We’ve absolutely loved kicking off our new expedition, Marvellous Me, this week! It was wonderful to see all the children dressed in their favourite colours—Class 1 was definitely a bright and colourful place to be on Monday!

It was another exciting day on Tuesday when the children brought in their favourite toy to share with the class…

The children have been drawing their favourite foods…

It has been wonderful getting to know more about your child this week—it’s been such a purposeful and rewarding start to our expedition. To round off our hook week, we’re really looking forward to our Teddy Bear Breakfast tomorrow morning!

The children in reception have transitioned into full time school seamlessly. Our first two weeks have been focused on settling and getting to know the children. Our number one rule in reception is to be kind, so we thought it was apt that we are the Care Bear Crews!

We have been reading ‘Kind’ by Axel Scheffler, which has been a great book that is filled with positivity and hope. It has a strong message that we can all make the world a better, kinder place. With that being said we have introduced our class kindness jars. Each time we capture an act of kindness we get to put a pom pom in our jar. The love and kindness is spreading in reception and our jars are getting full very quickly! Once we reach the top we will be having a special treat!

In our crew sessions, we have been passing smiles, giving compliments, sharing hugs and high fives…

We have loved spending time together and we know we will have the best year with your wonderful children! Here we are in action making friends, sharing and learning together…

In our final community meeting all the children in class 1 and 2 were announced as our stars! We have had the most incredible year watching them grow and flourish. We know they will continue to shine bright in year one! Well done to each and everyone one of you, you should all be very proud of your achievements this year!

Last week the children in class 1 went to Austerfield Study Centre, it was the perfect way to end our final expedition, titled ‘Once Upon a Time’. The children were very excited on the coach!

Once we arrived we made our very own fairies and took them into the woods. We made little fairy houses and the children worked creatively! The children enjoyed listening to the story of ‘The Little Red Riding Hood’ and we even got to reenact it ourselves in the woods!

We all enjoyed our lunch…

We had some hot and tired faces on the way home but we were all smiling after such a lovely day!

The children represented Norton Infant School beautifully during our visit, and we were extremely proud of how well they listened and worked collaboratively on all the tasks. What a lovely way to end our year 🙂

Class 1 have enjoyed outdoor learning in the sunshine this morning. What a lovely end to a busy week!

I have been truly blown away by the mathematical skills the children are using in our counting collections sessions. They are not only recording using pictures but have started to use symbols and numerals to represent the quantity of objects. Take a look at them in action and the amazing recordings they are producing …

The children enjoyed creating our very own stories in crew. We let our imaginations guide the way and came up with some exciting stories. Once our stories were finished, Crew Chadwick and Crew Inman shared stories with one another. It was a great way to start the day…