What do they actually DO in Reception?

[notnowbernard]

Because dd1 isn't spilling

"Nothing"

"Can't remember"

"Don't know"

You know, the text book responses

But would genuinely like to have some idea about how she's spending her days!

[notnowbernard]

Thanks for link, Christie

[Dragonbutter]

i'd love to know what DS1 is doing at nursery but everytime i ask, he says 'fighting!'

or his hands will be dyed blue and his trousers will be muddy and on back to front, and he'll say 'nothing'

[notnowbernard]

DD told me that yesterday she and her "boyfriend" (!) were told off by the teacher for kissing

APparently they are only allowed to cuddle...

She tells me that she "loves X ("bf") as much as you, Mummy"

SeaShells - sounds like a rather complicated love triangle!

[SheSellsSeashellsByTheSeashore]

notnowbernard my dd1 has had several boyfriends since sarting nursery and has even been married.

she had to dump her first boyfriend because he kept climbing up the walls. her 2nd boyfriend dumped her for her friend so she went out with robosapien for a while. she got back together with 2nd boyfriend and his ex gf married them . she then left nursery but is still married to 2nd bf but now has a school bf!

i asked her if she kissed them and she said "eewww no not on the lips thats dirty" ah well thats alright then

[ThingOne]

DS1 hasn't even stayed for lunch yet!

He's done phonics and number games. He's played lots on the computer. He's been to the loo. I know all about snack time. I know how you have to be quiet on the blue carpet when you listen to the story and how you have to put your hand up when you want to say something. They've done a song about days of the week. They've played outside and been on a big climbing frame. They've made shapes on magnetic boards and talked lots about shapes. They've had lots of stories. They have a little prayer to say thank you at the end of the day. He's loving it and I can't believe how much he is telling me about what's going on .

[compo]

oh and they took wooden spoons into the playground and bashed them against things to see what different noises they can find
do reception teachers have permanent migraines do you think?

[compo]

we get a diary that come shome each Friday with what they've done in the week
This week was learn hymns for harvest festival, learn about families, paint pictures of themselves, have a tour of the school, go on the computers . Was a lot more informative than ds has been!

[SmugColditz]

they do a great deal of Don't Know and Can't Remember. And NotBeing Played With And HAving No Friends.

[mrz]

TheFallenMadonna
The Bean Game

[mumtoone]

Well this is what I've got out of my ds so far
Jolly Phonics
Playing traffic lights in PE
Learning to hold a pencil
Assembly (bizarely this is his favourite part of school)

Its taken careful questionning to get this information out of him

[notnowbernard]

Well, as of today dd decided to tell me all about school

Namely, how she enjoys being kissed by all the boys

That she has a favourite boy, but doesn't really mind who kisses her because she is "ALL of their favourites, Mummy"

Pleas tell me this is normal Reception behaviour...

[MollieO]

I get the same - 'nothing', 'can't remember', 'don't know'. Occasionally for emphasis I get a very stern 'NO'.

Yesterday they had sports. He came home without some of his PE kit, wearing someone else's sock and a note from his teacher to explain the cut and bruise on his face. I asked him if he enjoyed sports and he said (in as stern a voice as a 4 yr old can manage) "Mummy I did NOT have sports today".

He was singing 'Frere Jacques' this morning so I guess he is doing something!

[littlestrawberry]

Me: What do you do at school

DS: Nothing
ME: Do you have any lessons?
DS No.
Me: Do you do any counting or sums or anything?
DS: We did some counting the other day.


Now I'm sure he is doing all the things mentioned before and he certainly doesn't mind going but you would think he could come up with a few things, just to keep me happy

Its only now my eldest is in Y1 that I actually get told some of what he does.

[feeble]

she eats 'dinner' with a very accurate description of pudding
Also always comes home with shoes on wrong feet.
She tells me they play whats the time my wolf (still!) and in pe they do dragon steps and fairy steps.
If you walk into her school during the day their is always children marching round in a band,buzz lightyear exists, and their is sand and water everywhere.
oh and they appear to make endless trips to the loo!

[bythepowerofgreyskull]

DS1 seems to keep schtum until it is time to go to sleep - if I lie on the bed with him and ask what his favorite thing has been today - all of a sudden we get an outpouring of detail - who said what - who was on the rainbow/black cloud/sunshine and why I LOVE IT he is such a gossip

[ladylush]

Oh yeah I got the not learning ANYTHING too. Plus all of a sudden he is very competetive and cocky. Not liking that so much. 21 boys in his class. Poor teacher.

[Bowddee]

DS did nothing at school today.

But came home with orange paint all over his trousers.

Whatever it was he didn't do, it was messy.

[LyraSilvertongue]

They play, according to DS2. And they don't learn ANYTHING.

[TheFallenMadonna]

DD was a bean in PE.

Apparently.

[ladylush]

ds says everyone else had shepherds pie but he chose the green option for pasta (am guessing green means veg).
He named two boys who were being naughty and made the teacher cross (of course he was not one of them )
He sang some songs.
He played football and his team were the winners.
He got a sticker for helping to tidy up.
All the children took it in turns to use the computer.

That's all I've had in 2 weeks and it's been quite a job getting that info!

[boogeek]

My DD plays all day every day (so she says) (which is fine by me, in fact I hope she does, she's only 4). She has chicken pie then yogurt for her dinner every day (even though that is not on the menu) apart from once, when she had pizza with a ham sandwich for pudding. When they have PE they climb and put beanbags in a box (and nobody notices if she spends the entire day with her shoes on back to front). She says it is fine to take Barbie to school (and I am very mean not to let her).
The only schooly thing I have got out of her is great excitement at being given a book to write in! What did they write? ssss.

[notnowbernard]

Thanks all