Fire! Fire! It’s a Reception Emergency!

We had an incredible morning on Friday with Hitchin Fire Service a couple of weeks ago. The firemen are always fantastic with the children and the smiles on the children’s faces tells us just how fantastic they thought it was too. Mrs Driver’s and Mrs Gunn’s glee is also clear to see! Ash class had … Read more

Short weeks but full of learning!

We’ve all been very lucky the last two weeks to enjoy two bank holidays and a coronation. The children coped amazingly with any changes to the timetable to accommodate our procession practices and a slightly different start to the week on a Tuesday. As always, there has been time for for a bit of Discover … Read more

Discover & Doing in Summer Term!

What a fabulous couple of weeks we have had to the start of Summer Term. The children have fully embraced the half term’s theme of What a Wonderful World. Over the last fortnight we have been exploring rainforests and comparing them to British woodland. We have done some lovely adult directed activities and during Discover … Read more

Enrichment time in Reception!

Last week we were lucky enough to have two lots of visitors in addition to all the usual lovely activities the children access throughout the week. On Thursday morning, the very talented local artist Tilly Wonham came to Reception for an art workshop with the children. We spent the whole morning learning new skills and … Read more

5, 4, 3, 2, 1…lift off!!!

We’ve blasted off with our space topic this week and spent our time looking at different aspects of space, including the planets and what it’s like to be an astronaut. At the start of each new topic we always find out what the children already know and whenever we begin our space topic are always … Read more

Safety First!

This week Reception have been learning about how to keep safe at the railway station and on trains and also how to keep safe whilst travelling by car. The children were very knowledgeable already about both, knowing, for example, that they should stand behind the yellow line on the platform of a train station and … Read more