Blog by Anne Wynne

Arr me shipmates! Reception had a wonderful time during their Sports Day doing the Telescope Relay and taking part in a Tug of War. Afterwards the children went on a treasure hunt to rescue the treasure from Pirate Pete. They worked hard to solve all the clues and retrieve the Queen's…

Reception thoroughly enjoyed their trip to Blackpool Zoo. There were lots of different animals to see and the sea lions put on a fantastic show. A few pesky seagulls tried to steal our packed lunches but it didn't spoil our wonderful day!

Reception have had a wonderful day being Superheroes. We all came to school wearing our fantastic costumes and had great fun doing lots of superhero training. Some of us even made some amazing superhero vehicles and brought them to school to show everyone. We rescued the Easter Bunny who had been…

We all had great fun today talking about our favourite stories and reading lots of wonderful books!

Everyone in Reception had lots of fun dressing up as their favourite fairy tale character. We went to the Pod to record our performances of a traditional tale and to play some fairy tale games. After lunch we invented our own magic potions, crafted our own magic wands, decorated crowns and…

Each Reception class put on an amazing performance for their families. All the children sang beautifully and remembered their lines. The teachers were very proud and everyone left feeling very festive. Well done Reception!

This week, Reception have enjoyed celebrating the birthdays of Eddie Elephant, Jack Bear and Buddy Bee. We planned the parties and made presents, cards, decorations, cakes and jelly! We all had great fun at the parties, playing parachute games, musical statues and pass the parcel. Our birthday…

Our new Reception children have completed their first full week at Heyhouses and have impressed us with how well they have settled in. They have made lots of new friends and have enjoyed playing together in all the different areas of the classrooms. It was a busy week but everyone had lots of…

Reception has had great fun learning all about the musicals The Lion King and Peter Pan. We made character puppets to act out the stories, learnt how to draw lions, created our own lion pots out of clay, made animal masks, painted tropical birds and sang lots of the songs. We also learnt the sign…

Reception have been learning all about Judaism. We wrote our names in Hebrew, sang traditional songs and greeted each other using the word "Shalom", meaning peace. We made Torah scrolls, skull caps called Kippah and drew the Jewish special symbol, The Star of David. 

Reception were thrilled to meet Mabel the dog this week. She came into school with her owners Mrs Croston and Walt from Blossom Class.

The children learnt all about how to look after a pet dog. They asked lots of questions about what Mabel liked to eat, what she liked to play with and where she…

On Thursday afternoon we were very excited to meet Ronnie the Lamb who came to Heyhouses with Farmer Helen. Ronnie was very patient whilst we all had a stroke of his soft woolly coat. Helen the Farmer told us all about Ronnie and then the children asked lots of interesting…