Reception

Reception Children and Parent/ Carer Visit to Calderstones Park

We had a great time at Calderstones Park with our families. We had a picnic, played games, did hill rolling, searched for treasure on a nature, fed the ducks and explored a secret garden. Huge thanks to all parents for coming along.
Our next visit is tomorrow- Thursday 4th June in the morning and afternoon and then again on Tuesday 16th June morning and afternoon and Thursday 18th June morning and afternoon. If you’d like to sign up, please pop in and see us. Many thanks.

Brushing the ponies at the farm

Our trip to Croxteth farm

What a fantastic day we had at the farm. We fed the animals, brushed the ponies and even had a great time at the play area.

Croxteth Farm Visit for Reception

We had a wonderful time at Croxteth Farm! We fed the animals, brushed a pony and even saw baby rabbits on our visit. We enjoyed a picnic lunch and had lots of fun in the playground!

The Little Red Hen

We are currently enjoying sharing the story of The Little Red Hen. We have made and baked our own bread and re enacted the story. We also made Little Red Hens using handprints and footprints! We also practiced subtraction facts using the characters and objects from the story.

The Three Billy Goats Gruff

We had a great time working on the story of The Three Billy Goats Gruff! We re-enacted the story outside and inside. We problem solved which objects would be best for building bridges, created messages from The Troll to The Three Billy Goats and practiced our number bonds to 5 using the characters from the story. We also made Billy Goat pizzas, fruit bridges and painted the characters.

Looking after our teeth

We had a visit from the nurses today to talk about looking after our teeth. We looked at food that is good or bad for our teeth and talked about how we should brush our teeth twice a day.

Baking Bread

We have been baking bread this week just like The Little Red Hen. We then ate the bread with butter and jam. It was so tasty!

Bridge building 🌉

The children have been busy making bridges in the construction area this week – both inside and outside. They have enjoyed using different sizes of blocks and other objects to build bridges.

Number bonds to 5 🖐🏽

The children have been working hard this week learning all about number bonds to 5. They were showing the number bonds practically with goats and trolls, they have been writing number sentences to show the number bonds and they have also been using their hands to show the numbers bonds to 5. 🖐🏽

PE Busy bees

We have been playing a game called busy bees today. We have been collecting pollen to put into the beehive. We used our fingers to gently roll our ball around the hall.

Music

We had a great time singing jack in the box and butterfly songs. We played the triangle and listened to the harp.

Morning work☀️

The children have been working very hard in the morning completing their morning work. They were looking at pictures and writing what they can see.

Digital Goldilocks

We have used the smart board tools to create digital pictures of Goldilocks and the Three Bears.

Outdoor Play

We have made the most of the lovely weather by carrying out lots of our learning outdoors this week.

Map Making for The Three Bears

We created a map of the woods where The Three Bears live this week. We thought about what to include on the map and looked at examples of maps. We then followed the map to the Three Bears’ cottage.

Goldilocks Story Sequencing

This week we have places pictures from Goldilocks and the Three Bears into the correct order by talking about the story and it’s key events.

Favourite Goldilocks and the Three Bears Characters

We created a pictogram of our favourite characters from Goldilocks and the Three Bears.

Ordering Numbers and Matching Objects in Maths

In this week’s maths, we have been counting to 20, practicing ordering numbers to 10 and matching the correct number of objects to a number.

Porridge Painting

We have had a great time this week creating porridge paint and exploring how it feels and developing fine motor and imaginative skills.

Goldilocks at Home

Here are some super pieces of homework based on Goldilocks and the Three Bears and our current Traditional Tales topic. Many thanks to all parents for supporting the children with this learning at home.

Earth 🌍 Day 2026

We talked about Earth Day today and how we can help our planet.

When Goldilocks went to the house or the bear’s🐻

The children had a great time singing “When Goldilocks Went to The House of the Bears”. They joined in confidently using their voices and actions to bring the song to life. The children enjoyed using the stick puppets to add to the song. They worked together, took turns and showed great expression as they sang. (more…)

Who is your favourite character from Goldilocks and The Three Bears?

The children gathered some information on who their favourite character was from the story Goldilocks and The Three Bears. We then presented this information on a Pictogram. The children recognised the most popular character was Daddy bear and the least popular character was Goldilocks.

Porridge making in reception

The children have been reading Goldilocks and The Three Bears – today they worked very together to make some yummy porridge. The children helped to cut up the fruit and mix the porridge. They then sat together and ate their lovely porridge

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Here are some of the lovely creations made by some of our reception children. They were asked to create a home for a character from a Traditional Tale – well done boys and girls your work is amazing and we are so proud of how hard you worked over the Easter break.

Goldilocks experiment

Today in Reception, we carried out an experiment to see which bowl of porridge would stay warm the longest. The children made their predictions about which one would stay warm longest.

Ball skills

Today in PE we played a game called spiders and butterflies. Next we had to be dung beatles and move a ball around the cones using our hands.

Goldilocks and The Three Bears

Our story in Reception this week is Goldilocks and The Three Bears. The children have enjoyed using their art skills to make some fantastic paintings of the characters. They used their own sense of creativity by choosing what colours they wanted to use for Goldilocks dress.

Seasonal Crafts

In Reception, we have busy creating our own biscuit dough, making salt dough decorations, Santa socks and reindeer food.