Our home learning focus this week was being healthy! Eating healthy foods, exercising, being hygienic and sleeping well are so important help our bodies be the best they can be. We learned all about this with the help of ‘Oliver’s Vegetables‘ and ‘Oliver’s Fruit Salad‘ by Vivian French and Sid the Science Kid. We even… More

This week at home, we learned that ‘Love is Love’ no matter which shape or size it comes in! We thought about our own families with the help of the ‘The Great Big Book of Families‘ by Mary Hoffman and compared them to families that are different to ours. We also thought about what we… More

This week’s home learning links to the story ‘Somebody Swallowed Stanley’ by Sarah Roberts. We are so proud of your efforts Reception! Please continue to share your home learning on Tapestry to make it onto our Hall of Fame.

This week’s home learning is influenced by the famous historical figure in the celebration of diversity and individuality… Elmer the Elephant! Reception you are amazing! Thank you for your hard work at home – keep it up!

We have been amazed at all of the fantastic learning happening at home! We thought it would we should show it off here! This home learning links to the story ‘The Snail and the Whale’ by Julia Donaldson.  

What a fantastic day we had at Whitehouse Farm! Every child was brilliantly behaved with such polite manners – they did Newsham proud!

It is hard to believe that we are coming to the end of our first half term in Reception. The children settled very quickly and, whilst learning the new routines, have also made a great start to phonics, maths and our topic ‘Are we There yet?’ One of the activities we enjoyed was going outside… More