Forestry Friday

Every Friday Reception class try to spend as much time outside as possible. We have a wonderful environment for learning outside and we make the most of it! Children will be developing their social and language skills, as well as learning about nature and spending time with nature in our increasingly urban world.

Today they made dens, played hide and seek, caught monsters, made kites, ate lots of apples and pears, rolled down our hill, read stories on the grass, made mushroom tents with the parachute, played cowboys amongst other things. They were very, very busy...

Today was the first time we lit a fire and we taught them the rules for being safe. They knew to make sure and stay outside the circle unless invited in by an adult. In the coming weeks we will be using the fire to boil water for hot chocolate and toast marshmallows. Please be aware that they will come home smelling of woodsmoke on a friday!

First Full Week!

Tigers and Zebras have now finished their first full week and have done very well settling into their new environment! One of the big changes has been having lunch in the dining hall, which the children have really enjoyed as you can see from the pictures below.

Mr Caldwell and Miss Pearce have been spending lunch with the children, both in the dining hall and after they go outside to play. Next week we will be checking in on them, but will be starting to give them their independence  a little more too!

Packed lunches should have a balance of food and should include fresh fruit and vegetables.

The school meal menu is available from the school office and Eden food services have a website: http://www.edenfoodservice.co.uk/

Welcome Tigers & Zebras!

Dear Reception Parents,

Welcome to all of our new Reception children, as well as familiar faces and new families! The children have had their first morning and have been enjoying their introduction to life at Cabot. Even the most confident child can feel a little wobbly at the beginning of the year, so please do not worry if there is a little anxiety or some tears; they will soon settle. Having said that, it has mostly been smiles all round, as you can see, if you visit our blog at:

http://www.cabotpatchkids.blogspot.com/

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Dates:

Monday 12th September Reception children will be in from 8:35am to 12pm

Monday 19^th September Reception children will be in from 8:35am to 3:15pm

Monday  26^th September there will be a brief Parents meeting from 8:35am to 9:00am.We will introduce our Reading Recovery teacher Anne Goree and talk about how we will teach reading this year.

Uniform:

The children look lovely in their uniforms and more jumpers have been ordered. Please make sure to label all items of clothing. If you have not ordered your uniform, please can you call in to the school Reception and talk to Jo or Lorene?

Curriculum:

Our topic this term is called ‘All About Me’ and the children have been telling us about their families, and talking about what they liked to do in Nursery and what they are looking forwards to doing in Cabot Reception!

In the coming weeks, we will be exploring our school as well as venturing further afield within the local area. If anyone would like to come on a walk with us, just let Miss Pearce or Mr Caldwell know.

More detailed curriculum information is available on the parents’ board- one of which is outside Reception, the other is inside. You can also contact us directly by phone if there is anything else you need to know, or are unsure about. Please phone after 3:15pm and if we are in a meeting we will get back to you as soon as possible!

Many Thanks

The Reception Team

Letters and Sounds!

We read a story called 'Mr Big'. In the story, Mr Big gets a letter.

We wrote our own letters. We wrote to lots of people in Cabot School!

We used envelopes and stamps!

We stuck on some stamps.

We went down the road to the post box.

There were lots of letters to post!

We love writing letters!

Stokes Croft

On Wednesday Tigers and Zebra walked to The Peoples Republic of Stokes Croft to create some of our own street art. We made stencils at school and took them with us. We used paint provided by Chris and Jack to graffiti a wall in their yard.

Asli - "I had good fun with Yahye and Abdilatif making my stencil.

Mohamed - "I liked my M."

Omar - "When Jack painted the sheep, it was funny because it had a 'S' like Superman."

Sabrina - "I like all the names."

Selah - "I think the pig is funny."

Abdirazaq - "Chris did our school name."

Yahye - "I like the frog."

Maida M - "I had lots of fun."

Abdilatif - "I think our trip was cool."



Street Art

Last week we went on a trip around St Pauls to look for street art. Look what we found!!!!!

Abdilatif - "I like the toast with baked beans on his face and a mushroom eye."

Hafza - "I like the crayon people."

Maida M - "I like the one with the girl in the water."

Selah - "I like girl with pink lips."

Mohamed - "I like the pirate ship."


This week we are going to look for more!! We are walking to Easton to see fantastic street art. If you would like to come along with your child, please speak to Mr Caldwell or Miss Pearce.

Welcome back

This term our topic is titled 'Street Art'. During term 5 and 6 we will be exploring different types of art work including Cave art, Street art and Modern art. Our aim for this topic is to develop the children's creative sides and will be providing them with the opportunities to express themselves individually.


Last week we looked at the artist Pier Mondrian. The dutch artist is most famous for his rectangular blocks of red, yellow and blue, separated by thick black lines.

During Forestry Friday the children worked together to create their own version of his famous art work. They worked together to attached thick black lines onto white paper then carefully painted rectangular blocks using the three primary colours.

This week, on Wednesday, Tigers and Zebras will be going on local walks around St Pauls to look for high quality graffitti and street art. If you would like to come on the walk with either class please speak to Mr Caldwell or Miss Pearce.

We hope that you will support us during this topic and that you share your child interest in 'street art'.


On another matter, the children are doing really well with their reading and several children are moving through the different levels rapidly. We encourage you to continue to read EVERY night with your child, as our expectation is that they should be on at least level 6 by the end of the year. You may have noticed that your child is bringing home a book at a lower level. We have introduced this to develop the children's fluency and accuarcy within their reading. This will support them even more in moving through the different levels.