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Published: Wednesday, 08 January 2025 15:00

Written by Year One

It was lovely to welcome back the Reception children this week and to hear all about their half term break. They came into the classes full of enthusiasm, refreshed for the exciting new term ahead. 

In our RE session we listened to 'Auld Lang Syne' and talked about how this is song traditionally sung to bid farewell to the past year and welcome the new year. We spoke about how a New Year brings about opportunities to think about things we would like to achieve or get better at over the coming year.

The children had some wonderful ideas:

"I want to make my little brother happy."

"I want to get better at cooking with my Daddy."   

"I want to get better at tidying up!"

"I want to ride my bike without stabilsers." 

In our atelier we have been busy developing our fine motor skills learning to thread a needle and create seed stitches. The children demonstrated great resilence and really enjoyed learning this new skill.

Our Drawing Club text this week was 'Where the Wild Things Are' by Maurice Sendak. Inspired by the narrative the children worked together in the outdoor area to design and make vehicles for the main character Max to travel into the 'Wild Things' forest. They had some very creative ideas!

Whilst in the atelier the children sculpted their own 'Wild Things' beasts in clay where they further developed their fine motor skills, manipulating the clay to make details such as horns and spikes. It was great to see the children's imaginations 'sparked' as they brought their ideas to life!