Infants Reception
What is normality? Everyone’s “normal” is different, unique and completely right for that individual. However, for an average 4-5 year old, it is fairly safe to say that normality involves a lot of practical, hand-on, interactive and fun experiences. A life of watching, playing, interacting and exploring. When lockdown arrived, everyone’s “normal” completely changed. All of a sudden, these little children had to cope with a whole different agenda, and wow! …did they cope with it so very well. In an ever-changing technological world, our cherubs learnt to meet us online each day and embrace communication and learning over the internet. They learnt so quickly that we can carry on and Covid would not hold us back. They remained positive and knew that one day we would be back in the classroom and back playing with our friends. The children have amazed us with their resilience, understanding and hopefulness. They have accepted the challenges and trusted the directions
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from adults, showing patience and acceptance. Indeed, our 4-5 year olds can teach us adults a few things too... that life goes on, that we can make the most of a difficult situation and that, in time, we will return to our “normal”, too. Should another obstacle come our way, we know that our Reception children can cope brilliantly and embrace the character-building notion that we all deep-down know is so true. Well done Reception, you are amazing!
meant that the occasion was videoed without parents being able to see them perform live, the show still did go on and the children were amazing.
Year 1
During lockdown, we had key worker children in school, ably supported by a variety of staff, and our daily story times, online, were lovely occasions for the children to ‘meet’ as a whole class. There was lots of waving, shouting and chatting but the story was read in the end! An impromptu ‘Friday dressing up day’ began to materialise with Harry Potter, fairies, Superman, princesses and snowmen, to name but a few, turned up for their lessons instead of the children! We also saw the welcome addition of kittens, puppies, mice and rabbits to the children’s home, via online technology, and we even tried to spot the pony in the paddock!
It was a busy Autumn Term, with the highlight being the Infant Nativity. The children of Year 1 were delighted to be cast as the main characters and learnt the songs and their lines brilliantly. Although social distancing
Whilst online learning went well, we were all delighted to be back together in bubble for the last three weeks of the Spring Term. With the luxury of being back in a beautiful classroom with great outside space, we have made the most of this on every
It has been another disrupted academic year for the children of Year 1 but, despite their young age, they have persevered and given of their best in all areas of the curriculum. Whether working at school or at home, the children were resilient and resourceful and simply got on with the job and made their teacher very proud!
The Churcherian 2021
