It’s Christmas !
01-12-2025
Today the children have enjoyed decorating the classroom and the Christmas tree 🌲
Early Years Foundation Stage
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“Every child deserves the best possible start in life and support to fulfil their potential…experiences between birth and five has a major impact on their future life chances. A secure, safe and happy childhood is important in its own right. Good parenting and high quality learning together provide the foundation children need to make the most of their abilities and talents as they grow up”
Statutory Framework for the Early Years Foundation Stage”, Department for Children, Schools and Families, (2017)
Our Curriculum Intent
Our EYFS curriculum is language led and inclusive driven. Every area of learning is designed to reduce disadvantage and meet the needs of all children. We aim for ambitious outcomes, enabling all children to access a rich, engaging and sequential curriculum.
Our Curriculum Implementation
Universal Provision: We provide a language rich environment through daily stories, talk activities, role play. Adults model and scaffold language, extending children’s vocabulary and understanding. High quality interactions during focused tasks and continuous provision supports development in prime and specific areas.
Targeted provision: To support children’s development, we provide small group interventions such as WellComm and bucket therapy. We teach phonics in small groups. Visuals, Makaton and sensory aids further support children to access our rich curriculum.
Specialist Provision: We tailor individual support plans for children with high needs, collaborating with specialist where requires. Strategies are tailored to ensure participation and progress.
Family and community: Parent workshops, Stay and Learn sessions and home learning support provides opportunities for parents/carers to learn alongside their children and support learning at home. Cultural and linguistic diversity is integrated throughout.
Our Curriculum Impact
Measuring success: We measure progress from initial baseline assessment in all areas. We use a combination of observation and formal assessment (e.g. RWI phonics and WellComm) to support judgements. We understand the importance of supporting all aspects of child development, recording progress in social and emotional growth, participation and engagement alongside cognitive progress.
Please click on the links below for further details of our EYFS curriculum.
SUPPORTING YOUR CHILD
Please attend all our parent/carer session or speak to staff members for advice helping your child. Below are some websites you might find useful.
EYFS Curriculum – EYFS Development Matters
A guide to your child’s learning and development in the EYFS – What to Expect When?
Videos and resources to support Phonics – RWI Phonics Guidance
Fun, educational games for children to play – Cbeebies
Free eBooks for children to read online – Oxford Owl
Simple, fun maths activities – Maths Activities
Early Years Foundation Stage Chatter
It has been a busy day booking cakes for Maisie’s Birthday Party 🎂 We have learnt the names of the ingredients and measured them out before mixing them together.
28-11-2025
We have been busy building an obstacle course and strengthening our core muscle and balance by walking across them.
24-11-2025
Duck in a Truck
23-11-2025
Below is a link for our upcoming story in literacy if you would like to share this at home.
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The Train Ride
23-11-2025
Here is a link if you would like to share our most recent story at home.
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Dice Game
23-11-2025
We had lots of fun this week playing a dice game where we rolled the dice to see which counter would get to the top first!
Outdoor Exploration
23-11-2025
There were so many opportunities for learning outdoors this week including finding signs of winter and wrapping up warm for the frosty weather.
Traffic Lights
23-11-2025
As part of our transport topic, we had fun making traffic light crackers using fruit and vegetables.
Reception Nativity
20-11-2025
Please join us on Thursday 4th December for our Wriggly Nativity! Show times will be 10am and 2pm. Many thanks.
Parts and Wholes in Reception Maths
19-11-2025
This week we have been looking at parts that make a whole in maths. We have completed sets of jigsaws by using the parts to make a whole.
Thank you to everyone who joined us for stay and learn this afternoon. We hope you enjoyed the session and I look forward to hearing about the books you are sharing.
14-11-2025
We have had lots of fun raising money for children in need. Lots of dancing with Pudsey and we made our own Pudsey hats.
14-11-2025
Remembrance Day
12-11-2025
In Reception we remembered the events of the past by making poppies and watching a rabbit animation.
We have started World Nursery Rhyme week by learning 2 little dickie birds and singing Humpty Dumpty.
10-11-2025
Diwali Celebrations in Reception
09-11-2025
We had a great time making Diwa lamps, making Diwali cards, sharing the story of Rama and Sita, creating Diwali celebration food, tasting some of the foods that may be eaten during Diwali and watching the lighting of the Diwa lamps.
On Friday we practiced the fundamental skills of listening and stopping and starting as we played The Beans Game, Corners and All the Fruits of the Market.
Gruffalo Crumble
09-11-2025
To end our autumn and Gruffalo learning, we made Gruffalo Crumble in class!
Gruffalo Maths
06-11-2025
In maths this week we have enjoyed counting up to 5 Gruffalo characters and saying the number names in the correct order.
The Gruffalo
06-11-2025
This week in our literacy, we have enjoyed sharing the story of The Gruffalo.
PE Gruffalo instructions
06-11-2025
We had to listen to instructions and be a stomping gruffalo, a slithering snake, a tip toeing mouse , a flapping owl and a running fox.
Fireworks
03-11-2025
Today the children have enjoyed making fire work pictures using magic glue and glitter 😊
Reception Stay and Learn Autumn 1
02-11-2025
Huge thanks to all parents, carers and families for joining us for our first Stay and Learn of the year which was based on autumn and Room on the Broom.
Pumpkin Exploring and Magical Wands
02-11-2025
we explored a pumpkin and made magical wands by dipping breadsticks into melted chocolate.
Room on the Broom
02-11-2025
We had a fun time sharing the story of Room on the Broom in class.
We re-enacted the story, ordered broomsticks by length, and created magical spells.
Our trip to Speke Hall
24-10-2025
We went on a trip to Speak Hall today and had the best day ever! We went in search of a friendly Giant at the outdoor nature trail. We found lots of giant objects and musical instruments .
Stay and play
22-10-2025
A great big thank you to everybody that came to our Stay and Play this afternoon. We had so much fun making magic wands, playdough hedgehogs and decorating room on the broom characters.
Diwali celebrations
17-10-2025
We made some special Diwali sweets, Diwali cards and shared some Diwali foods . Happy Diwali to everyone!
Diwali Celebrations
17-10-2025
This week we have enjoyed celebrating Diwali by making our very own Diya lamps using salt dough.
Reception’s first campfire
16-10-2025
We had a fantastic time at our campfire. We toasted marshmallows, ate s’mores, sang songs and drank hot chocolate. A big thank you to all the parents and carers for attending.
Diwali lamps
16-10-2025
We have been leaning all about the celebration Diwali. We made Diwali lamps out of salt dough and decorated them with bright coloured paint and glitter. Don’t they look amazing!
Funnybones
16-10-2025
We have had a great time sharing the story of Funnybones this week. We have talked about where our heads, shoulders, knees, toes, hands and legs are and have had fun sharing a skeleton dance. We have also talked about clothing names when dressing a skeleton.
Reception Campfire
16-10-2025
Thank you to all parents for joining us at the campfire yesterday. We had a great time toasting marshmallows, making s’mores and singing and dancing!
PE shaking skeletons
16-10-2025
We have been shaking different parts of our bodies fast and slow just like shaking skeletons.
Thanks to all parents for coming along to session 4 of our parental literacy workshop which focused on writing.Please join us on Wednesday 22nd October for our final literacy workshop. The time will be 2.15-3pm. Many thanks.
Happy Birthday Lucky Labubu and Billy Bear
15-10-2025
We had a great time celebrating Billy Bear and Lucky Labubu’s birthdays! We had a party with delicious party food, played party games and sang happy birthday!
Reception Maths- who has more?
15-10-2025
In reception this week the children have been working out who has “MORE” toys. We shared the toys with Teddy and Jigsaw Jennie, we counted how many each one had and then we worked out who had more and talked about who has less.
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Hello Friend 👋 We have been reading our new book Hello Friend and playing some of the games like the story with our new friends. 😊
15-10-2025
Funny bones in the playdough area
14-10-2025
We have been using straws to make skeletons in our playdough area. We used our creative skills to think about where bones need to go.
Funny bones
14-10-2025
This weeks story is called Funny bones. We decided to dress our skeleton and sing and dance with her. We talked about different parts of the body and what clothes we wear.
Birthday Week 🎂
10-10-2025
The children have been reading “Happy Birthday Maisy” this week. We had lots of celebrating this week as it was Lucky Labubu’s birthday as well as Billy Bears, Jesse, Ayah and Elias [RSMc].
We made special decorations, decorated birthday cards and made party hats for the birthday celebration.
This afternoon we played super fun party games and shared some party food together to celebrate – what a wonderful way to end the week!
Happy Birthday Lucky Labubu & Billy Bear 🎂🌈🍀
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We have been learning about different emotions including happy, sad, worried and angry. We have created our own emotion rainbow to show how we are feeling.
10-10-2025
PE in Reception
10-10-2025
This week we are using equipment to help us retell Jack and the Beanstalk! 
#lsspcoachtom
This week we have been looking at arrangements and deciding how many there are. We then matched arrangements to numbers.
Parental Literacy Workshop Session 3
09-10-2025
Huge thanks to so many parents who joined us for session 3 of our literacy workshop which focused on phonics. 
Movement with scarves
06-10-2025
This afternoon we have enjoyed dancing to music using scarves , we have learnt various new moves and had lots of fun.
Five Minutes’ Peace
02-10-2025
This week we have enjoyed sharing the story of Five Minutes’ Peace. We have sequenced the key events in the story and created a bubble bath for Mrs Large!
Parent Literacy Workshop Session 2
02-10-2025
Huge thanks to all parents for coming on Tuesday for session 2 of our literacy workshop which focused on nursery rhymes. We made Humpty Dumpty play dough and jigsaws! Please join us if you can this coming Tuesday 7th October at 2.15pm- focus will be phonics. Many thanks!
Using instruments to make animal sounds!
We used the blocks to create a large scale bridge
Composition of numbers ✋🏼
30-09-2025
The children have been exploring how numbers are made of 1s 🧮
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The Tiger Who Came to a Tea Party
28-09-2025
We had a great time at our very own tiger tea party after sharing The Tiger Who Came to Tea.
Parent Literacy Workshop Session 1
28-09-2025
Huge thanks to parents for coming along to our first workshop on Tuesday. We shared Shark in the
Park and made telescopes with our families. Please join us this Tuesday 30th September at 2.15pm for more fun and ideas for home.
We enjoyed sharing the story of You Choose and talking about our own homes. We also chose our favourite homes from the story.
PE in Reception
28-09-2025
Using lots of equipment with our sports coach to practice key skills and having great great fun!
Matching Numbers to Quantity
28-09-2025
We had a great time practicing matching numbers to quantity up to 5.
You Choose….
26-09-2025
Our book this week was You Choose. The children had lots of fun making different choices. We talked about how we make lots of choices every single day.
They choose what job they would like to have when they are older and we made special crowns to show this. They choose what what type of house they would like to live in and we painted some beautiful pictures for our home area. 🏡
They even got to choose what type of chocolate chips they would have their biscuit 🍪
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PE
25-09-2025
We have been practicing how to sit in a space and how to follow instructions. We played a game called traffic lights and had lots of fun.
Nursery Rhymes
19-09-2025
Today we have learnt two new songs, Im a little tea pot and Tiny Tim. We have made spotty teapots this morning using the paint sticks and also explored making tea outside. This afternoon we have learnt Tiny Tim and had lots of fun exploring with the soap and flannels.
Investigators
18-09-2025
We used magnifying glasses to look at all the different thing that had fallen down off the trees.
Our first PE lesson
18-09-2025
Today in PE we learnt how to get into a space and how to follow instructions. We played the beans game and had to be walking beans, jumping beans and runner beans.
Sharing Songs
17-09-2025
Sharing Songs in Reception. We’ve had fun singing number songs and a Gruffalo song!
We are having fun choosing a book at the start of the day.
Maths in Reception
17-09-2025
This week we looking at counting and making arrangements of numbers to 3. 
Nursery Rhymes
16-09-2025
This week we have learnt two new songs, I’m a little tea pot and tiny Tim. We have had fun exploring with the soap and water. We have also been making cups of tea using the tea bags.
The tiger who came to tea
15-09-2025
We listened to the story ‘The tiger who came to tea’ today. Later we painted pictures of the tiger. What a busy Monday we have had!
We had a great time learning a new song about a teddy today.
Reception Fun
08-09-2025
It’s been great to have seen the children settle into school life in Reception.
Smithdown 150 years celebrations
17-07-2025
We had so much fun celebrating our schools birthday celebrations. We had a visit from the ice cream van, played party games and enjoyed birthday cake.
Smithdown 150 year’s celebration
17-07-2025
We had so much fun taking part in our schools birthday celebrations. We had a visit from the ice cream van , played party games and enjoyed birthday cake.
150 Birthday Party ~ best day ever! 🌟
16-07-2025
What an absolutely fantastic celebration for our schools 150th birthday celebration! 🎊
The children enjoyed playing on the inflatables with their friends , they had a visit to the ice cream truck for some lovely I whipped ice cream and they also played party games with lots of prizes in their classes!
The children finished off the day with some birthday cake and sang happy birthday to Smithdown Primary School. What a lovely day from start to finish. 🎂
The Very Hungry Caterpillar
16-07-2025
This week we have enjoyed sharing the story of The Very Hungry Caterpillar. Below is a link if you’d
like to share the story at home. Many thanks.
https://fliphtml5.com/zfycw/hxzl/basic
This week we have had lots of fun using timers to freeze, see how many jumps, claps and hops we can do before the time ran out!
Time
16-07-2025
We had a great time learning all about the o’clock time and days of the week in maths.
Happy Birthday Smithdown Primary!
16-07-2025
We have had a great day celebrating Smithdown’s 150th birthday party! We played on a bouncy castle, had ice cream and had such great fun playing party games! Thank you very much for all of our lovely treats.
Hands Assembly 🖐
15-07-2025
Thank you to all of the families who attended Receptions Hands assembly this afternoon. The children have been working so hard for the last 10 weeks and they were absolutely fantastic!
We are so proud of all the effort they have been putting into their signing, singing and dancing.
We hope you all enjoyed it!!
And a big well done to Deny from Miss McNally’s class who worked so hard throughout these sessions with her fantastic signing. She won a love hands jacket – how amazing!!
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The Very Hungry Caterpillar 🐛🍎🍐🧁🍭🌱
14-07-2025
Today we read “The Very Hungry Caterpillar” – the children worked together in pairs to recall what the caterpillar had eaten on each day of the week.
They also used some of the fruits that the very hungry caterpillar had eaten to make their very own fruit salad that they enjoyed during snack time. 🍎🍐🍊🍓🍉🫐
In the creative area the children were making their own very hungry caterpillars using green and red circles. They made these completely independently- how fantastic! 🐛
Cooooooool down 🧊
11-07-2025
Reception enjoyed some freezing cold ice pops in the sun. What a perfect cool down on a Friday afternoon!! ☀️
The Big Teddy Bear Breakfast 🐻🥞
10-07-2025
Oh the children could have never guessed what their Teddy’s got up to once the lights went out… what mischievous Teddy’s🐻
The children got to see the Teddy’s journey throughout our school & then enjoyed a lovely breakfast in the garden!
Lots of giggles and full bellies in Reception today! 🌟
Teddy Bear Sleepover 🐻 💤
09-07-2025
What a fantastic afternoon we have all had! We have set the teddy’s off to sleep with a lovely lullaby… let’s see what they get up to tomorrow! 🐻
Thank you to all of the families who attended & got creative with the children – I hope you all enjoyed it as much as we did.
Roll on the Teddy Bear Breakfast 🥞 🐻
Thank you to everyone for joining us for our wonderful music assemblies with Mrs Naylor. 🎶
09-07-2025
We had so much fun splashing everyone at the water fight! The most fun was splashing the teachers!
09-07-2025
Shark-infested biscuits 🦈
04-07-2025
The children had a busy afternoon and had worked up an appetite for some shark-infested biscuits, after a busy morning for sports day! 🦈🌟
Reception Sports Day 2025🏆🎖
04-07-2025
Thank you to all of the families who came out to cheer the children on – they had a blast! 🏆
The children worked so hard as part of a team to complete all of the races and we are so proud of all of them for showing great sportsmanship!
Well done to everyone 🌟
Making 🔟
27-06-2025
The children have been exploring different ways to make 🔟
They used numicon, cubes and counters to show different ways to make the number 10!
Active Adding🎲
27-06-2025
The children were using their adding skills today to add the numbers from the dice to work out how many jumping jacks they needed to do. ⭐️
The Lighthouse Keeper’s Lunch
26-06-2025
The children had lots of fun choosing what to send the Lighthouse Keeper for lunch. They choose what food and sent it down in a basket – all while trying to avoid the seagulls. We talked about what healthy choices we could make and choose his lunch very carefully. Oooooh! 🧺 🏝
Thank you Mrs Carpenter for organising our Beatlemania day, we had so much fun singing along 🎤
26-06-2025
BeatleMania 🎶
25-06-2025
We loved taking part in BeatleMania today!
”We all lived in a yellow submarine!” 🎶
Ice Cream Shop
25-06-2025
We are having a great time developing our imaginative role play skills outside at the ice cream shop! We also dressed Billy Bear for the summer and thought about what kinds of clothes and items he might need.
Forest School
25-06-2025
We have had a lovely time in Forest School club with some of our Reception children and parents and families. We have used natural materials to make journey sticks, played listening games and created dens. Tomorrow-Thursday 26th June is our last session where we will be having a campfire. All welcome and hope to see lots of you tomorrow from 3.30-4pm. Many thanks.
The Big Teddy Bear Sleepover
25-06-2025
On Wednesday 9th July at 2.15pm we are inviting all parents and families to our Big Teddy Sleepover! We invite all of our children to bring in a bear 🐻 and they will make a bed using a selection of boxes and materials. We be sharing songs and putting our teddies into their beds ready to spend the night at school! We hope to see as many of you as possible there. Many thanks.
Singing in Music
25-06-2025
We are practicing songs for our big teddy bear sleepover coming up on Wednesday 9th July at 2.15pm! All parents and families welcome.
We have been busy learning about cubes and cuboids. We used these 3d shapes to build bridges.
20-06-2025
We have been looking at the text Only One You and sharing where we have come from and where we are now. We have made fish to represent the fish in the story.
19-06-2025
Ahoy!! 🏴☠️
17-06-2025
Reception have been super crafty over the last few weeks reading all about Pirates – they have been making paintings of pirate ships, telescopes, pirate flags and even treasure maps! 🏴☠️
Our 150 years school celebration picnic
13-06-2025
This afternoon we had a fantastic time celebrating and eating delicious food with all of our families at school.
150 Year Celebration
13-06-2025
What a lovely picnic this afternoon! A big, huge thank you to all children, parents and staff for all the work and effort everyone has put in for our 150 year celebration. Thank you everyone for coming to celebrate this afternoon.
Happy Father’s Day🌟
13-06-2025
Thank you all for coming to our Father’s / Special Person assembly 🌟 the children worked so hard practicing both songs and making their lovely art work. We hope you enjoyed it as much as we did!
Smithdown P.S 150 Year Celebrations
12-06-2025
In Reception we have been learning all about our school and it’s 150th birthday 🥳
We looked at old pictures of the children from our school – they were all in black and white.
We made a picture of Smithdown P.S to celebrate and printed with sponges using the school colours 🎨
Reception @ The World Museum
12-06-2025
Reception had a fantastic day at the museum on Tuesday. We had a wonderful time seeing all of the amazing things – our favourite was the aquarium. The children even spotted Nemo and Dory!
Double facts!
12-06-2025
The children have been working hard during their morning work to recall double facts. They wrote the number sentence to match – using the adding and equal sign. Great job Reception 👍🏻
Forest School
12-06-2025
Reception families everybody is welcome to our Forest School club today from 3.30-4pm.
Many thanks!
Celebrate Eid !
10-06-2025
Today the children have enjoyed coming to school in their own clothes to celebrate Eid.
Weekly Challenge
10-06-2025
In Reception the have been working extremely hard every week with a new weekly challenge – which they must complete independently!
The children were given a challenge this week to help out The Jolly-Roger’s family to see what items of treasure would float and which would sink. They experimented with different objects – coins, rocks, kids and rubber bands.
Making school cake
06-06-2025
Today we enjoyed measuring the ingredients together and making school cake to celebrate our schools 150th birthday.🎁 🎈 🎉
150 Years Celebrations
05-06-2025
In Reception we have talked about how our school building is 150 years old. We’ve looked at old photographs of the building and have drawn pictures of our school using photographs.
Collage
05-06-2025
We have been looking at the features of our school building and creating a collage using various shapes.
Treasure hunt !
05-06-2025
We have been hunting for key features of our school building that is now 150 years old.
Eid
04-06-2025
This week we are having a great time making Eid cards and learning about Eid celebrations.
Pirates Ahoy!
04-06-2025
This week we have really enjoyed learning all about pirates! We have made hats, eye patches, designed ships and created our own treasure maps.
Reception Family Visit to Calderstones Park- Tuesday Afternoon Visit
03-06-2025
Huge thanks to all parents who were able to come along to the park.
We have started our School’s 150 year celebration by creating a collage of our beautiful building.
02-06-2025
Labelling a pirate
02-06-2025
Today we looked at different features of a pirate and labelled them.
Weekly Challenge!
23-05-2025
This week in reception the boys and Girls have been very hard at work making a map for Little Red Riding Hood. They made their very own map to help Little Red to stay away from the Big Bad Wolf 🐺 They have made these maps all by themselves… well done boys and girls for working independently!
Reception Family Visit to Calderstones Park- Tuesday Morning Visit
22-05-2025
Huge thanks to all parents who were able to come along with their child to the park.
Reception Family Visit to Calderstones Park- Monday Afternoon Visit
22-05-2025
Huge thanks to all parents who were able to come along with their child to the park.
Reception Family Visit to Calderstones Park- Monday Morning Visit
21-05-2025
Huge thanks to all parents who could make coming along to the park this week with their child.
We have been busy sticking our designs onto our bunting for our 150 year celebrations.
16-05-2025
It was lovely to see so many of you in Nursery today sharing activities with your children. 😊
15-05-2025
The Little Red Hen
15-05-2025
Here is a link to The Little Red Hen story if you would like to share it at home.
https://pubhtml5.com/hmeo/tnap/Little_Red_Hen_%28Ladybird_Read_It_Yourself%29/
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Odd and Even Numbers
15-05-2025
Here is a game to play at home to help your child understand odd and even numbers.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/articles/zvwq2v4
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PE in Reception
15-05-2025
Over the last few weeks, we have been practicing our skipping skills, trying to throw and catch and even having a go at tennis! We have also been practicing our listening skills and following instructions in PE when playing games. 
The Little Red Hen
15-05-2025
This week we have been sharing the story of The Little Red Hen. We have made bread just like the hen and have written instructions for making bread.
Odd and Even in Reception Maths
15-05-2025
This week we have been practicing odd and even numbers up to 10 in maths. 
Challenge – Make a pigs house
13-05-2025
For last weeks challenge the children had to make a house out of straw, sticks or bricks. The children had to do this independently.
Look at their wonderful work. 😃 🌟
Tasty bread!
13-05-2025
Yesterday we made bread just like The little red hen. Today we ate it with butter and jam. It was so tasty!
Hand Signing
13-05-2025
We are practicing signs for food names this week in Reception during our Hands time.
We have been working together in the Doctors Surgery and learning lots of new words today. 👩⚕️ 👨⚕️
12-05-2025
We have been following AB patterns using the ladybird and fine prize cow from our storybook.
09-05-2025
Subtraction Number Bonds to 5 in Reception
08-05-2025
This week we have been practicing learning subtraction facts of number bonds to 5.
PE using our senses
08-05-2025
In PE today we looked at using our senses to move around. We used our ears to hear the birds ,our noses to smell the dinner, our eyes to see our friends and feeling mud in our toes
The Three Little Pigs
07-05-2025
This week we are sharing the story of The Three Little Pigs and we have had lots of fun making houses for the pigs using a selection of materials. 
The Three Billy Goats Gruff
07-05-2025
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We had lots of fun sharing the story of The Three Billy Goats Gruff. We created a bridge, made billy goat collages, practiced our number bonds to 5 using goat counters and made cheese and cress crackers.
Goldilocks and the Three Bears
07-05-2025
Our current topic is Traditional Tales and we shared the story of Goldilocks and the Three Bears. We wrote sorry letters
We have been busy designing our own map to save the fine prize cow! Practicing our cutting skills and working out the route. 🐄 🐞
06-05-2025
We have been working together taking turns to build tall buildings like the ones in our story Naughty Bus.
01-05-2025
Our trip to Croxteth farm
30-04-2025
We had the best day ever visiting Croxteth farm. In the morning we saw lots of farm animals and in the afternoon we had a play in the play area.
We have been learning some map skills and took a bus ride around our local streets. We were so excited to share where we lived and the route to our School.
29-04-2025
We have been developing our fine motor skills and our vocabulary whilst exploring the brand the Naughty Bus drove through!
29-04-2025
We opened a present and found the Naughty Bus! We have been busy making tall buildings and creating our own bus.
28-04-2025
Celebrating Earth Day! We have found litter to recycle and made posters to take home.
25-04-2025
Earth Day in Reception
22-04-2025
Today we celebrated Earth Day in Reception by using sun paper to make natural pictures. We also talked about ways to save and conserve 
energy and used a parachute to use the power of the wind to have lots of fun outdoors.
Hands Signing
22-04-2025
We have started to learn sign language in Reception. Today we have been learning signs for colours.
On Tuesday we visited Central Library in our city centre with some of our families and we had a great time sharing books, having a look around the children section of the library and even going onto the roof to see the skyline of Liverpool.
Happy Eid!
04-04-2025
The children had a wonderful time celebrating Eid at school. We had a dance party to celebrate!
It has been a busy day celebrating Eid 🥳 we have drawn henna hands, made party hats, played games and enjoyed dancing together.
03-04-2025
Happy Eid!
01-04-2025
Today we continued with the Eid celebrations. The children looked amazing in their special Eid clothes and had some fun doing some lovely Eid activities! We finished off the day with a dance party to celebrate Eid 🎉
Central Library
31-03-2025
Reception families and parents if you are joining us at Central Library this week, please meet us at 9.45 at the main entrance of Central Library on William Brown Street.
Miss McFarlane’s class will go to the library tomorrow Tuesday 1st April and Miss McNally’s class will visit on Thursday 3rd April. Below is a map link for our school to the library.
The postcode for the library is L3 8EW.
https://www.google.com/maps/dir/Smithdown+Primary+School,+Chatsworth+Drive,+Liverpool+L7+6LJ/Central+Library,+William+Brown+St,+Liverpool+L3+8EW/@53.4053523,-2.9861237,14z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m14!4m13!1m5!1m1!1s0x487b21022e52ea2d:0x4c6d8550a6cc4176!2m2!1d-2.9511929!2d53.3992227!1m5!1m1!1s0x487b213b05a3aa69:0x5f4ca882f45b6b5d!2m2!1d-2.9802884!2d53.4098392!3e0?hl=en-gb&entry=ttu&g_ep=EgoyMDI1MDMyNS4xIKXMDSoASAFQAw%3D%3D
Many thanks.
Carrot Footprints
31-03-2025
We have had fun making carrot footprints today as part of spring and Easter.
We had lots of fun playing games using hoops in Reception.
Mother’s Day Story Time
31-03-2025
Thank you very much to all parents who cam along to our Mother’s Day story time on Friday.
Star of the week
28-03-2025
Our star of the week certificates go to two fantastic hard workers. Well done! ⭐️ 🌟 💫
We have been looking at signs of spring and have been learning the different parts of the daffodils.
28-03-2025
Fantastic work today
28-03-2025
This week we have been looking at rhyming strings in literacy and subtraction in maths.
Happy Mother’s Day
28-03-2025
Wishing you all a very happy Mother’s Day! A big thank you to everyone that attended our special Mother’s Day story time this morning. We hope you enjoyed it. 🌸 🌺 💗
Painting sunflowers
26-03-2025
We enjoyed painting sunflowers as we watched our own sunflower seeds begin to grow. We shared a story called Camille and the Sunflowers and looked at a famous sunflower painting by Vincent Van Gogh to help us with our painting.
Rhyming in Reception
26-03-2025
In Reception literacy this week we are practicing continuing a rhyming string and enjoying lots of rhymes. We are sharing a story called Oi Frog and below is a link if you’d like to share the story at home.
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Subtraction in Reception
26-03-2025
This week in Reception maths we are practicing subtracting and writing numbers and subtraction number sentences.
Below are some links to some subtraction number songs to share at home.
https://ictgames.com/mobilePage/bottleTakeAway/index.html
https://www.bbc.co.uk/teach/school-radio/articles/zjjbnrd
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Eid and Mother’s Day Card Making
26-03-2025
We are busy in Reception making Eid cards and Mother’s Day cards.
Here we are finding the baby spring animals to match to their mothers. We learnt new animal names and discussed the animal features. 🐥 🐴 🐷 🐑 🐄
24-03-2025
We sequenced our story and had lots of fun joining in with the repeated refrain. 📖 🐷 🐷 🐷 🐺
21-03-2025
Violin in Music
19-03-2025
We listened to the lovely sounds of the violin and sang along to Twinkle Twinkle Little Star.
Jack and the Beanstalk
19-03-2025
This morning we voted as to whether we would climb the beanstalk or not! The children standing said they would climb and the children sitting down said that they would not!
Claves in Reception
19-03-2025
We have had a great time playing the claves in music. We had to keep to a beat and then stop!
Jack and the Beanstalk
18-03-2025
This week we are learning about Jack and the Beanstalk. Below is a link to the story if you would like to share it at home.
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Painting and Planting Beanstalks
18-03-2025
This week we are learning about Jack and the Beanstalk as part of our topic of Growth. We have painted a beanstalk and have planted beans and peas. We will be watering them to watch them grow.
Addition in Reception
18-03-2025
This week we are practicing adding 1 using the part whole model.
Creating a beanstalk
18-03-2025
We created a beanstalk using green ribbon and paper. We imagined it was leading up to the giant’s castle.
I’ll huff and I’ll puff and I’ll blow your house down! 🐷 🐷 🐷 🐺 We have been busy designing and building houses for the three little pigs today.
17-03-2025
Decorating sunflower biscuits
14-03-2025
We had fun decorating sunflower biscuits this afternoon.
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Science week
14-03-2025
To celebrate science week, reception read The Gingerbread Man and talked about what might happen if the gingerbread man fell into the water. We decided to see what would happen if we dunked biscuits into milk, oil and water.
Crazy Hair day! What wonderful creative hairstyles we have in Nursery. Thank you for the chocolate donations so far. We will be wearing home clothes next week and taking chocolate donations for our Bingo night.
14-03-2025
Planting Outdoors
12-03-2025
This week we have planted sunflower seeds, made scented play dough using lavender, rosemary and mint and planted vegetables, daffodils and herbs. We will be watching the changes to the seeds as they grow. 
Biscuit Experiment
12-03-2025
As part of Science Week we did an experiment about which biscuit is the best for dipping! We have used a variety of biscuits to dip into milk, water and oil. We looked to see which liquid was the best to use. Thank you Mrs Kelly for giving us great ideas for a fun afternoon!
Science Week
12-03-2025
This week we are celebrating Science Week at school. Reception are learning about a scientist called Sarah Boone who helped to create the modern day ironing board.
The Gingerbread Man
11-03-2025
Today we have made our very own Gingerbread Man ……. Run run as fast as you can 🏃
Taking care of our sunflower seeds
11-03-2025
We will water our seeds everyday and watch them grow into beautiful sunflowers.
Planting sunflower seeds
11-03-2025
After carefully listening to the instructions, we planted our sunflower seeds.
Errol’s Garden
11-03-2025
This week our focused story in literacy is Errol’s Garden. If you would like to share it at home, here is a link to the book.
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Planting Sunflower Seeds
11-03-2025
We have had a great time beginning our topic of Growth by planting sunflower seeds. We will observe the changes to the seeds over the next few weeks. We are also celebrating Science Week at school this week.
World Book Day in Reception
10-03-2025
We enjoyed World Book Day! We found lots of Dalmatian dogs and hid from Cruella de Vil!
World book day
07-03-2025
What a fantastic day we had dressed up as our favourite book characters.
Today we have been reading Mr Wolf’s Pancakes. We have drawn Mr Wolf and made pancakes just like his recipe! 🥞
03-03-2025
Superheroes at Work
27-02-2025
We had lots of being superheroes and creating dens outdoors for the superheroes to live in.
Getting creative with Supertato
27-02-2025
We made some fantastic Supertato pictures using real potatoes to print with.
Porridge making !
27-02-2025
Today we have had lots of fun making our very own porridge after reading our new book Goldilocks and the Three Bears. 🐻
International Mother Language Day
26-02-2025
In Reception we have celebrated International Mother Language Day by counting in other languages and learning the names of our snacks in different languages.
Making 6 and 7 in Maths
26-02-2025
This week we are counting up to 7 objects and making 6 and 7 using other numbers including 5.
Supertato
26-02-2025
This week we are learning all about Supertato the supermarket hero! Thanks to all parents who have helped their child to make their own Supertato at home. We have also had fun making them at school and below is a link to this week’s story if you’d like to share it at home.
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Superheroes
26-02-2025
Our new topic is Superheroes! How many superheroes can you spot in Reception?!
Valentine’s Day Story Time
26-02-2025
Huge thanks to all parents for joining their children in celebrating Valentine’s Day. The children had a lovely week creating cards, hats and hearts in cookery.
Teddy bear bread !
26-02-2025
Today we have been making teddy bear bread using chocolate spread, bananas and raisins after reading Goldilocks and the Three Bears.
Valentine’s Day story time
14-02-2025
A big thank you to everybody who attended our Valentine’s Day story time. We hope you enjoyed it as much as we did. ♥️😍
Thank you for joining us in Nursery this afternoon, it is always lovely to have you in class.
13-02-2025
Thank you so much for coming to play with us this afternoon and helping us understand the Zones of Regulation.
11-02-2025
2-D Shape in Reception Maths
06-02-2025
This week we have practiced learning about 2-D shapes. We talked about shape names and what they look like, created police car pictures using 2-D shapes, found real 2-D shapes outside and problem solved by making shapes using string.
People Who Help Us-The Police
06-02-2025
We have been learning all about the police and what they do. We have dressed up as the police, cut out police cars and talked about how important they are.
What the Ladybird Heard
06-02-2025
This week as part of our People Who Help Us topic, we have been learning about the jobs of the police. We have also shared and re-enacted the story of What the Ladybird 🐞 Heard as part of our learning. Below is a link to share the story at home.
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Reception Parent Maths Workshop
06-02-2025
Our last parents maths workshop was all about measures and the children took part in a range of activities with their mums. Huge thanks to all parents for coming along each week and hope to see you for future workshops.
Cosmo the Therapy Dog
06-02-2025
Reception had a great time meeting Cosmo and learning all about what he likes.
PE moving like different forms of transport
06-02-2025
We had to move around the hall like a car, a train or an airplane.
Cosmo the therapy dog
05-02-2025
We had a very special visitor today. His name was Cosmo. We loved getting to know him.
What the ladybird heard
03-02-2025
This weeks story is called What the ladybird heard. We dressed up as police officers and looked for ladybirds.
Stars of the week
31-01-2025
A big well done to our stars of the week. You have been great 👍🏻 ⭐️
Dragon Dancing
31-01-2025
The children have been inspired by the dragon dancing workshop they attended yesterday. They got creative and made their very own dragon costume – they took turns being at the front of the dragon and dancing to the music. 🧧🐲🐉
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Lunar New Year 🧧 Story
30-01-2025
https://www.bbc.co.uk/cbeebies/stories/lets-celebrate-chinesenewyearperformance
Here is a link to the story about Lunar New Year if you would like to share this at home.
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Lunar New Year Dance
30-01-2025
The children enjoyed the dragon workshop today and had lots of fun doing a lion dance.
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Our trip to Tesco
30-01-2025
We had a great time shopping for pizza ingredients. Tomorrow we will make pizza!!
Reception celebrating Chinese Lunar New Year 2025
29-01-2025
Reception learned about the Chinese Lunar New Year this week. We celebrated by doing some Dragon Dancing.
Celebrating the Lunar New Year
27-01-2025
This week we are celebrating the lunar new year. We have been making lanterns, mark making and playing in our Chinese restaurant. We have been so busy!
A visit from Chef
27-01-2025
A big thank you to our school chef who came to visit us today. She told us all about the different food she cooks for us. We love our school lunches.
Maths in Reception
26-01-2025
https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/articles/zf3r96f
The children have had fun counting objects and matching and recognising numbers to 5 over the last two weeks. The link above will take you to a game to play home to further support the children’s learning.
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Reception Parent Maths Workshop
26-01-2025
Thanks so much to all parents who have attended our maths workshop to support our children’s learning both at school and at home. Our next session is this Tuesday 28th January at 2.15pm.
PE in Reception
26-01-2025
In PE over the last three weeks we have practiced ball skills, developing listening skills through games and developing fine and gross motor skills using hoops and bean bags.
People Who Help Us- Chefs
26-01-2025
Last week the children had great fun creating their own menus and creating their own sandwiches. We also learnt about the job of a chef and how they help us. We had fun in our supermarket role play area too!
People Who Help Us- Doctors and Nurses
26-01-2025
We began our People Who Help Us topic by learning all about the job of doctors and nurses and how they help us. We painted Ness the Nurse after sharing the story in class, created doctor bags, wrote prescriptions and helped Billy Bear to get well soon.
Outdoor Play in Reception
26-01-2025
We have had lots of fun over the past three weeks exploring the different types of winter weather.
Making jam sandwiches
24-01-2025
We made black currant and strawberry sandwiches this afternoon. Yummy!
The Animal Boogie
17-01-2025
We have used the play dough and wooden sticks to make enclosure’s for the animals from our new story.
Plaster cast dolls
16-01-2025
We have been using mod rock today . We wrapped it around the dolls arms and legs to make plaster casts.
Movement – PE
16-01-2025
In PE today we tried different ways of moving around the hall. We practiced being Mr Tall, Miss Small, Mr Rush and Mr Slow.
Doctors and Nurses Numbers!
16-01-2025
We ordered numbers 1-10 and found the correct numicon to match.
Ness the nurse
15-01-2025
Our story this week is Ness the nurse. We have been painting pictures of her.
Doctors and nurses
14-01-2025
This week as part of our ‘People who help us’ topic, we are looking at Doctors and nurses and finding out the things they do to make us better.
The Animal Boogie
13-01-2025
Today we have read the story The Animal Boogie and we have been busy creating enclosures for the jungle animals using the play dough.
We have been exploring the ice today and thinking of different ways to help it melt. Some suggestions were “put it in the sunshine” “put hot water on it” it was lots of fun and we learnt lots of new vocab rescuing the animals and describing the ice.
10-01-2025
Can we beat the timer to put on our winter accessories? We were determined to make sure the gloves were on properly!
10-01-2025
Ice shapes
10-01-2025
We used ice trays to make 3D ice shapes. We then added them to our winter tuft tray to have some messy fun!
Fun in the snow!
08-01-2025
We had so much fun playing in the snow yesterday. We even made a little snowman.
Snowflake Making
08-01-2025
As part of our winter topic, we are having lots of fun creating our own snowflakes using paint and paper. We have also been practicing our cutting skills in creating our very own snowflakes.
3-D Shape
08-01-2025
This week in maths we are learning all about 3-D shapes. We have been learning some 3-D shape names and trying to find real life 3-D shapes in class and outdoors. We have also been building towers using 3-D shapes and seeing how many shapes we can use to make the tallest tower. We have also been problem solving about which shapes will be the best at the top of the tower!
The Snowman
08-01-2025
We have been practicing reading words and using our phonic knowledge to match the correct words to the pictures.
Dressing Teddy for Winter
08-01-2025
We dressed Teddy for the snow. We thought about what kinds of clothes Teddy would need and how he would need to wrap up warm to go outside.
We have been working out how to rescue the animals from the ice. 🧊 “we need a hammer to hit it” “we need to melt it” were some suggestions.
07-01-2025
Making playdough snowmen
07-01-2025
We rolled the playdough into sphere shapes to make our snowmen.
Recognising and counting numbers 1 to 5
07-01-2025
We used our counting skills to make the correct amount of snowman buttons.
Eddie the elf
19-12-2024
Eddie is going back to the North Pole. We enjoyed seeing all the things he got up to every morning . Goodbye Eddie,see you next year.
Star Pizza Making
17-12-2024
Last week we had a great time making pizzas in Reception. We took our pizzas home after rolling out the dough and adding cheese and tomato sauce. Some of us also decorated our pizzas using tomatoes.
Christmas pattern stamping
13-12-2024
Today the children have enjoyed making patterns using the paint and Christmas stamps 🎄
Here are some of our activities this winter time.
2-D Shape
11-12-2024
This week in maths we are learning all about flat shapes or 2-D shapes and creating pictures using a selection of shapes.
Christmas Dinner Day
11-12-2024
Today has been a lovely day. We have had a visit from Santa and enjoyed a lovely lunch. We have played party games too. Everybody looks fantastic! Thank you Smithdown Primary for a wonderful day.
Posting Letters Home
11-12-2024
We had a lovely time visiting the local post box to post a letter home. The children worked very hard on writing a wish for a special person/ people in their lives. Our learning had been about how to post a letter home. The children placed their letters into envelopes and put on a stamp. We hope that everybody has received their letters. Many thanks to all parents who joined us for the walk.
Retelling the story of The Polar Express
11-12-2024
The Reception children of RAG have enjoyed listening to the marvellous Christmas story, ‘The Polar Express’. They even managed to retell the story in sequence, from start to finish, using pictures. Well done!
Christmas party and pantomime
11-12-2024
We have had the best day today…
First, the children were visited by Santa 🎅🏽 who told the class how good they had all been. We were then all treated to the most tasty Christmas dinner. We then went back to class to enjoy yet another favourite treat of ice-cream whilst watching the ‘Beauty and Beast’ panto. What a great 🎉 party day!
Building using small blocks
10-12-2024
We worked as a team this afternoon to make a landscape using big blocks.
Christmas card inserts
10-12-2024
This week, the children have loved writing Christmas Card inserts to their families. They enjoyed practicing their early writing skills using the knowledge they have gained. This afternoon, they are excited to begin designing their cards…I am excited to see their creativity!
Making a shape picture
09-12-2024
After our shape hunt, we created Christmas pictures using different shapes. We talked about all the different shapes we used.
Shapes in the environment
09-12-2024
Today in maths we named and described the features of shapes. We went on a shape hunt and found different shapes in our playground
Sending a letter home!
06-12-2024
We had the best time posting our letters this morning, Eddie the elf came with us too! I wonder where our letters will end up? 📫Thank you to those parents who were able to join us at this busy time.
Christmas Twinkly Nativity
05-12-2024
Reception and Nursery B have really worked hard to deliver a magnificent performance, full of wonder and magical singing in front of all our wonderful families this week. I would like to thank all of you for your support in taking the time to come and watch the children, as it really makes the difference to your child’s growth, as it builds their confidence. We loved learning all about the twinkly story, and we hope you enjoyed it as much as we enjoyed performing it to you. 
Elfie in Reception
04-12-2024
This week we found snowy footprints and an elf called Elfie! He has flown into Reception to spread kindness all around.
The Twinkly Nativity
04-12-2024
Thank you so much to all parents and families for coming to watch The Twinky Nativity performed this morning by Nursery A and RLMc. We hope you enjoyed watching all of our wonderful children here in Smithdown Early Years. 
Sequencing
03-12-2024
This week in Mathematics, the children in class RJP have been focusing on sequencing. We explored the vocabulary, how ‘sequencing’ means to repeat a pattern. The children used paint to create an ‘ABBA’ pattern firstly, following the pattern, ‘red, green, red, green’. We then had lots of fun demonstrating the ‘ababab’ pattern using Christmas pictures, and designing a colourful paper-chain. To extend the learning, we explored different patterns, expanding on the number of picture cards, colours, and using shapes which have been learned previously. This helps the children problem solve sequencing in a fun way.
Why not keep up this learning at home, by asking the children to make repeated patterns using different objects.
A special visitor
03-12-2024
Yesterday we saw some snowy footprints in our classroom. We followed the trail and found our special visitor. We called him Eddie the elf.
This week we have been busy reading the book Stickman and then created our own stickman.
29-11-2024
At the Post Office
27-11-2024
This week we are learning all about what happens at the post office and have shared a story called
The Jolly Postman. We are also writing special wishes to post home next Friday 6th December. We have a,so had lots of fun painting and creating a post box.
Wheels on the Bus
27-11-2024
As part of learning about different types of transport, we made wheels on the bus biscuits and used photographs of vehicles to choose which ones we would use to help
Weighing in Reception
27-11-2024
This week in maths we are finding out which items are heavy, light and the lightest and the heaviest.
Cutting skills
26-11-2024
We made letters today. We used our fine motor skills to cut, fold and stick. We then posted the letters in our new role play post office.
Painting a letterbox
25-11-2024
We have been very busy using red paint to make a letterbox. We can’t wait to use it to post our letters.
Comparing weight of items, using mathematical language, ‘lighter and heavier’ than.
25-11-2024
This morning, Reception have been using their problem skills to firstly estimate which objects will be heavy and which will be light. They had so much fun, pretending to be human scales, and placing objects in their hands, rocking the balance to show heavy and light. To reinforce the learning, the children were introduced to weighing scales, whereby they weighed different everyday items to determine which was heaviest and which was lightest. Some of the children took it a little further, by weighing three objects, then placing them in the order from lightest to heaviest. Good job, 👏
We have been busy baking 5 currant buns this morning as part of World Nursery Rhyme Week.
19-11-2024
Snow Fun!
19-11-2024
Great to explore the winter weather this morning in Reception! We’ve had so much fun!
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Pudsey Bear Biscuits
15-11-2024
We had fun making Pudsey Bear biscuits today as part of Children in Need.
This afternoon’s owl visit
13-11-2024
This afternoon we had some special visitors Flint and Matilda the owls. We have been reading the Owl Babies and we were very excited to meet some real life owls.
This morning’s owl visit
13-11-2024
This morning we had some special visitors Flint and Matilda the owls. We have been reading the Owl Babies and we so excited to meet some real life owls.
Parent Literacy Workshop
13-11-2024
Huge thanks to all parents for attending our group of workshops in supporting children with their early literacy skills. The children joined their parents for the last few minutes of our writing session and had lots of fun making unicorn play dough and threading pasta to raise the importance of developing fine and gross motor skills.
Speke Hall Trip
13-11-2024
We all had a great time at Speke Hall! We walked around and found a sleeping giant on the Childe of Hale Trail, collected leaves, had a picnic lunch, sang songs and explored the maze and playground. 
Children in need
12-11-2024
Today the children have had lots of fun dressing up for children in need. We have been making spotty biscuits and Pudsey bear party hats. 🥳
Fireworks 🎆 Today we have mage firework gloop, chocolate sparklers and glittery firework pictures.
07-11-2024
PE in Reception
05-11-2024
We practiced playing listening games and moving in a variety of ways before half term in PE.
Magical Wands
05-11-2024
We made magical wands before we finished for half term using food and we then took them home.
This week we are comparing amounts of objects up to 10 to see which groups have more, fewer or the same.
Reception Literacy Workshop
04-11-2024
Reception parents please remember our last literacy workshop will be tomorrow at 2.15pm. Looking forward to seeing you there!
The Gruffalo
04-11-2024
We are enjoying sharing the story of The Gruffalo this week! We have painted The Gruffalo and are describing The Gruffalo as part of our literacy and writing about what we can see. We also shared The Gruffalo song 🎵 and below is a link to share this at home.
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We have been learning about Diwali and are manipulating salt dough into our own diya lamps. 🪔
24-10-2024
Reception Parent Literacy Workshop
23-10-2024
Huge thanks to all parents for coming along to session 3 of our literacy workshops which focused on nursery rhymes. The children then had fun with their mums making play dough to create Humpty Dumpty at home.
Room on the Broom
23-10-2024
This week we are having lots of fun in literacy with Room on the Broom! We have made our own broomsticks, created spells in writing and sequenced the story using pictures.
Clothing Week
23-10-2024
Last week we had fun making gingerbread biscuits and decorating with our school colour of blue to give the biscuits a uniform.
Campfire in Reception
23-10-2024
We had lots of fun with our families at our very first campfire. We toasted marshmallows and had hot chocolate and had a great time singing songs around the campfire!
Phonics in Reception
23-10-2024
We are working hard on learning our set 1 sounds and blending sounds together to make words.
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Clothing
16-10-2024
This week in Reception literacy have been learning about clothing names and what we are wearing for school. We have shared a funny story called Monster Clothes and designed our own uniforms.
Here is a link to the story-
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Comparison
16-10-2024
We are looking at groups of objects this week and which groups have more than and
PE in Reception
13-10-2024
We had fun on Friday with lots of PE opportunities with Danny Butler activities and playing The Floor is Lava outdoors. 
We had a visit from the athlete Danny Butler on Friday and we had such fun being active and heard lots about how important it is to be active.
Maths in Reception
13-10-2024
We looked at number 4 this week and different ways to make 4. We also looked at other numbers that can be used to make 4. We also looked at patterns of 4.
Teddy’s Birthday Party
13-10-2024
We celebrated Teddy’s birthday on Friday! We decorated biscuits, had a party and played party games including musical chairs and pass the parcel. It was great fun! 
Thank you to everyone that joined us this afternoon, it was lovely to see you all in Nursery playing and sharing the space together.
11-10-2024
Reception Literacy Workshop
09-10-2024
Huge thanks to all parents for coming along to our first workshop today. A link to all information shared is on our parent app for everybody to access. Many thanks and see you next Tuesday 15/10 at 2.15pm for the next session!
We enjoyed making cakes last week.
This week we have been learning about how numbers can be made
PE
03-10-2024
We enjoyed our first PE session last Friday! We played games and went to the hall.
PE for RLMc is each Friday.
Dinosaur Roar! We have been exploring different activities with dinosaurs after reading our new book. We have been strengthening our muscles by rescuing the dinosaurs, printing with their feet and making our own dinosaurs with the dough.
30-09-2024
Phonics Meeting
26-09-2024
Fabulous turn out at our phonics meeting. Keep an eye on the app for each weeks videos and activities.
Weather Exploration in Reception
25-09-2024
We enjoy exploring different weather types in Reception.
It’s been a super first few weeks in Reception.
Our Homes
25-09-2024
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This week we are talking about our homes to paint, draw and create homes.
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Malleable Play in Reception
11-09-2024
We are having lots of fun developing our fine and gross motor skills using foam!
Friendships in Reception
11-09-2024
We are having a lovely time with friends we know and also making new friends.
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Music in Reception
11-09-2024
We really enjoyed singing songs and listening to the sounds of the ukulele in music today.
The Big Teddy Bear Sleepover
11-07-2024
Wow we have had a great time for our Big Teddy Bear Sleepover! First we started with a super singing assembly with Mrs Naylor. It was fun singing and dancing with our teddies. Then we made our teddies a bed to sleep in. We could not believe what they got up too when we went home. This morning we woke our teddies up with a lovely breakfast.
Time to say goodbye 👋
09-07-2024
Thank you for joining us this morning for our celebrations 🎉
We are lucky to have been able to share this year with your children and hope you all come back to say hello.
We finished the day with a party lunch and party games this afternoon. ☺️😊
Spanish day 🇪🇸
09-07-2024
We had lots of fun celebrating Spanish day, making Spanish flags and doing Spanish dancing 💃 
Nursery Picnic
05-07-2024
Thank you too everyone for joining us for our picnic and all of our delicious food 🥘 
Sports Day!
04-07-2024
We had a great morning for our sports day! Thank you to all of our families who came to watch!
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Picnic Time 🧺
03-07-2024
It was so lovely to see you all at our picnic and thank you for all the delicious food. 😋
keep those hearts topped up with love and we hope they help you all as you move onto new classes in September. ❤️ 
Eid Picnic
26-06-2024
We were picnic ready last week as part of our Eid celebrations at school. We had a wonderful time and it was lovely to share so much delicious food from our parents.
Refugee Week
26-06-2024
Last week we talked about what home means to us as part of Refugee Week.
Challenge time
24-06-2024
We set the children a range of challenges to see if the children could complete the challenge before the timer ends. 
Fantastic Family Picnic
21-06-2024
A fantastic community picnic. The sun shone.
An amazing community food table with so many lovely dishes to share.
The Pirates Next Door
19-06-2024
Here is a link to this week’s story if you would like to share it at home.
Pirates Ahead!
19-06-2024
We are having a great time with our new topic about pirates. We created a pirate ship outdoors and created our own treasure maps. Our focus story is The Pirates Next Door. 
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Forest School
19-06-2024
We had a great time creating dens at Forest School Club. Many thanks to all parents for coming along.
Supporting our metal health by doing something that is fun and makes us laugh.
18-06-2024
Banana Boat song.
Maths in Reception
17-06-2024
We have been using 10 frames to help us count objects and also double numbers.
Eid Mubarak
17-06-2024
We really enjoyed celebrating Eid at school. We made cards and talked about how it is celebrated.
Forest School for Parents and Children
11-06-2024
Please remember our Forest School Club begins today at 3.30 until 4pm for parents and children in Reception. All siblings welcome too. Many thanks, Miss McFarlane
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Ice Cream Shop
05-06-2024
We have been enjoying playing in our ice cream role play area. We have made lots of ice creams and chose what topping we would like. We have made lots of fun combinations.
The Lighthouse Keeper’s Lunch
05-06-2024
Our new topic this half term is At the Seaside and this week we are looking at The Lighthouse Keeper’s Lunch. We have been busy designing lighthouses using collage materials and blocks.
We’re Going on a Bear Hunt
23-05-2024
Today we had lots of fun making teddy bear bread , by spreading the chocolate spread and using bananas for the ears and raisins for the eyes. . 
Reception Parents and Children Visit to Calderstones Park
21-05-2024
We had lots of fun with our families at Calderstones Park. We played ring games, had a picnic, fed the ducks, rolled down a hill, explored the playground and looked at different plants and flowers in the sensory gardens. Huge thanks to all families for coming along.
Were Going on a Bear Hunt
20-05-2024
Today we have made some teddy bear bread using chocolate spread , bananas and raisins.
Calderstones Park with Reception Parents and Children
20-05-2024
If you are coming to Calderstones Park this morning please wait in the office and we will leave at 9.15. Thanks so much, Miss McFarlane.
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Thank you to everyone who joined us this afternoon for stay and learn.
17-05-2024
we enjoyed sharing our activities and rhymes with you all and look forward to seeing you next time. ☺️
The very Hungry Caterpillar ?
16-05-2024
We are munching our way threw one apple, two pears, three plums, four strawberries and five oranges ? 
Odd and Even Numbers
15-05-2024
In maths this week we are looking at which numbers up to 10 are odd and which are even.
Look at our slide!
14-05-2024
We have worked hard to build this slide and have used our muscles to balance as we climb up and down it. 
RLMc Farm Trip
14-05-2024
RLMc had a great trip to Croxteth farm today. We saw lots of animals including goats from the Three Billy Goats story. We loved brushing the horse and holding the rabbit and Guinea pig. We had a great day outdoors.
The Very Hungry Caterpillar ?
13-05-2024
Today we have enjoyed making fruit kebabs after listening to our new story.
Spider hunting in the sunshine ?️?
10-05-2024
We have been learning about spiders this week and have been looking at similarities and differences.
We have been very busy retelling our story this afternoon. ?️
10-05-2024
We have learnt all the Makaton signs for the animals in our story and then used them to retell the story.
It’s been a busy day using our fine motor skills to thread webs for the spiders and using our subitising skills to count spiders! ?️?️
09-05-2024
The 3 Billy Goats Gruff
09-05-2024
We have been loving this week’s book! Look at all of our fantastic work!
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Three Billy Goats Bridge
09-05-2024
This week we have been looking at the story ‘The Three Billy Goats Gruff’. Outside we built a bridge to cross to the green grass. We made signs for the goats from the troll showing they can’t cross the bridge.
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Listening to the harp in music today.
01-05-2024
Reception have been listening to Mrs Naylor play the harp in our music lesson today!
Nursery Stay and Learn
30-04-2024
Today we welcomed parents to stay and learn, we had a lovely morning! This week we have been looking at the book “Aaaarggh Spider” lots of our activities had a spidery theme. ?️
Sorting in Reception Maths
30-04-2024
This week we are developing our composition skills by sorting items by size, colour and shape. If you would like to have a go at this at home we would love to see this. Can you sort out some items by colour or size?
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The Little Red Hen
30-04-2024
We have started to share the story of The Little Red Hen and we began by making our own bread. Here is a link if you would like to share the story at home.
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Teddy’s Bears Picnic
29-04-2024
To celebrate the end of learning of Goldilocks and The Three Bears we hosted our own Teddy Bears Picnic. We had party food and danced with our teddies. We had a wonderful afternoon!
We have been busy baking cakes and making hats ready to celebrate Maisie’s Birthday ?
26-04-2024
Teddy bear biscuits
25-04-2024
Look at our fantastic teddy bear biscuits that we made today. They tasted so good.
Making friends
24-04-2024
Today we talked about what makes a good friend. We wrote about the different things we can do.
Hands Sign Language in Reception
24-04-2024
We have started to learn sign language each week and are doing so well at learning greetings, colours and animals thanks to Hands.
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Outdoors in Reception
24-04-2024
This week we are having lots of fun outdoors in developing our imaginations and communication and language skills.
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Composition of Numbers
24-04-2024
In maths this week we are learning about how some numbers can be made up of two equal parts. We are looking at arrangements of numbers to spot and make equal and unequal parts.
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Today we have baked cakes to help celebrate Maisie’s Birthday ?
23-04-2024
Maisie Mouse in our story is having a birthday! ? ? ?
P.E
23-04-2024
We had lots of fun in P.E today. We had to jump and stop when directed while playing the frog game.
Porridge Making
18-04-2024
Today we have really enjoyed making porridge as part of our Goldilocks and the Three Bears learning.
Goldilocks and the Three Bears
16-04-2024
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We have started our Traditional Tales topic and our first book is Goldilocks and the Three Bears. Here is a link to a song about the story to share at home.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/teach/school-radio/nursery-rhymes-when-goldilocks-went-to-the-house-of-the-bears/zbkrf4j
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Dance in Reception
27-03-2024
This term we have really enjoyed learning difference dances and moving to music and also creating our dance movements.
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Measuring in Reception
27-03-2024
We have had lots of fun practicing our counting skills by measuring each others using a selection of objects.
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Happy Tuesday – outdoors
26-03-2024
Today we have been enjoying our outdoor area. We have been using the blocks to create different buildings and even a strawberry ice cream. We have been working together with our friends to build castles in the sand.
Easter
26-03-2024
We are having a great time playing in our Easter area. We have been creating Easter cards and decorating eggs. We decorated our Easter tree with our favourite Easter eggs.
On Monday Miss McFarlane painted our feet to create carrot footprints.
Planting ? Beans
20-03-2024
In Reception we have enjoyed planting beans as part of our Jack and the Beanstalk/ Jasper’s Beanstalk learning. We talked about how to plant a bean and how to take care of the beans. We have also planted sunflowers and poppies in our mini sensory garden.
Measuring
19-03-2024
The children independently measured how long the carpet was using our toy vehicles.
Reception Maths Stay and Learn
13-03-2024
Reception parents and families, please remember to come along to our Maths Stay and Learn today which will begin at 2.15pm until 3pm. We are looking forward to seeing as many of you there. Many thanks for your support.
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Building with 3D shapes
12-03-2024
We have had lots of fun building with our large 3D shapes outside. We built a water slide with different shapes and found what combination made the cars and boats go faster.
Enormous Turnip Cookery
07-03-2024
As part of World Book Day, we shared The Enormous Turnip story in class this week and made our own turnips to take home.
World ? Book ? Day in Reception
07-03-2024
We’ve had a fantastic day today celebrating World Book Day!
Magnetic tiles
06-03-2024
We have had lots of fun outside building and exploring the magnetic tiles. We built houses, campfires and castles.
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Mark Making
29-02-2024
This afternoon we have been using the pens and pencils to mark make under the table.
Supertato Sequencing
29-02-2024
This week we have been working hard with our friends to put our Supertato story pictures into the correct order.
Imaginative Play
29-02-2024
We have been having lots of fun outside using the boxes and our imaginations. We have been to the supermarket, space and more!
Supertato’s House
27-02-2024
This afternoon we created Supertato’s house using icing sugar and gingerbread. We mixed the icing sugar and water to use as glue to stick the house together.
Favourite Character Pictogram
27-02-2024
We have created a pictogram of our favourite character from Supertato. We counted to see how many children liked Evil Pea and how many more liked Supertato.
Throwing and Catching
27-02-2024
We have been practicing our throwing and catching skills in a group. We worked together to see how quickly we can move the beanbag around the circle.
Evil Pea Gloop
27-02-2024
On Monday we made Evil Pea gloop from our story Supertato. You can make this at home by mixing cornflower, water and green food colouring.
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Asda
27-02-2024
This morning we have had lots of fun playing in our Asda supermarket. We have been writing shopping lists and paying for our food with money.
Maths parental workshop
21-02-2024
Thank you to our parents who came to our Reception maths parental workshop this week! We look at how to support your children with their shape knowledge at home. 
Chinese New Year celebrations
21-02-2024
To celebrate the new lunar year, we have been getting crafty in class making representations of dragons using a variety of resources. Look at our fabulous dragons! We also made our own lanterns after learning about the significance of the colour red.
Vegetable Soup
02-02-2024
Last week we made vegetable soup with the items we bought from the shop. We used our cutting skills to chop up the vegetables.
RLMc Tesco Trip
26-01-2024
This week we have been learning all about chefs. We took a trip to Tesco to get ingredients to create vegetable soup.
Tesco trip
24-01-2024
To continue learning about chefs, we’re going to become chefs and make our own soup! To prepare for this, we went to Tesco to buy the ingredients we need.
People Who Help Us – Chefs!
24-01-2024
This week we have been learning about how chefs help us! Our lovely school chef came into class to answer our questions. We learnt about the special clothing chefs have to wear and the different equipment she uses to cook our tasty lunches!
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Reception RE
23-01-2024
Reception had a wonderful morning listening to the story of Noah and the Ark
People who help us: Chefs
22-01-2024
This week we are learning all about chefs. This morning we had a visit from our school chef Miss Monica. We talked about her chefs outfit, the kitchen and menus. We then chose to create our own menus
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We had lots of fun in Reception on our Santa Dash!
EYFS Nativity
12-12-2023
Thanks so much to all parents and families for coming to see our Nativity performance today.
Our next performance will be on Thursday 14th at 1.30pm.
Many Thanks.?
EYFS Nativity
12-12-2023
Thanks so much to all parents who attended our Nativity performance today.
Our next performance will be on Thursday 14th at 1.30pm.
Many Thanks
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At the Post Office
06-12-2023
We have really enjoyed our post office role play area and writing letters independently.
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Hot air balloons
22-11-2023
We are learning all about different types of transport. We have been making our own hot air balloons using different materials and decorating them.
RLMc visit Speke Hall
21-11-2023
Yesterday RLMc had lots of fun visiting Speke Hall. We looked at the changes for Autumn and we even saw a sleeping giant! We visited the giants house, kitchen, music room and even his playground. It was lots of fun!
Today we have read I Like Trains!
20-11-2023
We have printed trains with blocks and made marks to represent train track, trains and signals.
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RLMc Speke Hall
19-11-2023
Parents and families just a reminder that Miss McFarlane’s class will be visiting Speke Hall tomorrow 20.11.23. The children can bring in wellington boots for the trip.
Many Thanks
Happy Thursday!
16-11-2023
Happy Thursday from reception. We have been mark making outside and playing with our friends?
Comparison in Maths
15-11-2023
This week we are comparing numbers and groups of objects saying which group has more than, fewer than or the same amount of objects. We have been building walls for Humpty Dumpty and saying which wall has more, fewer or the same amount of bricks.
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Rhyming Week
15-11-2023
This week we are learning how to rhyme and make rhyming strings in literacy.
Celebrating Diwali
15-11-2023
We have been learning all about the festival of Diwali this week. We made Diwa decorations and cards for Diwali. We also found how Diwali is celebrated and how Diwali means Festival of Light.
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Reception Nursery Rhyme Messy Afternoon 15.11.23 at 2.15pm
15-11-2023
Please remember to join us at 2.15pm for a creative arts and crafts afternoon to celebrate World Nursery Rhyme Week.
Here are links to the focused nursery rhymes
Jack and Jill https://youtu.be/FYojUSFfuMg?si=SDUiqsd9OnNF5GM3
Hickory Dickory Dock https://youtu.be/yxoSyFkX_eA?si=MJGU2Ya8p0VhAVPG
The Wheels on the Bus https://youtu.be/xWyxe_QGq_g?si=_plPFxNqmR2Yn20d
Heads, Shoulder, Knees and Toes https://youtu.be/9S0_trHxcnk?si=FaZt14pGbqb7jctD
RAG trip to Speke Hall
14-11-2023
Reception had a lovely afternoon visiting Speke Hall! We followed the Giant trail and spotted lots of the giant’s clothes high up in the trees! We tiptoed past the sleeping giant, making sure not to wake him! We then walked around the grounds, looking for signs of Autumn.
Thank you to all our parents who joined us today to help us celebrate World Nursery Rhyme week. We had lots of fun sharing our rhymes and activities with you all.
14-11-2023
We have been busy learning about Diwali the festival of light. We have moulded dough into Diya lamps. Made marks to create Rangoli patterns and wrote our names in our cards we have decorated.
13-11-2023
What a fantastic first morning we had in Reception!
18-10-2023
What a fantastic first morning we had in Reception! #smithdowneyfs
Dancing and freezing to the beat in music today…
18-10-2023
We had lots of fun in music this morning dancing and freezing to the beat. #smithdowneyfs #smithdownmusic @ResonateHub
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It’s been a busy afternoon looking at big and small…
18-10-2023
It’s been a busy afternoon looking at big and small. We worked hard sorting acorns. #smithdowneyfs #smithdownmaths @MasterTheCurric
Today we made our own leaf man…
18-10-2023
Today we have read The Leaf Man and made marks to represent the different places he passed in the wind. We then made our own leaf man. #smithdowneyfs
Using Autumn nature to create our faces
18-10-2023
We have been busy using Autumn nature to create our faces. #smithdowneyfs
It’s been a busy morning learning dances to Disney classics
18-10-2023
It’s been a busy morning learning dances to Disney classics. I just can’t wait to be king! ? ? our roar’s are amazing! #smithdowneyfs
looking at ourselves as babies and talking about our families
18-10-2023
Today we have been looking at ourselves as babies and talking about our families. #smithdowneyfs
Represent our feelings with colours
18-10-2023
We have been busy filling our jars with colours to sort and represent our feelings. #smithdowneyfs
Making rainbows in Nursery today
18-10-2023
It has been a busy day sorting colours and making rainbows in Nursery today. #smithdowneyfs
We have been using the colour monsters from our new book
18-10-2023
We have been using the colour monsters from our new book to match the monsters and investigate five frames. #smithdowneyfs #smithdownmaths #smithdownreaders
Recognising our emotions…
18-10-2023
Recognising our emotions and placing how we feel on the zones of regulation board. #smithdowneyfs
It’s a busy morning at the zoo today!
18-10-2023
It’s a busy morning at the zoo today! Preparing food for the animals and learning new vocabulary from our story. #smithdowneyfs
The story box brought us lots of animals from the zoo…
18-10-2023
The story box brought us lots of animals from the zoo. We enjoyed guessing which one was behind the door. We then went on an animal hunt and painted our favourite animal. #smithdowneyfs
Playing with the dinosaurs, balls and friends are what we enjoy the most. ?
18-10-2023
Counting how many children are in school today and then drawing what we like doing in school. Playing with the dinosaurs, balls and friends are what we enjoy the most. ? #smithdowneyfs #attendancematters
Early years learning about different colours
18-10-2023
Today we have been looking and learning about different colours. #smithdowneyfs
We have been busy today learning Incy Wincy rhyme…
18-10-2023
We have been busy today learning Incy Wincy rhyme and using our motor skills to manipulate dough into spiders. ?️ #smithdowneyfs
Today has been all about Incy Windy Spider ?️
18-10-2023
Today has been all about Incy Windy Spider ?️ we learnt the rhyme, used our hands to paint spiders and manipulated dough to create Incy Wincy. #smithdowneyfs
It’s been a busy afternoon in Nursery!
18-10-2023
It’s been a busy afternoon in Nursery! We have been singing the wheels on the bus song and making marks to represent the different choruses of the rhyme. ? #smithdowneyfs
Making lots of new friends in Nursery…
18-10-2023
It has been a busy day making lots of new friends in Nursery. ?#smithdowneyfs
This afternoon we have been singing the wheels on the bus…
18-10-2023
This afternoon we have been singing the wheels on the bus and then made marks to represent the bus. #smithdowneyfs
Making our own mindfulness jar to help us breath
18-10-2023
We have been practising breathing and relaxing exercises and then made our own mindfulness jar to help us breath. #smithdowneyfs
Our first full day in Nursery today
18-10-2023
We have been so busy playing and learning on our first full day in Nursery today. I am so proud of our fantastic superstars. #smithdowneyfs
We have had lots of fun in the sun today welcoming our friends back for another busy year in Nursery
18-10-2023
We have had lots of fun in the sun today welcoming our friends back for another busy year in Nursery. We look forward to making lots of new friends over the next few weeks. ?☀️ #smithdowneyfs
