RSR: Blog items
Will it float? Or will it sink?
Date: 24th Jan 2025 @ 2:56pm
This week in Reception we had a special challenge! We had to help Noi and his Dad to make a brand new boat to help them to get home...
We experimented with different materials in our classroom to try and find which objects float and which objects sink. Some objects like our light wooden box floated on top of the water: we decided they would make a very good boat! Some objects fell all the way to the bottom of our bucket. They sank, and we thought it would not be a good idea to make a boat from these materials. Paper and rock sank really quickly!
You can find the story all about Noi and his Dad here on Youtube:
Have a look below at some of our boats...
Date: 29th Nov 2024 @ 2:43pm
This week, Reception have been enjoying continuing our learning all about Autumn and listening to our story: The Leaf Thief!
You can have a look at some of our wonderful drawings of the different animals that live in the woodland where Sam the Squirrel lives...
This weekend, why not make the most of the season and go to the park and have your very own Autumn Hunt?
There are some ideas of the things you can look for attached below.
Date: 8th Nov 2024 @ 2:27pm
Today Reception have been learning about Remembrance Day.
We watched a special video...
We looked carefully at all of the beautiful poppies that grew in the fields and we used different media to make our own.
Which one is your favourite?
Date: 17th Oct 2024 @ 2:41pm
Today we have had a FABULOUS sports day!
All of the children took turns and were very safe and careful.
In the afternoon we even had a very special visit from Coach Kane and we all had a turn of moving in the special wheelchairs.
Thank you so much to all the grown ups who came along to support!
Elodie: 'I liked going under the parachute!'
Theo: 'I like the pictures of me!'
Loveah: 'My favourite was on the go karts [wheelchairs]'
Aaman: 'The obstacle course!'
Liam: 'Everything was my favourite!'
Date: 10th Oct 2024 @ 11:21am
This morning Reception have been participating in activities all about World Mental Health Day!
As part of Manchester's Take 10 to Read initiative, we all listened to best selling author Sue Hendra reading some of her FABULOUS Supertato stories! We decided that we feel calm and happy when we read stories!
Next, we spent some time thinking about all the ways we can feel calm and happy.
Lori-Ann likes to have sleepovers with her Nanny!
Levi likes to spend time with his brother.
Amaal likes it when her Mummy gives her a hug.
RIley feels happy when his Mummy gives him a bedtime kiss
Have a look at some of our amazing pictures below....
For more information about Children's Mental Health there are a wealth of resources available at:
https://www.nhs.uk/every-mind-matters/supporting-others/childrens-mental-health/
https://www.place2be.org.uk/our-services/parents-and-carers/supporting-your-child-s-mental-health/
Date: 4th Oct 2024 @ 3:29pm
Reception Sports Day will take place on Thursday the 17th of October.
Please come to school in your P.E kit on the day.
The children will participate in 4 different activities straight after morning jobs. We expect to finish around 10.15am.
We can't wait!
Date: 27th Sep 2024 @ 4:53pm
We have had a wonderful first few weeks in Reception!
All of the children have settled into their new classes so well. They have been working extremely hard as we settle into our new routines.
Thank you so much for all of the support from parents bringing in book bags each day and helping with phonics homework each evening. Remember to ask the grown-ups during morning jobs if you have any questions about things you can do to help at home.
Next week we are going to be starting a brand new story! The story is call 'Incredible You!' Why not have a sneak peak below?
Wishing everyone a wonderful weekend,
The Ravensbury Reception Team.
Date: 10th Jul 2024 @ 3:48pm
After starting our new book How To Lose a Lemur, we got a new friend in class: a lemur! Our lemur is going on a new journey soon to the year 1 classrooms and he has been feeling a bit worried. We have written some letters to make him feel better and we are now working on planning a lemur party for him.
While we have been party planning, the lemur has been doing naughty things when the classroom is empty. He has been on Miss K's whiteboard, hanging from the ceiling, making a mess in the reading area, and writing notes to us. To catch him in the act, Miss K planted some secret cameras and caught the lemur in the act of stealing our party invitations to read! Check out the video below.
Where will the lemur be tomorrow? We don't know!
Date: 25th Jun 2024 @ 4:18pm
We have some exciting news in Reception: a new creative corner! The creative corner is for making different kinds of creations and art using junk modelling materials. It has been filled up with pom poms, glitter, glue and tape, ribbons, paint, googly eyes, split pins, and more. We even added some cool books that explain the steps to making different creations, like a toilet roll shark or a big princess castle! We have been loving it so far and are so excited to see what else we can make! Check out some of our cool creations below.
Date: 7th Jun 2024 @ 3:38pm
We have been pleasantly surprised in Reception this week with some very special stories! Some friends had the brilliant idea to bring in some of their favourite books from home to share with the class. What started as one book being brought in each day has quickly turned into three books brought in to read on Friday! It is great to see everyone excited to share their books from home. Looking forward to seeing some more soon!
Date: 24th May 2024 @ 11:38am
To finish off our focus text The Extraordinary Gardener, we learned all about the importance of bees for planting beautiful flowers and plants. Bees are very important because they pollinate the plants. Without them, we wouldn't have any plants!
To spread our important message, we made lots of posters that tell people how they can help to save the bees. Then we put our posters up around school for everyone to see and so that they can learn about how important bees are!
Date: 20th May 2024 @ 7:47am
For our CC this week, we learned about the Dutch artist Vincent Van Gogh and his famous painting of sunflowers. We discussed the different parts of a sunflower and where they get their name from: because they look like the sun! Then we completed a guided drawing of our own sunflowers and coloured them in with oil pastels. Now we are working on making an art display of our creations!
Goodbye Painted Lady Butterflies!
Date: 10th May 2024 @ 2:54pm
Over the last 3 weeks in Reception, we have been carefully watching our tiny black caterpillars get bigger and bigger! Last week they each made a cocoon. They hung at the top of their pot and we could see them wiggling. This week, each cocoon opened up and beautiful painted lady butterflies flew out!
They each had 2 wings that were white, orange and black. They had long antennae on their head and six legs on their bodies. They were very quiet friends to have in our classroom! They liked to fly around in their new home. We fed the butterflies sugary water called nectar.
Why don't you have a look when you are outside this weekend and see if you can spot any of our butterflies having an adventure near you?
Date: 2nd May 2024 @ 3:50pm
Reception have finished our unit on minibeasts so we took our CC time to start learning about our new focus topic: gardening! We learned about the stages of plant growth and what a plant needs to grow to be healthy. To top it all off, we planted some cress seeds to grow ourselves! The planters will be placed in the sun and watered twice a week. Hopefully we have some cress soon!
Date: 19th Apr 2024 @ 2:25pm
After a restful Easter break, Reception have come back ready to learn all about our new topic: minibeasts! We have been practicing describing what minibeasts look like and used our new knowledge to do many fun activities. We went on a minibeast hunt with our checklists and created an observational drawing. Lots of fun and many more minibeast adventures to come!
Date: 27th Mar 2024 @ 4:06pm
Reception had a visit from Crocodile Joe on Monday! He brought various animals for us to touch and learn about, including snakes, lizards, and a tarantula. We even got to take a piece of snake skin back to keep in our classroom. It was the perfect way to cap off our unit on eggs!
Busy, Busy, Busy in Reception!
Date: 15th Mar 2024 @ 11:24am
Reception have had a very busy week! We celebrated science week with a fun and messy workshop by Sublime Science. We got to make slime and even take it home! We ended our science work celebrations by learning about the seasons of the year and creating our own seasons wheel to show what we learned.
We also enjoyed our CC learning where we explored the works of Andy Warhol. We used stencils and colours to create our own pop art with paint and crayons.
It was busy, busy, busy, but lots of FUN!
Date: 9th Mar 2024 @ 3:12pm
Reception have had a jam-packed World Book Day! We all wore amazing costumes, welcomed our grown-ups in to make a whale puppet (from our favourite book, A Storm Whale in Winter) and read some books, and had a visit from the year 4 classes for some more reading. Lots of fun and excitement all day!
Date: 14th Feb 2024 @ 3:34pm
On Monday and Tuesday, we celebrated Pancake Day! We read the book Mr Wolf's Pancakes, wrote shopping lists, read our recipe, and designed our own special pancake. To top it all off, we made pancakes on Tuesday and ordered toppings from the Toppings Cafe with Numicon payment. Our class loves pancakes! Yummy!
Date: 8th Feb 2024 @ 2:31pm
For RE this week, we talked about what it means to be a good team. Some ideas we came up with were: helping others, being friends, using nice words, and saying sorry. In line with Mental Health Awareness Day on Friday, we made a new banner to celebrate our good teamwork!
Date: 2nd Feb 2024 @ 3:36pm
We started a new book this week in reception titled "Somebody Swallowed Stanley" about a plastic bag that is left in the ocean and swallowed by various sea creatures. At the end of the story, the plastic bag is reused by a kind boy into a kite. We made our very own Stanley kites like the boy in the story and took them outside to give them a try!
Date: 24th Jan 2024 @ 4:19pm
This week Reception took a trip to the Sea Life Aquarium to explore under the sea! We saw many animals including stingrays, starfish, sharks, turtles, and some very interesting fish species. All complete with a short workshop where we got to draw our own aquariums.
Date: 19th Jan 2024 @ 1:57pm
We spent Tuesday morning playing in the freshly fallen snow outside! Lots of snowballs, snow angels, and snowmen to be had.
Kandinsky Inspired Art in Reception
Date: 12th Jan 2024 @ 1:52pm
This week in our connecting curriculum program, we took a look at warm and cool colours and how they match with the seasons of the year. With a focus on cool colours for winter, we created some Kandinsky inspired artwork. Check out the beauitful results below!
Date: 8th Jan 2024 @ 8:17am
Hello Reception!
We are going to be meeting a new character this week, his name is Noi. Noi has lost his friend... Do you know who his fried might be? He is big and he can swim.
Can you write who you think Noi's friend could be?