We have been so proud of all the children in reception. They have all adjusted to our new temporary home brilliantly and we have been busy with lots of learning. In phonics, we have been verbally segmenting and blending and working hard to hear the sounds in words. In our reading activities, we have been busy being detectives looking for clues that tell us more about what is happening. In maths we have been sorting and grouping objects as well as matching pairs.

For our topic work this week we have been talking about the history of St George’s school. We invited Mr Richards, who came to the school when he was a child, to tell us about what has changed. We also heard stories from Mrs Birch and Mrs Bradley from when the current school was an infants school and the juniors school was down the road! Mrs Garraway told the children all about how the demountable classroom came down to make way for the year 5/6 block and the adventure playground.

To mark the historical event that has been ‘the flood’ the children made rainy day pictures. They signed their work like true artists and we had a reception art gallery.

Starting Friday 17th September, the children will need to come into school dressed in their PE kit on Fridays. We will not be getting changed at school.

They will need to wear, a green/white plain or school logo t-shirt, black shorts, leggings or joggers, and suitable trainers/pumps that they can take on and off independently.

They can wear their school jumper, cardigan or fleece on top.

Earrings must be removed at home as for health and safety reasons, children cannot join in with PE lessons whilst wearing any form of jewellery.

Hair should ideally be tied back for PE.

We are looking forward to our active Friday’s with the children and we hope they are excited too!