Miss Kelly's Class
Reception AK
St Mary's School
The children are at the heart of everything we do.
The children are at the heart of everything we do.
Miss Kelly's Class
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This week, we brought in photos of someone special to us and shared why they mean so much. Our reasons included: they love us, take us to the beach, give us cuddles, play with us, buy us ice cream, and ride bikes with us! It was heartwarming to see everyone’s pictures and hear the lovely stories be…
Reception had a very exciting day—we went on our first ever school trip to Nobles Park! We went on an Autumn Scavenger Hunt, looking for signs of the changing season. We found colourful leaves, conkers, and pinecones! Everyone did fantastic listening, great looking, and worked really well as a team…
This week in Reception, we’ve had lots of fun exploring the world of dentists! Our learning has been packed with exciting activities: Phonics Area: Recognising initial sounds and matching them to the picture! Tuff Tray: The children enjoyed cleaning teeth and learning about how to keep them healthy…
This week, we’ve started our exciting Rainbow Challenges in each area of our classroom. The children have loved exploring and completing different activities to earn their rainbow colors! Here’s what we’ve been working on: Maths Challenge: Create a pattern using different objects. Writing Challenge…
On Friday, Connor from FC IOM visited Reception to teach football skills. The children had a fantastic time learning how to stop the ball, challenge other teams to win possession, and score goals!
Our Visit from the Firefighters This week we had a very exciting visit from the firemen! They came to school to teach us all about how they help people in our community and keep us safe. We each had a turn to use the big fire hose and even got to sit inside the fire engine. It was amazing to see al…
Goldilocks and the Three Bears This week, the children enjoyed a range of activities based on Goldilocks and the Three Bears. Each area of learning linked to the story and gave them lots of opportunities to practise key skills. Maths: The children explored size by sorting and comparing small and bi…
Last week, our classroom is all about feelings. Inspired by In My Heart – A Book of Feelings, children are learning to understand and express emotions through play, art, and writing. From counting and cutting to drawing and sculpting faces with play dough, every activity helps them explore what’s i…
Jack and the Beanstalk Last week was an exciting one in Reception as we explored our Book of the Week: Jack and the Beanstalk. The children immersed themselves in the story through reading, play, creativity, and hands-on learning. Literacy – Tricky Words: Say It, Build It, Write It In writing, we f…
Our Little Red Riding Hood Learning Week Last week our Reception children enjoyed a wonderful range of activities inspired by the story of Little Red Riding Hood. The class were fully engaged and showed fantastic creativity, imagination, and problem‑solving throughout the week. Maths – Short and Lo…
Our theme last week was Police Officers, and the children loved learning all about their important job! Challenges Maths: Used 2D shapes to make pictures and create our own designs. Writing: Labeled a police picture, practicing sounds and letters. Creative: Made police cars from paper plates and pl…
Rock Kidz Day at St Mary's! Today our school was buzzing with excitement as the children came dressed as rock stars — and they looked fantastic! From cool shades to wild hair and bold outfits, everyone got into the spirit and had a brilliant time. In the afternoon, we had a high-energy session with…
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This week, our learning has been all about feelings, inspired by The Colour Monster. The children have really enjoyed talking about emotions and how different colours can represent how we feel. Calm Toolkits We started by thinking about what helps us feel calm. Everyone created their own calm toolk…
Last week, we read “The Koala Who Could” and talked about being brave and trying new things. Everyone made “can do” crowns to celebrate their strengths, crafted play dough koalas, and used jungle leaves to make colourful patterns. Our classroom turned into a koala jungle for small world play, and w…
This week we explored the traditional tale The Three Billy Goats Gruff, and the children loved getting involved in lots of themed activities. In maths, the children built cube towers to explore one more and one less.In writing, they created captions for pictures from the story using their phonics s…
We were so excited to be back at school after the Christmas holidays, and what a fantastic week of learning we’ve had! Our challenges this week were all linked to the story of The Three Little Pigs: Maths Challenge: We worked hard on making numbers using ten frames – great counting and number recog…
Last week was full of animal fun! We explored vet, zoo, and animal-themed activities - writing animal sounds, caring for pets in our role-play vet surgery, and making 5 in the maths area. In the creative corner, we mixed colours for beautiful bookmarks and made amazing play dough animals. A big hig…
Book of the Week: Elmer This week, Reception read Elmer and talked about how it is great to be different! We painted our own colourful Elmers, drew pictures of what makes us special, and did fun pom-pom activities to help our fine motor skills. In maths, we enjoyed matching games using colours and…