Last Wednesday we received a bag from the forest schools fairies, they introduced themselves and then set us the challenge of finding their friends in the forest who were not following our school values. We found them all and talked about our Forest schools rules and why they are important. We learnt the rhyme: “sticks up high poke us in the eye. Sticks down low tickle our toe.”.

We were rewarded with a marshmallow and biscuit treat after we had found all the friends.

monster footprints all over our writing packs! A story all about monsters and designing our own monsters to complete the missing page of our story-You must never touch a monster who has…
We talked about words to describe our own monsters and practised forming the letter ‘m’ for monster.
We made playdough meatballs and pasta, rolling the dice to tell us how many meatballs were on order. We used mobilo and magnetic tiles to make models.
During the afternoon, we explored different objects in the mystery bag using our hands to feel them and help us to describe the texture. We decorated our own monsters using wax rubbings of different materials outdoors. We talked about our favourite pattern created by the different textures.

On Friday we learnt all about the letter p. We have learned what it looks like, what it sounds like and how we write it. We also put on plays with the puppets and made potions.
We loved meeting our school pet guinea pigs Biscuit and Fudge as well as talking about the pets in our lives.

The tiger who came to Class R at Hodnet School sent us a very special delivery. A tractor, driven by Gareth, delivering two loaves of tiger bread. We loved looking at the tractor and asking Gareth lots of questions. A huge thank you to Gareth, one of our class parents, for giving us his time.

Our new Reception class are settling into school life wonderfully; enjoying the yummy school dinners, joining in with collective celebrations and stories in whole school assemblies, walking around our school in a respectful and safe manner, being ready to learn and being kind to our friends. They are already showcasing our school values: being ready, being safe and being respectful.