Ms Longshaw's Class
Reception NL
St Mary's School
The children are at the heart of everything we do.
The children are at the heart of everything we do.
Ms Longshaw's Class
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Last week the Reception classes walked to Nobles Park. We were exploring the colours of Autumn and what happens to trees and plants during this season. The children explored the field and found examples of different coloured leaves. We noticed that some trees were still very green and had not lost…
Yesterday we had Anna from Manx Birdlife come into our class to help us make some bird feeders. She explained that the birds find it harder to find food in the winter. We used pine cones, lard, sunflower seeds and dried mealworms! We had to get stuck in, and mix all the ingredients together, then c…
Today we were raising awareness for Children in Need. We dressed down and brought in a donation to help those not as lucky as ourselves.. In our assembly we had a very special visitor, who gave us such a shock! I was Pudsey Bear!!! Everyone was so excited. Pudsey stayed and had a dance with us.
Welcome to St Valentine's Class. This is where you will find our class letters which will give you information about our class and the learning we are doing! Autumn_1_Reception_2023_Class_letter.pdf Autumn_2_Newsletter_2023.pdf Spring_1_Newsletter_2024.pdf Spring_2Newsletter_2024.pdf Summer_1_Newsl…
Our focus in Maths this week has been exploring the composition of numbers up to 5! The children enjoyed this challenge by independently figuring out that five can be made up of two and three or four and one and four can be made up of two and two. We enjoyed working this out by rolling the dice to…
As part of our learning we have set up a Vet's surgery in our classroom. The children have been taking care of animals treating their various injuries and ailments. This week we were very lucky to have Immy visit our school. She is a nurse at a local Vets. Immy talked to us, explaining how she beca…
Last Thursday we marked 2024 being a Leap Year by Leaping our way into March. We took part in a sponsored Leapathon, organised by our brilliant Friends of St Mary's! We went into the hall, some of us wearing our bunny ears, supplied bt the Friends, and leapt like bunnies, wallabies, frogs and even…
Wow! What fun we had exploring the outside area! We used some guttering , crates and stands to make some fantastic ramps and tracks for our cars! The zoomed down the guttering but we had to watch for the gaps or we would lose our cars! Check out our pictures.
P.E. Kits can be left in school during the half term. We will send them home at Halloween break. If your child hasn't yet brought one in, can they please do so before Friday. If you could make sure the children have some pumps/trainers in their kits that would be great. We need an alternative to th…
Hello everyone, we would like to ask you all to save your boxes, especially large ones, as St Martha and St Valentine are hoping to create a giant robot. The children will be developing their cooperation, collaborative, communication and problem solving skills. We look forward to our donations! PS…
Welcome to Our Thinker of the Week page. Each week a child will be chosen who has demonstrated our Thinking Moves during their learning. Ask your child what some of our Thinking Moves are and what the action is. Hopefully they should be able to demonstrate a few we have learned so far. Congratulati…
As part of our Project Who am I? in RE we have been learning how we are all part of God's Family. However, we are all unique different from our friends. On Thursday we talked about our names and why we may have been given a certain name. Are you maned after a family member Grandma, Granda, Aunt or…
Reception classes travelled by double decker to visit the Wildlife Park. The weather was a bit murky, but actually improved slightly, while we walked around visiting the animals. We were really interested in seeing the Penguins and hearing what they eat and how fast they travel when swimming. The m…