Class 1

The EYFS team wish you all a very Merry Christmas and a very happy 2026!
Have a lovely time, a rest and we look forward to seeing you and your children in the New Year!

Well what a busy week!

We hope you and your children enjoyed the Nativity Play. They did so well and we are very proud of them.

The children enjoyed making Christingle candles and we talked about what they represent.

We hope you enjoyed the Christigle service in church today. The…

This week we have been very busy practising for next week’s nativity performance.

The children are very excited about performing their play to you next week.

In the afternoons, we have been learning about road safety. The children have been learning stop, look, listen and think! We have…

This week the children have listened to the Rainbow Fish. We talked about the importance of not being greedy and sharing our belongings with others. We talked about how this makes our friends happy. The children have enjoyed making 3D fish.

The children have continued to explore and…

This week we have enjoyed continuing with our topic ‘Colour and light’.

We have listened to the stories Elma, and The Hungry Caterpillar.

We have completed some lovely activities relating to these stories as well as discussing the morals of the stories. The children have collaged Elma.

In…

This week reception learned the phonemes f ff l ll and ss. The children continue to practise segmenting and blending.

Preschool have enjoyed counting syllables and listening to rhyming stories. They have enjoyed singing nursery rhymes and listening to traditional tales.

In maths,…

Welcome back!
This week the children have been learning about hibernating animals. They have made hedgehogs and bats.

Yesterday, the children learned about Bonfire Night and enjoyed making bonfire pictures and fireworks.

In Monster Phonics reception have learned the sounds h and b and…

Today was spirituality day. The children used our cheeky monsters to help them talk about colour and mood. They enjoyed making mood masks this morning. 
Next, the children sat around lit Diwali candles. They told us what brings light into their life’s like walking in nature, sitting with their…

This week the children have been exploring patterns. The children have explored buildings with tessalating patterns, fabric patterns and natural objects with patterns such as shells.

After modelling patterns, the children used a variety of loose objects to create their own patterns.

In…

This week we began looking at people who help us. The children have been really good at identifying who can help us and how important these people are in our lives to help us stay safe and healthy.

The children have really enjoyed our enhanced provision activities and role playing the emergency…

This week we have been busy practising for the harvest festival service. We hope you enjoyed seeing your children’s paintings in church.

Thank you to all of you who attended the Monster Phonics workshops. The children really enjoyed having you in the classroom and we hope you enjoy supporting…

During week 4 preschool have been building using different shapes while reception have been making and naming sets.

In Monster Phonics, preschool have been exploring environmental sounds while reception have focused on the phonemes i and n.

As we continue with the topic ‘All about me’, the…