Reception
Welcome to Reception! Our teachers are Mrs Spoors and Mrs Houston-Stewart. On Friday’s our teachers are Mrs Smith and Mrs Houston-Stewart.
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Reception Blog Posts
We are Special! – The Lost Sheep
Nursery and Reception have been thinking about why we are special in our RE lessons. We heard the Bible story of The Lost Sheep, also known as The Good Shepherd. Each of the sheep were special to the shepherd and he made sure each one was cared for, even when they...
Match, sort, compare!
Reception class have been working very hard in Maths matching, sorting and comparing. We created matching colour pictures, sorted ourselves into different groups according to our gender and our clothing. Then, we compared which groups had the most or least. We enjoyed...
St. Aidan’s Fun Run!
Across the day today, the whole school took part in a fundraising for St. Aidan’s Fun Run! The children participated in the run alongside their friends in class, as well as being surrounded by other children in other classes either cheering them on as they ran, or...
The Dot
This week in Reception Class we have been reading the book ‘ The Dot’ by Peter H Reynolds. The Dot is the story of a caring teacher who dears a doubting student to trust in her own abilities by being brave enough to ‘make a mark”. What begins with a small dot on a...
Chapel
Reception class have been on a visit to the school chapel for pause for thought. We were all interested in the chapel and had lots of question relating to it. At the end of our session in the chapel we said our school prayer.
Whole School – Our first week
What a fantastic start to the 2026-2027 academic year we have had at St. Aidan’s! Nursery - We have welcomed back into Nursery some of our older friends, as well as some new starters this week. Our older Nursery children welcomed their new friends into school full of...