Summer Term 2026

W/C 04.05.2026 and 11.05.2026

We have had a super busy and exciting two weeks in Reception!

We enjoyed a fantastic trip to Inkpot Farm, where we learned all about the important jobs Farmer Hannah does each day. The children loved finding out about shearing sheep to make wool, caring for the sheep and their baby lambs, and collecting eggs from the chickens to sell. When we returned to school, we made special thank you cards for Hannah, which we will be posting very soon!

In Literacy, we have been reading the story Supertato. The children have thoroughly enjoyed this book, and it has definitely become one of our favourites this year! They wrote some fantastic sentences about the Evil Pea, including “He is mean and green,” and also thought carefully about how to describe Supertato.

In Maths, we have been learning how to add by counting on from a number rather than starting from 1. We have also been practising subtraction by finding out how many are left from an amount. Alongside this, we have explored 2D shapes by identifying shapes in the environment, composing and decomposing shapes, and rotating them. The children gave excellent instructions to help create tangram pictures and used brilliant mathematical vocabulary throughout.

During Our World time, we have had some very exciting arrivals, baby chicks! We named our chicks and eagerly waited for them to hatch. One very special moment was watching a chick hatch from its egg, which was an amazing experience for the children. They have loved observing how the chicks change and grow stronger each day before being moved into their larger cage.

This term, we have also been learning all about bees. Some children created their own informative posters using facts they had learned, and they used their phonics knowledge to label the flowers independently.

W/C 20.04.2026

We hope you all had a lovely break! The children have returned refreshed, enthusiastic, and full of wonderful ideas.

This week we explored the story Billy's Bucket. Billy imagined all sorts of amazing things inside his bucket, sea creatures, submarines, and even mermaids!
The children shared their own imaginative ideas about what they would like in their buckets and then wrote sentences such as “I can see a…”. We were very impressed with their phonics and writing.

In maths, we have been consolidating number bonds to 5 and 10, different arrangements to make 10, understanding pairs (learning that a pair means two, even if they don’t match—like socks or gloves)

Next week, we will begin adding and taking away within 10.

We have been learning all about insects and how to identify them. Insects have 6 legs. Did you know that they have 3 body parts. We also explored Ramadan, learning about its importance and how it is celebrated.

We have repotted our broad beans, we can't believe how much they have grown! Wonder what we will grow next...

We had so much fun celebrating Holi, the festival of colour! It was a joyful way to welcome Spring and learn about different cultural traditions.

Information about our upcoming trip will be with you next week :)