Blackfell Primary School

Welcome to Reception 

Welcome to Reception We have all enjoyed our first couple of weeks in Reception  and we have all had lots of fun. We have been exploring our new outdoor and indoor environments as well as learning routines and making lots of new friends. We have all settled in very well and are having so much fun! Take a look at the activities we have been taking part in the last couple of weeks.

We Love ICT!

During our first lesson of ICT, we discussed what technology is and learnt about the different types of technology we have in the world. We now recognise that a range of technology is used in places such as homes and schools. We learnt that technology is selected and used for particular purposes and discussed the importance of technology to different people in their jobs - such as vets, doctors, builders and teachers. We now understand how important technology is to people in their everyday lives. 
After our discussion, we then got to work in groups to control a programmable floor robot - A Bee-Bot. We entered instructions in order to move it forward or backward in 15 cm steps or to turn right or left. When we pressed the <Go> button, the robot moved as instructed. 

PE - Running and Walking

As our topic for the term is movement, we started the topic - this week - with running and walking activities. We sat in a circle with Miss Clark and we had to copy her by walking on the spot. We had to emphasise the pumping movement of our arms as we walked. We had to remember to keep our legs strong and bend our knees. We then did the same for jogging on the spot. After, we done some stretches and talked about how stretches help to prevent us from hurting ourselves by pulling a muscle. 
We listened to the walking track and we had to walk around the room - no one was allowed to rush. We had to pump our arms to the music as we walked around the room.
We then listened to the running track and we had to run around the hall in time to the music. We had to make sure we were watching where we were going incase we bumped into any of our friends. It was so much fun!

PE -Crawling

In PE this week, we have been crawling like caterpillars! We started the lesson by finding a space and we began to crawl around the room. We had to keep our heads up to make sure we didn't bump into anyone. Miss Clark gave us instructions to follow. If she said number one we had to crawl forwards. If she said number two we had to crawl backwards. If she said number three we had to change direction and if she said number four we had to freeze like statues. We showed excellent understanding and listening during this warm up.
After the warm up we were put into three teams. We each had a station. On the first station you had to crawl up to the bench and get up onto the bench. You then had to crawl across the bench and step off at the end, and then walk back to join the back of your teams line. On the second station, you had to crawl under the hurdles - trying not to let your body touch them or knock them over. Once you reached the end you had to stand up and then walk back to join the back of your teams line. On the third station, you had to crawl through the cones trying not to touch them as you went past. At the end you had to stand up and then walk back to join the back of your teams line. We all had a go at each station and showed Miss Clark that we are very good crawling caterpillars! 

PE - Swings

As our topic is 'In The Park' for this half term we were focusing on swings today. We recapped pretending to go down slide to the music. After going down the slide, we recapped swinging across the monkey bars to the monkey bar music. After, we made up an action to show how we would swing on the swings in the park. We enjoyed swinging around the hall to the music.

Charanga Autumn Term 1 

Over Autumn Term one the Reception children have been taking part in a range of music activities using a programme called Charanga!! The children have been listening to various songs from the past and present. This terms topic was 'me' We started with the children finding the pulse we discussed what the pulse was. the children moved to the music using various movements and plenty of imagination!!. We all had a discussion about whether we enjoyed the music why the children liked it and why they did not. The children have sang various songs over Autumn term 1 including- pat a cake,12345,this old man and many more. All the children have thoroughly enjoyed and joined in with all music activities please take a look at the pictures and some videos of the children singing. Well done Reception    

W/C 16.11.20 this weeks Awards goes too.... 

A massive well done to the following children who each received a special award this week. This weeks Headteachers award went to Amelia Quinn. the kindness award went to Scarlet-Rose Nettleton and our homework award went to Oliver Marr well done to you all we are so proud of you- Keep up the good work!! 

WC 23-11-20 This Weeks Awards go too...

A massive well done to the three children who each received an award this week. Joseph Craig  received Mrs Watkins special Headteacher award, Riley Waggott received the kindness award and Alexis-Mae Goodman received the homework award. A big well done to you all we are so proud of you!! keep up the good work.

PE - Pirates! Ahoy Matey!

Santa Dash with Nursery and Reception

As part of the Get Fit This December Nursery and Reception thoroughly enjoyed their run with Santa they ran a very impressive 3.3 miles. we have some very fit children in Nursery and Reception!!. We would like to thank you for all your contributions we very much appreciate it. 

Well done Reception

A massive well done to all the children in Reception for completing their first full week in Reception. Mrs Hutchinson and Miss Forrest are extremely proud of all the children how fast they have settled into their new environment . well done Reception!!  

Week commencing 15.9.20 This weeks awards go too... 

A massive well done to Natalia Maddison for receiving Mrs Watkins headteachers award. Emily young for receiving our kind reward in Reception and Riley Waggott who received our Star of the week award in Reception.  We are all so proud of you!! Keep up the good work!

PE - Slithering

In PE this week we have been slithering like snakes! Firstly, we had to slither to the music and change our speed depending on how slow or fast or how loud or quiet the music was. After this activity we got into groups and investigated all of the different ways in which we could move across the hall. We moved across the hall in many different ways including; running, walking, skipping, hopping, jumping, slithering, rolling and also spinning and turning. 

Week commencing 5.10.20. This weeks awards go too...

A massive well done to Phoebe Galer who received  Mrs Watkins headteacher award. Sienna Farhang for receiving our homework award and Darcy-May receiving our kindness award. Well done every one we are all so proud of you!! Keep up the good work.

PE - Skipping

This week in PE our movement focus was skipping. During the warm up, as we skipped, we had to swing our arms and when Miss Clark shouted "freeze" we had to stand still very quickly. We were aiming to move about the room without bumping into anyone. To ensure we achieved this we had to change direction and keep our feet light. Then Miss Clark put some music on and we had to skip around the room to the music. We finished off the lesson by playing a catching game. We had to stand in a circle and wait for the person in the middle of the circle to say our name. After they said our name we had to clap our hands once, and then be prepared to catch the ball. If we did not catch the ball then we were out. We could be rescued by our friends if they clapped twice before they caught the ball. We showed excellent listening and looking skills as we played this game!

PE - Slides and Monkey Bars

Our topic in PE this half term is 'In The Park'. Today we discussed the different things which we can access in park and demonstrated - with actions -  how you would use them. We then pretended to slide down the slide to the music. We had to listen for the six beats and this is when we walked up the steps of the slide. When we reached the top, we slid down with our hands in the air shouting, "weeeee."
After going down the slide, we then pretended to jump up onto the monkey bars and swing across them as the monkey bars music played. When the music paused for a few seconds, we had to change direction and swing a different way.

PE - Greeting A Friend and Working As A Team

As it is Anti Bullying week 2020, we worked on how to greet our friends in PE. We stuck to our theme of 'In The Park' and rein acted meeting a friend in the park, greeting them and walking around the park with them hand in hand. We pretended to explore all of the different equipment in the park with our friend using movements to represent each piece of equipment. After this we played a team game where we had to pass two hoops around the giant circle. We had to work as a team and communicate to get the hoop around the circle without letting go of our friends. We pretended that our hands were glued to our friends.

Diwali

During our RE lessons we have been learning all about the Hindu festival of light - Diwali. We have enjoyed learning about and celebrating Diwali. As part of our celebrations we have taken part in a range of different Diwali themed activities. We started with an Indian food tasting morning where we tried poppadoms, chicken tikka, garlic naan bread, pilau rice, vegetable samosas and onion bhaji's. We have also made our own mehndi hands, diya lamps and rangoli patterns. We have shown an excellent understanding of Diwali and can share some interesting facts about it.

PE - Witches and Wizards

Today in PE we had to pretend that were were witches and wizards wearing big pointy hats. We had to climb on our magic broom and then fly around the room. We had to fly high and low and in different directions. We also had to fly around making sure that we were not touching anyone else. When Miss Clark had cast the 'freeze spell', we all had to freeze in our own space. Then we had to imagine that we were wizards wearing big long cloaks. Our wand had to lead us around the room. We had to stand still still and point our wand into a space in the room, then quickly run to that space, stopping on arrival and starting again.
Next, we had to form a small group in some space on the floor. We were going to make a magic potion. We suggested making a potion to turn Miss Forrest into a frog! We had to stand around our cauldrons and complete the following actions; squash the ingredients by jumping up and down, help stir the potion by running around in a circle in one direction and then the other, and we had to pretend to see the potion bubble as we wiggled our fingers in the middle of the cauldron and ran on the spot as fast as we could. On Miss Clark's command (shouting pop and clapping her hands) we had to run to a spade and quickly freeze as if the potion has exploded. 
We finished the lesson by playing cauldrons. We had to move freely around the hall area until Miss Clark shouted 'Hocus Pocus!' When she shouted this we had to quickly run into a cauldron and stand still.

WC 30-11-20 This weeks awards go too...

A massive well done to the three children who each received an award this week. Darcy Casey received Mrs Watkins special Headteacher award, Sienna Farhang  received the kindness award and Phoebe Galer received the homework award. A big well done to you all we are so proud of you!! keep up the good work

Christmas Party 2020

What a fantastic morning we all had for our Christmas party!! We all had our best party clothes on and were ready for a good dance with our friends. We played some fun party games such as corners, pass the parcel, musical statues and best dancer we all really enjoyed the games and a big well done to all the winners who won a prize. We were in the middle of our party when we could hear bells ringing and we were very surprised  to see that Santa had came to visit us!! We each took it in turn to meet Santa and tell him what we would like for Christmas, he even give us a special gift to take home. After all the fun and dancing we were very hungry and thirsty so continued the party with a lovely Christmas lunch box filled with delicious food. We all had a great time at our Christmas party take a look at us having fun at the party.

Our first trip to the library!!

We were so excited to visit our new key stage one library. We all set off the library to choose a book. We listened to the rules about how to behave in the library and chose our books quietly. We enjoyed sharing our books with our friends and found each others books funny and interesting. We can’t wait to visit again to choose another book to take home to share with our family.After we chose our books We got a surprise we got our very own book from the book trust to take home and keep and share the story with our family. We were so excited to hear the story of The Runaway Pea that when we got back from the library, Mrs Hutchinson read the story to us we all really enjoyed it and thought it was so funny!! We love listening to different stories.  

Week commencing 21.9.20. This weeks awards go too... 

A massive well done to Theo Drummond who received Mrs Watkins Headteacher award. Amelia Quinn who received the kind award and Isla Kerry who received the homework award. Well done we are all so proud of you!! keep up the good work! 

PE - Shuffling

Our theme for this week in PE was shuffling. Firstly, we had to shuffle to the music and change our speed depending on how slow or fast or how loud or quiet the music was. After this activity we were split into two teams and we played a game of crab football. The rules were, we had to keep all of the bean bags out of our area and throw them into the oppositions area. However, to move towards the bean bags to get them, we were only allowed to shuffle along the floor. We loved playing crab football - it was so fun!

Our First Visit To The ICT Suite!

We visited the ICT suite for the first time this week! We had so much fun and we were all very excited. When we went to the ICT suite, with Miss Clark and Miss Forrest, we learned the importance of staying safe whilst using a computer. We discussed that we should never touch any wires or plugs and that when we are sitting the computer we have to keep our legs still and our feet flat on the floor. We learned about the different parts of the computer including the monitor, screen, keyboard and mouse. We had a go at logging onto the computer using our own details and then our teachers showed us how to get onto Purple Mash. We then explored Mini Mash independently in order to see what we were going to be accessing within our future ICT lessons.

Black History Month!

Throughout October, we have taken part in some fun activities in order to celebrate Black History Month. Our theme was Africa. We started off the celebrations by talking about Africa - the animals there, the climate and what African schools, villages and clothes look like. We then read Handa's suprise - a story about a young African girl who collects fruit to take to her best friend. After reading Handa's suprise we learnt all about African fruit and the different types of fruit that come from Africa. We had a taster session in which we tasted; papaya, avocado pear, mango, pineapple, passionfruit, banana, orange, guava and tangerine. 
In PE, we took part in some African dancing - and followed an African lady step by step as she taught us some African dance moves. We enjoyed shaking our hips and bouncing around to the beat.
In Music we listened and danced to some African music. We learnt about instruments played in African music and identified these instruments as we listened to some African songs. We also talked about different types of music from different parts of Africa and discussed what was the same/different about the music from the different areas. 
In our creative area we have been making some African necklaces and we have also painted some African sunsets and added some African animal silhouettes.

Children in Need 2020

What a lovely day we had as it was Children in Need day and we all came to school in non uniform and pudsey bear accessories everyone looked great!! We took part in some pudsey bear activities and we all enjoyed our lunch together. Thank you to everyone who contributed to Children in Need we raised lots of money!!  

Anti-Bullying Week 2020
United Against Bullying!

This week, during Anti-Bullying Week, we have been raising awareness about bullying. During which we learnt about bullying and how to deal with it. This year, Anti-Bullying Week took place from the 16^th to the 20^th November. Anti-Bullying Week has a different theme each year. This year’s theme was ‘United Against Bullying.’
On Monday 16th, our school took part in an Odd Socks Day. By wearing odd socks, we were raising awareness of our opinions that  it is okay to be different. 
During Anti-Bullying Week, have also listened to and shared stories of Elmer the elephant (who was different to the other elephants) and we have also have also listened to and spoke about the hidden message in the story 'Giraffes Can't Dance'. 
In PE we have played some team work games with the parachute in order to celebrate Anti-Bullying Week. We played a range of fun games using the parachute including, popcorn-with some soft balls and tag. We also enjoyed making a giant mushroom with the parachute. We worked very well as a team, communicating well together and we all had lots of fun! We have also taken part in another team work activity in PE—where we had to work together to move the hula hoop around the group without letting go of each others hands.
On Thursday during PSHE, we have created a friendship web discussing what it means to be a good friend and how we can all be a good friend. We have also looked at relationships in PSHE using our 5R’s elephant as a mascot for good, positive relationships and have made a friendship web by giving examples of how we can be a good friend. Lastly we have completed a sorting activity on the IWB around Anti-Bullying - we sorted good friend and not a good friend scenarios into the right sides of the table to show our understand of good, positive relationships. 

The Christmas Story

We have been learning about the Christian Christmas story in RE. We read the story together with Miss Clark and then we discussed each part of the story - using pictures to help us - to summarise each event. After retelling the story we looked on the world map to find where we lived, where Bethlehem was and where Egypt was.  

WC 7-12-20 This weeks awards go too...

A massive well done to the three children who each received an award this week. Sienns Farhang received Mrs Watkins special Headteacher award, Scarlett-Jane Perry received the kindness award and Mia-Grace Smith received the homework award. A big well done to you all we are so proud of you!! keep up the good work