A warm welcome to our fantastic Reception class. Our Reception Class teacher is Miss Hockley and Mrs Hunt and Miss Williams also work with us.
1.04.20
Happy April everyone! It's that time of year again when we all eat far too much chocolate (I know I will). Even though we are going through a tricky time we can still celebrate all that Easter embodies: new life, new beginnings and hope.
Because it is almost Easter, I decided to create my own natural Easter eggs made out of all the beauty God created, leaves, pebbles and any wild flowers and greenery I could find right outside my house. My challenge to you is for you to also create a leaf Easter egg using only natural materials that you find. It could be things you find in your garden or when you go out for a walk this week, just make sure it is natural!
Don't forget you can post your pictures of your Easter egg leaves on purple mash for me to see. I love seeing all the amazing work and learning you have been doing. I have seen some amazing monsters being created, excellent post cards being written and some amazing phonics and maths work going on. Keep it up everyone! You are doing fantastically well and I am so proud of you all x
Happy April everyone! It's that time of year again when we all eat far too much chocolate (I know I will). Even though we are going through a tricky time we can still celebrate all that Easter embodies: new life, new beginnings and hope.
Because it is almost Easter, I decided to create my own natural Easter eggs made out of all the beauty God created, leaves, pebbles and any wild flowers and greenery I could find right outside my house. My challenge to you is for you to also create a leaf Easter egg using only natural materials that you find. It could be things you find in your garden or when you go out for a walk this week, just make sure it is natural!
Don't forget you can post your pictures of your Easter egg leaves on purple mash for me to see. I love seeing all the amazing work and learning you have been doing. I have seen some amazing monsters being created, excellent post cards being written and some amazing phonics and maths work going on. Keep it up everyone! You are doing fantastically well and I am so proud of you all x
31.03.20
Good morning year R, it is a very beautiful, sunny kind of day today and I am smiling. Did you know that you can upload pictures of all the learning and activities you have been getting up to on purple mash!? I had a lovely surprise yesterday when I saw some wonderful pictures of one child sharing some awesome learning they had done, making puppets, planting seeds and baking cakes. I was so happy to receive these pictures (as I really miss you all) and it put a massive smile on my face. If you have any photos or pictures of learning you would like to share with me then just upload them onto purple mash. I would love to see more and share your learning with you!
Okay, now onto what I have been getting up to today. So this morning I thought to myself... I wish my teddies could talk, what would they say to me if they could talk? Well I decided to make them speech bubbles and write what I think they would say. I have written up instructions for you so you can try this at home and make your favourite teddies and toys talk!
P.s there is even a 'motivational one' for my lovely fiance, Orr, to help him with his work... he seemed rather unimpressed.
Good morning year R, it is a very beautiful, sunny kind of day today and I am smiling. Did you know that you can upload pictures of all the learning and activities you have been getting up to on purple mash!? I had a lovely surprise yesterday when I saw some wonderful pictures of one child sharing some awesome learning they had done, making puppets, planting seeds and baking cakes. I was so happy to receive these pictures (as I really miss you all) and it put a massive smile on my face. If you have any photos or pictures of learning you would like to share with me then just upload them onto purple mash. I would love to see more and share your learning with you!
Okay, now onto what I have been getting up to today. So this morning I thought to myself... I wish my teddies could talk, what would they say to me if they could talk? Well I decided to make them speech bubbles and write what I think they would say. I have written up instructions for you so you can try this at home and make your favourite teddies and toys talk!
P.s there is even a 'motivational one' for my lovely fiance, Orr, to help him with his work... he seemed rather unimpressed.
.30.03.20
Hello everyone, I hope you are all safe and sound and happy. The creator of 'ReadWriteInc' phonics Ruth Miskin is doing free daily online phonics lessons for children to access. Here is her home learning page link with all the information on and quick links to the phonics pages: https://www.ruthmiskin.com/en/find-out-more/help-during-school-closure/
Your child will need the set 2 daily speed sounds at 10am and any recap of set 1 at 9 if they would like!
I have already had a busy morning sorting out a problem with my teddies. I woke up to them arguing over who gets the pens to colour in first. I didn't know how to solve this problem so I thought you could help.
Using your own teddies can you share 10 pens fairly between 4 of your favourite toys? How many will each toy get? Are there any remainders? Good luck!
Extra challenge - my teddies decided to write sorry cards to each other for not being very kind. They are finding it a bit tricky... they have started off well. Can you create a sorry card for them and fill in the blanks?
Hello everyone, I hope you are all safe and sound and happy. The creator of 'ReadWriteInc' phonics Ruth Miskin is doing free daily online phonics lessons for children to access. Here is her home learning page link with all the information on and quick links to the phonics pages: https://www.ruthmiskin.com/en/find-out-more/help-during-school-closure/
Your child will need the set 2 daily speed sounds at 10am and any recap of set 1 at 9 if they would like!
I have already had a busy morning sorting out a problem with my teddies. I woke up to them arguing over who gets the pens to colour in first. I didn't know how to solve this problem so I thought you could help.
Using your own teddies can you share 10 pens fairly between 4 of your favourite toys? How many will each toy get? Are there any remainders? Good luck!
Extra challenge - my teddies decided to write sorry cards to each other for not being very kind. They are finding it a bit tricky... they have started off well. Can you create a sorry card for them and fill in the blanks?
26.03.20
Hi again everyone! Today I have been very busy doing all my teacher work but I still managed to sneak in a little time for making my own story map of Rosie's Walk by Pat Hutchins. I love this story because it is simple but funny with the fox getting into all sorts of trouble. I've put the picture of my story map below. Can you create your own story map of your favourite story? I might even write a little poem about the poor old fox!
Hi again everyone! Today I have been very busy doing all my teacher work but I still managed to sneak in a little time for making my own story map of Rosie's Walk by Pat Hutchins. I love this story because it is simple but funny with the fox getting into all sorts of trouble. I've put the picture of my story map below. Can you create your own story map of your favourite story? I might even write a little poem about the poor old fox!
A Message from Miss Hockley
Hello everyone! I hope you are all keeping yourselves safe and sound during this time and being helpful and kind to your family. Just because I am not with you does not mean I have forgotten about you all! I will be using this page to post about what I have been up to, any cool ideas and activities you can try out at home and any extra challenges you can do to help you with your learning. These will either be videos, pictures or just me writing to you.
Something I do want to share with you is a website called ABC does, by Alistair Bryce-Clegg. Anyone who knows me well will know I am a huge fan! On his blog page he has created a network between EYFS professionals all sharing fun activities you can do at home!
Here is the link:
https://abcdoes.com/home-learning/
Happy learning everyone! x
Hello everyone! I hope you are all keeping yourselves safe and sound during this time and being helpful and kind to your family. Just because I am not with you does not mean I have forgotten about you all! I will be using this page to post about what I have been up to, any cool ideas and activities you can try out at home and any extra challenges you can do to help you with your learning. These will either be videos, pictures or just me writing to you.
Something I do want to share with you is a website called ABC does, by Alistair Bryce-Clegg. Anyone who knows me well will know I am a huge fan! On his blog page he has created a network between EYFS professionals all sharing fun activities you can do at home!
Here is the link:
https://abcdoes.com/home-learning/
Happy learning everyone! x