Reception
Reception Celebrate Eid
On Wednesday, 26th April, Reception Class belatedly celebrated Eid. We had a fun-filled day learning about Ramadan and Eid, with our class experts telling us about how they celebrate Eid. At lunch time, the whole school ate a delicious lunch made by Melissa and Krystal; and we were treated to some of Dr Khan’s delicious…
ISA Young Storytellers Competition Winners
Last term, Reception Class wrote a collaborative story and entered it into the ISA Young Storytellers Competition. We are delighted to announce that out of over 110 entries, we were chosen as one of ten winners. Our story will be featured in a book; once it has gone to print, more information will follow. For…
French in Early Learners & Reception
Through this Hilary term, Reception and Early Learners have been looking at the classic tale of Handa’s Surprise in French – ‘La Surprise de Handa’. Children have been learning all the French words for the African animals that feature through the tale and the seven different fruits that they sneak from Handa’s basket. To conclude…
Reception Visit to Peak Wildlife Park
To enhance our learning about animals, Reception visited Peak Wildlife Park on Wednesday 15th March. We had a fantastic time, getting up close and personal with some of the animals, including lemurs, wallabies and their joeys, sheep and goats. Afterwards, most of us decided that our favourite animals were the penguins, who we watched being…
Reception Celebrate Chinese New Year
On Monday, 23rd January, Reception celebrated Chinese New Year. We told the story of the Chinese Zodiac, and learned about how people throughout the world celebrate Chinese New Year. We made Chinese lanterns, and dragons and fans to dance with. We enjoyed learning and performing our Chinese dances during our party. In maths, we learned…
Little Eden Awards Launch
We launched an exciting new scheme in January for children in our Early Learners and Reception classes – the Little Eden Awards. Similar to the Mini Duke Awards, the Little Eden Awards have been designed to introduce the children to different challenges throughout their time in the Early Years Department at Edenhurst. These 18 activities…
Class Christmas Parties
Wow, what a lot of fun! From Christmas jumpers to Christmas dinner, to Christmas parties to A LOT of sweets and chocolate! The children really did have the best day, just take a look at the pictures for proof. Coming to the end of a tiring and unusual term, we all needed this blow out…
Reception Perform Dumble the Dinosaur
Posted on 14th May 2020 Reception class had a wonderful time performing their musical play Dumble the Dinosaur, to parents. They loved singing the songs and learning the dances. Everyone learnt their words and stood on the stage to say them with great confidence. The highlight of the evening, was dancing to Chocolatte! Well…
Reception Enjoy Their First School Trip at Conkers
Posted on 22nd Oct 2019 Reception have had a very busy half term, culminating in an exciting day at Conkers, on our first school trip. Some children have already gained their bronze eco certificate, and everyone else is working hard for it. We have planted plants this week, and Edventures are going to look after…
VIDEO: Reception's First Few Weeks at Edenhurst
Posted on 3rd Oct 2019 All our new Reception class have settled in well and we have had great fun doing various activities. We have all met our Prep 6 buddies, and love seeing them each day at playtimes. We have had a road safety talk and had fun sitting in a large delivery lorry,…
Why Edenhurst?
Why Edenhurst?
