Update regarding entry point near Reception

Please note that the gate adjacent to the Reception classrooms will no longer be used as an exit or entry point onto the school site at the start of the day and at home time. If you usually enter or exit through this point, then please use the gate a little further along (via the quiet area, past the carved Bear) instead. This is to ensure that the equipment in the Reception classroom outside area remains set up and accessed by Reception children only. This will take effect as of Thursday morning.

Thank you for your support.

Happy New Year Reception

Happy New Year to all!

 

We hope you had a lovely break and enjoyed the Christmas and New Year festivities. We cannot wait to hear all about it tomorrow.

A reminder that Reception children are invited to bring in one toy for a special show and tell session tomorrow afternoon. Please do not send in anything electronic or with small parts that could get lost. Please name your toy where possible so we can ensure it goes home with the right person.

 

Forest school days remain the same for the Spring term, so please bring warm and waterproof kits with wellies on a Monday to change into.

 

PE days for Reception have changed this term. They will now be as follows: Thursday morning (Outdoor crossbar session) and Friday afternoon (Indoor sessions). Children need to come dressed in warm PE kits and trainers on these days. Please ensure this is the correct Newdale PE kit.

Any questions, then please do ask via the reading diary or via our class email.

We look forward to seeing you tomorrow.

The Reception Team.

Reception Star of the Week

Congratulations to Tobias, who is Mrs Sturrock and Miss Fisher’s ‘Star of the Week’ this week. Tobias has been chosen for always following our school’s BSMART code and being an excellent role model to others. We love having Tobias in our class because he is such a good friend and help to everyone. We could quite easily choose him for this award every week! Well done Tobias!

 

Merry Christmas Reception 🌲 ⛄️

We have had a lovely couple of days in Reception in the lead up to the holidays.
We learnt to play a Christmas board game. Our teachers were so impressed with how we could take turns.
We had a treat on Friday afternoon. We all had our very own golden ticket, danced and then watched “The Polar Express” film drinking hot chocolate and eating popcorn!

We would like to take this opportunity to say a huge well done to everyone in Reception for completing their first full term in school. Everyone has worked incredibly hard and we can see such great progress.
Thank you to all families for your ongoing support at home too.
Enjoy a well earned rest over the holidays and we look forward to seeing you all safe and sound in the New Year.
Merry Christmas 🎄
The Reception Team.

 

Reception’s Winter Wonderland

We have done lots of exciting Christmas activities over the last two weeks but our favourite of them all was our parent/family ‘Winter Wonderland’.

We had lots of fun singing Christmas Carols,  making Christmas decorations, drinking hot chocolate, eating biscuits and taking part in a super fun Christmas quiz with our family.

Thank you to everyone that was able to attend. We hope you enjoyed it as much as we did.

Here are some of the photos we took from the event.

Merry Christmas

The Reception Team

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The ‘Newdale Express’!

Reception had lots of fun today on the ‘Newdale Express’. We started off the morning going on a golden ticket hunt searching for our train ticket.

When we arrived back into the classroom, the class was set up like a train and the Polar Express music was on. We sat ’on the train’  and Mrs Elf (Mrs Sturrock) came up and stamped our tickets.  Once we were ‘All Aboard the Newdale Express’  we danced to the polar express music up and down the ‘train carriage’.  We then sat down and enjoyed popcorn and hot chocolate. Once the train had arrived our classroom turned into ‘Newdale Cinema’ and we watched some of the Polar Express film. It was great fun! 

Fun in the Snow ⛄️ ❄️

Today we had an amazing time in the snow!
We went out in the real snow ❄️ but also were the first to try out school’s brand new magic snowballs that do not melt. 😊
We had snowball fights – particularly enjoying throwing them at the teachers!
Check out the action pictures…