Nothing like a friend, a good book and a spotty dog for some time out from a busy day in Reception #mycaterham #lifeinreception

This weeks forest school for Reception was to use all their growth mindset skills to create their very own ‘stickman’. It was rather tricky attaching sticks together. #stickman #outdoor #nevergiveup #lifeinreception

The reception class have had a very exciting time in the hall today. We played games to warm up and move our bodies. #PE #movingourbodies #lifeinreception

Such a lovely treat today as Santa got a couple of hours off (for good behaviour😉) to come and see us all here at JC. Massive thank you from all the children #santa #reindeer #makingmemories #lifeinreception #theJCway

The Reception classes were able to show great independence with the mixing of colours yesterday! #artist #kandinsky #lifeinreception #thejcway

What a fabulous day of learning in Reception. The children got the chance to experience the ‘Now Press Play’ stories in the hall. It gave us much more space to Explore and Roar. 🦖 #nowpressplay #dinosaurs #lifeinreception #thejcway

World Book Day in Reception. Miss Taggart, Mrs Kaur and Miss Muir had a wonderful time. Thank you for sharing your day with us 😊 #lifeinreception #thejcway #WorldBookDay2020

Reception were very excited to see our new visitors at the Pre-Prep today, we have 5 duckling eggs that we will be looking after for the next two weeks. We are looking forward to them hatching!!!! #eggxtremlyeggxicted #Lifeinreception

This week has been Bear week 🐻 in Reception. We began the week by reading Biscuit Bear by Mini Grey Mini Grey which the boys loved! In Literacy they created Biscuit Bear circus posters and this afternoon made their own biscuit bears to eat 🐻🍪 #Lifeinreception #Learningfun

Reception have been developing their fine motor skills using tweezers and chop sticks 🥢#Lifeinreception #ChineseNewYear2020 #YearoftheRat

Christmas🎄 has come early to Reception and the boys have been busy creating Christmas themed crafts and developing their cutting skills ✂️ #Lifeinreception #Christmasfun

Wet wet wet welly walk with Reception today. The children had a fabulous time splashing in puddles, singing alternative words to twinkle twinkle chocolate bar... I have a shiny blue car!! #makingmemories #lifeinreception #wetweather

Reception have been thinking about how they could free a dinosaur 🦕frozen in a block of ice. They then tested out their ideas and discussed if it had worked, if they had to change their plans and what had happened to the ice. 🧊 🦕🦖🧊 #Lifeinreception #dinosaurs

This afternoon we went and had fun splashing in the puddles. We sang songs as we went...adapted the ‘bear hunt’ and thoroughly enjoyed ourselves. #MakingMemories #lifeinreception

RE have been working on recognising, naming and ordering numbers from 1-20. We talked about what pattern we could see when we look at teen numbers, discussing tens and ones. #Lifeinreception #Mathsfun

RE have had fantastic fun making firework paintings with glitter this week! 🎇🎆 #Lifeinreception #FireworksNight

Reception have been discussing the features of 2D Shapes this week. We have talked about straight and curved sides, points and corners. We then created these 2D shapes in shaving foam #Lifeinreception #Messymaths #Learningisfun

As part of our Harvest themed week, Reception have been learning about where different foods come from and how they are harvested. They really enjoyed trying different fruits and vegetables; some which were familiar and some that were not 🍅🥒🥦🥕#Lifeinreception #learningisfun

I feel like I’m moving in 😂😂 #classroom #EYFS #LifeinReception

Woodlands Formby This is just so wonderful!! Thank you to all the staff for organising this. Arthur has been incredibly excited about this for weeks!! #myownprincecharming #lovewoodlands #makingmemories #lifeinreception