31 January 2025
ATW Reception news – bog babies and Chinese New Year
It has been a fun week in Reception and the children have been busy working hard.
For those parents who will be applying for a reception place for their child for September 2026 we have arranged a series of visits so that they can look around the schools with senior staff.
If you wish to view a school please see here for the available dates. Obviously we have to limit numbers so only parents/carers who have booked will be able to attend.
It has been a fun week in Reception and the children have been busy working hard.
The last two weeks, nursery have been focusing on the book ‘The Gingerbread Man’ by Alan MacDonald and what fun we have had!
This week in Reception, all of the children turned into scientists!
The topic for this half-term in Reception is ‘Watch out—there’s a monster about!’
Christmas, Christmas, Christmas is the theme in Nursery this week. We have been very busy practising our Christmas songs ahead of our classroom performance on Monday 16th December as well as making some props for display.
This week in Reception, the children learned about the Nativity. They discovered that people who follow the Christian religion celebrate Christmas because of the birth of Jesus Christ.
The children in Nursery have continued their learning about colours with its link to the story ‘Mouse Paint’ by Ellen Stoll Walsh.
This week in Reception, the children have been busy exploring our amazing world.
It’s that time of year again when sleigh bells can be heard just around the corner.
Yesterday was the first meeting of this academic year for our newly appointed Wellbeing Ambassadors.
This week in nursery, our learning of 2D shapes continued and we focused on Squares.
This week in Reception, we have been rather busy yet again.
A new half term comes with lots of educational learning both from within the classroom and out in our Forest School.
This week in Reception, we have been learning about so many different things.
This week in Reception, we have been busy finishing their first topic, ‘Marvellous Me!’.