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Welcome to our Reception page

Every day is a new adventure in Reception and here we will share some of those adventures with you!

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Settling In

We have had a great first week. The children have settled beautifully and they are quickly becoming used to their new classroom and different rules and routines. Mrs Whitton has been so impressed, that we even received our first Headteacher's award! Take a look at what we have been up to!

Colour Run

We had so much fun taking part in the colour run, with the Durham School Sports Partnership.

Monster Phonics Day

It was the launch of our Monster Phonics programme so everyone dressed up as a Monster Phonics monster! Look at our fabulous costumes!

European Day of Languages

Hola! Reception found out more about Spain during our European Day of Languages celebration. We had a great time making flags, trying traditional Spanish foods and practising a few Spanish words. We also made pictures in the style of Gaudi - a famous Spanish sculptor.

Balance Bike Fun

Reception had fun exploring the balance bikes with Darren, from the Durham School Sports Partnership. Some children even mastered the pedal bikes too!

An Autumn Walk

Looking for signs of Autumn!

Enjoying Our Phonics Work

Finchale Family Jiggly Jog

What a fun day! Find more photos from the jiggly jog on the Sport page on our website.

Making Bread

Reception enjoyed working in groups to make bread, as part of our work on Harvest. Our favourite part was tasting it!

Harvest Competition

Take a look at our Reception entries into the recent Harvest competition. We did an amazing job!

Celebrating Diwali

Reception enjoyed learning about the different traditions and celebrations linked to Diwali. We listened to stories, looked at photographs and had a go at making our own diya lamps and rangoli patterns. We were also very lucky to have a talk and a presentation from Aarav (year 3), Harry (year 4), and Bodhi (year 6) about their own family celebrations and traditions during Diwali.

Remembrance Day

Reception made their own poppies to wear at our KS1 Remembrance service. We then decided to make our own pebble poppy garden in our reception outside classroom.

Celebrating Children in Need

Enjoying a taster session of Judo

A Visit From Claire, Jet and Ben

We loved meeting Police Officer Claire and Jet, her police dog, as part of our work on People Who Help Us. She told us all about her job, her uniform, her police van and of course her police dogs Jet and Ben. We had a turn at dressing up as police officers and we even got to see the lights and siren on the police van in action!

Festive Fun Run

Decorating Gingerbread Men

We enjoyed working with Chartwells to decorate our own gingerbread men. Then we ate them during snack time! Delicious!

Enjoying Little Fingers Music Sessions

Winter Walk

Looking for signs of winter.

Celebrating NSPCC Maths Day

We came dressed as our favourite characters from Numberblocks!

Keeping Safe and Healthy

We have been learning about how to keep safe online and how to keep our minds and bodies healthy.

Chinese New Year Fun and Celebrations

Reception have had lots of fun learning about the different customs and traditions associated with Chinese New Year. We enjoyed a visit from John from Durham Outreach, as well as lots of craft activities, drama and dragon dances. Our classroom even transformed into a Chinese restaurant! Delicious! Then we got to share all of our learning with our grown ups during our class assembly.

We're Going on a Bear Hunt

Reception enjoyed going on a bear hunt at Maiden Castle, organised by the Durham School Sports Partnership. We took part in lots of fun activities linked to the story and we went on our own hunt through the long wavy grass, the deep, cold river and even a swirling, whirling snowstorm! We even found a bear!

World Book Day

We enjoyed reading our favourite stories, especially when we got to share them with Year 6. Miss Ward also dropped in to read us a story.

Visit to All Saints Church

As part of our topic, 'Spring and New Life' and our R.E work on Christian baptisms, we enjoyed taking our babies to All Saints Church to be baptised. Our parents and godparents did a great job and we were given some lovely keepsakes to bring back to school.