Dinosaurs

As part of our animals’ topic in Reception, we have been learning about and discovering more about dinosaurs! We went on a dinosaur hunt after discovering a nest and two enormous dinosaur eggs in our classroom. We found three dinosaurs hiding behind the trees on the field! We brought them back to a little pen for us to take care of. We have been making lots of food for them and are trying to make the carnivorous T-Rexs into herbivores, with all the delicious plant food we are feeding them!  We also became scientists and closely looked at some frozen dinosaur eggs, talking about how to get the ice to melt and hatch out the baby dinosaurs inside!

Holy Spirit Day

We enjoyed a beautiful Holy Spirit afternoon in Reception.  We learned about the fruits of the Holy Spirit and learnt a song to help us remember them all! We especially thought about peace and what it means. We then read some scripture and learned that God sent the Holy Spirit in the form of a dove- a sign of peace.

After watching a beautiful dove flying, we all worked hard to create our own dove.  We took them outside to feel the wind of the Holy Spirit and fly them! Then we sat together, whispered our own special prayer to our doves and laid them carefully onto our prayer station. We used the chalk to draw our own Holy Spirit pictures across the playground floor!

Easter Story

Reception visited the chapel during Lent. We had learnt that Jesus died on the cross,  then rose from the dead and came out of the tomb. We discovered that in the special box was a beautiful Easter garden, with signs of new life and an empty tomb.  We said a special prayer together to say how sad we felt about Jesus dying, and said  thank you to Him for coming back to life for us.  We then created our own beautiful Easter garden pictures.

Advent Prayers

We visited the chapel together. We thought about the special time of Advent that we were in and how we are waiting for baby Jesus to be born.  We wrote a prayer to Jesus to help us remember just how very important he is.  Each of us were given a beautiful star to draw our own special prayer, showing us and Jesus together. We then shared our thoughts, ideas and prayers.

Firefighters Visit

We were so lucky to get an amazing visit from the Firefighters! They found some time in their busy schedule to visit Reception class. They came into our classroom to talk to us about all the incredible work they do: helping people, helping animals sometimes and saving lives. Mrs Terrey had to get dressed up in their special protective clothing and we all learnt what do if we were on fire! Cover your face, drop to the floor and roll. One of the firefighters demonstrated this, and then we all had a go. We remembered which number we must ring in an emergency - 999!

We also went outside to see the huge fire engine and we all had a turn to use the hose and spray water, just like a real firefighter! It was great fun. We each got to climb onto the fire engine too! We all loved every minute with our special visitors and learnt so much.

Father Gerard

Reception class were so lucky to receive a very special visit from our lovely Parish Priest, Father Gerard. We invited him to come and talk to us about the very special job he does as part of our topic and learning about real-life heroes.  Father Gerard shared with us a day in the life of a busy Priest and we asked him lots of questions. We also sang him our beautiful Hail Mary prayer and performed ‘This Little Light of Mine’.  Thank you for coming to visit us, Father Gerard!

Baptism

We learned that we are all part of God’s special family and that we are welcomed into the church through Baptism. We had a beautiful space in our class prayer area and took turns at being the priest or the parent holding the baby to act out baptising the baby and giving the baby a very special name.