Reception

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January 5, 2010

Year R play in the snow!

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Year R had lots of fun building snowmen.

December 9, 2009

Year Reception and Nursery Christmas Play

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Our Nursery and Reception classes performed their Christmas Nativity today and were spectacular. Not a dry eye in the house!

December 7, 2009

How do we prepare?

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At the start of our Advent RE topic, Preparations, Reception Class thought about how important it is to prepare well every day. They made timelines to show how they prepare to come to school. They had to think carefully about the order of events - don't put your shoes on before you get out of bed!

November 20, 2009

Blue Friday

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Today, the whole school wore blue to make a visible commitment that we are not prepared to tolerate bullying.
In our Pastoral groups, we wrote prayerto ask God to keep us safe and happy.


For many more pictures, take a look in the Gallery.

November 12, 2009

Reception Class visit St Alban's church

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Reception Class visited St Alban's Church as part of their work on Baptism. They looked at the font, the altar and the lectern.

October 15, 2009

Exploring Weather

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Reception have been investigating the weather. They have listened to the rain, explored materials, made sun reflectors and waited for wind to fly their kites! For more photographs visit the gallery.

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September 21, 2009

Reception Hair Stylists

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As part of the topic Ourselves we have set up a hairdressers in our classroom. The children have been very busy experimenting with different hairstyles!

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September 24, 2009

Year Reception and Year 6 buddies!

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Year R and Year 6 have had fun getting to know each other Together, they looked at story books, played in the sand, worked on the computer, danced to some top tunes, worked tirelessly at the hairdressers and even hid in a box! Year R and Year 6 are going to be great friends.

July 3, 2009

Comenius Celebration in Reception

Reception have made animal sculptures based on the Spanish traditional tale "The Little Vain Mouse"

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Look in the Gallery for more photos of their work.

July 11, 2009

Seaside Trip

Reception visited Tynemouth Toy Museum and discovered lots of old toys from the past.

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We headed to the beach for lunch and had a sandcastle competition.  Look in the Gallery for more photos of the trip.

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May 5, 2009

Road Safety

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Year R worked with Dora Bear learning how to cross the road safely.

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April 23, 2009

Whiteboard Surprise

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During the Easter hoidays a new interactive whiteboard was installed in the Reception classroom. The children returned to the surprise and have been busy having fun using it.

March 30, 2009

Easter Crafts

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Over the past six weeks children from Year 4 have been working on Easter crafts after school. Today they have all taken home their very own "pompom chick". They should be very proud of themselves. Well done!

March 14, 2009

Reception Red Nose Day

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Smile!

February 24, 2009

Shrove Tuesday!!

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Year Reception and Year 1 had a fantastic time making and eating pancakes. Yum! Though, it was possibly Mrs Straughan who broke the record for the number of pancakes made and tossed!
For more photos, see the Gallery.

February 9, 2009

Road Safety

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Reception have been learning about keeping safe near roads. Click on Gallery to view more photographs of the visit.

February 4, 2009

Snow fun

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Despite the cold conditions Reception managed to get five minutes of fun in the snow.
For more photographs visit the gallery.

January 29, 2009

Reception A house too good to eat!

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Following the story of Hansel and Gretel we built a house from cake, biscuits and sweets. All the children were involved in the making and EATING of our sweet house!

January 26, 2009

Reception A house of sticks

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During our investigation of sticks as a house building material, we explored ways of joining using glue, string, tape and blu tak.

January 23, 2009

Homes

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As part of our topic 'Homes' we have explored the houses made by the three little pigs.

December 10, 2008

Born in a Barn

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Well done to all Nursery and Reception children who performed so well during their Nativity play.
The acting and costumes were siperb!

December 5, 2008

Nativity Play Rehearsals

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Year Nursery, Year Reception, Year 1 and Year 2 are all putting the finishing touches to their Nativity plays. We can hardly wait to see them!

October 13, 2008

Year Reception and Year 6 Buddies.

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At St. Alban's, the children in Year R and Year 6 develop a close friendship through the 'buddy system'. All children really enjoyed the Year 6 visit to Foundation Stage, where everyone had fun getting to know one another.
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September 10, 2008

Starting School

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The children in Reception class have started full time school. We are looking forward to an exciting year of learning.

For more photographs of their first day please view the gallery.

February 25, 2008

Reception Class Godly Play

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In Reception Class we listened to the story of Jesus and the children using Godly Play. The children then explored the story using the Godly Play figures and a storyboard. See our Gallery for more photographs.

February 7, 2008

Book Day

Every Wednesday, our Foundation Stage have a Book Day. It is wonderful to have so many of our parents joining us to share stories.

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