Class Blog for Reception

Wider World Experiences 

Our Wider World Experiences

Reception have had so many visitors recently that have all shared their knowledge of different topics with them. They have all been so inquisitive, curious, determined and kind when they have all visited. Take a look at some of our visits!






Learning Cornish 

The Cornish Language is something that we celebrate in Reception class, we share the tales from Porth often in the classroom.

We were lucky enough to be visited by a very knowledgeable lady named Maureen Pierce. She can fluently speak the Cornish language and is very passionate about doing so. She taught all sorts of different words in Cornish and made sure we had the correct pronunciation. We learnt colours, emotions, names of toys and our numbers to five. The children loved learning the Cornish words. Celebrating and learning about this language is very important the opportunity we were provided this day was huge! We often still hear the children saying some of the Cornish words in their everyday provision and learning! It makes Miss Rowe feel Splann! (happy) If you would like to share some of the Tales from Porth click the link attached: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nH3BwItdiB8






Diabetes UK Visit:

We had a visit from a lovely lady named Jane Gilbert from Diabetes UK, she came in to share her experience of having type 1 diabetes and explained how it works. She showed the children some educational stuffed toys of a red blood cell, pancreas and a bear, called Ralph, that showed where the injection areas are on the body. The children asked lots of great questions and understood really well! Our children in reception are very understanding of people with diabetes due to their knowledge of a child in our classroom with it, they are always so kind and curious. Having this experience was so beneficial for the children as it made them aware of just how important it is to look after our peers.










Care Home Project:

In support of Anti-Bullying week, that was a couple of weeks ago the Receptions set about to start their kindness project. Today the receptions were visited by Jonathan Steed to talk about his role as a Clinical Director for At The Park and about the residents that live there. He spoke about how his residents may walk, talk, see, hear, speak and look different to us but we are all still humans who are filled with love, care and kindness and love doing the same things such as swimming, playing in playgrounds, art and more.

It was lovely to see the children's curious and kind response to what Jonathan was sharing and how insightful they all were when answering questions. At one point an apple was passed around for the children to say something kind to ''you are beautiful'', ''you are kind'' were some of my favourites. We also learnt some sign language that we included in our animal song in our nativity.

Encouraging the children to see and understand difference but to also celebrate it, is such as important thing and something we foster in our school and classroom. Thank you so much to Jonathon for joining us this afternoon and making it so enjoyable! As our project the reception children made each resident a stain glass window decoration to help with the sensory needs of the residents. Reception also wrote notes to each resident to add an extra kind touch. Well done reception we are proud of your love and respect of all people.

 


 

Sometimes all you can do is say 'WOW'- Kevin Henkes

What a fabulous start to your first year at school, Reception have settled so well into school life, have made great friends and continue to show our school values on the daily! Along our journey so far we have shared lots of 'WOW' moments from visitors, to trips, to workshops, we have had a busy, engaging and surprising time so far, keep reading to find out what we have been up to!   

Police Officer Rebecca Steed!

Our first visit was from a very kind and friendly Police Officer named Bex! When Miss Rowe entered the classroom early one morning, she walked in to find a crime scene! Someone had covered the table in paint and knocked all the chairs over, we had no clue who did it! Reception then started to discuss who we could call if we needed help straight away; so we called the number 999 and Bex answered and came straight to help us! 


When she had arrive she picked 2 trainee officers to help try and solve this messy case. Bex talked through what an officer would do in this situation and how it would be handled. Upon inspecting the crime scene one of our trainee officers spotted something, STRANDS OF HAIR!! They started comparing the hair to those sat on the carpet to see if the culprit we were looking for was already in the room, but no success.


Clara said 'it must have happened at night then, as it isn't anyone on the carpet'- I think you are on to something there Clara! What else in our room has hair? It's not a human, it's not an animal... IT MUST BE A CUDDLY TOY. Once narrowed down, they searched the room for a cuddly toy with long, blonde hair, with a suspicious look on their face! It didn't take long to find Dolly hidden behind the bears and other cuddly toys, one other incriminating thing found on Dolly was paint, the same colour that was found at our crime scene! She was caught RED HANDED!


Bex talked about how it is not kind to ruin other peoples things and that it can get you in trouble. We learnt lots of interesting facts about Police officers and how they work hard to keep us all as safe a possible! They are safe strangers and people you can approach when lost, scared, happy or need help!


Reception worked as such a great team to figure out the case and were so enthusiastic, curious and determined when doing so. The most important thing we have learnt from this visit is that when you see a Police Officer out and about just smile and wave and they'll do it back! :) 



 


Our Values...

Creativity

Creative

We are bold and innovative in our approach to find new solutions to the challenges we face.

Curiosity

Curious

We are inspired by the awe and wonder of the world.

Integrity

Responsible

We take responsibility for our actions in an environment of mutual respect.

Enthusiasm

Enthusiastic

We are passionate about learning.

Excellence

Excellent

We are the best we can be.

Determination

Determined

We overcome all barriers to reach our potential, developing a capacity to improve further.

Smiles healthy teeth survey for 5 year olds on site 4th March. St Piran's Day morning sing 5th March. World Book Day 7th March. Cornish Caretakers 8th March. A busy week!


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