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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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25 January 2024

Class 1 spring 1 week 3

This week we have been busy exploring weight and capacity. The children have been experimenting with different objects to see which are heavy or light. They have been trying to make their scales balance. They discovered that large objects are not always heavy.

The children enjoyed filling up…

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18 January 2024

Class 1 spring 1 week 2

We have continued to learn about the North and South Poles this week. 
On Tuesday we learnt about the penguin. The reception children wrote a fact about the penguin and the pre-school children made papier-mâché penguins.

On Wednesday we had a fantastic day watching a film about an Auk who…

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11 January 2024

Class 1 spring 1 Week 1 2024

Welcome back everyone!


This week we have been learning about the Artic. The children have learnt about the artic animals. The reception children have wrote a sentence about an animal or how the Inuit people travelled using sledges and husky dogs. They have compared winter in England with life…

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21 December 2023

Class 1 autumn 2 Week 7 2023

The Early Years Foundation Stage team wish you a very Merry Christmas and a very happy New Year!
Thank you for all your support throughout the autumn term. We look forward to seeing you and your children in 2024.

Mrs Parkes and the team were very proud of the children's performance in the…

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14 December 2023

Class 1 autumn 2 Week 6

It has been a busy week full of Christmas craft and Nativity rehearsals.

We are very excited about performing our nativity play to you next week.

The children have made angels decorations and Christmas tree pictures.

Reception have continued with their Monster Phonics learning the…

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