Please see below for some examples of the amazing work we've been doing.

December is such a fun time to be in Reception because we learn all about Christmas! We began the month by listening to the Nativity story and then performed in our very first Nativity show. Everyone was so proud of the fantastic singing, dancing and speaking. Shortly after this we learned about how Christmas is celebrated in different places around the world. Some of our friends from Sweden and Poland told us about the traditions that they share with their families. We also learned about the Jewish celebration of Hanukkah and how this is celebrated in some people's homes.

At the end of the month a cheeky elf came into our classrooms and made all sorts of mischief, so we decided to create posters to warn the rest of the school of the trouble that he likes to cause. We do hope that he gets caught soon...

Next month we will be learning all about the season of Winter and begin to look at the story ‘Naughty Bus' by Jan Oke. We are looking forward to our Christmas break but cannot wait to get bock to school to continue on our exciting learning journey!

Reception kicked off the month oF November by looking at the season of Autumn. We went on a walk around the school grounds, looking closely at the changes that we could see, and then carefully mixed paints to match the colours of the beautiful leaves that we had found. Shortly after this we marked Remembrance Day, spending time talking about why people wear poppies and then creating our own poppies to plant in the sand pit for the two minutes silence. Everybody was incredibly sensible and respectful.

We have finished off the month by learning all about dinosaurs and have impressed everyone by using our fantastic writing skills to write about our imagination dinosaurs! November has certainly been a very busy time for us in Reception!

Next month we will be learning all about the celebration of Christmas. We are looking forward to performing our first Nativity show, creating decorations, cooking Christmas treats and maybe even receiving a visit from a certain elf on the shelf...

Each year group has prepared a performance for you and recorded it. We hope you enjoy watching our Harvest Assembly. You can also watch the full (All year groups) version here.

The Early Years Foundation Stage (Nursery and Reception classes) at Lowther has an exciting and creative curriculum. To find out more about life in Early Years at Lowther and our curriculum offer please follow these links:

Here you will find some helpful calculation guides for early years through to year 6 for maths learning and practice. Please click on the images to display/download the full documents in PDF Format.