Reception 9.10.26
As the weather begins getting colder, please ensure your child brings a coat and wellie boots are in school. We will continue having our garden open during free flow, so waterproof clothes are also recommended - these can stay on the children's pegs.
Phonics -
Graphemes - ck, e, u,…
Reception 2.10.26
A fab (and warm!) week in Reception. We have now joined the rest of the school for lunchtimes on the main playground, and the children are really enjoying exploring and making the most of everything our lovely playground has to offer - a mud kitchen, construction, stage, bikes, Lego, and more. If…
Reception 25.9.26
Another lovely week in Reception, the children are doing so well in understanding and following school routines, showing increasing levels of independence - superstars!
Phonics -
Graphemes - i, n, m, d.
The children are becoming more confident in writing these letters on their…
Reception 18.9.26
Our first full week at Strathmore has been a busy and very enjoyable one! The children are remembering routines, continuing to learn new names and showing brilliant understanding of our school values of being kind, safe and respectful.
Phonics -
Our phonics journey began this week,…
Reception 11.9.26
Welcome to our Reception blog! We have had a busy and wonderful first week settling in and getting to know each other. We are so very proud of how well the children have come into school and explored their new learning environment, as well as remembering lots of new routines!
Each week,…
Reception 10.7.26
Another hot week! The children have been brilliant when talking about sun safety once again. We enjoyed our final forest school session with Hannah & Becky this week where we made banana boats and toasted s'mores.
Phonics -
Australia: phase 4 longer words & recap of compound…
Reception 3.7.26
Phonics -
Australia - CCVCC words
Words we have read - crept, trust, squelch, crust, crisp, strand, strict.
Words we have written - stamp, twist, blend, crunch, strong, string, sprint, scrunch.
Tricky words - were, here, little, says.
Antarctica - CVCC words
Words we have…
Reception 26.6.25
Reception have been true superstars in the heat this week, remembering how to keep themselves as safe and as cool as possible both in the classroom and when outside. We've had lots of lovely water play and joined nursery in their garden in the afternoons as they have lots of shade and…
Reception 19.6.26
Phonics -
Australia have looked at CCVC words with short vowels this week.
Words we have read - wind, jump, nest, lost, fact, pond.
Words we have written - went, jump, lift, best, soft, just.
Tricky words - said, so, have, like.
Antarctica have looked at longer words, words…
Reception 12.6.26
Thank you for your crazy hair day efforts last week! The children all looked amazing and the school raised £158 for The Garden House Hospice, which was the charity chosen by our year 2s. Also a big thank you for buying our plants, we have raised £109 for resources for Reception, which we are…
Reception 5.6.26
A lovely first week back, we hope you all had a lovely half term!
Phonics -
This week, we have recapped longer words that have 2 syllables and double digraphs, as well as introducing words that end with -s, but sound like 'z', and words ending in -es, but sound like 'iz'. The children…
Reception 22.5.26
Phonics -
A very busy week in phonics! We have continued reading and writing words with 2 digraphs this week, including finger, cheep, and wooden. We have also recapped compound words (words that are made up of 2 root words such as rooftop, popcorn & farmyard). In addition to this, we have also…