Reception
Term 2
What Happens When I Fall Asleep?
Remote Learning
Our learning is going to look a little different over the next couple of weeks as you will be doing it a home. Every day you can log on to google classroom to join a live lesson at 9am and 12:30. To access this please use the website http://classroom.google.com/
Then you will need your login details these are
Username- FirstnameSurname@woodlands.academy
Password-WoodlandsFirstname
EXAMPLE JaneSmith@woodlands.academy
WoodlandsJane
We will also add different activities for the children to complete throughout the day.
If you have any problems logging in please telephone school or email eyfs@woodlands.academy
Week 5- A very busy week!
We read a story called The Night Box and learnt about nocturnal animals. We built a home for these animals to shelter in.
It;s beginning to look a lot like Christmas! We started our first Christmas craft- Magic reindeer food!
Grandparent's Day
twinkl sounds.wmv
Week 4 The Moon and Stars
We read the story How to Catch a Star by Oliver Jeffers
We designed and then built our own rockets
We were inspired by this picture to try some art work
Starry Night by Van Gogh
twinkl sounds.wmv
Week 3- A Windy Day Surprise, Shapes and Nursery Rhymes
We celebrated National Nursery Rhyme Week- Can you guess the Nursery Rhymes?
We have started to learn about 3d shapes
We enjoyed a windy day
Letter sounds wk3.wmv
Week 2- We learnt about Autumn
We read a story called We're going on a leaf hunt. We acted the story out
We learnt about Remembrance Day
Week 2 letter Sounds
Week 1-We came to school in our pyjamas.
We even tried hot chocolate with marshmellows.
We made firework pictures .
We have started to visit our school woodland area.
Phonics
Information for Term 2
Stars of the week from Term 1
Pumpkins, Witches and Spooky fun
Harvest Time
We learnt how to make bread.
We talked about how the farmers grow wheat. They use a combine harvester to cut it and it goes to a factory or a windmill to make bread.
We thought the bread smelt delicious and tasted awesome!
Our Harvest Songs
Harvest.mp4
What else do we harvest?
We talked about how fruits and vegetables get harvested. We used vegetables to print with.
Farmer Duck
We read the story called Farmer Duck. We thought about how we could be a good friend to the duck by helping him with the jobs around the farm.
We drove the tractor, mended the farm buildings and looked after the animals.
'How goes the work?'
We have been using paints to make a self portrait. Can you guess who these pictures are?
We have been learning to rhyme
We have had lots of fun during our first few weeks at school. We have explore our new environment.
Welcome to our class page
What an amazing couple of weeks we have had settling in to our new classes and routines. Please keep checking this page for updates and photos showing you all the exciting things we have been doing.
Our topic this term is called
Will you be my friend?
This is a lovely topic which helps us all get to know each other and make friends with everyone.
Please can the children bring in a photo of their family this week
2020 - 2021
Welcome to Reception
This page will be updated regularly.
Hello Reception Children.
This is our last week of home learning. We hope the ideas and activities have kept you busy. For the last week week we will be looking at the story called The Boy Who Switched Off the Sun and learning all about Space. Please continue to contact us through our email address EYFS@woodlands.academy
It would be great if you could send us any pictures of the activities you have completed at home and we can add them to this page. See the pictures below of what the children in school have been doing.
Lighthouse Keeper's Lunch
Pirates!
Week 4 Traction Man
Week 3 Tiddler
Our 2nd week of our new way of learning
Some of our exercise
We had lots of fun learning in a new way
The week starting the 25th May is half term week. We have put together a timetable of fun activities that you might like to have a go at during the break. Have fun and hopefully we will see you all soon. As always we can be contacted by email EYFS@woodlands.academy. We miss you all. Take care
Half term activities
Hello Everyone
Have you been enjoying the lovely sunshine? This weeks learning is linked to the story Handa's Surprise by Eileen Browne. This story is set in a country called. Do you know where Africa is?
Have a go at some of the activities and remember to keep sending us your pictures. You can email us on EYFS@woodlands.academy and one of your teachers will reply as soon as they can.
Keep looking out for other activities and information added daily to keep you busy.
Take care and stay safe
Presently our lives are very different we have had to change to a new normal. We are all immensely proud of how you have all coped and how you are all supporting each other.
The Duchess of Cambridge along with the National Portrait Gallery are asking for communities and families to show, through photographs, how we are all dealing with lock down. This is called the Hold Still competition.
We thought this is an ideal opportunity for us as a school and a community to make our own gallery in school to also show this. You may also want to send your photos into the competition
For full details of this competition please visit https://www.npg.org.uk/hold-still/
So do you have any photographs that show an act of kindness, ways you have help someone or your new normal?
This may be your children waving at their grandparents through the window, helping an elderly neighbour or different activities you have tried at home. You may also want to save us any artwork you have produced during this time so we can add it to our gallery. Please email any photos to
If pictures are emailed to us you are giving permission for these photos to be displayed in school.
Let’s fill our school with lots of lovely memories of lockdown 2020. When we all return to school it will be lovely to have a keepsake of this memorable time.
Easter Activities
Hope you enjoyed the story Whatever Next! By Jill Murphy
Here are some activities you could try linked to the story.
- Could you write a shopping list of things you might take on a journey to the moon?
- Could you draw a space rocket? How would you travel to the moon?
- Can you build a space rocket? Could you use lego or building blocks or junk materials like cereal boxes or a plastic bottle? If you have some paint could you decorate your rocket.
- Could you pretend you go on a journey to the moon. Who will go with you? What is it like on the moon? Do you meet anyone on the moon? Do you have a big box or a washing basket you could use as a pretend rocket? Don't forget to take a bag with your picnic in.
- Could you write a letter or a postcard to a friend or your teacher telling them about your journey to the moon.
Take lots of picture of any of these activities and either email them to us EYFS@woodlands.academy or post them on the school Facebook page.
Whatever Next by Jill Murphy
Here is a picture of some spring flowers to help you with some of the suggested activities for next week. Maybe you could draw or paint the daffodils and put your pictures on the facebook page.
Daffodils
Suggested activities for next week
(week beginning Monday 30th March)
Ditty sheets for reading practise PLEASE ONLY USE THESE AS AN ON SCREEN ACTIVITY
Ditty sheets for reading practise PLEASE ONLY USE THESE AS AN ON SCREEN ACTIVITY
Bucket Filler and Stars of the week
Sports Relief
We wore our sports closed and joined in with some fitness activities
Jack and the Beanstalk week
We planted some magic beans.....a huge beanstalk grew in our classroom
Stars of the Week and Bucket Fillers
We thought about our own Enormous Vegetable Stories
The Enormous Turnip
Ordering Numbers
Pancake Day!
Term 4
Yummy Porridge!
Goldilocks didn't eat the porridge we made. We thought it was delicious!
2D Shapes
We have investigated 2D shapes. What makes a square a square? How is a rectangle different?
Cinderella's Carriage
The Prince's Castle
We continued looking at the story of Cinderella
We pretended we were at the ball.
Cinderella
Week 2 Bucket Fillers and Stars of the week
When thinking about stories set in cold places, we then wanted to learn about animals that live in cold places.
We have started our topic by thinking about stories that are set in cold and snowy places.
Welcome Back to Term 3
This term's topic is called
Can you read me a story?
We will be looking at fairy tales and traditional tales.
03/12/2019 - We had a brilliant history day, the children had a great time all dressed up!
Night Time
This week we have learnt about the different things that might happen at night time.
Nocturnal Animals
Road Safety
We have been learning about the Hindu Festival Diwali.
We made Diva lamps, Rangoli patterns and Mehndi patterns. We learnt about how families celebrate Diwali. We tired some food that is served during Diwali.
Remember Remember the 5th of November!
This week we have learnt about Bonfire Night.
Edible sparklers
Houses of Parliament
Some information on what we will be learning about until the end of term
We have had a spooktacular first week back at school!
Dressing Up!
Potion Making and Pumpkin making
Ghost Busters
Phonics information
This week we opened our new loose parts construction area outside. Children have been busy building large scale models, obstacle courses and 'gutter runs' to roll balls along. This promotes teamwork, listening to ideas and trying out those ideas before adapting the plan. Great fun all round and everyone really enjoyed it! We even found some worms living under the tyres!
Recordings from our new loose parts construction area
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PEOPLE WHO HELP US
This week we have been learning about people who help us. We searched round school and found lots of people who help us. We listened to a story about a firefighter called Charlie. We made our own fire engine. Two nurses and 2 policeman came to visit us to tell us how they help people.
The Robinson Family
We have been learning all about families. We have started talking about the Robinson family. We are going to see these characters a lot when we start our reading. Can you remember their names?
A selection of pictures from our first few days in Reception! As you will see, lots of great exploration and play going on!
Welcome to our Reception class page!
We have had a wonderful start to the school year and all our children are settling in to new routines more and more each day.
On this page we will regularly update you with information about what has been happening and will be happening. We will also post pictures and videos of activities from our days to give you a peek at what learning in Reception is all about.
Please ensure you have returned your permissions form to school so that we are able to include your child's image.
WELCOME TO OUR CLASS PAGE 2019 - 2020
WE WILL BE UPDATING THIS PAGE REGULARLY - WE HOPE YOU ENJOY LOOKING AT OUR PAGE
Semi Final Celebrations
Children in Reception were excited to be wearing red, white and blue in celebration of the Women's World Cup semi final between England and USA! They listened to the rewritten Three Lions (now Three Lionesses) and sang "It's Coming Home" all afternoon!
Semi Final Celebration
We celebrated the England Women's football team success of playing in the semi final by creating this video! Good luck England!
Naughty Bus
We were delighted to see that the naughty bus in our story, Naughty Bus, had been on an adventure in the classroom whilst we were all at home!
Which car travelled the furthest?
