St Thomas More Catholic Primary School
Inspiration, Celebration and Education
Reception Genesis
Hello!
Welcome to our Reception Class page, where you can see all the exciting things that we have been getting up too! :)
PE - Today we practised rolling and kicking a ball, with good control.
Using Numicon to find different ways to make 9.
We went on an Easter Egg Hunt! We could only find the eggs with our names on though!
Sponsored Bike Ride for Winston's Wish - We raised £136!
Growing Beanstalks! This term we have looked at planting and growing. Our story has been Jasper's Beanstalk. We planted our own Beanstalk and watched them grow over tinme.
Maps! This week we looked at where we lived on the map. We then had a go at drawing our own map to show the route we take to school.
Look at our amazing progress in writing!
We have been building statues like The Christ the Redeemer Statue in Brazil!
Music - We are learning to play the glockenspiels!
Welly Wednesday - Winter Hunt
We have been learning to take away. Look at our number sentences:
We learnt the parable of Jesus washing his Disciples feet... then we acted it out!
This term our story has been The Lion and The Mouse! Look at our artwork for the story:
Buddy reading with Year 6!
Christmas parent pop in!
When Father Christmas visited St Thomas More!
Christmas Lunch!
Our trip to Perrygrove to see Father Christmas! What a great day!
Our Nativity Show!
Christmas has arrived in Reception! Ginger came to visit and has given us lots of challenges to complete. So far we have wrapped presents, explored ice, made snow, decorated the tree and put on a Christmas show!
Christmas Science Day - Ice Investigations!
Welly Wednesday!
Making Advent Wreaths
Today we have been learning about Advent. We looked at the Advent wreath in the hall and discussed the meaning.
We have been learning the story of The Gingerbread Man! Look at what we have been up to linked to this story:
We wore odd socks to support anti bullying week.
Today was our first yoga session with Eve. Eve will run a mindfulness yoga session for us, for the next 10 weeks! We can't wait for the next one!
In PE this week we practised jumping! We tried hard to jump really high and land carefully.
We attended our welcome liturgy which was run by year 6. They welcomed us to the school and gave us each a pebble to lay in the prayer garden.
In Welly Wednesday we did some observational drawings of the trees on our field. We also did some leaf rubbings!
To celebrate National Spanish Day we learnt about Spain and tried some Seville oranges!
We have been learning nursery rhymes! So far we have learnt; Hickory Dickory Dock, Humpty Dumpty and Incy Wincy Spider!
Look at how well we are doing with our writing in phonics!
We learnt about God creating our wonderful world in RE. We found some of his creations and made thankyou cards for him.
Our first Welly Wednesday in the giant sandpit!
We visited the prayer garden.
Look at us in PE!
Our first lunch!
Our first week at school!
