St Nicholas

Catholic Primary School

Oakwood Lane, Leeds, West Yorkshire LS9 6QY

01132 930 318

schooloffice@stnicholasprimaryleeds.org.uk

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Foundation Stage 2022-23

Welcome to the class page for Reception A and Reception B.

We will share with you the exciting things we are doing in class. This page will also have different resources for you to access at home with your child.

Meet The Staff

Mrs S Doherty - Reception A Teacher / Assistant Head for Teaching and Learning / Deputy Designated Safeguarding Lead

Miss B Musgrave - Reception B Teacher

Miss C Causey - HLTA

Mrs S Wright - Learning Support Assistant

Miss D McElhatton - Learning Support Assistant

Miss C Harley - Learning Support Assistant

Miss J Rhodes - Learning Support Assistant

 

Topic Leaflets

Click on the relevant term below to view our topic leaflet:

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September: Parent Information Powerpoint

Reading Books

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 The children will bring home two different types of books.

 

One is a Read Write Inc phonics book, this needs to be brought to school every day.

 

The other is a library book, this will be sent home on a Tuesday and needs to be brought back every Monday along with the homework.

 These books are to share as a family, make it a fun reading experience for your children!

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Things to Remember 

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Please ensure your child brings their water bottle with them into school everyday.

All children should have a pair of pumps for them to wear during the day in school. If not, please could these be brought into school.

Please ensure that all items of clothing, has your child's name written in it, so it can be easily identified and returned to them. 


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Please ensure your child has the correct PE kits which are kept in school and at the end of each half term, the children will bring their PE kits home.

Reception A

Indoor PE- Wednesday's

Outdoor PE- Friday's

Reception B

Indoor PE-Thursday's

Outdoor- Friday's

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Autumn 1

Take a look, what we have been up to this half term. 

First Weeks in Reception

 The children have settled very well into reception! They have all made some great friendships and had lots of fun learning about each other.

Safeguarding Week

This week is all about safeguarding and mindfulness week. The children had an off-day timetable full of activities, these included threading, mindfulness music, yoga and circle time. We learned who we could talk to when we are at school and at home too. 

Autumn Walk and The Local Area

The children have been out onto our school field in our smaller groups, the children went out to see what they could find for our autumn tuff tray, we had lots of fun! We have also been on a local area walk, to see what was in our local area, we could see school, houses, church, trees and flats. The children could also hear cars and buses going past, there was lots of leaves on the path and could hear them crunching and rustling beneath our feet.

African Drumming Workshop

The children have taken part in an African Drumming Workshop, they listened to a rhythm and had to copy this rhythm back using their instrument. The children took it in turn to have a go at each of the different instruments while using puppets and different rhythms and saying to preform altogether. 

Autumn 2

Take a look, what we have been up to this half term. 

Bonfire Night

The children have been learning all about Bonfire night and who Guy Fawkes is. The children have had a visit from our local PSCO about how we keep safe on bonfire night. We have recreated our bonfire and firework picture on black card using chalk. Some great bonfire pitcures.

SNOW DAY ACTIVITIES

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​Snow Days offer a wonderful opportunity for the children to get outside and be physically active whilst exploring this beautiful and interesting weather phenomenon in all sorts of ways; as scientists, as artists, as geographers ...and as children.

As teachers, we have made the decision to embrace this as a wonderful opportunity for home learning when the children cannot safely come into school.   Please find below, all sorts of ideas for learning activities that the children can do which are linked to the snow.

We have decided not to organise these under age-related headings.  All of the activities are good fun and most are 'open-ended' enough that the children can explore them at the level which suits them.

 

BUBBLES IN THE SNOW​

This works best when it is REALLY cold outside, well below freezing point.  Sometimes it can be cold enough for the bubbles to actually freeze and be covered in ice patterns.
Even if it is not that cold, the bubbles will stay for a while on the cold snow.
It is easy to make your own bubble mixture with washing-up liquid and water!
You could have 'races' to see whose bubble lasts the longest without popping. ​Or you could take som photos of your bubbles sitting on the snow.
 
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SNOW TRACKS AND SNOW PRINTS

​Be a 'snow detective' and search for tracks in the snow.  Which creature might they belong to?
Or use some everyday objects to make your own prints.