Reception – All About Me

Reception – All About Me!

Our adventure so far in Reception has been super exciting. We have spent lots of time getting to know each other, building friendships and exploring! The children have also learnt all about themselves, their families and their communities.

We began our adventure by reading ‘The Colour Monster’ which helped us talk about all our feelings surrounding starting Reception. We made our own colour monsters and we even learnt a song about all of the different emotions in the story! We deepened our learning by talking about the features of our own bodies and faces and painted our own self portraits.

We then spent some time learning about our families. We read the lovely story ‘Smeds and Smoos’ which showed us that all famillies are different and special. The children created some beautiful family pictures for our class family tree display, and especially loved talking about their own families.

The children particularly enjoyed exploring and learning about our school. We met some of the special people who work here, and, of course, we met all of the animals too! We looked at lots of maps and learnt that our school is in Belle Isle which is in Leeds, and we also used a map to plan our trip to the library (which we are very excited for next half term!)

We read ‘Paddington at the Palace’, and learnt that the royal family lives in London. We then had lots of fun making our own sandwiches for our royal tea party! The children also made their own collaged commemorative stamp for the Queen. Super learning Reception!

What The Student Says

"I drew my colour monster red because he's feeling angry!" - RAB child.

"I liked mixing the paint to make my skin colour" - RAB child.

"I liked visiting Mr Cockroft and helping him with his job!" - RLK child.

"The chickens are my favourite. I like to stroke them" - RAB child.

"I am smaller than mummy so I will draw me smaller" - RLK child.

"My painting looks just like me because I have blonde hair and green eyes" - RLK child.

What knowledge and skills have been developed?

  • Begun to understand the daily routines in Reception.

  • Learnt to follow instructions carefully.

  • Learnt to play cooperatively together.

  • Used stories to learn how to talk about their emotions.

  • Begun learning how to use the correct pencil grip.

  • Noticed similarities and differences in regards to themselves and their friends.

  • Planned their route to the local library using a map.

  • Learnt about where they live and what makes up their communities.

  • Learnt how to accurately create simple representation of faces and people.

  • Learnt how to use shapes when drawing/painting to represent things they have observed.

What the Teacher says

I have absolutely loved getting to know the children in Reception this half term. They have all settled in brilliantly and I'm so proud of how well they have adjusted to being in school full time! Seeing the children's confidence grow and their friendships blossom has been absolutely wonderful.

The children have learnt a lot about themselves and their community this half term. A highlight for me has been hearing the children talk about their families and seeing the beautiful display that has been created from their family pictures.

I am so excited to see the children flourish even more next half term!

-Miss Barwick, Reception Class Teacher.

School Address:

Clapgate Primary School
10 Cranmore Drive
Belle Isle
Leeds
LS10 4AW

School Contacts:

Headteacher: Mrs Singleton
Deputy Headteacher: Miss Taylor
SENDCO: Mrs Lawton
Office: Mrs Austin, Miss Johnson, Mrs Belt and Miss Stamp
Chair of Governors: Mr Bache

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