Reception
Welcome To Reception 2021-22
PE Lesson 1 on sending and receiving
Mrs Fox's end of year message
Mrs Thompson's End of year message
Mrs Wighton's end of year message
Mrs Aslam's end of year message
Reception bubble group message
Thursday 16th July: The last Story time!
Our very last story of the term is ‘The Gruffalo’s Child’ by our author of the year Julia Donaldson. I really hope you you enjoy our final story!
Wednesday 14th July : Story time!
Today’s story is called ‘Get Busy This Summer’ by Stephen Waterhouse. Your challenge today is to let us know how you will get busy this summer! This can be a picture, a sentence or two or a video message.
Tuesday 14th July - Story time!
Today’s story is called ‘What can you see in summer?’ By Sian Smith. Your challenge today is to write a sentence about what you can see in summer, e.g. I can see blue skies.
Monday 13th July - Story time!
Today’s story is called ‘Handa’s Suprise’ by Eileen Browne. Your challenge today is to draw a bowl of different fruits and label them.
W/B 13th July : Song of the week
The last song of this term is one of our favourites ‘Hands can hold!’ Enjoy singing this song and making all the different sounds with your hands.
Friday 10th July: Story time!
The last two poems of the week are called ‘The harbour wall’ by Wes Magee and ‘Whale Dance’ by Robin Mellor. Your final challenge of the week is to complete your acrostic poem. The last letter this week is ‘Y’. Can you start your sentence today with the letter ‘Y’. We are looking forward to reading your acrostic poems! Have a super weekend!
Thursday 9th July : Story time!
The poems today are called ‘Listen’ by Turner and ‘Oh Dizzy Me’ by Judith Nicholls. Your challenge today is to write the next line of your acrostic poem beginning with the letter N.
Wednesday 8th July: Story time!
Today’s poems are called ‘Rocks’ by Florence Hide and ‘Mermaid’ by Richard Edwards. Your challenge today is to complete the third line of your acrostic poem using the word ‘SUNNY’. So today we are the letter ‘N’. Try and think of a word to use at the start of this sentence that begins with the letter ‘N’.
Tuesday 7th July: Story time!
Today’s poems are called : ‘Picnic’ by Judith Nicholls and ‘Starfish’ by Valerie Worth. Your challenge today is to do the next line of your acrostic poem starting with the letter ‘U’.
Monday 6th July : Story time!
This week is Poetry week, so each day I will read 2 poems. The poems today are called: ‘Let’s do the flip flop’ by Judith Nichols and ‘Goodness Gracious’ by Margaret Mahy. The challenge this week will be to write your own acrostic poem using the word SUNNY. Each day we will write a line of the poem starting with the letter of that day. Today’s letter is ‘S’. Can you think of a line for your poem that starts with the letter ‘S’ and has something to do with summer?
W/B 6th July : Song of the week
Our song this week is called Wind the bobbin up. Hope you enjoy joining in!
Friday 3rd July : Story time!
Today’s story is called Captain Flynn and his Pirate Dinosaur by Giles Andreae and Russell Ayto. Today’s challenge is to draw a picture of a Pirates hook and label it. This will then complete your Pirate picture! Have a lovely weekend!
Thursday 2nd July : Story time!
Today’s story is called ‘Pirates Love Underpants’ by Claire Freedman and Ben Cort. Today I would like you to draw some Pirate underpants and label them then add a them to your Pirate picture.
Wednesday 1st July: Story time!
Today’s story is called ‘Nasty Nate’s Pirate Adventure’ by Chris Smedley and Deborah Allwright. Today’s challenge to to draw a Pirate Hat and label it, then add it to your Pirate picture.
Tuesday 30th June: Story time!
Today’s story on ‘Pirate Week’ is called ‘Plunge into the Pirate Pool’ by Caryl Hart & Ed Eaves. Your challenge today is to add a pirate ship to your pirate picture and label it ‘ship’.
Monday 29th June - weekly challenges
Here are your challenges for this week. Can you have your own indoor beach day? Then have a go at writing a postcard. What 3D shapes can you name and describe? Remember to send any photos to 2simple.
Monday 29th June : Story time!
This week is ‘Pirate week!’ Today’s story is called ‘The Troll’ by Julia Donaldson and David Roberts. This weeks challenge is to build a Pirate themed picture and label it each day. Every day we will add to the picture, so by Friday you will have a complete picture. Today we would like you to draw a treasure chest, and label the treasure with the word ‘Gold’.
W/B 29th June : Song of the week - Dee di diddle O
This weeks Song is called Dee di diddle O, hope you enjoy joining in!
Welcome to Reception Powerpoint for Parents
Friday 26th June : Story time!
Today’s story is called ‘Doing the animal Bop’ by Jan Ormerod. Today we would like you to draw your favourite animal that you would like to go to the animal bop, and label it! Have a lovely weekend!
Thursday 23rd June : Story time!
Today’s story is called ‘The Smartest Giant in Town’ by Julia Donaldson and Axel Scheffler. Can you tell us when you have been kind? Can you either write a sentence telling us when you have been kind or send us a video clip telling us how you have been kind.
Transition Video All About Reception for the New Children
Wednesday 24th June : Story time!
Today’s story is called ‘ Grow it back’ by Diana Noonan. Your challenge today is to either draw, write down or send a video clip of what you would wish for. You could write “ I wish for sunshine!” Or draw a picture of a sunshine, for example.
Tuesday 23rd June : Story time!
Today’s story is called ‘The Cold Day’ by Roderick Hunt and Alex Brychta. Today’s challenge is to write a sentence about when you are cold. E.g. I am cold when it rains.
Monday 22nd June : Story time!
Today’s story is called ‘The fish who could wish’ by John Bush. Your challenge today is to design your own fish and write down or draw what your fish is wishing for.
W/C 22nd June. Song of the week : Five Little Monkeys
This weeks Song is called Five Little Monkeys, hope you enjoy singing along!
Monday 22nd June - weekly challenges
Can you imagine you’re at the beach? What would you take? In maths we are learning about 2D shapes - can you find some in your garden? (NB when I was standing on the patio it looked like a rectangle - but in the video it actually looks like a square!)
Friday 19th June : Story Time!
Today’s story is called The vowel Street Party by Stephanie Laslett. Can you finish off being a detective and find one things that starts with each vowel around you? Good luck! A,E,I,O,U.
Thursday 18th June : Story time!
Today’s story is called Poor Peter’s Penguin Pals by Stephanie Laslett. Get your detective hats back on and find 3 things around you that begin with the letter ‘P’. Good luck!
Wednesday 17th June : Story time!
Today’s story is called ‘Dippy Duck Dresses Up’ by Jane Lauchbury and Richard Carlisle. Get your detective hats on again and find 3 things around you beginning with the letter ‘D’.
Tuesday 16th June : Story time!
Today’s story is called ‘Clever cat and the Clown’ by Richard Carlisle. Today’s challenge is to continue to be super detectives and find 3 things around you that begin with the letter ‘C’, and write them down. Send your answers through on 2simple.
Monday 15th June : Story time!
Today’s story is called Annie Apples Adventure by Vivien Stone. Your ‘detective’ challenge is to find 3 things in or around your home that begins with the letter ‘a’. Write them down and send a picture through to 2simple.
Song of the week : Kangaroo Brown
Hope you enjoy practicing the song this week!
Monday 15th June - weekly challenges
This week are learning is based around the story ‘Sharing a Shell’ by Julia Donaldson. Please remember to send it any photos/videos of your gorgeous learning to go on our website.
Friday 12th June - Story time!
Today’s story is called ‘ The Princess and the Pea’. Can you design your own crown with whatever inspires you to make it individual to you. Send your pictures through to 2simple.
Thursday 11th June: Story time!
Today’s story is called ‘Brave Knights’ by Jen Alborough. Can you send us a video clip telling us why you think you are brave? Send them through to 2simple.
Wednesday 10th June - Story time!
Today’s story is called ‘Mr Big’ by Ed Vere. Mr Big loves playing the piano, your challenge today is to draw a picture of your favourite instrument and write a sentence about why you like it, for example: I like the piano, because it has lots of notes.
Tuesday 9th June - Story time!
Today’s story is called Dinosaurs love underpants by Claire Freedman & Ben Cort. Can you design a pair of underpants for the dinosaur that you drew and labelled yesterday?
Monday 8th June : Story time!
Today’s story is Tyrannosaurus Drip by Julia Donaldson and David Roberts. Can you draw an outline of a dinosaur and label where it’s eyes, nose, feet and tail are?
W/B Monday 8th June - Song of the week : Johnny get your haircut!
Try practicing this song every day and create different sound effects for the actions with your hands.
Monday 8th June - weekly challenges
Our learning this week is still linked to ‘under the sea’. Please send any learning you do to 2simple and remember to keep in touch each week :)
Friday 5th June - Song and Story time!
Song : Granny came to our house. Story: What’s the time Mr Wolf? Can you write a short time diary of a day over the weekend? Can you tell us when you get up, have lunch, have tea and go to bed. E.g. I got up at 7 o’ clock etc. Please send your time diaries through to us on 2 simple.
Thursday 4th June : Song and Story Time!
Song: ‘Granny came to our house.’ Story: Hamilton’s Hats by Martin Oborne & Axel Scheffler. Can you design your own hat? You can be as creative as you like! Send your pictures through to 2simple.
Wednesday 3rd June - Song and Story Time!
Song: ‘Granny came to our house.’ Story: Today’s story is called ‘Oliver’s Fruit Salad’ by Vivian French. Your challenge today is to write a sentence about what your favourite fruit is and why you like it, for example “ My favourite fruit is melon, because it is sweet.” You could even draw a picture of your favourite fruit as well.
Tuesday 2nd June - Song and Story time!
Song: ‘Granny came to our house.’ Today’s story is called The gigantic Turnip by Aleksei Tolstoy and Niamh Sharkey. Your challenge today is a number challenge. I want you to write a number sentence of all the characters and animals told in the story for example : 1 + 1+ 1 + 2 + 3. Then using objects to help you ( such as blocks or coins) can you add up your number sentence and send through your answer! Good luck!
Monday 1st June - Story time and singing
Song: ‘Granny came to our house’. Today’s story is called Fletchers Big Show. Your challenge today is create and name your own show. Draw a picture of your stage / show and put the title of your show at the top. You can add as many characters on the stage as you like and make it as bright and colourful as possible!
Monday 1st June - weekly challenges
Here are your challenges for this week, they are all saved on our class page if you do not have a paper copier. Please send any learning to 2simple or to rachel.fox@alwoodley.net. Have fun!
Friday 22nd May - Story time!
This weeks story is ‘There was an old lady who swallowed a fly’ by Kate Toms. Your challenge this week is to draw a picture of a little old lady and around the edge draw all the different things that you think she has swallowed, you can use the same ones as in the story or make up your own! If you can label your drawing as well that would be amazing!
Thursday 21st May 2020 - How to make bird feeders
Can you make a bird feeder to hang outside? How many birds can you count? Can you find out the names of differrent birds and write a list? Which items did the birds like the most from your feeder?
Thursday 21st May 2010 - How to make a suet feeder
If you like getting sticky fingers, then this is the task for you. Can you make a suet ball using some of the following ingredients? Lard or Suet (to bind all the ingredients together) Oats, raisins, bread, grated cheese, fruit pieces, seeds, cerials. Watch to see which birds visit your feeder. Write a sentence about what you see the birds doing and upload it onto 2Simple.
Wednesday 20th May - perform a poem
Can you learn a poem about a worm and perform it to your family? You could even turn it into a song and use instruments too!
Tuesday 19th May - Bug Hotel
Can you encourage more minibeasts into your garden or outdoor space by making them a bug hotel to live in? Keep a look out to see which insects or animals visit your garden or outdoor spaces. Can you think of ways to encourage others to come too?
Monday 18th May - measuring worms
Can you make five worms of different lengths and put them in order from the shortest to the longest? Then use a non-standard form of measure to find the length of them (there are examples on our class page).
Friday 15th May - Story time!
Today’s story is called The Very Hungry Caterpillar by Eric Carle. Can you draw your own butterfly using as many colours as possible and then label the different colours you have used?
Thursday 14th May - The Fruits - Las fruitas
Can you try saying which fruits you like and those which you don't like in Spanish? Me guta ........................ ( I like............. ) No me gusta ............. ( don't like . ........... ) Me gust ................... y .......................... No me gusta ........................ y .....................
Wednesday 13th May - more and less
Can you make your own caterpillar with different body parts, if you added one more how many parts would he have? If you found one less how many would that be? See if you can say it as a number sentence too!
Tuesday 12th May - Spanish Fruit
Can you learn to say the name of some of the fruits in Spanish? To learn other Spanish fruits and other Spanish words , try using the Purple Mash Spanish link on this weeks learning page.
Monday 11th May - minibeast Sign Language
Can you learn the signs for different minibeasts? Have a go at writing a simple sentence saying what colour the minibeast is and then sign that too!
Friday 8th May - Story Time!
Today’s story is called ‘Mad about Mini beasts’ by Giles Andreae & David Wojtowycz. If you could tell us what your favourite mini beast is and either draw us a picture of it or send us a video message telling what your favourite is.
Wednesday 6th May - minibeast game
Can you write your own clues about four minibeasts and ask someone in your family to match it to the right picture? Try not to ask someone how to spell the words and have a really good go at sounding them out (parents - it doesn’t matter if they’re not spelt correctly, we like the children to apply the Phonics they have learnt so far).
Tuesday 5th May - minibeast hunt
Can you look for minibeasts in your garden or on your daily walk? Where do you think would be a good place to look?
Monday 4th May - doubling and halving
Can you have a go at using objects in your house to double and halve amounts to 10? There are lots of resources on our class page to help you!
Friday 1st May - Story time!
Today’s story is called Oliver’s Vegetables by Vivian French. Can you draw a picture of your favourite vegetable, label it and write a sentence saying what your favourite vegetable is and why, then send it to us on 2simple.
Thursday 30th April - Growing a carrot top
Can you grow some carrot tops? Don't forget to change the water every day and talk to an adult about the changes you can see. When it has got rotten you might like to put in into a pot and watch it growing. You might like to record its height over time using a non-standard measure such a lego bricks.
Wednesday 29th April - repeating patterns
Can you use fruits/vegetables/natural objects to make your own repeating pattern? You could then ask someone in your family to make one and you have to describe it.
Tuesday 28th April - Growing a Bean Seed
Can you grow a seed in a glass container? What do you predict will happen to the seed? Draw and write about the changes you see.
Monday 27th April - cooking vegetables
Can you help the adult in your family to make dinner? What vegetables are you going to put in it? Which vegetable is your favourite? We can’t wait to see what you make!
Friday 24th April - Story time!
Today’s story is called Titch by Pat Hutchins. When you have finished listening to the story, can you estimate how many leaves ‘Titch’s’ plant had at the end. Can you write a number sentence saying wether you think Titch’s plant has more or less than 20 leaves and send it to us on 2simple.
Thursday 23rd April - Celery Experiment Results
Can you see how the celery has taken up the coloured water? Can you do the same with a light coloured flower ? Do your petals change colour?
Wednesday 22nd April - labelling a plant
Can you have a go at drawing your own plant and then sound out the labels for it? Talk to your mums and dads about what each part does.
Tuesday 21st April - plants
Plants have roots that take up water and nutrients. Can you investigate how plants take up water by completing the celery experiment?
Monday 20th April - making a nature picture
On your daily walk can you collect different items to make your own picture with? Remember to ask your mums and dads to send us a photo of it on 2simple.
Easter Holidays : Week 2 - Story time!
This weeks story is called Sharing a Shell by Julia Donaldson.
Easter Holidays : Week 1 - Story time!
We would love you draw us a picture of who you share your house with including pets and your favourite toys!
Friday 3rd April - Story time!
Today’s story is called ‘We’re Going on a Bear Hunt’ by Michael Rosen and Helen Oxenbury. When you have listened to the story, can you draw a picture of a teddy bear and maybe design a new outfit for your teddy? Don’t forget to put your teddies up at your window so that we can all go on our own ‘Bear Hunt’ over the holidays!
Thursday 2nd April - Spanish Colours and Colour song
Can you practice and then make a video of your own colour song?
Wednesday 1st April - I can sing a rainbow
Can you use the colour BSL signs that you’ve learnt to join in with the song?
Tuesday 31st March - colours in Spanish
Spanish Colours - Can you learn and say the Spanish colour names? You might like to record a Spanish a colour song and upload it to 2Simple.
Monday 30th March - Learning colours in Sign Language
Can you practice saying these colours in British Sign Language? Ask your mums and dads to film you and send it in to us on 2simple. British Sign Language (BSL) is a form of sign language that is used in Britain and involves the use of hand movements, gestures, body language and facial expressions to communicate. It is predominantly used by people who are either deaf or have a hearing impairment.
Friday 27th March - Story time with Mrs Wighton!
Today’s story is called ‘The Train Ride’. Can you write a few sentences about what you can see out of the window of a train?
Thursday 26th March - Lambs and sheep running and feeding in the fields
Look out for sheep as you walk out or travel in your car over the next few weeks.
Thursday 26th March - Farmer Chris Hand Feeding A Rejected Lamb
Can you make a lamb using cotton wool. You could stick it onto a piece of paper and write labels for its body parts. eg tail, legs, ears, wooly body etc Can you add a caption to your finished picture eg The lamb is drinking milk from the bottle.
Wednesday 25th March - life cycle of a frog
Mrs Fox enjoyed spotting lots of frogspawn in the pond. Can you make a life cycle to show how this will turn into a frog? Try to add on labels for each stage.
Tuesday 24th March - Meet Carabonita with Mrs Thompson
Draw your favourite animal and then write sentences about what it needs each day.
Monday 23rd March - Mrs Fox and Buzz the dog
Can you draw a picture and write a super sentence about your pet or your favourite animal?