Reception class weekly update Friday 6th November

It has been lovely to see the children come back to school excited and rested. We have had another busy week and the children have been loving the autumn leaves  - I watched as they were building piles of leaves and just enjoying rolling around and diving into them. 

This week I told them the story of the Gun Powder Plot and why we celebrate Bonfire Night. I hope they could tell you a bit about it. King James 1 was saved by his guards who found Guy Fawkes hiding in a room under the king, who was on his throne. Guy had 36 barrels of gunpowder. King James 1 then said the country could have a party on the 5th of November every year to celebrate that he was alive. I did tell them that the reason Guy and his friends wanted to kill the king was because the king told them they all have to go to his church. I then said he was thrown into jail and given bread and water. One child asked if Guy went to the bonfire. Another asked if he got any of the party food. 

The children drew a picture of the story in their english books and told us what they could remember. There were some cracking pictures of King James on his throne and Guy Fawkes in jail.

We heard the story of Tiger 10. We are counting lots at school.

Today we started the My Happy Mind scheme. We heard the story of Bertie and Betty who had a play date and how Bertie said he was rubbish at drawing. Betty told him to keep trying which he did. In today's session we did happy breathing and also learnt that our brains are roughly the size of our fists put together. They also learnt that the brain grows when we learn new things. 

Parents evenings:

The main door to school will be open so please come in and wait in the warmth of the entrance hall. I will come and collect you from the entrance hall.