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9 May 2024

Class 1 Summer 1 Week 5

It has been lovely to see the children this week!
We have enjoyed learning about the life cycle of the frog. Preschool have made frogs and Reception have made lilies. The children have looked at Monet’s paintings of water lilies.

In literacy I read the story ‘Tad’ who turned from a tadpole…

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3 May 2024

Class 1 week 4

This week we have been learning about the life cycle of a caterpillar and reading The Very Hungry Caterpillar.  We have made colourful pictures using pom poms and had a go at potato printing. The results are fantastic. We enjoyed an extra PE lesson this week, using hurdles, bean bags and hoops to…

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26 April 2024

Class 1 week 3

Class 1 have had another busy week.  We have planted sunflowers and are praying for some warm sunshine to help them grow.  We have read the story “Cake” by Sue Hendra, and have talked about why people have parties and what types of party we have been too. Reception children designed and wrote some…

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18 April 2024

Class 1 summer 1 week 2

The week began with making Gruffalo Crumble! The children enjoyed their extra dessert, including the poisonous warts and purple prickles.
 

On Tuesday and Wednesday the children created some fantastic mythical beasts. They drew and wrote about them. The reception children have been doing…

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11 April 2024

Class 1 summer 1 week 1 2024

It has been lovely to see the children return to school after the Easter break. They have shared with staff what  places they have visited.

This week we have read the Gruffalo. The children have made the Gruffalo and the Reception children wrote sentences to describe him.

In maths the…

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21 March 2024

Class 1 spring 2 week 5

It has been a fun filled week of Easter celebrations, making cards, decorating eggs and reminding ourselves about the meaning of Easter.

The children enjoyed watching the Easter production.

Today the children helped bake chocolate sponge cakes and as a special treat the children shared these…

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14 March 2024

Class 1 spring 2 week 4


This week we have concentrated on spring.

We have talked about the weather, spring babies and flowers.

The children have matched adult animals with their babies. They have made daffodils and lambs.

In maths the children have concentrated on the composition of 5 in preschool and 10  in…

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7 March 2024

Class 1spring 2 week 3 2024


 

In Monster Phonics  this week the PreSchool children have been playing rhyming games.

Reception have been reading and writing words containing the ‘oa’ digraph.

In maths, Reception have been looking at the composition of the number 9 and Preschool the number 5.

Today the children…

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28 February 2024

Class 1 spring 2 week 2 2024

It has been a fun filled week!

The children listened to the traditional tale of Hansel and Gretel. They have re-enacted the story through role play and made Gingerbread cottages made from the gingerbread biscuits that they baked.

In Monster Phonics the reception children learnt the…

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22 February 2024

Class 1 spring 2 week 1


 

I hope you enjoy looking at our pictures of yesterday’s forest day.

We have been enjoying lots of traditional tales this week and have re-enacted Goldilocks and the Three Bears.

We have used this story to explore length in maths and music.

In art the children made green to paint…

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8 February 2024

Spring 1 week 5

We have had a very crafty week this week in Class 1. We have made Chinese lanterns, Chinese dragons and Valentine’s Day cards.  The children have learnt how to say hello in Chinese, tasted some Chinese food and learnt  some facts about China. In phonics, reception children have been learning the…

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1 February 2024

Spring term 1. Week 4

Class 1 have enjoyed learning about space and planets this week. They have painted the Earth, made star biscuits, created rockets from junk and decorated planets.  Wow.  Reception have been learning the ow sound, cow, how, frown while pre-school have been learning how many syllables are in their…

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