Reception had a wonderful afternoon yesterday at their Christmas party. We danced, played games and ate lots of party food! Don’t we look beautiful?!

Reception have had a very exciting start to December! We visited West Boldon Lodge and played games in the woods, built a campfire, toasted marshmallows, made Christmas decorations, drank hot chocolate and even got to meet Santa! It has really got us in the Christmas spirit!

Reception have had some very interesting visitors this week to start off their topic all about minibeasts. Guy from BugsnStuff brought in some Mega-Beasts for the children to look at, touch and hold including a snake, a tarantula, a cockroach, stick insects, a millipede, a frog and a lizard. They children were very brave indeed!

Today the children took part in a very important workshop all about how to cross the road safely. We learned some actions to help us ‘Stop, look, listen, think!’ and practiced crossing a road using traffic lights.

Reception walked to the Post Office this morning to post their letters to Santa.

Reception have had a very exciting afternoon learning all about ‘stranger danger’ and even got to try some outfits on – including handcuffs!

Reception have had a very exciting day getting dressed up for Halloween! We had a go at carving out pumpkins, making spider webs and ended the day with a fantastic disco!

The school nurses came into reception to talk about the importance of washing our hands. We listened to a lovely story, sang a song and talked about when and how to wash our hands properly.