Reception

13Jun2025

This week, Reception have been learning about farm animals. To end our topic, we took a trip to Hall Hill Farm to visit the animals. First, we took a ride around  the farm on the tractor, then we fed the sheep and llamas and said hello to some highland cows, donkeys and wallabies. After lunch, we w

21May2025

This week in Reception, we have been reading The Gruffalo by Julia Donaldson. The children loved joining in with the repeated phrases in the story and were amazed that the Gruffalo was scared of the tiny mouse. In the story, the mouse tells the animals what the Gruffalo’s favourite foods are.  So

9May2025

In Reception this week, we have been learning about the artist Vincent Van Gogh. We took a virtual tour to explore The Van Gogh Museum in Amsterdam and looked at example of his famous paintings. The children enjoyed discussing the mood of the paintings, what season some of the paintings portrayed an