Reception - Firecrest | Bridgewater School

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.

In the event of a school closure, we will post home learning activities onto the website;

Home learning for Firecrest

Notes from Meet the Teachers 9th September 2019

Firecrest Meet the Teacher event September 2019.pdf

Your teachers in Firecrest class are:

Rachel McGuire, Teacher - Reception (Firecrest)

Becky Mitchell, Teacher - Reception (Firecrest)

Your teaching assistants in Firecrest class are:

Mrs Sian Maguire (Mrs M)

Mrs Kelly Cornish

The Welcome Booklet for Firecrest class is here:

Reception Parents' Booklet 2019-20

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

You can find your child's Forest School Timetable here.

Home Learning

Reception

Reading

*Family Learning

Daily

Weekly

SRE Curriculum

This year we will continue to teach the children using materials from our new Sex and Relationships Education (SRE) scheme. This new edition of ‘Teaching SRE with Confidence in Primary Schools’ reflects the recent developments in SRE and the Science National Curriculum. This resource encourages children to develop the skills of listening, empathy, talking about feelings and relationships with families and friends.

All the lessons have a clear structure and are age appropriate. The lesson plans have clear aims and learning outcomes with suggested additional activities and accompanying resources:

Reception: Our Lives -

Our Day

Keeping Ourselves Clean

Families

Uniform requirements

A full list of the school's uniform requirements is on the school website here. In Reception, points to note are:

Core school uniform

No special notes for this class

Bags

1. Small book bag

2. Drawstring PE bag (school logo optional)

PE / games

Trainers or plimsolls.

2. What is going on in Firecrest class in 2019/20

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

We went for a lovely Autumn walk and collected lots of Autumn treasures that we then used to create patterns and art work.

We enjoyed making and eating pizza, just like the Little Red Hen.

It was fun celebrating Go Go Bear's birthday, we made cakes and party hats and wrote invitations in preparation for the party.

The big balance scales that Grace's dad has made us are really good fun!

Remembrance Day.

Lots of thinking, how many different ways can you make 5?

We loved playing pirates, we went for adventures on our ship, made treasure maps and telescopes, and even dug up some 'real' treasure.

4th September 2019

We have enjoyed our first day in school.

September 5th 2019

Another busy first day in Firecrest.

10th December 2019

Nativity.

We made a bird hide and enjoyed watching and counting the birds for the Great British Bird Watch.

Exploring cornflour.

What happens when you add water?

What happens when you mix it up?

Chinese New Year was great fun. We made lots of dragons, we made stir fry and ate it using chopstick, we even found chocolate coins in our lucky red envelopes.

Oh no! some of our toys have gone missing! We became detectives and hunted for clues.

During cultural week Miss Mitchell taught us all about Australia. We loved creating some aboriginal art and learning about Australian animals.