--- title: "Blog Author: Rachel White" url: "https://www.blessedsacrament.mecmat.org/blog/author/Rmcdermott" school: "The Blessed Sacrament Catholic Primary School" --- # Blog Author: Rachel White [![Image of Old toys ](https://files.schudio.com/the-blessed-sacrament-2/imagecache/1440x880c/blog/IMG_0765.jpeg)](https://www.blessedsacrament.mecmat.org/blog/2025-12-01-02-50-old-toys) 1 December 2025 #### [Old toys ](https://www.blessedsacrament.mecmat.org/blog/2025-12-01-02-50-old-toys) 1 Sacrament have been looking out schools in the past and as part of this explored some old toys. The children got the chance to play with a ball and cup as well as a spinning top. It was amazing watching all the children try really hard with the tricky toys! [Continue reading](https://www.blessedsacrament.mecmat.org/blog/2025-12-01-02-50-old-toys) [![Image of 1 Sacrament bug hunt ](https://files.schudio.com/the-blessed-sacrament-2/imagecache/1440x880c/blog/IMG_0770.jpeg)](https://www.blessedsacrament.mecmat.org/blog/2025-12-01-02-46-1-sacrament-bug-hunt) 1 December 2025 #### [1 Sacrament bug hunt ](https://www.blessedsacrament.mecmat.org/blog/2025-12-01-02-46-1-sacrament-bug-hunt) 1 Sacrament bug hunt! As part of our science topic 1 Sacrament went into the sensory garden to find any bugs or wild life that might live in our school grounds! We found lots of worms, spiders and ladybirds. The children loved using there magnifying glasses to identify different… [Continue reading](https://www.blessedsacrament.mecmat.org/blog/2025-12-01-02-46-1-sacrament-bug-hunt) [![Image of 1 Blessed](https://files.schudio.com/the-blessed-sacrament-2/imagecache/1440x880c/blog/IMG_0354.jpeg)](https://www.blessedsacrament.mecmat.org/blog/2024-09-05-15-56-00-1-blessed) 5 September 2024 #### [1 Blessed](https://www.blessedsacrament.mecmat.org/blog/2024-09-05-15-56-00-1-blessed) 1 Blessed have settled into Year 1 wonderfully and have been hard at work all week. Today we went for a walk around school to look at the local area around The Blessed Sacrament school. This is for our current Geography topic of ‘Our local area’. [Continue reading](https://www.blessedsacrament.mecmat.org/blog/2024-09-05-15-56-00-1-blessed) [![Image of Reception have enjoyed the sun.](https://files.schudio.com/the-blessed-sacrament-2/imagecache/1440x880c/blog/IMG_0259.jpeg)](https://www.blessedsacrament.mecmat.org/blog/2024-05-13-11-43-08-reception-have-enjoyed-the-sun) 13 May 2024 #### [Reception have enjoyed the sun.](https://www.blessedsacrament.mecmat.org/blog/2024-05-13-11-43-08-reception-have-enjoyed-the-sun) In Reception we have been enjoying the sunshine by using our outdoor area. The children have been using their gross motor skills to pop bubbles, ride scooters and twirl the ribbons. The children have been building houses using the crates and setting up picnics. [Continue reading](https://www.blessedsacrament.mecmat.org/blog/2024-05-13-11-43-08-reception-have-enjoyed-the-sun) [![Image of Reception- The tiger who came for tea.](https://files.schudio.com/the-blessed-sacrament-2/imagecache/1440x880c/blog/IMG_0246.jpeg)](https://www.blessedsacrament.mecmat.org/blog/2024-04-30-08-26-22-reception-the-tiger-who-came-for-tea) 30 April 2024 #### [Reception- The tiger who came for tea.](https://www.blessedsacrament.mecmat.org/blog/2024-04-30-08-26-22-reception-the-tiger-who-came-for-tea) In Reception the children have been looking at the story “The tiger who came for tea”. The children have enjoyed exploring the story and holding tiger tea parties in the home corner. We have been talking about what we would do if a tiger came for tea and what we would feed it. [Continue reading](https://www.blessedsacrament.mecmat.org/blog/2024-04-30-08-26-22-reception-the-tiger-who-came-for-tea) [![Image of Reception blue cross visit.](https://files.schudio.com/the-blessed-sacrament-2/imagecache/1440x880c/blog/IMG_0192(1).jpeg)](https://www.blessedsacrament.mecmat.org/blog/2024-04-18-07-48-49-reception-blue-cross-visit) 18 April 2024 #### [Reception blue cross visit.](https://www.blessedsacrament.mecmat.org/blog/2024-04-18-07-48-49-reception-blue-cross-visit) Reception has a visitor from the blue cross come in and talk to use about how to care for pets. The children enjoyed listening and learning lots of different and new things about animals. We will be able to use all this new knowledge in our Summer 1 topic of animals. [Continue reading](https://www.blessedsacrament.mecmat.org/blog/2024-04-18-07-48-49-reception-blue-cross-visit) 6 March 2024 #### [Vegetable tasting ](https://www.blessedsacrament.mecmat.org/blog/2024-03-06-09-59-20-vegetable-tasting) As part of our Literacy lesson related to our book Oliver’s Vegetables the children tried different vegetables. The children used all of their senses when trying the vegetables. We looked, smelt and tasted them. We used beetroot, turnip, carrot and cabbage. 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