Koala class Blog (YR)

Welcome to our new blog for 2024-25! We hope to share all the wonderful things we are learning about in Reception.

Our Class teachers are Mr J. Brewer and Mrs G. Hughes (alternate Wednesdays). Our teaching assistants are Ms L. Grieve/Ms A. Adlam.

YR Curriculum Overview 2024-25 YR Writing Curriculum 2024-25

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Tuesday 19 November 2024 19th November 2024 We had a fabulous time visiting Moors Valley today. The children overcame many challenges and were excellently behaved throughout the day. Click on the date to see us having fun! Many thanks to our Wallaby parent who helped us out for this trip.
Friday 15 November 2024 15th November 2024 This week the children have been working hard at the 'Message Centre', learning all about four, Remembrance Day, Autumn and finishing the week dressed in PJs to help raise money for Children in Need. We finished our PE session with a teamwork challenge with many transporting the hoop across the hall without using their hands.
Friday 8 November 2024 8th November 2024 Back with a bang! The children have had a busy first week of Term 2. We have talked about 5th November, making firework toast and artwork. The children also had a flight to India in our second 'Far Away Friday', and particularly enjoyed eating a variety of Indian food, dancing and learning about Diwali.
Friday 18 October 2024 18th October 2024 This week the children went over to the WCP to have a look around 'Little City'. They had great fun role playing different jobs and characters. We finished the week with our first 'Far Away Friday' where we compared Poland with the UK, noting similarities and differences. The children enjoyed (mostly!) sampling a variety of Polish food.
Friday 11 October 2024 11th October 2024 It has been a pleasure observing the children working together both in and out of class, playing games they already know and making up some new ones. The children have also made great progress with learning all about repeating patterns and particularly enjoyed joining in with the story 'We're Going on a Bear Hunt'.
Friday 4 October 2024 4th October 2024 The children continue to work hard every day. It is a joy to see how well they are progressing with their learning. In our maths sessions we have looked at size, mass and capacity. In Read, Write, Inc the five new sounds we now know are c, k, u, b and f.
Friday 27 September 2024 27th September 2024 This week we have been learning all about our five senses. The children have enjoyed our smell pots and have enjoyed tasting some different foods, with the odd exception! The discothon was great fun, our role play continues to be a big hit and we even squeezed in two visits to the library, one for our photoshoot and another to explore the wide selection of books on offer..
Friday 20 September 2024 20th September 2024 This week the children have started to learn our first five 'Set 1' sounds, m, a, s, d and t. They have also continued to improve their 'Fred Talk' skills. The Read, Write, Inc blog has some videos you can share with your child, so you can see how great they are! We went to our sensory garden to complete some sorting activities and also look for different colours in the natural environment. The children have also discussed their families and how they are all different. At the end of the week, we had a surprise visitor who startled us all when s/he climbed through the window!
Friday 13 September 2024 13th September 2024 Our first full week and the children have been very busy. They have been learning the pictures of our single letter sounds in Read, Write, Inc along with 'Fred Talk', showing off counting skills, thinking about emotions with the Colour Monster, completing jigsaws and enjoying a variety of stories. The children were also very sensible when the fire alarm went off!
Friday 6 September 2024 6th September 2024 It has been wonderful welcoming the children into school and I have been amazed at how well they have made themselves at home. Despite the very wet weather the children have been happy working inside and getting to know everyone along with our everyday routines. The calm atmosphere has made the last couple of days very enjoyable. If you click on the date, you will be able to see some photos of the children looking so grown up!
Friday 19 July 2024 19th July 2024 We had great fun at the end of the week with our disco music, lolly and water play. There are just a few photos from this as I tended to be under attack for most of the afternoon! The children have also enjoyed reading the story 'The Pirates Next Door' and learning about pirates. Next week sees the final three days of their time in Reception. It has been lovely seeing the progress every child has made throughout the year, the smiles and laughter, along with the fun had on each school trip. Thank you for the support you have given.
Friday 12 July 2024 12th July 2024 A funny old week with so many off. Hopefully everybody is feeling better now and that we can have a full house again for our final full week of the year. For those that missed the New Orleans Band, I have added a couple of videos. For all those that were present, it was a great experience and enjoyed by all.
Friday 5 July 2024 5th July 2024 This week we have enjoyed reading 'The Lighthouse Keeper's Lunch'., making our own delicious sandwiches and keeping an eye out for those pesky seagulls! The children have been counting to 100 in our maths sessions, building models with friends, making sea creatures and also some textured seaside art. On Thursday the children had their own vote for some end of term treats with them being very excited when Mrs Budge read out the results in assembly on Friday.
Friday 28 June 2024 28th June 2024 We concluded the week with our sponsored colour run. The children had great fun and ran countless laps of the trim trail. Earlier in the week they showed off their ever improving writing skills with some writing about the seaside and our trip. In maths, we have looked at doubles and also odd and even numbers. The children can also state the hidden amount from one of two parts of a given total.
Thursday 20 June 2024 Thursday 20th June 2024 We had a fabulous time at Boscombe today, the sun was shining and all had great fun! It was so lovely to hear the children say what a great day it was and also members of the public commenting on how much laughter and smiles there were. Thank you so much to our parent helpers, you were ace!
Friday 14 June 2024 14th June 2024 A busy week! The children have enjoyed writing about Hefty Hugh and Lanky Len, who have appeared once again, this time in the story 'What the Ladybird Heard at the Seaside'. They have also listened to the story, 'Sully the Seahorse', where the moral of the story was about trying your best and that we are all unique and special in our own way. In our maths sessions, the children have been explaining trickier repeating patterns and spotting the rule. We have also talked about our families, how each family is different and the special people within them.
Friday 7 June 2024 7th June 2024 We ended the week with some special guests! The children really enjoyed spending some time with their grandparents, completing some art activities and showing off their self portraits which looked great in the frames.
Friday 24 May 2024 24th May 2024 We finished Term 5 with our Sports Day activities which were enjoyed by all. It was lovely to see many people supporting the children in our new format. The last week of term was also full of children working hard to complete their artwork ready to be framed for the Grandparent Art Afternoon. I'll save these photos for the next blog...don't want to spoil the surprise!
Friday 17 May 2024 17th May 2024 The children this week have been Mad About Minibeasts! They loved this book and especially our time in the sensory garden where they were in their element observing what they found. It was especially great to hear the excitement and interesting conversations they were having with each other. We have also welcomed some butterflies into class and had many visitors to the class to see these beautiful creatures.
Friday 10 May 2024 10th May 2024 The children enjoyed the story of 'Dear Zoo' and writing their own 'Who am I?' quizzes. We have looked at animals who live in a cold environment, thinking about 'cold' colours when completing our penguin artwork. To warm up they have enjoyed the fine weather and made good use of our outdoor resources. The children have also kept a close eye on our caterpillars. They have now been transferred to the net container and we hope to see some butterflies in the near future!
Friday 3 May 2024 3rd May 2024 Another busy week during which we have been reading the story of The Tiger Who Came to Tea. In maths we have been thinking about the 'five and a bit' structure matching amounts of either 6, 7, 8 or 9 on the screen to the number of fingers shown. The children have also used balance scales finding out which object was the heaviest by using cubes to measure with. I have also been sharing my experiences of being in a jungle and we have discussed which animals live in the jungle.
Wednesday 24 April 2024 24th April 2024 Our third coach trip of the year took us to the Bristol Zoo Project, observing a variety of animals of different shapes and sizes.
Friday 19 April 2024 19th April 2024 Welcome back! During Term 5, the children will be learning all about 'Amazing Animals'. We have been reading the story 'What the Ladybird Heard', whilst in PSED we looked at the story 'Rosie Revere, Engineer'. This was about a girl who found things challenging, so felt like giving up. With words of encouragement, she didn't and it has been lovely to see the children taking this on board to encourage their friends when they have been taking on challenges. The children have also been delving into the 'Poetry Basket', learning a poem about pigs!
Thursday 28 March 2024 28th March 2024 Bath City Farm trip followed by meeting the Easter bunny!
Friday 22 March 2024 22nd March 2024 Another week flies by and the children are already looking forward to Easter. It was lovely to see so many parents during the week and for all the lovely comments. We have a parent event this coming Wednesday which will have a phonics focus. Hope to see you then!
Friday 15 March 2024 15th March 2024 We ended the week with some Red Nose Day fun in the hall with a variety of activities. The children have also had great discussions explaining what they could see on Explorify and reasoning what they thought the object was. In our English sessions we looked at the story of Evil Pea and the Beanstalk, superheroes and talked and have written about our new 'powers' that 4 and 5 year old children have, compared to when they were babies. In maths, we have been sorting objects, looked at odd and even numbers and continued to practise counting up to 20 and back to zero.
Friday 8 March 2024 8th March 2024 The children have really enjoyed the week, especially World Book day where they modelled their different outfits and explained what word they had come as. They were eager to write their word out and stick it on. The words included royalty, spotty, chef, camouflage, strong, strength, marmalade, road and scary. The children were also very busy making a few treats for Mother's Day and have been monitoring the growth of their sunflowers. Fingers crossed some more will pop up over the weekend!
Friday 1 March 2024 1st March 2024 It has been another busy week in Koala Class. The children have observed different plants. These include the seeds they planted last week and some daffodils, producing some lovely artwork. They have also explored the skill of rubbings. These were a bit tricky at first, trying to keep the paper in place, but they loved the outcomes. We ended the week by sowing sunflower seeds and harvesting our crop, using this to make sandwiches.
Friday 23 February 2024 23rd February 2024 For Term 4 our topic is 'Let's Grow'! We have looked at the story 'The Tiny Seed', been out on a walk around the school looking for signs of spring, planted some seeds and made flowers. In our English sessions we have read 'Jack and the Beanstalk', acting out the story, ready to have us retell it in our writing this coming week.
Wednesday 7 February 2024 7th February 2024 Despite all the bugs floating around, the children loved their visit into space! They really enjoyed the immersive planetarium show and later had fun making their astronaut pudding! In our maths sessions we have continued to practise our counting skills gaining confidence on a daily basis and also becoming increasingly able to spot mistakes. It was lovely to see so many of you at our parent event on Monday, we hope you had a good time.
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