Reception class has been visiting Bill Quay farm where they have been taken part in lots of different activities. On their first visit they investigated newly planted fruit trees which had been planted by individual members of staff at the farm. They have been in competition with each other to see who could grow the biggest fruit tree! They got the chance to learn about different animal habitats as well as meeting lots of chickens, goats and different types of sheep, including some new babies. During another visit the children fed the sheep and sat on hay in the classroom to learn all about the sheep's wool. They even got the opportunity to feel the wool. Before leaving they coloured in some sheep pictures. Another activity the children took part in was cleaning Twiggy and Ruby the resident pig sisters. Once the pigs had been hosed down the children used soap and a sponge to scrub them both clean. During their bath, Twiggy took a liking to Mrs Wearmouth and nearly knocked her over! Mrs Wearmouth stood her ground and calmed down the very excited Twiggy. Reception then rubbed baby oil into the pigs to keep them nice and soft.

10 chick eggs arrived in Reception class from Bill Quay Farm. Reception class have been keeping an eye on them in their incubator, checking the water levels and humidity.

The great news is 9 chicks hatched on Wednesday 19th May 2010.

Reception class would like to introduce you to Lola, Bertie, Fred, Sunny, Violet, Joanne, Charlotte, Rolin and Becks!!

Reception class had a fun day when they visited Seven stories on Tuesday. They listened to stories about Charlie and Lola by Lauren Child. Afterwards, they took part in a workshop to find out all about their senses. Later, they even got the opportunity to look around the galleries.

This week our pupils have been performing their Christmas Shows and they have all been a great success.

There are certainly some budding stars in the making!

Reception Class performed 'Jesus in a Manger' a traditional nativity play, their acting and singing was tremendous!

Year 1 and Year 2 performed 'A Creepy Crawly Christmas' a thoroughly entertaining show along with brilliant acting and singing from all of the children!

Year 3 performed 'A Tale of two Birthdays'. This tale had action, adventure, magical characters, lots of laughs along with a superb performance from all the children!

Year 4 & 5 performed 'Dick Whittington and his Cat' a popular and well-loved story about Dick, who was down on his luck and decided to head for the city of London to see if the streets were really paved with gold. The show had catchy songs, lots of laughs and of course a 'happy ever after' ending. Providing a great recipe for a thoroughly entertaining show along with fantastic acting and singing from all of the children.

Year 6 performed 'Hansel and Gretal an adaptation of the popular fairytale. Hansel was imprisoned while Gretal 'force fed' him in order to, as the old witch put it 'fatten him up for the Christmas pot! It was great fun to watch with its witty script, catchy songs and some real 'character acting' from the children.

Children rehearsing for their shows!

Reception children went on a visit to Whitehouse Farm as part of our current topic 'Animals. The children got to handle lots of cuddly animals such as rabbits, mice and guinea pigs, and some more unusual ones like snakes and lizards. We had great fun on a very bumpy tractor ride, and in the soft play area. Mrs Wearmouth loved the guinea pigs so much that she bought 2, and they are now living happily in her house.

We had a fantastic day!

Reception class visited Seven Stories to take part in a Workshop on Friday 6th February. During the workshop the children listened to a story 'The Bear wants a Friend' which was about a bear who lived in a cave at the seaside who was very lonely and wanted to make friends, so he went into the nearest city to find them. After the story the children played a guessing game, they had to guess what different smells the bear would of came across when he went into the town. They also got the opportunity to dress up in a variety of costumes of the book characters and play all kinds of instruments. They all had a fantastic time!

The children are having great fun dressing up.

Kai looks great as the bear character!

Monday 17th November saw the whole school take part in an 'Enterprise Day' in the style of Dragon's Den. Children in Key Stage 2 were organised into mixed age groups with Year 6 pupils taking the lead. Each group designed and created something to sell at the Christmas Fayre. They presented their ideas to 4 dragons who then chose one group to produce a Christmas shaker for the fayre. One of the dragons was Mr Patterson a Governor for maths and business enterprise.

Children sharing ideas on their product.
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Children working together on their Christmas crackers idea.

The winning prototype.

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Welcome to Reception Class our class teachers are Mrs Harrison and Mrs Neal.

Our Reception Class visited Seven Stories on Friday morning. They listened to the story 'We're Going On A Bear Hunt' and saw the cave where the Bear was hiding! They had the opportunity to explore the 3rd floor devoted to stories for young children. There they dressed up as story characters, drew pictures and read stories. During the second part of the morning the children watched a puppet show called 'Supermarket Scrooge'. The show was extremely funny and all of the children enjoyed it, particularly when they had to join in with some funny dances!

Those books look interesting Euan and Alex.

The children in Key Stage 1 joined in with the visiting music workshop where they learnt about pitch in music. The musicians read and acted out the story of The Three Billy Goats Gruff, and children were chosen to accompany them with instruments. They also joined in with singing high, low and medium notes. All the children enjoyed playing instruments, learning some new songs and moving to the music.

The musicians acting out the story of The Three Billy Goats Gruff.

Children enjoying taking part in the workshop.

Last half term the children in Reception Class were visited every Thursday afternoon by Dr Renwick a music teacher. The children explored high and low sound, the dynamics of fast and slow, long and short, loud and quiet. They enjoyed playing musical instruments made from wood, metal and plastic and they had the opportunity to learnt lots of new songs.

This is great fun!

There are 22 pupils in Reception Class and this term we will be looking at ourselves.

On Wednesday 23rd May 2007 Reception Class visited Bill Quay Farm to learn more about goats. They groomed the goats and then watched them having their nails cut before collecting some bunches of nettles to feed them with.

Reception Class visited Bill Quay Farm to look at 4 different types of garden willow, butterfly, vegetable and the orchard. The children were involved in planting their own beans and collecting samples of different coloured plants.

On Tuesday 17th April, Reception class visited Heighley Gate Garden Centre. The visit was to enhance the topic they have been studying, 'Growing Things'. They were able to sow their own seeds and bring them back to school so that they can water them and watch them grow. They also visited the pet department where they looked at the parrot, guinea pigs, fish and lots more. They played 'eye spy' around the garden centre looking for things such as plant pots and mistletoe. After dinner they played in the large play area where they had lots of fun!

On Thursday 27th March reception class visited Bill Quay Farm, they saw baby lambs on the farm and then watched the baby lambs been put into the fields. They were also given a sample of a fleece from a sheep.

The class were also interested when the ewes and lambs were sprayed numbers on their fleeces to identify lambs to ewes.

As part of Multicultural Week, Reception class celebrated Chinese New Year.
We made Chinese decorations including lanterns and money wallets and we tasted Chinese food such as noodles, prawn crackers, fortune cookies and the Chinese fruit, lychees. We ate some of the food using chopsticks. On friday we came to school dressed in Chinese clothes for a party.

Funky Monkey and the Juicy Fruits Roadshow visited Reception and Pre school. Emma the puppeteers brought her puppet friends to tell the children about "gunky" food that they can only eat a little bit of and "funky"food that they should eat more of.
After the show Reception class made fruit puppets from card with funky fruit heads. The puppets had courgette, pear and apple heads. The children had great fun they learned a lot about healthy eating. Every day they have a healty snack in their classroom.

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Reception class visited Caedmon Hall to see a puppet theatre performance of 'Little Red You Know Who' a modern version of 'Little Red Riding Hood'. At the beginning we discovered what was in Red's red box. Red shoes, a red hankerchief, a red nose, a red hat etc. All the things in the box were used to help tell the story everybody loved the visit.

A warm welcome from Reception, we are learning all about our bodies this term. We have lots of fun learning our letter and numbers and working in the sand and water and other areas around our classroom. We are busy painting some pictures to hang on our classsroom walls.

As an end of term treat, Reception class have been for a delicious Italian meal at Pinocchio. They were able to choose what they wanted to eat and were even able to help make their own meal.

Here are some pupils making their own pizzas - now what shall I put on?

Mmm...delicious!!!