Welcome to our Reception class page!

Your children are just beginning their most exciting learning journey and what an adventure it will be. We are very lucky to have a wonderful team in Reception that work hard to develop a love for learning in all of our children and help children unlock their potential. In Reception we love to share learning and our learning successes. Here you will find regular updates about children’s learning, achievements and celebrations, as well as information regarding upcoming news and events.

Remember our door is always open so please do not hesitate to speak with us if you have any queries, concerns or questions.

Let the learning adventure begin….

People who help us

This week we have been learning about different heroes, not all heroes wear capes. There are lots of people that help us in different ways. The children have been eager to learn about the police, firefighters, doctors, nurses, teachers, dentists, postal workers and many more. As a class we have explored each job and how they help us. The children were thrilled to try on different costumes and pretend to be one of these heroes! 

Castles 

For the past couple of weeks we have been learning all about castles. The children have been exploring who might live in a castle, what it was like to live in a castle and different parts of a castle. The children have loved dressing up as queens, princesses and knights! We even had a go at making our own crowns....let us introduce the kings and queens of Padiham Primary School! 

Happy Halloween

What a fabulous day we have had. The children all looked amazing in their costumes. 

We have spent the day casting spells, making potions, creating spooky ghosts, painting fireworks and dancing at the disco! 

Diwali 

This week we have been learning all about the celebration, Diwali - the festival of lights. We have learnt what happens during the celebration. Did you know, they clean their house and decorate it, they draw rangoli patterns on the floor, they light candles, they give money and have a party. 

We even had a look at some of the food eaten during Diwali. We tried naan breads, samosas, and Bhajis. Yum Yum!

We aren't scared of heights!

This week in PE we have put all our skills to the test and explored the climbing frame. The children were extremely brave. They carefully and safely climbed up, down and around the climbing frame. They were so proud of themselves! 

Go Reception. 

Black History Month 

To celebrate Black History Month we had a special visitor to teach us all about African drumming. 

We learnt the history of drumming, where the drums came from, how to play them and how villages used them to communicate. The children loved making different sounds and creating a piece of music. 

Autumn

To kickstart our new topic, we took the children on an Autumn walk. The children enjoyed exploring our local surroundings and looking for signs of autumn. The children were fascinated with the different coloured leaves. 

This week we will be learning all about autumn, hibernation, numbers 1 2 3 and the sounds g/o...what a busy week! 

Well hasn't the weather taken a turn....we are well and truly into the season of Autumn. 

After a busy afternoon of exploring outside, we asked the children what could we do to warm up.

HOT CHOCOLATE! 

The children were thrilled to get cosy with their friends, have hot chocolate and listen to a story. 

This week we have continued our topic of monsters!

We have explored the sounds (s,a,t,i), practised copying and continuing patterns and learnt all about special people in our lives. To finish off a spectacular week we spent the afternoon on our school trim trail. 

Have a lovely weekend, 

The Reception Team 

What a fun week we have had full of lots of learning!!

The children had their first PE lesson, dressed up, and did lots of learning about our topic, ‘Monsters’.

This afternoon we have had our very first Shooting Star assembly. We have all had a fantastic week so it made it very tricky to choose our Shooting Stars.

Well done to Harriet and Joey who are our first winners.

What a fabulous first day we have had.

Today the children have stayed for the full day, which meant they got to have dinner here. They were all very excited for this.

Take a look at some of our superstars 

Well done to all of our Reception children for a fantastic first week at school. They have had lots of fun our week has been full of joy and laughter and we can already see some beautiful friendships blossoming.

We can’t wait to see you all again on Monday morning for a full week of school. Please can you ensure that your child is dropped off at school between 08:45 and 09:00 and picked up at 15:25.