Reception
Flu Immunisation News
On behalf of the School Nursing Service: If your child is in Year Reception to Year 5 and has not yet had their flu immunisation, there is an opportunity for your child to attend a clinic on Saturday 19th January 2019. This session will be held at Far Cotton Rec Centre. Please contact the 0-19…
Read MoreReception Christmas Production – The Bossy King
On Tuesday 11th December the children of Holcot, Reception, took part in their Christmas production of ‘The Bossy King.’ Based on the story of the Nativity, the children raised the roof with their singing, remembered all their lines and made all of us at St. Andrew’s proud. We definitely had the cute factor and there…
Read MoreLearning Together Morning with Reception Class
We welcomed the parents in to learn with us on Thursday 6th December. It was a fun and relaxed morning where there was opportunity for the parents to see how the teaching of Phonics, Handwriting and Maths takes place. The children enjoyed having their family in and showing them around the unit. Thank you to…
Read MoreReception Year become ‘Toastmasters!’
Mrs Hodson bought the children a toaster last week and the smell of toast now fills the air. The children in EYFS have thoroughly enjoyed the responsibility of cooking and preparing their own toast snack. They are independent in this activity and have learnt the process of: Wash your hands Place bread in toaster Wait…
Read MoreReception Year visit Kenilworth Castle
On Wednesday 11th July both Sywell and Holcot visited Kenilworth Castle. We had been studying castles – learning the names of the parts of the castle and jobs that could be found in a castle. The children were amazed at the size of the castle and at how many steps they had to climb to…
Read MoreReception glide around the playground!!!
Today Foundation Stage took to the balance bikes!! We had to warm up first – we completed balance obstacle courses and walked like dinosaurs. We practised safely picking up and laying down the bikes before we took them for a walk. We were then ready to get on them. We used our dinosaur strides to…
Read More‘Balanceability’ arrives in Reception class!
The children in Reception helped Mr Reed build our new bikes. After half term the children will begin their Balanceability course, developing motor control, balance and core strength as well as spacial awareness. Tour de France here we come!!!
Read MoreFoundation Stage Learning Together Morning, Weds 2nd May 2018
Lots of parents had a brilliant morning watching the children reading and writing using their growing knowledge of phonics and also a Kinetic Letters handwriting lesson. Afterwards they enjoyed doing a range of activities with the children in the classroom. Thank you to all the parents who attended! Some comments from the parents… The…
Read MoreReception News!
Reception have had a very busy and enjoyable half term. We experienced a few mysteries that needed to be solved. A broken chair, a hair bow and a bowl of porridge appeared in our classroom…….all the signs led to Goldilocks, but in fact it was visitor we had had in Mrs Roff! The following week…
Read MoreReception Year News – 1st February 2018
This week the children have enjoyed talking about what they want to be when they grow up. They spoke about why they wished for that career and then we used green screen technology to superimpose them into a background. If you wish to see your child’s career choice please log in to Tapestry. Please keep…
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