Welcome to our Rainbows class page 2023-24

We are the Reception class at Warren Hills Community Primary School.

Our class teacher is Mrs Macdonald. Mrs Cooper and Mrs Woolley are the teaching assistants in our class.  

PE this term will be on Wednesday and Thursday

Please ensure that your child has an indoor kit consisting of a Warren Hills P.E. T-Shirt, shorts and plimsolls and also an outdoor kit consisting of plain tracksuit bottoms or leggings, a Warren Hills P.E. T-Shirt, sweatshirt and pair of trainers. Long hair must be tied back and earrings removed (if your child is unable to remove earrings themselves, please ensure they are removed before school). 

We Love Reading

In our class, we know how important reading is to help us learn and we follow a reading scheme in our school called Read, Write, Inc. We each have a home reading folder to bring our books home in every day and a yellow reading record. We enjoy reading at home and know how important it is to practise with our parents/carers regularly to help us become successful readers.

A note from the teacher: Please ensure that your child brings their home reading folder back to school every day and remember to encourage them to spend some time reading either to an adult or independently each day.

Summer 1 2023-24

Animal Safari 

This project teaches children about the animals that live around the world, how to look after animals and the importance of caring for our local and global environments.

Spring Term 2 2023-24

Ready, Steady, Grow!

This project teaches children about food and farming and explores themes, including where food comes from, what plants and animals need to grow and survive and what constitutes a healthy lifestyle.

Spring Term 1 2023-24

Starry Night

This project explores the differences in the world at night compared to during the day. It teaches children about the importance of a good night’s sleep, and helps them to discover what is happening in the world while they are sleeping, including finding out about nocturnal animals.

Autumn Term 2 2023-24

Once Upon a Time

This project supports children to develop a love of stories and reading. It encourages children to learn, retell and act out familiar and traditional tales including Cinderella, Goldilocks, Little Red Riding Hood, The Three Little Pigs and The Three Billy Goats Gruff.

We have been painting poppy pictures for Remembrance Day. We dressed up and counted elephants for Diwali. We wrote words for our story.

Autumn Term 1 2023-24

Exploring Autumn

In the Exploring Autumn project, your child will go on a woodland walk to learn about the seasonal changes that happen in autumn. They will learn about birds and animals that live in the woods and how they survive as the weather gets colder. They will take part in practical and creative activities that will support them to learn about autumn.

Supporting your child at home

• Go on a walk around your local area and talk about what happens to trees and plants during autumn. Take some pictures to share at school.
• Collect leaves, seeds, nuts and berries to add to an autumn collection.
• Make some bird food to feed the birds as the weather gets colder.

We collected Autumn treasures and we dressed up as doctors in our role-play area.

Welcome to our Rainbows class page 2022-23

We are the Reception class at Warren Hills Community Primary School.

Our class teacher is Mrs Macdonald. Mrs Curtis and Miss Smith are the teaching assistants in our class. We are also joined this year by our student teacher Miss Blick and our class volunteer Mrs Hodges. 

PE this term will be on Tuesday and Wednesday

Please ensure that your child has an indoor kit consisting of a Warren Hills P.E. T-Shirt, shorts and plimsolls and also an outdoor kit consisting of plain tracksuit bottoms or leggings, a Warren Hills P.E. T-Shirt, sweatshirt and pair of trainers. Long hair must be tied back and earrings removed (if your child is unable to remove earrings themselves, please ensure they are removed before school). 

We Love Reading

In our class, we know how important reading is to help us learn and we follow a reading scheme in our school called Read, Write, Inc. We each have a home reading folder to bring our books home in every day and a yellow reading record. We enjoy reading at home and know how important it is to practise with our parents/carers regularly to help us become successful readers.

A note from the teacher: Please ensure that your child brings their home reading folder back to school every day and remember to encourage them to spend some time reading either to an adult or independently each day.

Summer Term 2 2022-23

In the Long Ago project your child will learn about their history and how they have changed from when they were babies. They will learn about their family history and heritage and find out what life was like when their grandparents were children. They will learn about what it was like to go to school in the past and how everyday objects, such as clothes, toys and vehicles have changed.

Summer Term 1 2022-23

Creep, crawl and wriggle. This mini project teaches children about invertebrates that live in their gardens and local environment.

Spring Term 2 2022-23

In the Ready Steady Grow project your child will take part in practical activities to explore where food comes from. They will learn what seeds and plants need to grow and grow a variety of plants. They will explore what constitutes a healthy lifestyle, including eating fruit and vegetables, exercise and teeth brushing. They will find out about life on a farm and about baby animals.

Spring Term 1 2022-23

Starry Night. This project explores the differences in the world at night compared to during the day. It teaches children about the importance of a good night’s sleep, and helps them to discover what is happening in the world while they are sleeping, including finding out about nocturnal animals.

Autumn Term 2 2022-23

In the Once Upon a Time project, your child will be introduced to the wonderful world of stories. They will listen to a range of traditional tales and have the chance to act out the stories in their play. They will also listen to alternative contemporary stories to see different viewpoints from the characters. They will use the stories to think about how life has changed from when the stories were written. They will also make up their own stories and make masks, props and puppets to act out their stories.

Autumn Term 1 2022-23

Me and my community. This project supports children with settling into the new rules and routines of school and encourages them to make new friends and feel confident in their class. It teaches children about being helpful, kind and thoughtful at home and at school. This project also teaches children how they are unique and special, the importance of friendship and how people in their family, school and local community are important and can help them.

We have been so busy looking at patterns and numbers, practising writing our numbers and letters, listening and moving to music and thinking about how it made us feel. We have also been investigating autumn, we collected autumn items and made pictures with them. We had great fun walking around the school, meeting the adults that work here and finding out what they do. Plus we has a sneaky rest in the staff room!