School Day
A typical day in Reception for a child who needs Wrap Around Care
Through the eyes of Ted
7.45am
Early Birds
I played with the playdough, Lego, the train set and made a card for my mummy this morning before school even started.
8.30am
Move to the classroom
I walked to the classroom with my Early Birds teacher, I put my coat on my peg, my bookbag in my box and started on one of the activities my teacher had set out.
8.55am
Registration
My teacher needs to know who is in school today so takes the register. We count how many children are here, how many are away and how many would be here altogether if everyone was here.
9.00am
Phonics activity
We learnt the ‘or’ sound today, we read the words ‘fork’, ‘port’ and ‘cork’ and tried to spell the words ‘for’ and ‘stork’.
9.25am
Music lesson with specialist teacher
Mr Bayley taught us a song for our Mothers’ Day assembly. He played the violin and we played different percussion instruments while we sang.
9.55am
Practical maths activity
We were learning how to add two digit numbers using the cubes today. We made towers of tens to represent the tens numbers and used single cubes for the ones.
10.10am
Snack time
At snack time we have a piece of fruit and water or milk to drink.
10.30am
Play time
I love playtime in the playground! I play with my friends, ride the bikes and build towers using the big construction blocks.
10.50am
Reading
I read to my teacher every day. It’s helping me to become a really good reader.
11.30am
Maths activity session
We went on a walk around the school to see which 2D and 3D shapes we could find.
12.15pm
Play time
We get to play outside again before we eat our lunch.
12.45pm
Lunch
We had Mrs T’s spaghetti bolognaise today. It was delicious!
1.30pm
Registration
Our teacher takes the register again in the afternoon.
1.40pm
Games lesson
Mr Albert comes over from main site to teach us games. We’re learning to play hockey at the moment.
2.25pm
Topic based activity
We’re learning about houses and homes at the moment. We had to write some estate agents details for our own house.
3.00pm
Assembly
Mrs Conlan’s assembly was about always trying our best today. We learnt the phrase ‘if at first your don’t succeed try and try again’.
3.20pm
Snack
We had some more yummy fruit at snack time.
3.30pm
After-School Cookery Club
We made cheese straws today. They smelt delicious I can’t wait to taste them!
4.30pm
Extended Day
I did some cutting and sticking, dressing up and played outside at extended day today. For tea we had sandwiches and boiled eggs with carrots, cucumber and peppers. Then we had grapes and a piece of flapjack.
6.00pm
Home Time
I’ve had such a fun day! I can’t wait until tomorrow!
