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  • Spring 1

    Published 29/01/26, by Holly Croxall

    Topic

    We have had so much fun this term in Reception. In our new topic, ‘My stories,’ we have been learning about authors, illustrators, characters and how stories are structured. We used the story boxes we made at home with our family to introduce the topic and present our favourite stories to our friends and teachers. We used our communication and language skills to talk about what parts of the stories we liked and who our favourite characters were. As part of our learning, we went on an exciting trip to Plaistow library, where we explored a range of different books. We also learned a poem about the Gruffalo that we are going to perform to our parents at the end of the term.

    Maths

    This term we have been developing our mathematical skills. We have started to use our maths table and resources table in our classes and at home. We have spoken about addition and we were able to say ‘get ready to get some more’ every time we see + and ‘get ready to take away’ when we see -. We have learnt to write our own maths stories using the correct number formation. We have tried our best to revise our numbers and think about if they are odd or even.

    Literacy

    In Reception, this term our theme is ‘My stories’. The children enjoyed talking about their own favourite tales, with their story boxes. In addition, we’ve been exploring the world of Julia Donaldson, celebrating her stories and using them to learn about characters, settings and understanding story structure. The children have been captivated by her books.  We used, The Smeds and the Smoos to inspire our creativity and we worked as a team to make our own settings. We have developed our mark making skills and wrote sentences to describe characters from The Gruffalo story. 

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  • Autumn 2

    Published 02/12/25, by Hana Mehmet

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  • Autumn 1

    Published 25/09/25, by Hana Mehmet

    Understanding the world and Expressive Arts and Design    

                    

    The children have had a amazing start to the term and have settled in beautifully with their new friends and teachers. They are becoming familiar with our school rules, learning to work as a team, and adjusting well to classroom routines. It's been wonderful to see them growing more confident and comfortable in their new environment. Our topic this term is ‘Who am I?’ We've been developing our communication skills by talking about ourselves and our families, helping the children build a strong sense of identity and belonging. As part of our creative work, we explored colour mixing and experimented with blending different skin tones to create thoughtful self-portraits.

    Communication, Language and Literacy  

    We had fun developing our literacy skills this term by mark-making in class using different media. We also worked on recognising and writing our names using lowercase letters. We have started exploring some phonics sounds by playing games during our sessions, and we have begun to practise blending the sounds. We enjoyed listening to different books about feelings, skin tone and families.

    Maths

    The children have been singing number nursery rhymes and learning to count objects in maths. This term, each week, we have focused on one number. We have learnt to recognise the numbers 1-5, count the amount and do the correct amount of action to match the number. During our maths, we have built resilience when learning to match amounts to numerals, count and subitise.

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  • Summer 2

    Published 09/07/25, by Hana Mehmet

    Understanding the world and Expressive Arts and Design

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  • Summer 1

    Published 15/05/25, by Nazmin Choudhury
    Understanding the world and Expressive Arts and Design   This term, our topic is ‘Growth’ and we have thoroughly enjoyed talking and sharing what we have learnt about living things, ourselves and decay. We followed instructions to
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  • Spring 2

    Published 20/03/25, by Hana Mehmet

     

     

    Understanding the world and Expressive Arts and Design

           

    Our topic this term is ‘Our World’, and we have been learning about where we live and different cultures. First, we looked at the local area and visited the Olympic Park and looked at a building designed by Zaha Hadid, our significant person. Then we started to get prepare for International Week by having a block printing workshop with parents and learning all about Bangladesh. We had fun learning a dance routine with some traditional moves from Bangladesh and even got the chance to perform for our parents. Finally, we will look at space, and the solar system, then focused on Earth. We will use be using Google Maps to look at planets.

     

     

     

    Maths

    In maths, we have been focusing on number mastery, which includes understanding the concepts of one more and one less, helping to strengthen our students' number sense as well as mixed operation maths stories. Alongside this, we have been exploring 3D shapes, engaging students in identifying and describing these shapes both in the classroom and in the world around them. This exploration is closely linked to our topic of "Our World," where students are connecting their knowledge of shapes to real-world examples, enhancing their understanding of how mathematics is used in everyday life.

     

    Literacy

    We have been extremely busy in literacy. With International Week this term, we have been learning all about the country Bangladesh using non-fiction books to draw out facts that we can share with others. Some of us used our phonics sounds to write about what we have learnt about Bangladesh, for example in the form of a fact file. We also got busy creating our story spuds for World Book Day representing some of our favourite characters. We read the book about Zaha Hadid who was our significant person this term and learned about her life and how she designed fantastic buildings such as the London Aquatics Centre.

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  • Spring 1

    Published 23/01/25, by Nazmin Choudhury
    Understanding the World and Expressive Arts and Design  We have had so much fun this term in Reception. In our new topic, ‘My stories,’ we have been learning about authors, illustrators, characters and how stories are structured.
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  • Autumn 2

    Published 10/12/24, by Nazmin Choudhury
    Understanding the world and Expressive Arts and Design  This term we learnt about jobs in our school and went to visitor different people and places in school. We had fun going around the school and meeting the cook, the librarian, th
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  • Autumn 1

    Published 09/10/24, by Hana Mehmet
    Understanding the world and Expressive Arts and Design     The children have had a fantastic start and settled in well with their new friends and teachers. They are starting to understand our school rules, teamwork, and class
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  • Summer 2

    Published 11/07/24, by Nazmin Choudhury
    Understanding the world and Expressive Arts and Design   This term, our topic has been ‘Journeys’ and we have enjoyed talking about the journeys we have been to and the vehicles we can use to go to our favourite destinations.
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  • Summer 1

    Published 21/05/24, by Nazmin Choudhury
    Understanding the world and Expressive Arts and Design   This term, our topic is ‘Growth’ and we have thoroughly enjoyed talking and sharing what we have learnt about living things, ourselves and decay. We followed ins
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  • Spring 2

    Published 25/03/24, by Hana Mehmet

    Understanding the world and Expressive Arts and Design

               

    Our topic this term is ‘Our World’, and we have been learning about where we live and different cultures. First, we looked at space, and the solar system, then focused on Earth. We had a go at using Google Maps to look at planets. Next, the children visited the Olympic Park and looked at a building designed by Zaha Hadid, our significant person. Finally, we experienced International Week, where we represented Bangladesh, and a mini world experience, where we visited another class. We had fun learning a dance routine with some traditional moves from Bangladesh and even got the chance to perform for our dance parents.

     

     

    Maths

    This term, we have been learning many mathematical skills and words that we can use daily. For example, we have learnt about capacity , the difference between full and empty , and how to explain how much a container has in it. This term, for our number of the week we started exploring 2 digit numbers (10-20). We have been focussing on solving mixed maths stories using our fingers, different objects and the pupils tables. We also learnt how to use 3D shapes to make models by talking about the properties of shapes and using their names, just like our significant person Zaha Hadid does when she designs buildings. We had lots of fun thinking about what 3D shapes we can see in the environment

     

     

     

    Literacy

    For literacy we have been super busy! With International Week this term, we have been learning all about the country Bangladesh using non-fiction books to draw out facts that we can share with others. Some of us used our phonics sounds to write about what we have learnt about Bangladesh, for example in a form of a fact-file. We also got busy creating our story jars for World Book Day where we were able to present our jars to the rest of the class and adults. Some of us created the different characters from the story and included objects which linked to the theme and setting of the story.

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  • Spring 1

    Published 26/01/24, by Nazmin Choudhury
    Understanding the world and Expressive Arts and Design We have had so much fun this term in Reception. In our new topic, ‘My stories,’ we have been learning about authors, illustrators, characters and how stories are structured. We us
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  • Autumn 2

    Published 04/12/23, by Hana Mehmet
    Understanding the world and Expressive Arts and Design  We started this term talking about people that work in school. Reception had fun going around the school and meeting the cook, the librarian, the head teacher and the office staff and th
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  • Autumn 1

    Published 11/10/23, by Hana Mehmet

    Understanding the world and Expressive Arts and Design

       

    Understanding the world and Expressive Arts and Design

    The children have had a fantastic start and settled in well with their new friends and teachers. This term's topic is ‘Who am I’, and we have been learning about ourselves. The children have learnt about our school rules, teamwork and class routines. The children learnt about colour mixing and mixed skin tones to use for their self-portraits. The children have been using their communication skills to talk about their families, and they draw some amazing pictures. We have also been learning a song about harvest.

    Communication, Language and Literacy

    We had fun developing our literacy skills this term by mark-making in class using different media. We also worked on recognising and writing our names using lowercase letters. We have started exploring some phonics sounds by playing games during our sessions, and we have begun to practise blending the sounds. We enjoyed listening to different books about feelings, skin tone and families.

    Maths

    The children have been singing number nursery rhymes and learning to count objects in maths. This term, each week, we have focused on one number. We have learnt to recognise the numbers 1-5, count the amount and do the correct amount of action to match the number. During our maths, we have built resilience when learning to match amounts to numerals, count and subitise.

     

     

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