October 28 Daily Report
Daily CommunicationDate: 28/10/2026Team: Reception ETeachers: Teacher Sean, Teacher Betty, Teacher Niki, Teacher Pan 🌟 Pumpkins, Playtime and Harvest Festival Adventures! 🌟 What a fantastic day we’ve had in Reception E! 🎃🌈 Today, we swapped our classroom for the great outdoors as we headed off on our Harvest Festival and Halloween farm trip! From exciting games and planting activities to meeting farm animals and picking our own oranges, it’s been a wonderful day filled with laughter, exploration and plenty of autumn fun! 😊🍁 🎃 Harvest Festival Fun and Games! We began our day with some fantastic outdoor games and activities! The children had a wonderful time exploring the play areas and enjoying lots of different challenges with their friends. 🌟 One of our exciting activities was an Angry Birds-style slingshot game, where the children launched soft toys towards targets, practising their aim and coordination. We also had lots of fun playing on the playset and whizzing down the slide! 😊 The autumn fun continued with pumpkin bowling, where the children rolled pumpkins to knock down targets, and a very silly activity involving giant inflatable mushrooms! 🍄 The children rolled these enormous mushrooms around as they raced against their friends, enjoying some friendly competition and plenty of physical activity. These games provided wonderful opportunities to practise teamwork, coordination, turn-taking and gross-motor skills, all while having lots of fun together! 👏💛 🌱 Little Gardeners – Planting Succulents! After our games, it was time to get our hands busy with a little gardening! The children each had the opportunity to plant their own succulent in a pot, creating a lovely little reminder of our day at the farm. 🌱 This hands-on activity connected beautifully with our previous learning about plants and what they need to grow. It also gave the children an opportunity to practise their fine-motor skills and take responsibility for something living. The children have brought their potted succulents home today, so please help them find a suitable spot where they can continue caring for their new plants! 💛 🍬 Halloween Trick or Treat! Of course, it wouldn’t be a Halloween celebration without a little trick or treating! 🎃✨ The children visited their teachers, who each had some sweet treats waiting for them! It was a lovely opportunity to enjoy a familiar Halloween tradition together, and everyone was able to bring some sweets home to enjoy. 🐷 Meeting Our Farmyard Friends! After lunch, we headed off to meet some of the farm’s residents! 🐷🐥 There were ducks, rabbits, pigs and goats, and they all seemed very curious about their little visitors — not to mention rather hungry! The children had a wonderful opportunity to feed the animals and see them up close. Spending time with farm animals is a lovely way to encourage curiosity about the natural world while helping children develop a sense of care and respect for living things. It was certainly one of the highlights of our busy day! 🐐💛 🌾 Exploring the Harvest Gardens!…