World Book Day YRS

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We had lots of fun on World Book Day! 

 

We read lots of stories, including the Gingerbread Man. We painted pictures of the gingerbread man, acted out the story and watched a musical performance. Lots of fun had by all, we all really enjoyed coming to school in our…

Posted by /blog/author/HWithnell on 8 March 2025

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Stay and Play YRS

A huge thank you to all our parents and guardians who came to visit during our stay and play. We all had lots of fun showing you all our amazing learning! We look forwards to welcoming you again soon...

 

Posted by /blog/author/HWithnell on 17 February 2025

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Outdoor adventures in YRS

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This week in outdoor adventures, we used our imagination and pretended to be spies. We navigated different spaces to dodge the lasers. 

 

Posted by /blog/author/HWithnell on 10 February 2025

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Chinese New Year

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Last week we learnt all about Chinese New Year. 

 

In literacy we focused on the story of the Great Race and went out side to act out different parts of the story. We tried lots of different foods including noodles, which were a firm favourite with us all! We made lots of different crafts…

Posted by /blog/author/HWithnell on 3 February 2025

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Trip to Church

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On Wednesday we enjoyed a visit to Church. We looked at the crib and even got to hold baby Jesus. Thank you to Mrs Finch, who help us whilst we were there. 

 

Posted by /blog/author/HWithnell on 20 January 2025

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Dinosaurs

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This half term we are thinking all about dinosaurs. We have started this unit looking at a dinosaur egg, going on a dinosaur hunt and practising our cutting by making dinosaur teeth. We will also be sharing lots of stories about dinosaurs. 

 

Please ask us at home about what we have…

Posted by /blog/author/HWithnell on 13 January 2025

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Merry Christmas

We had a very special visitor at school last week. The children were all very excited to see Farther Christmas! We also made some reindeer food to guide the reindeer to our houses on Christmas Eve. 

 

Miss Withnell, Mrs Jacques and all of the Reception team would like to wish Reception and…

Posted by /blog/author/HWithnell on 24 December 2024

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Minibeast Hunt

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For Outdoor Adventures this week we have gone on a minibeast hunt! We had lots of fun searching for minibeasts all over the garden! We used magnifying glasses to have a closer look...

 

Please ask us what we found. 

Posted by /blog/author/HWithnell on 3 December 2024

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Walk to the War Memorial

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Reception Sacrament went on a walk to the war memorial this week. We walked past our church and stopped for a quick picture! 

 

On our way we enjoyed looking at the different houses. Some had even decorated their houses with poppies and soldiers. When we arrived we stopped to have a look at…

Posted by /blog/author/HWithnell on 16 November 2024

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S'mores RS

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We really enjoyed going to the garden on Wednesday to make S'mores. It was a such a treat! 

 

Thank you Miss Bonsor and Mrs Dieterman. 

 

 

Posted by /blog/author/HWithnell on 11 November 2024

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Celebrating Diwali in Reception Sacrament

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Last week we learnt all about Diwali. We made rangoli patterns, did some mehndi and even had our own firework show after making firework stick in outdoor adventures. 

 

During our literacy sessions we focused on the story of Rama and Sita. On Friday we acted out parts of the…

Posted by /blog/author/HWithnell on 6 November 2024

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Phonics is fun!

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We have been working very hard during our phonics lessons. This week after learning the c sound we made cats. We used what have learnt in our phonics lessons to spell the word cat. We used our robot arms to say each of the sounds before writing the word. 
 

Posted by /blog/author/HWithnell on 14 October 2024

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