn 2
This week has been a very busy week in Reception. It was Road Safety Week, Anti bullying Week and as a focus for Literacy we celebrated World Nursery Rhyme Week.
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| Incy Wincy Spider | Sleeping Bunnies | Wind the Bobbin up. | Heads, Shoulders, Knees and Toes. | Down in the Jungle |
This week our Literacy focus has been the short BBC animation Poppies.
Mrs Haselden shared pictures with us of her Great Grandad and his medals that he was awarded for his bravery during World War 1. We thought about all the soldiers who lost lost their lives for us. We made lots of beautiful poppies and lay them in church and our school prayer space.
This week our focus text is 'The Story of Rama and Sita.' By Malachy Doyle.
This week we have enjoyed learning about ‘Diwali- The Festival of Light.’ We spent the week preparing for our very own festival, it was lovely to see the children so engaged and excited to transform our classroom and bring it to life. We painted rangoli patterns, created Dija lamps and lanterns, wrote invitations and prepared our very own festival food. What a fabulous week, well done Reception.
Autumn 1 Celebration Assembly
What a fabulous start to our first year at school we have had. The children in Reception Class have settled in beautifully, they have had lots of fun getting to know each other and familiarising themselves with their new school environment. Here is a short video celebrating our first half term.
Autumn 1
This week our focus text is 'Harry and the Dinosaurs go to School' by Ian Whybrow.
This week we made an 'egg'citing discovery in our garden. We found a very large egg. We enjoyed our focus text and enjoyed talking about our favourite toys that we might like to bring to school. We made our very own dinosaurs in lots of creative ways.
This week our focus text is 'Pumpkin Soup' by Helen Cooper.
This week as we have been thinking about Harvest and the season of Autumn, we enjoyed the story of 'Pumpkin Soup.' We used the story to help us to sequence and draw or write the instructions. We got to make our very own delicious Pumpkin Soup and bread.
This week our focus text is 'We're Going on a Bear Hunt' by Michael Rosen.
This week we enjoyed our Forest School Session. We enjoyed the story of 'We're Going on a Bear Hunt' by Michael Rosen. We recreated the story and went on our very hunt to find the bear. We spoke about how we can be a good friend and what we can do to make the bear feel happy. We worked together to build a cave for the bear, we made him a bath and sang him some of our favourite songs that make us feel happy.
This week our focus text is 'Sharing a Shell' by Julia Donaldson.
As we settle into school we have developed new friendships and thought about our feelings and the feelings of others.
This week our focus text is 'Starting School' by Allan and Janet Ahlberg.
We have had lots of fun exploring our new classroom and school and learning all about our new friends.
