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W/B 16th March 2026

This week the children have been busy learning more about the woodlands and focusing on minibeasts. The children have completed lots of different activities linked to minibeasts. They made plasticine spiders, thinking carefully about the different body parts, they investigated seeing how much water it took to wash Incy Wincy spider down the drainpipe, used oil pastels to create spiral snails and looked for real minibeasts outside. What a busy week of learning!

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W/B 9th March 2026

This week, as part of British Science Week, the Reception children have been curious about conservation. They have been learning about conservation and how to look after our Earth and talking about why this is important. They had a visit from Mrs Recycle who helped us to sort our household rubbish and understand the importance of recycling e.g. plastics, cardboard, paper. They talked about how our actions can impact habitats and asked questions e.g. If we dropped litter what might happen? Why should turn the tap off? This linked in with our current topic as we have discussed what might happen if we don't look after our woodlands and forests. 

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W/B 2nd March 2026

This week in Reception the children have been focusing on flowering plants and have been learning the vocabulary to name their different parts e.g. stem, leaf, flower, seed, root. They have created artwork and made models using plasticine to show their knowledge. They have planted sunflower seeds, sweet pea seeds and mint and have talked about what a plant needs to help it to grow. We look forward to seeing them germinate over the next few weeks!

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W/B 23rd February 2026 

 

This week, our Reception children have started off enthusiastically learning about our new topic all about 'woodlands.' We have talked about what a woodland is and what could be grown and found there. The children have enjoyed exploring our outdoor learning area and looking for signs of Spring. They have also drawn pictures of what they have seen and talked about how it has changed since the Winter. Great learning this week everyone!

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W/B 9th February 2026 

This week the children in reception have been thinking about what their local area looked like in the past. They looked at old photos of places in Barnstaple and talked about the similarities and differences. 

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W/B 2nd February 2026 

This week in Reception, the children have been learning about doubling. Using practical objects and paint, they have found a double and have been saying the stem sentence 'Double... is ....' Can you play a game at home to find a double?

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You child might enjoy this story 'Double Dave' or watch this Numberblocks episode

Numberblocks - Series 2: Double Trouble - BBC iPlayer

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W/B 26th January 2026 

This week the children in Reception have been finding out about birds during winter. They have looked in binoculars to find birds, drawn and painted birds and even made 'bird pizzas' in our Forest school session. Can you spend some time outside at the weekend to see which birds you can see?

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W/B 19th January 2026 
This creative collage work has been produced collaboratively showing our local area at night. The children used printing, drawing and writing skills. This work will be displayed at the Burton Art Gallery in their School's exhibition.

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W/B 12th January 2026 
This week the Reception children have been exploring their local area. They wrote a thank you letter to their parents for their Christmas gifts and then walked to post their envelope into a post box. As they walked, they talked about different buildings they saw along the way. They were beautifully behaved and listened carefully to the staff and out wonderful volunteers. 
 

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W/B 5th January 2026 
This week the children enjoyed talking about what presents they got for Christmas and enjoyed drawing and painting pictures on an easel!

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W/B 8th December 2025 
Recently the Reception children have been taking their time to draw and paint their chosen vehicle. They looked carefully at the different features and chose which colours to use for different parts.  We think they look fantastic!

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W/B 1st December 2025 
Another busy week of learning for Reception! In Maths, they have been investigating four sided shapes. They have looked in the environment, printed with rectangular and square blocks, drawn pictures that include squares and rectangles and filled shapes using blocks!

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W/B 24th November 2025 
What an exciting time we have had this week learning about different types of transport! One of the highlights was a visit from the local police who helped us to understand the features of a police car, including the lights and the siren, and reminded us how to cross a road safely.  We had our fingerprint taken and some of us even tried on a police helmet and tried using the walkie talkie!
Earlier in the week we had a learning experience from Little City. It was so exciting to dress up in different clothes and vehicles and use our imagination in role as different people who help us.

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W/B 17th November 
This week the children in Reception have been learning about transport. They have discussed different transport e.g. land, air, sea and have focused on fire engines. They have talked about the Great Fire of London and looked at fire engines from the past. 
They had a wonderful scooter obstacle course as part of their PE lesson, practising to weave in and out of cones and along the lines of the playground. 

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W/B 10th November 2025 
The children in Reception have been learning about Remembrance day.  They talked about and thought about the soldiers and why we wear poppies at this time of year. They decorated poppies using different materials and watched the CBeebies animation. https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b04p4zsl/poppies 
 

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W/B 3rd November 2025

 

This week we have been learning to write letters. We have started writing in a new phonic book and writing in chalks and in shaving foam. We have used handwriting rhymes to help us e.g. a= round the apple, down the leaf.

Http://schools.ruthmiskin.com/training/view/NwvbOvLQ/yKP4hVSv (m video)

 

Http://schools.ruthmiskin.com/training/view/ZChmBtMo/NoUODUPG (a video)

 

Http://schools.ruthmiskin.com/training/view/IoSfsgmg/bMbWCtfw (s video)

 

Http://schools.ruthmiskin.com/training/view/3eIBcNcZ/tdN6LXZS (d video)

 

Http://schools.ruthmiskin.com/training/view/ZVqyjxkA/JHeOnOxu (t video)

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W/B 13th October 2025 ​​

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​ This week in Reception, the children have been learning about 'size and weight.' They have enjoyed different stories about measures too. They have measured the length of different objects, measured our heights and used balance scales to investigate the weight of different objects. They have used these words: enormous, heaviest, longest, shortest, enormous, massive, huge.

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W/B 6th October 2025 

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Reception have had an amazing week thinking about shape and colour, two of our favourite books have been The Rainbow Fish and Elmer. The Rainbow fish was shimmering and sparkly.  Elmer was not ordinary but patchwork. 

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 We have learnt how to mix primary colours to make purple, orange and green.

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​We have printed shapes and have learnt that a hexagon has 6 sides, and an octagon has 8 sides. 

 

In maths we have been subitising up to 3. Try it at home- show me 3 apples- what do you notice? I notice 2 and 1.​​​​​​​

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W/B 29th September 2025 

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What a busy week we have had! The Reception children have been busy learning about 'food'. They have been stirring, sieving, pouring, mixing, kneading and spreading. The children enjoyed making jam sandwiches and making bread rolls. Thank you to our volunteer Debbie who helped us to make the bread.

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​They have also enjoyed listening to different stories about food.

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W/B 22nd September 2025 

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​This week, In Reception, we have been focusing on the concepts of 'family' and 'home'. We have been talking about our own homes and who lives there with us. Look at these amazing block structures of different types of home we made! We have had to show patience and perseverance.

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We have also been reading different stories about homes and families.

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If you have any further questions about Roundswell Community Primary Academy, please feel free to contact us:

By email: roundswell@thsp.org.uk

By telephone: 01271 445111

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Paper copies of the information on this website can be requested by contacting the school.

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