St Oswald's Catholic Primary SchoolFoundation Stage- Reception: Blog items
Reception Blog - Friday 28th March 2025
Date: 28th Mar 2025 @ 12:53pm
Welcome to Reception's Friday Blog!
Phonics
This week Mrs Robinson’s group have been learning the sounds long oo and short oo sounds. Mrs Dixon’s group have been recapping the tricky words and sounds we have learnt so far.
Drawing Club
This week in Drawing Club we have been learning through the story of Jasper’s Beanstalk. We drew pictures of the beginning, middle and end of stories. We then wrote sentences about our pictures. We also predicted what might happen when Jasper got to the top of his beanstalk. Would there be a giant there too? Lots of fabulous ideas!
Maths
This week we have been halving. We started with halving food and comparing sizes of them, then we shared amounts using the part whole model.
RE
This week we listened to stories about the events of Good Friday and Easter Sunday.
Together, we went outdoors to find items to make an Easter Garden for our classroom.
Expressive Art and Design
This week we started to make our DT Easter cards.
Understanding the World
This week we sowed our own cress seeds – we hope the children have enjoyed watching them change at home.
We have also been on a mini beast hunt in our school grounds!
PE
This week we started sports day practise!
My Happy Mind
This week we have been discussing different things we can be grateful for; people and experiences.
PSHE
We have been listening to the Pantosaurus song.
We have talked about what is in our pants is only for us and who our trusted adults are.
Reception Blog - Friday 21st March 2025
Date: 21st Mar 2025 @ 3:27pm
Welcome to Reception's Friday Blog!
Phonics
This week Mrs Robinson’s group have been learning the sounds oa and igh and Mrs Dixon’s group have been learning the sounds or and ar.
Drawing Club
This week in Drawing Club we labelled a spring picture. We wrote sentences about it.
Maths
This week continued to learn about addition and subtraction using ten frames.
RE
This week we have been listening to stories about the events of Holy Week.
We designed and built our own obstacle course. Then we each had a turn at seeing how difficult it was – understanding how difficult it was for Jesus to carry the cross such a long way.
Expressive Art and Design
This week we have been painting pictures of daffodils.
Understanding the World
This week we have been discussing the parts of a plant.
PE
This week we have been taking part in yoga!
My Happy Mind
This week we continued with our new topic of Appreciate.
We have talked about ways to show appreciation to others, these included hugs, high fives and saying thank you. We have set a challenged to say thank you to as many people as we can!
Trip to Bring Yer Wellies
We had the best time on our class trip. We planted lavender, did some den building and even took part in a boat race.
We were even spotted by the Bring Yer Wellies team for super manners and behaviour!
Reception Blog - Friday 14th March 2025
Date: 14th Mar 2025 @ 3:20pm
Welcome to Reception's Friday Blog!
Phonics
This week Mrs Robinson’s group have been learning the sounds ai and ee and Mrs Dixon’s group have been learning the sound oo (long and short).
Drawing Club
This week in Drawing Club we have been doing some non-fiction writing all about chicks, using our sounds to write labels.
Maths
This week we used the part whole model to find one more and one less.
RE
This week we talked about Lent and what it is. We then listened to other children and how they celebrate Lent in their countries.
We discussed the Stations of the Cross and how Jesus felt.
Expressive Art and Design
This week we made our own paper flowers.
Understanding the World
This week we enjoyed bird spotting outside using binoculars.
PE
This week we have had a visit from Freddy Fit. We had so much fun in teams, racing to build a hula den.
My Happy Mind
This week we continued our new topic of Appreciate.
We listened to the story of Arabella and her friends at the seaside and talked about her feelings at different parts of the story.
Japanese Lesson
This week had a Japanese lesson with Yuichi and his students. It focussed on Japanese Festivals. The children took part in 4 different Japanese Festival games.
Date: 28th Feb 2025 @ 3:37pm
Welcome to Reception's Friday Blog!
Phonics
This week we learnt the 'ee' and 'ai' sounds and practised all of our tricky words.
Drawing Club
This week in Drawing Club we read the story ‘Oliver's Fruit Salad’ and designed our own fruit dessert.
Maths
This week we have been spotting patterns and finding similarities and differences.
Expressive Art and Design
This week we made stories using cut outs from magazines.
Understanding the World
We started our new growing topic by exploring and tasting lots of fruits and vegetables.
We loved the mango and pomegranate.
Have a lovely weekend!
The Reception Team
Reception Blog - Friday 14th February 2025
Date: 14th Feb 2025 @ 3:44pm
Welcome to Reception's Friday Blog!
Phonics
This week we have been recapping all of the sounds we have learnt so far.
Drawing Club
This week in Drawing Club we read the story ‘Superworm.’
We designed our own base and a vehicle for him to escape in.
Maths
This week we have been measuring length, height, width, mass and volume.
RE
We continued to learn the Glory Be and recapped the stories from this half term.
Expressive Art and Design
This week we made Valentines cards.
Understanding the World
We finished our learning about China with a Chinese New Year celebration, trying some chinese food!
Have a lovely, safe half term everyone!
The Reception Team
Reception Blog - Friday 7th February 2025
Date: 7th Feb 2025 @ 3:34pm
Welcome to Reception's Friday Blog!
Phonics
This week we recapped all the sounds we have learnt so far.
Drawing Club
In Drawing Club we read ‘Farmer Duck.’
We designed our own tractor for Farmer Duck to use.
Maths
We have been learning how to subtract two numbers, using the part whole model.
RE
We listened to the story of the Feeding of the Five Thousand and recapped our learning from last week. Then we learnt the Glory Be.
Expressive Art and Design
This week we had a go at copying Chinese writing, using mud and water.
Understanding the World
This week a farmer came to visit us, he arrived on his tractor! He told us all about all the jobs that he does on his farm.
We have also continued to learn about China. This week we learnt about Chinese New Year. We listened to the story about the animals crossing the river, deciding who would be the animals for each year. This year is the year of the snake!
PE
This week we practised our throwing, bouncing and catching.
My Happy Mind
We finished our topic of celebrate.
To do this,we all designed a superhero cape for Charlie, using one of the character strengths as a theme.
Forest School
Reception Blog - Friday 31st January 2025
Date: 31st Jan 2025 @ 1:03pm
Welcome to Reception's Friday Blog!
Phonics
We learnt the digraphs ng and th.
Drawing Club
In Drawing Club we read the story ‘Cops and Robbers’
We drew the Police Officers.
Maths
This week we have been adding two numbers together, by using the part, part whole model.
RE
This week we listened to the story of the Feeding of the Five Thousand.
We made our own baskets of food and retold the story to each other.
Understanding the World
A Police Officer came to visit our class in his Police car. He told us all about his job and how he helps us.
We also continued to learn more about China.
We have been looking at aerial views of China and how we can recognise parts like, the sea, rivers, mountains, deserts, grass etc…
We then made our own map of China.
Physical Development
We have been enjoying some of the sunshine and making our own obstace courses.
My Happy Mind
We continued our topic of celebrate.
We have been recapping the character strengths we have learnt so far, including, bravery and honesty, love and kindness.
Reception Blog - Friday 24th January 2025
Date: 24th Jan 2025 @ 12:49pm
Welcome to Reception's Friday Blog!
Phonics
This week we have been learning the digraphs qu, ch and sh.
Drawing Club
This week in Drawing Club we have been read the story ‘You can’t call and elephant to an emergency’
We have been discussing our own animals to go to an emergency and designing a special place for them to go on holiday!
Maths
This week we have been partitioning numbers between 2.
RE
This week we have been listening to the scripture about Jesus blessing the children.
Expressive Art and Design
This week, we have been doing still life drawings of fruit.
Understanding the World
This week we have had a Fireman come to visit our class. He told us all about his job and all the amazing things they do aswell as fighting fires.
We have also continued to look at our topic of China. This week we have been looking at their buildings and how different they are.
We spotted that they are very colourful and have very different shapes to us.
PSHE
We have been learning about healthy eating and making our own fruit kebabs. They were delicious!
PE
This week we have been moving like a caterpillar and practising balancing on different body parts.
My Happy Mind
This week we have continued our topic of celebrate.
We have looked at a new character strength, bravery.
We have discussed times when we have been brave and haven’t given up, even when it has got tricky.
Reception Blog - Friday 17th January 2025
Date: 16th Jan 2025 @ 3:54pm
Welcome to Reception's Friday Blog!
Phonics
This week we learnt the sounds x, y, z and zz.
Drawing Club
This week in Drawing Club we read Supertato, Run, Veggies, Run.
We drew our own robot vegetable and drawn our own sports day race.
Maths
This week we used the language fewer and more to describe different amounts.
RE
This week we discussed how we welcome and show love to everyone in our words and actions, just as Jesus does.
Expressive Art and Design
This week, we created our own Supertato using real potatoes, play doh and other materials.
Understanding the World
This week we learnt about hospitals, doctors and nurses.
An Occupational Therapist and a Surgeon came to talk to us about their jobs.
We started to learn about China. We found it on a map and learnt about the Dragon Festival.
My Happy Mind
We continued with our topic, celebrate.
We discussed how we can show love and kindness to one another.
Forest School
This week we worked in our log circle area. We played a game of 'Duck, Duck, Goose' to get us warmed up and paying attention.
We then explored the logs, we found many mini-beasts. We also had a go at making obstacle courses.
We spotted some snowdrops growing and had a discussion about them.
Reception Blog - Friday 10th January 2025
Date: 10th Jan 2025 @ 2:08pm
Welcome to Reception's Friday Blog!
Phonics
This week we have been learning the sounds j, v and w.
Drawing Club
This week in Drawing Club we have been reading Supertato. We have been describing the evil pea and drawing our own supermarket chaos.
Maths
This week we have been recapping numbers 6-10.
RE
This week we have continued with the Nativity story, looking more at the visit from the Kings. We learnt how far they travelled and how they followed the stars. We then made our own crowns and star artwork.
Expressive Art and Design
This week, we have been printing with vegetables.
Understanding the World
This week we have started our new topic, People who help us. We made list of all the different people who can help us, like the Police, Doctors etc…
We have also been talking about the season of Winter. We have been on a winter walk to spot signs of Winter (there have been many signs this week!) and we have done some winter art.
My Happy Mind
This week we have started our new topic, celebrate. We have been reading the story Charlie’s Rainbow Adventure and talked about helping people.
PSHE
We talked about never giving up when we find things tricky.
We listened to a story about this, then made our own obstacle course to have a go with.
Reception Blog - Friday 20th December 2024
Date: 20th Dec 2024 @ 12:24pm
Welcome to Reception's Last Friday Blog of 2024!
Phonics
This week, we recapped the sounds we have learnt this term, using them to write words!
Drawing Club
In Drawing Club we drew the Nativity Story.
Maths
In our maths lessons, we recapped all our maths games.
RE
This week in RE, we learnt about the Advent Wreath.
Expressive Art and Design
We enjoyed making our junk model vehicles and evaluating them.
My Happy Mind
To finish the topic about our brains, we made our own brain hats.
Christmas Fun
We loved Christmas jumper day and our Christmas Lunch
A big thank you to everyone who came to our Christmas Stay and Play, we hope you enjoyed it.
We also watched the All Hallows Roadshow, which was fantastic!
We hope that you all have an amazing Christmas and New Year with your loved ones. We will see you in 2025.
The Reception Team
Reception Blog - Friday 13th December 2024
Date: 13th Dec 2024 @ 1:39pm
Welcome to Reception's Friday Blog!
Phonics
This week we recapped the sounds we have learnt this term.
Drawing Club
This week in Drawing Club we watched clips from Road Runner.
We designed our own super fast friend.
Maths
This week we built Number 10’s Garden.
RE
This week, we continued to listen to the Nativity Story.
We listened to the part about the Shepherds being visited by the Angel and going to visit Jesus.
Expressive Art and Design
This week, we have designed our own junk model vehicles, ready to make them next week!
If you have any recycling at home, please feel free to send this in with your child on Monday please.
My Happy Mind
This week we found out about our brain growing when we learn new things.
We each talked about new things we have learnt at school and how this has helped our brains to grow!
Nativity
A big well done to all of the children in Reception, for brilliant Nativity performances on Tuesday!
Reception Blog - Friday 6th December 2024
Date: 6th Dec 2024 @ 9:48am
Welcome to Reception's Friday Blog!
Christmas has begun in Reception!
Phonics
This week we assessed the children on all the sounds we have taught so far.
Drawing Club
In Drawing Club we watched clips from Wacky Races.
We designed our own cars and used the sounds we know to write words.
Maths
We built Number 9’s Garden.
RE
We continued to talk about the Nativity Story.
We have discussed Jesus being born in a stable and laid in a manger, then we made our own nativity scenes.
Understanding the World
We sorted vehicles from the past and present this week.
Expressive Art and Design
We have been drawing on last weeks printing pieces.
My Happy Mind
This week we have continued to learn about team HAP (H – hippocampus, A – amygdala, P – Prefrontal cortex) and how our brains need all of these to work for us to be happy and calm.
We have been sorting different feelings that we might feel when we are happy and sad.
Forest School
We listened to a story called "Robin's Winter Song". We listened to the song a robin makes.
We worked together on a stone balancing challenge and made some great shadow pictures.
Reception Blog - Friday 29th November 2024
Date: 29th Nov 2024 @ 3:45pm
Welcome to Reception's Friday Blog!
Phonics
This week we have been learning the digraphs ss, ll and ff that you find at the end of words.
Drawing Club
This week in Drawing Club we have been listening to the story ‘The Hundred Decker Bus.’
We have been discussing the words ‘layer’ and ‘extend’ and learning what they mean.
We also designed our own decks for our class bus.
Maths
This week we built Number 8’s Garden this week.
RE
This week, we started to talk about the Nativity Story. We listened to the Bible passage about Mary and Joseph travelling on a Donkey to Bethlehem and the Inn Keeper letting them sleep in his Inn.
Understanding the World
We explored different vehicles this week!
We watched video clips of different vehicles. Then we went onto our car park and made a tally chart of the different vehicles coming past school.
We also enjoyed our trip to the British Commercial Museum where we found out about different vehicles from the past. Click here to see the photos.
Expressive Art and Design
We have been exploring using our bodies to make art. This week we were printing with our hands.
Physical Development
We practised hopping, star jumping and jumping in sequences.
My Happy Mind
This week we continued to learn about the brain.
We have talked about team HAP (H – Hippocampus, A – Amygdala, P – Prefrontal cortex) and how our brains need all of these to work so we can be happy and calm.
Reception Blog - Friday 22nd November 2024
Date: 22nd Nov 2024 @ 12:12pm
Welcome to Reception's Friday Blog!
Phonics
This week we have been revisiting all of the sounds we have learnt so far.
Drawing Club
This week in Drawing Club we continued the story ‘Coming to England.’
We have been thinking about what our special bedroom would be like, and someone that we would really like to meet. We had lots of great ideas, from Donald Duck to the King!
Maths
This week we built Number 7’s Garden.
A big thank you to everyone who attended our Maths Workshop. Please find the presentation here.
RE
We listened to the story of the Annunciation this week and we discussed the instruction which Mary was given by God.
Understanding the World and Expressive Art and Design
We have been learning about our Capital City this week – London. We watched a video with all of the different land marks and drew some of them!
We have been drawing to music this week, closing our eyes! We loved looking at our drawings afterwards.
Physical Development
This week we have been moving like different animals, balancing and jumping.
My Happy Mind
This week we continued to learn about the brain. We discussed what jobs our brains help us with, for example writing.
Forest School
Reception Blog - Friday 15th November 2024
Date: 15th Nov 2024 @ 1:07pm
Welcome to Reception's Friday Blog!
Phonics
This week we learnt the r, h and b sounds.
Drawing Club
This week in Drawing Club we started the story ‘Coming to England.’
We drew what we would take on holiday.
Maths
This week we built Number 6’s Garden and visited the number land shop!
RE
We talked about our mothers and why they are special to us.
Understanding the World
We looked at a maps of the United Kingdom and England. We found our school on them!
Expressive Art and Design
We drew observational sketches of Autumn treasures.
We made our own England and Union Jack flags.
Physical Development
This week we had a visit from Freddy Fit, who talked about healthy eating and the importance of excercising. We also had fun keeping fit with Freddy.
My Happy Mind
We learnt all about our brains; the size and colour.
We also practised our happy breathing.
Forest School
We listened to a story called 'Bear's Winter Home'. We talked about how we are getting closer to Winter. We had a go at building homes for our soft toy forest animals. Mr Corbett lit a fire for the Kelly kettle and we had some delicious hot chocolate with marshmallows. We also noticed that our bird feeders had been eaten.
Reception Blog - Friday 8th November 2024
Date: 8th Nov 2024 @ 3:30pm
Welcome to Reception's Friday Blog!
Phonics
This week we learnt the ck, e and u sounds.
Drawing Club
This week in Drawing Club we read the story 'What’s in the Witches Kitchen'.
We made our own potions.
Maths
This week we visited Number 5’s Garden.
RE
We learnt about Diwali and the festival of lights. We made our own Rangoli patterns.
Understanding the World and Expressive Art and Design
We learnt about Bonfire Night and Remembrance Day this week. We made printed firework pictures and collaged poppies.
Physical Development
This week we practised throwing and catching.
Forest School
We discussed how the weather is getting colder and how it will become more difficult for birds to find food.
We made some bird feeders by threading cheerios onto pipe cleaners. We then hung the feeders on trees in our nature area.
Reception Blog - Thursday 24th October 2024
Date: 24th Oct 2024 @ 4:50pm
Welcome to Reception's weekly Blog!
Phonics
This week we learnt the sounds o, c, k.
Drawing Club
This week in Drawing Club we read the story Funnybones. We designed our own skeleton pet and our own spooky house.
Maths
This week we visited Number 4’s Garden.
We built and compared towers made with 4 cubes.
RE
We talked about being welcomed to the Church's family - a Baptism.
We went to church to visit Father Michael and he Baptised our class baby.
Expressive Art and Design
We created some observational drawings.
Understanding the World
We learnt the human body and named different parts. i.e. shoulder, leg, arm, backbone.
Physical Development
We practised throwing beanbags into hoops and took part in running games.
Reception Blog - Friday 18th October 2024
Date: 18th Oct 2024 @ 12:37pm
Welcome to Reception's Friday Blog!
Phonics
This week we revisited all of our sounds we have learnt so far.
Drawing Club
This week in Drawing Club we read the Story of The Enormous Turnip. We enjoyed designing our own enormous vegetable and retelling the story using pictures.
Maths
This week we visited Number 3’s Garden.
RE
We revisited the creation story, retelling it using different items. We also discussed how we can look after our planet.
Expressive Art and Design
We printed with vegetables and paint.
We revisited the season of Autumn by making Autumn trees.
Understanding the World
This week we discussed the five senses. We focused on the sense of touch.
We also talked about fruits and vegetables and sorted them into groups.
Physical Development
This week played running games on the track and we practised hopping and skipping.
Forest School
We decorated sticks with wool, ribbon, pipe cleaners and wooden hearts.
We practised tying knots and twisting the pipe cleaners. We looked at some nature books and then went on a walk to test out the magical powers of our sticks.
Library Visit
Our walk to Longton Library was fantastic! A big well done to everyone for super listening!
Reception Blog - Friday 11th October 2024
Date: 11th Oct 2024 @ 12:36pm
Welcome to Reception's Friday Blog!
Phonics
This week we learnt the sounds m, d and g. We discussed what sounds we can hear at the beginning of different words, like; mat, dog and goat.
We also learnt the game nice to meet you! See the photos here.
Drawing Club
This week in Drawing Club we read the Story of The Three Bill Goats Gruff.
We talked about the vocabulary "gruesome" and what it meant. Then we drew our own gruesome character.
Maths
We visited Numberland this week and were introduced to our second number - number 2! We built number 2’s garden and we found objects that are 'one and another one' to. Rosie Posie the Problem Pixie came and mixed our gardens up, but we remembered where everything needed to go. See the photos here.
RE
We listened to the Creation Story again. This week we focussed on the animals and the humans that God created.
We sorted animals that live in the sea and on the land and we talked about our families. See the photos here.
Expressive Art and Design
We printed with string this week, using the primary and secondary colours. See the photos here.
Understanding the World
This week we discussed the five senses. We focussed on the senses of hearing and sight.
Physical Development
This week we continued with our dough disco and pen disco to help strengthen our hand muscles.
Forest School
We listened to a story about Firey Fox. It taught us how to be safe around a fire. We watched Mr Corbett light the fire and we watched and heard the popcorn pop!
We also had time for some super child-initiated play.
Also, we would like to say a big thank you to everyone who came to the Phonics Workshop - Please find our presentation here.
Reception Blog - Friday 4th October 2024
Date: 4th Oct 2024 @ 12:58pm
Welcome to Reception's Friday Blog!
Phonics
This week we have learnt the sounds p, i and n. We have talked about what sounds we can hear at the beginning of different words, like; pin, insect and noodle.
Drawing Club
This week in Drawing Club we have listened to the story of The Little Red Hen.
We drew the Little Red Hen and we created something new for her to bake.
Maths
We visited Numberland this week.
We built number 1’s garden and we found objects that are on their own to add to it.
Rosie Posie the Problem Pixie also paid us a visit to change the garden. We tried to spot what she had changed.
Have a look at the pictures here.
RE
We listened to the Creation Story this week and talked about all the wonderful things that God has created in our world.
We also visited Church to take part in the Harvest Festival.
Expressive Art and Design
We made pictures which included our own special people.
In Music we listened to the rhythm of instruments.
Understanding the World
This week, we discussed the five senses. We focussed on the sense of smell this week and what we use to smell with. Have a look at us using our sense of smell here.
Forest School
This week we played a game where we hid toys in the nature area. We were in teams and the team who found the most toys was the winner.
We also learnt how to tie knots in strawberry laces. We persevered and realised that the more we practise any skill, the easier we will find it. We made the strawberry laces disappear!
Then it was time for some child-initiated play. We were finding and cooking apples, finding snails and ladybirds, climbing and jumping as well as inventing our own games. We had a lovely review session at the end.
Reception Blog - Friday 27th September 2024
Date: 27th Sep 2024 @ 8:34am
Welcome to Reception's Friday Blog!
Phonics
This week we have learnt the sounds s, a and t. We have talked about what sounds we can hear at the beginning of different words, like; spaghetti, ant and table.
RE
We have learnt all about the Bible this week.
This week we have made some special bookmarks for our blessing in Church.
Expressive Art and Design
We have been making our own Autumn leaves by cutting and tearing paper.
We have made our own rainbows to decorate our classroom.
We had Music with Mrs Campbell. We have categorised groups of instruments.
Understanding the World
This week we have continued to talk about Autumn, especially as we have had so many lovely treasures coming in from your Autumn walks.
We carried out a colour experiment using skittles and water. First, we predicted what we thought might happen, then we waited and watched as the colours slowly merged into the water. We used some amazing vocabulary to describe what we could see (fizz and dissolve). See the photos here
In French, with Miss Whiting we celebrated European Day of Languages. In the lesson we shared what other languages we might know or want to learn. We then identified ways which we can celebrate other languages and cultures, including learning new words, tasting their food, practising languages we know. To finish the lesson, we learned ways to say hello and goodbye in other European languages.
Physical Development
This week we have continued with our dough disco and pen disco to help strengthen our hand muscles.
In PE this week we have practised throwing and catching.
Forest School
We had a brilliant session in the muddy nature area. We used the cutters to make leaf confetti and some of us tried stick wrapping with wool. Both of these activities are really good for developing our fine motor skills. We had a lovely review session at the end when we were invited to say one thing we had noticed, learnt, discovered or someone we had played with.
We have also put the information from our Parent Curriculum Night. Thank you to everyone who has attended. To see the slides please click here.
Reception Blog - Friday 20th September 2024
Date: 20th Sep 2024 @ 12:47pm
Welcome to Reception's Friday Blog!
Communication and Language
This week we have been taking part in listening games.
We had French with Miss Whiting. We practised saying Hello again and we learnt Goodbye!
Personal, Emotional and Social Development
This week we have revisited the colour monster. We sorted the colours whilst talking about the feelings of each colour and discussing times we may have felt this way.
Expressive Art and Design
We have continued to explore primary colours, but this week we have been mixing them to see what colours they make. See the gallery here.
We had Music with Mrs Campbell. We listened to music from other countries.
Understanding the World
This week we have been learning about the season of Autumn and what happens in our world when this season arrives. The children have loved exploring our outdoors to create our Autumn tray. We also made leaf rubbings with the items we found!
Drawing Club
This week we have been listening to the story of the Three Little Pigs.
We drew pictures of who we live with in our houses.
Physical Development
This week we have introduced our dough disco and pen disco to help strengthen our hand muscles.
Forest School
We played a game in our nature area. Someone hid a toy whilst everyone else closed their eyes. We then had to find the toy. The person who had hidden it shouted ‘hot’ if we were near to the toy and ‘cold’ if we were far away from it. We had a discussion about the seasons and how we are moving into Autumn. We went on a leaf hunt and threaded our leaves on a skewer. We were really good at noticing different colours, shapes and sizes.
Date: 19th Sep 2024 @ 9:26am
With your children now back in school, it is a great time to review online safety in your homes and make sure we are all up to date with developments in the online world. At St Oswald's, all classes will be beginning their Online Saftety learning where they will learn all about safe practices online in the following areas.
Self image and identitiy
Online relationships
Online bulllying
Health, Well-being and lifestyle
Online reputation
Managing online information
Copyright and ownership
We will blog regularly to keep you updated with developments in the online space, sharing platform guides and links to expert training for you to keep your children safe when exploring the internet. Below you will find guides on new devices and WhatsApp.
To access a huge range of information on the National Online Safety website click the link below and join our school online safety hub.You will get access to videos, training and guides to keep you informed of the best practices in keeping your children safe online.
http://nationalonlinesafety.com/enrol/st-oswald-s-catholic-primary-school-pr45eb
Reception Blog - Friday 13th September 2024
Date: 13th Sep 2024 @ 1:55pm
Welcome to Reception's Friday Blog!
Communication and Language
This week we have been taking part in circle times. During these we have been introducing ourselves to each other and learning each other's names.
We have also used this time to practise our Golden Rule about listening.
We also had our first French lesson with Miss Whiting. We all learnt how to say hello. We have said Bonjour a lot since!
Expressive Art and Design
We have been exploring the primary colours this week. We have been using different materials which were red, yellow and blue, and we made our own colour patch.
We had our first Music lesson with Mrs Campbell. We listened to different instruments.
Physical Development
We all went to the hall to get changed for PE!
We found our spot on the mat and focussed on keeping our clothes in our bags. Then we took part in some jumping games.
We have also been using beads to make necklaces to help our fine motor skills.
Forest School
We had a great first Forest School session. We got changed into our wellies independently and showed great listening which is always so important in school.
Mrs Cliffe will always be in the Forest School sessions with Mrs Corbett.
We explored our log circle area and showed great care for all the creatures we found.
We also played on the logs, balanced on them and jumped off them.
To finish we played a game of 'Swap the Log, swap logs if you have ...a pet dog, hearts on your wellies, walked to school today!
