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Reception - Firecrest

1. Key Information for Firecrest Class

In this section you will find a quick reference guide to your class including your Forest School rotation, letters and uniform requirements. There is also a copy of the welcome booklet for your class - please do refer to it throughout the year because it contains lots of useful information about what to expect in this class, how long homework should take each week, samples of age-appropriate handwriting and more.

Your teachers in Firecrest class are:

Mrs Rachel McGuire

Miss Rebecca Mitchell

Your teaching assistants in Firecrest class are:

Mrs Sian Maguire (Mrs M)

Mrs Kelly Cornish

Rachel McGuire, Teacher - Reception (Firecrest)

The Welcome Booklet for Firecrest class is here:

YR Parents Book

Notes from Meet the Teacher - 11th September 2017

Notes from Meet the Teacher.docx

Letters for Firecrest class can be found here: http://www.bridgewater.herts.sch.uk/reception-class-letters/

Forest school rotation for Autumn Term 2017

Reception Wednesdays	Roc	Griffin	Phoenix
6 September	Not in school
13 September	Discovery	Forest School	SEAL
20 September	SEAL	Discovery	Forest School
27 September	Forest School	SEAL	Discovery
4 October	Discover	Forest School	SEAL
11 October	SEAL	Discovery	Forest School
18 October	Forest School	SEAL	Discovery

Home Learning

Reception

Reading

*Family Learning

Daily

Weekly

Uniform requirements

A full list of the school's uniform requirements is on the school website here [http://www.bridgewater.herts.sch.uk/school-uniform/]. In Reception, points to note are:

Core school uniform

No special notes for this class

Bags

1. Small book bag (school logo optional)

2. Drawstring PE bag (school logo optional)

PE / games

Trainers or plimsolls.

2. What is going on in Firecrest class?

Your class teacher will update this page at least once per term with photos and information on recent events or activities.

8th September 2017

We have enjoyed our first week in Firecrest class. We have been busy exploring our classrooms, the outside meadow space and the atelier. We have experimented with some mark making, dressing up, role-play and baked in the mud kitchen. We have also played in the sand and water. It has been a very busy week.

20th June 2017

The Hungry Caterpillar Assembly.

8th May 2017

Snails

2nd May 2017

We enjoyed our visit to College Lake.

Here are some of the activities we enjoyed.

29th March 2017

This half term we have had great fun in discovery : we have build nests, explored bubbles and created marbled pictures.

We have been learning how to use non-fiction books to find out about our bodies and we drew and labelled our bodies.

Fran is a scientist. She taught us about bacteria and we carried out an investigation to find out which bacteria were living on our fingers.

We used instructions to build our greenhouse and plant our seeds.

It was fun exploring reflective symmetry.

11th October 2016

We were visited today by a fire and rescue team from Hemel Hempstead. They talked to us, showed us their uniforms and safety equipment and answered our questions about how they help us. We were able to look around their fire engine and see the equipment it carries. We also all sprayed the fire hose.

6th October 2016

In the last few weeks we have looked at the story of Goldilocks and the Three Bears, enjoyed celebrating Smartie Bear's Birthday, found out about healthy choices - tasting and feeling fruit and enjoying the book Handa's Surprise.

Recently we have been looking at the changes in our environment with the arrival of autumn and much of our learning has been enjoyed outside the classroom in the warm weather.

We have built many projects using our drain pipes and we have made our own paint.