Planting & Growing

In term 5 we have been exploring ‘planting & growing’ in Reception! We have planted our own sunflowers and wildflowers - we are making sure they are getting plenty of sunshine and water to help them grow! We have enjoyed creating some beautiful sunflower artwork to brighten our classroom and enjoyed making nature pizzas in our new mud kitchen! Not only this, but we have also been taking care of our own courgettes, pumpkins and tomato plants! A short but busy term in Reception!

Earth Day

We celebrated Earth Day on the 22 April by reading our story ‘Wild!’ 🍃 We spoke about how it is important to look after the plants, animals and people in our world! We talked a little about things that might be dangerous to our world, such as litter. To play our part in looking after the world, we headed outdoors for a litter picking competition… girls vs boys! We each had a peg to pick up any litter we found and put it into our teams’ bin bag! We had 20 minutes to collect as much as we could before heading back inside and emptying our bin bags to see which team had won! Well done to the boys who had collected the most 🥇 … although both teams did so well and every child was SO eager to help which was lovely to see! 👏🏼🌟

Easter Fun And A Special Visitor!

We had lots of Easter fun in the last week of term 4! We enjoyed a surprise Easter Egg hunt outdoors, made our own Easter nest cakes, entered an egg decorating competition and even had a visit from the Easter Bunny!! 🐰 We were all VERY excited! 🐰

Red Nose Day

On Red Nose Day, we enjoyed telling lots of jokes and reading lots of funny stories! In the afternoon, we even enjoyed making ourselves a funny snack… fairy bread! We each buttered our bread carefully before tipping it upside down into a plate of sprinkles! The fairy bread went down a treat! 🧚🍞 Thank you for your kind donations on Red Nose Day this year! We spoke about how our money was going to help people who may not be as lucky as us 🌟💫

Habitats

This term, we have been learning about animals and their different habitats! We have enjoyed various stories set in different habitats and have enjoyed bringing the settings of our stories to life using items from around the classroom! We have worked together to create various jungles, deserts and farmlands! Throughout the weeks, we have drawn, painted and crafted lots of different animals to live in our habitats too! Fantastic teamwork from everyone! 💫

Our First World Book Day At Belmont

What a busy day we have had celebrating ‘World Book Day’ in Reception! Everybody looked fantastic in their costumes and we enjoyed reading as many of your books as possible! We loved sharing stories together, playing ‘book bingo!’ and setting up a ‘cosy carpet’ ready for some of the older children to come and read stories with us during the afternoon! What a lovely day!

Pancake Day Fun!

Pancake Day in Reception Class was lots of fun! We enjoyed reading our story ‘Mr Wolf’s Pancakes’, before writing our own shopping list of ingredients just like Mr Wolf! In the afternoon, we each had a go at flipping a pancake in the frying pan … before choosing our favourite toppings and enjoying one for a special afternoon snack!

Once Upon a Time ...

We have had such a busy term exploring our topic of traditional tales and have LOVED bringing these stories to life! We have baked and decorated our own gingerbread men, tried porridge like Goldilocks, built strong houses to keep the 3 Little Pigs safe, designed WANTED posters and traps to catch the Big Bad Wolf and enjoyed searching for clues in a fairytale crime scene investigation! We have loved retelling our favourite tales by dressing up as the characters and using puppets and props to tell the stories again and again!

Chinese New Year

We have loved learning about Chinese New Year in Reception! We have read a story about ‘The Great Race’, watched a ‘dragon dance’ (and performed our own!), made some beautiful red and gold lanterns to decorate the classroom and even enjoyed tasting some Chinese food! We tried noodles, soy sauce, rice, prawn crackers… and even a little crispy seaweed! We have loved learning about traditions that are special to people celebrating Chinese New Year!

Our First Christmas At Belmont!

We have enjoyed lots and lots of festive fun … decorating our Christmas tree together, sharing a new Christmas story each day from our book advent, making our lovely reindeer decorations and hot chocolate for the Christmas Fayre, writing Christmas cards, letters to Santa, taking part in the end of term Christmas quiz and of course lots of singing on the stage for our first Christmas Nativity, The Angel Express!

Fun In The Snow!

We were SO excited to get some snow in Reception Class! We enjoyed reading lots of winter stories before wrapping up warm and heading out into the snow! We had so much fun making footprints, rolling snowballs, building snowmen… and even a snow reindeer! We loved the sound of our welly boots crunching across the snow too! ☃️❄️ So much fun!

Across the week, we also enjoyed cooking icy treats in our outdoor kitchen, making snowy potions and using the watercolour paints to mix colours into the snow and ice! We love to make the most of the weather in Reception!

Children In Need Day

We had a lovely day raising money for Children in Need! Thank you for the kind donations and wonderful outfits - everyone looked fantastic! 💛🌟 

During the day we read the story ‘Pudsey’s Great Fundraiser’ and spoke about how our money was going to be sent to help children who might not be as lucky as us. We enjoyed colouring pictures of Pudsey, heading out around school on a ‘Pudsey Hunt’ and doing our very own spotty science experiment! As it was also Footprint Friday, we loved creating our own giant Pudsey Bear from nature! We worked together to collect lots of yellow leaves for Pudsey’s face, some sticks to create his bandana and smiley mouth, a cone for his eye and some bottle tops for his spots! What an exciting day for a wonderful cause! 💛

In Remembrance

As the week began with Remembrance Day, we watched a beautiful animation, ‘Poppies’, created by CBeebies. It opened up the discussion about why we wear poppies and who we are remembering. Throughout the week, lots of us have created our own poppies and many of us have worked together to create a giant painted poppy field in our classroom! The finished project is something to be proud of!

A Fire Engine On The Playground!

We were so excited to have a visit from Lincolnshire Fire and Rescue this week! We got a chance to look inside the fire engine and see all of the special equipment that is kept inside ready for an emergency! We even got to sit inside the fire engine, see and hear the blue emergency sirens and have a go at squirting water from the firefighters hose! What an exciting visit - we loved it

A Great First Term!

We have had a great first term at Belmont exploring our topic ‘Marvellous Me!’ We have enjoyed getting to know each other, making new friends and celebrating  how we are all unique and special. We have explored our emotions and feelings with help from ‘The Colour Monster’, enjoyed drawing, painting and using nature to create self portraits, designed our own lollipop houses when drawing our families and enjoyed some fruit tasting after speaking about how we can keep our bodies healthy! What a busy first term at Belmont!

Footprint Fridays!

Last week we headed out in our wellies for our first ‘Footprint Friday’ of the year! We loved exploring our woodland area, searching for mini-beasts using the clipboards and magnifying glasses and building dens using the large sticks! We enjoyed a story together sat on the tree stumps and listened so well to our new rules! We spoke about how to look after living things, how to carry sticks safely and how to spot nettles. We had so much fun outdoors together and are already looking forward to all the weekly outdoor adventures we’ve got to come!

Our First Weeks At Belmont!

Our youngest learners in Reception have had such a busy first few weeks at Belmont! We have loved exploring both indoor and outdoor environments with our new friends and making lots of lovely memories. We have enjoyed having tea parties in our home corner, getting creative in our ‘Art Studio’, searching for treasure in our indoor sand pit and baking cakes in the ‘Dough Kitchen’. As a class, we have also enjoyed lots of stories, dancing, dough disco and creating some large-scale artwork using the colourful pastels. I am so proud of how well everyone has settled in; it is lovely to see so many smiling faces already! 😊