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A week of dry, warm weather has meant a week of outdoors. We have all enjoyed heading straight into Play and Explore on arrival and being out until lunch. We hope they have been more tired as a result – they never stop!
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Forest School
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Sports Day preparation
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Our mornings have been mostly...
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Happy Half Term Blue Class
Hello Everyone,
Very well done Blue Class for working so hard this half term during our 'Globe Trotters' and 'Happy and Healthy' topics. It has been fascinating learning where you developed your understanding of the wider world and its diversity and investigated aspirational people from near and far. Bell boating, learning...
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Red Class Friday Fanfare 19.05.23
19.05.23
Hello Red Class Families,
This week, we’ve been learning about Alice Rahon. Alice was an artist and a poet. As well as looking at her paintings and talking about some of her work, we’ve developed our own painting skills. We’ve painted thick and thin lines, mixed primary colours and used different...
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19th May 2023
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Finally, the weather is warming up. You may have noticed by their clothes as we have been able to go without the waterproofs in the afternoons! Please ensure you send them in clothes you are happy for them to get a little dirty. On the sunny days, pop a sunhat...
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12th May 2023
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We hope you enjoyed the last long weekend as much as we did. These weeks are flying by as we now only have two weeks left until we are in our final term!
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Forest School
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Happy and Healthy – planting seeds
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A walk around the Forest School looking for signs of life inspired...
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5th May 2023
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Thank you for coming along to see the children “Celebrate” in the best way we know how, through a dough disco. So many faces, so many unknown faces and their first whole school sing as well - we were so proud of them. I bet you were too.
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Forest School
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Go Global...
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Red Class Friday Fanfare 28.04.23
28.04.23
Hello Red Class Families,
Firstly, well done for all your wonderful homework. Every child received a sticker for their hard work. We also awarded our first homework certificates. Just a reminder, in preparation for Green Class, children are encouraged to complete a piece of homework each week to support their learning...
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28th April 2023
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The Nursery Newsletter last week will have shared with you important information about the upcoming half term. These blogs will give you a taster of our week-to-week learning so you have a way in for things to talk about.
Two weeks have flown by since our return from the Easter break...
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Red Class Friday Fanfare 21.04.23
21.04.23
Hello Red Class Families,
Welcome to the summer term in Red Class. The children coped well with some changes this week including afternoon clubs, Forest School with older children and a shorter home time routine. I’ve visited the children, each day, in their afternoon clubs and they look happy and settled....
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Happy Easter Blue Class
Hello Blue Class,
Well, we certainly timed the start of the Easter holidays perfectly with this gorgeous sunshine! We hope you have been able to get out and about in the fresh air to enjoy it.
Well done for another great half term where we enjoyed learning about The Golden Age of...
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Easter Fanfare
Easter Fanfare
Hello Red Class Families,
It’s been a busy term, finding out about transport from the past, entering a writing competition, raising money for local food banks, becoming wake and shake champions and, of course, Singing on the Steps. We’ve also braved every type of weather in our outdoor play and...
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Happy Easter Purple Class
Happy Easter Purple Class and Wake ‘n’ Shake Champions!
Well done for an excellent term in Year 2. You have all worked very hard and are rising to the challenge of Year 2 learning. Learning about ‘Long Ago’ and ‘Easter’ has been really enjoyable. It was great to travel back in...
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31st March 2023
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What a busy week from singing on the steps, to our Easter story night. The children have taken it all in their stride and have kept the smiles on their faces throughout. Our final fun-packed week:
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Forest School
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Easter Egg Hunt
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To link to our story of the week, you enjoyed going on...
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Red Class Friday Fanfare 24.03.23
24.03.23
Hello Red Class Families,
Thank you for joining me for parent consultations this week. It was great to share the children’s progress and next steps. Following parent consultations, we celebrated some show and tell items linked to the children’s targets. Well done, Team Red! On Tuesday afternoon, I will call the...
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24th March 2023
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It was lovely to chat to you all face-to-face on Tuesday and Wednesday – thank you all for coming along and we hope you enjoyed looking at the children’s learning journeys. In the summer term, we will begin to allow the children to access these (with clean hands!!) and they...
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17th March 2023
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Another week has flown by and we can finally feel a change in the air as it is warming up. We have quite a collection of gloves so if you are missing any, please pop down to the cabin balcony and take a look! Once the Spring really kicks in,...
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Red Class Friday Fanfare 17.03.23
17.03.23
Hello Red Class Families,
This week, in Phonics, we read words with two or more digraphs. Every day, we read a sentence to apply our learning. Before reading, we look for digraphs and trigraphs within words, spot tricky words and find any words we’ve previously seen in the warm up. We...
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10th March 2023
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Two weeks of learning to share with you since the last update – hopefully this helps to make sense of the things they are talking about…..
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Forest School
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Spring
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A Spring walk looking for signs of Spring is always a good start to our new topic. Mrs Allen has then been showing us...
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Red Class Friday Fanfare 10.03.23
10.03.23
Hello Red Class Families,
If we managed to return every glove, hat, sock and snow boot to the right children then I will be very happy and surprised! Mrs Spurgeon’s organisation skills were certainly put to the test at 1.40pm and she did a marvellous job. If you’re missing any items,...
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Happy Half Term Purple Class
Well done Purple Class for a successful half term during which you have been working hard with your independence and cooperation. We started this year with the exciting project of ‘Building a Business’ where we developed our very own business ‘Blackwell Biscuits!’ This certainly developed your communication and cooperation skills...
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Red Class Friday Fanfare 17.02.23
Hello Red Class Families,
We managed to make it through the week despite many bugs trying to stop us! We even managed a fantastic performance in the Wake and Shake competition leading to a Red Class victory! We are the La Bamba Champions and the Wake and Shake Cup stands proudly...
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Happy Half Term Blue Class
Well done Blue Class for another successful half term during which you continued to work hard with resilience and enthusiasm. We kicked off 2023 with an exciting 'Build a Business' topic where you created your own 'Little Blackwell Bakery' business. Working as a team, you designed and made a variety...
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16th February 2023
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Happy half term everyone! We have finished on another week packed with learning – it is hard work being 3 and 4!
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Forest School
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Lifecycles - Human
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Mirrors in the outdoors is always fun. You have enjoyed looking at your own faces now compared to when you were a baby and drawing them...
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10th February 2023
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The children have really enjoyed looking at their own and each other’s baby pictures, thank you for sending them. We will be talking about this lifecycle next week and these resources really help them to gain an understanding of how much they have changed.
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Forest School
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Lifecycles - Butterfly
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Talking about, sharing photos,...
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Red Class Friday Fanfare 10.02.23
10.02.23
Hello Red Class Families,
This week, we used ‘chunking’ to read longer words. When reading ‘laptop’, we chunked the word into smaller parts e.g. lap and top and used our sound talk and blending skills, before putting the word back together. Try chunking...
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Red Class Friday Fanfare 03.02.23
03.02.23
Hello Red Class Families,
This week, we looked at double letters in Phonics and read words such as ‘letter’, ‘carrot’ and ‘rabbit’. The children are starting to understand that, in these examples, two letters make one sound. We also introduced the sound and catchphrase for...
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3rd February 2023
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The children have done so well on arrival finding “their sound” picture card – these are going to help them with name recognition after half term when we move onto placing the picture next to their name. Being able to recognise their name will be another “school-ready” skill we can...
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Red Class Friday Fanfare 27.01.23
27.01.23
Hello Red Class Families,
Thank you for joining us for afternoon tea. The children were really excited to see their special guests in school. From designing and making sandwiches to creating items for the tables, the children gained so much from this topic. We’re still collecting donations, please see Mrs Garner...
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27th January 2023
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Our Little Wandle phonics is in full swing and if the children come home talking about “their sound” this is the picture card that matches their initial sound e.g. Lucy is the lollipop, Jagraj is the jellyfish. Next week, they will be recognising daily as part of our self-registration.
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Forest School
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Birds
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With...
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Red Class Friday Fanfare 20.01.23
20.01.23
Hello Red Class Families,
This week, the children designed their finger sandwiches. First, we looked at the journey of bread from the wheat in the fields all the way through to the rolls in the bakery. We then looked at different parts of a sandwich by taking them apart and eating...
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20th January 2023
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Thank you for sending the children in all wrapped up and ready for the cold temperatures. Please can you ensure that, if they come with own gloves, they are able to do it themselves - sometimes mittens are just the quickest option throughout this cold season.
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Forest School
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Fires
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This week you have...
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Red Class Friday Fanfare 13.01.23
13.01.23
Hello Red Class Families,
This week, the children discovered vowel digraphs ‘ai’ (rain), ‘ee’ (sheep), ‘oa’ (coat) and the trigraph ‘igh’ (light). We used catchphrases to remember them.
ai – tail in the rain
ee – sheep in a jeep
oa – soap that goat
igh –...
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13th January 2023
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Many thanks to some of you for sending in those baby photos following the request on the Nursery Newsletter. The children are really enjoying seeing this display come together – please keep them coming via the nursery@ email address so we have a full set ready for our lifecycle topic.
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Forest...
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Friday Fanfare 06.01.23
06.01.23
Hello Red Class Families,
Happy New Year and welcome back to the Friday Fanfare! This week, we jumped straight into our new topic, ‘Building a Business’. Through Dilemma-Based Learning, the children listened to a story about a family of mice with leftover party food. They considered different points of view including...
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Happy Holidays Purple Class
Well done Purple Class for a fantastic end of term. You did really well with performing the Nativity to an audience, with great singing, dancing and narration. We were so proud of you!
This term has been a busy one with our Traditional Tales topic...
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Red Class Christmas Fanfare 16.12.22
16.12.22
Hello Red Class Families,
Our last day was full of fun and laughter with a pantomime, party games and celebration assembly. In fact, it’s been a week of Christmas activities with our Christmas Show and a delicious Christmas dinner (thank you Mrs Barker and Mrs Miles). We’ve listened to carols every...
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Happy Christmas
Well done Blue Class for a great end of term. Your performances in The Nutcracker were fantastic and I think your grown ups were blown away by how amazing you were! You certainly led the way as Year 4s with great singing, dancing, narrating and acting and I think we...
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16th December 2022
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Many thanks for your cards, gifts and most importantly, kind words. It has been a hugely successful first term for all the children – some are unrecognisable to those that arrived back in September.
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Maths
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Counting Back
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Our Gingerbread Men duplicated as we found 20 of them! We had fun splitting onto 4...
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Red Class Friday Fanfare 09.12.22
09.12.22
Hello Red Class Families,
This week, we started our ‘Christmas’ topic. We looked at paintings, listened to stories, watched film clips and used role play props to understand the meaning of Christmas for Christians and even filmed our own version of ‘The Nativity’.
Another highlight of the week was our first school...
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Nursery News 02.12.22
02.12.22
Hello Nursery Families,
It’s been another busy week in the Nursery with lots of singing, storytelling and play in the great outdoors! The children have been working hard on their Christmas show with lots of trips to the school hall to sing and dance on...
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Red Class Friday Fanfare 02.12.22
02.12.22
Hello Red Class Families,
Today marked the end of our ‘Traditional Tales’ topic. Earlier in the week, the Nursery children visited Red Class to listen to our retell of ‘The Gingerbread Man’. We showed the Nursery children our story actions so they could copy too. We performed a Gingerbread Man song...
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Red Class Friday Fanfare 25.11.22
25.11.22
Hello Red Class Families,
Forest School was all about trust today. The children worked in pairs. One child closed their eyes and the other was the guide. We talked about the importance of talking to our friend to reassure them, holding hands and using walking feet to stay safe. Later on,...
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18th November 2022
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Happy Friday All!
A newly revamped Nursery weekly update which we are hoping is much easier for you to access on the parentapp.
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Music
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Voice Sounds
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We have been singing the call and respond song “Have you brought your singing voices?” Which was your favourite voice?
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Listening Game
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Staying Quiet
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We had to all stay quiet whilst...
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Friday Fanfare 18.11.22
18.11.22
Hello Red Class Families,
Thank you for donating to Children in Need. In assembly, we listened to the Children in Need choirs from around the UK and, at the start of the day, we watched a CBeebies story about Pudsey Bear to explain why we were raising money and wearing colourful...
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Red Class Friday Fanfare 11.11.22
11.11.22
Hello Red Class Families,
To find out about Remembrance Day, we watched a short film and created prints of poppies in Art. Mrs Moss also spoke to the children and we all fell silent to remember.
We enjoyed a lovely morning at Forest School. We used our senses to ‘meet’ a new...
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11th November 2022
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Happy Autumn Term 2!
We hope you had a lovely half term. The Autumn season will quickly turn into that Winter season before we know it so please ensure you look at the details on the Nursery Newsletter with regards to the clothing the children need now.
Since our return last week,...
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Friday Fanfare 04.11.22
04.11.22
Hello Red Class Families,
It’s been a busy week in Red Class as we started our ‘Traditional Tales’ topic. Throughout the week, we shared different versions of ‘The Gingerbread Man’, identified the main characters and story events and talked about the meaning of new words e.g. ‘chase’, ‘brave’ and ‘greedy’. On...
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Happy Half Term Blue Class
Hello Blue Class and Wake 'n' Shake Champions!
Well done for an excellent first half term in Year 4. You have worked very hard and are setting a great example to the rest of the school. Learning about 'The Vikings' followed by 'The Seasons' have been enjoyable topics including a trip...
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Happy Half Term
Hello Purple Class,
Happy half term! Well done for a great first half term in Purple Class. We have enjoyed learning lots about the Vikings and also about seasons in our latest topic. Our trip to Bishops Wood was a great time to learn more about...
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Red Class Friday Fanfare 21.10.22
21.10.22
Hello Red Class Families,
Congratulations for completing your first half term in Reception. I’m incredibly proud of the children’s achievements. From learning classroom routines to developing their early reading and maths skills and making new friends.
On Tuesday, we participated in our first wake and shake competition. Although Blue Class were the...
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21st October 2022
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Happy Half Term Everyone!
Thank you for all your support in getting the children settled into new school life. Dropping them in the mornings with an unknown adult is tricky for them and for you but it worked, they are all sailing in now. That is the hardest term done.
In Music...
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Friday Fanfare 14.10.22
14.10.22
Hello Red Class Families,
Thank you for attending parent consultations. It was lovely to talk about the children’s progress and to share their learning journey with you. After half term, you will receive a report detailing some of the points discussed including targets. If we met via Zoom, you should find...
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14th October 2022
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Happy Friday All!
It was lovely to see you at Parent Consultations this week and have a chance to catch up to discuss how your little one is getting on. Following requests from a few parents, the class list will be coming home in bags today (next week for non-Friday friends)...
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7th October 2022
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Happy October Everyone!
This month soon crept upon us and we officially have our first month complete. Parent consultations are being held next Wednesday and Thursday evening – thank you for the return of the slips so quickly – times will be coming out to you today in bags. Take time...
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Friday Fanfare 07.10.22
07.10.22
Hello Red Class Families,
This week, we started our new topic, ‘Seasons’. On Monday, we joined our Green Class friends and walked through the village to spot seasonal changes. We collected natural objects for our nature table in the classroom. In Science, we discovered that scientists use their senses to find...
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30th September 2022
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Happy End of Topic Day!!
Many thanks for all the pet and family photos that were brought and emailed in. These have helped support us with our Show and Tell session after lunch as they have given you a boost to stand up and talk in front of your friends as...
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Friday Fanfare 30.09.22
30.09.22
Hello Red Class Families,
Today, we visited Forest School. Luckily, it was during the morning before the wind and rain! We spent time learning Forest School rules and playing games to remember them. The children enjoyed hide and seek (1,2,3 Where are you?) to learn about the forest boundary. At the...
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Friday Fanfare 23.09.22
23.09.22
Hello Red Class Families,
Welcome to the first Friday Fanfare! Well done to all the children for completing their first full week as a class. We’ve enjoyed a lot of new experiences from buying tuck to afternoon clubs and group reading. Next week, we start Forest School too!
In Phonics, we discovered...
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23rd September 2022
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Happy Friday All!
Another week has flown by and you are certainly picking up our daily routine well. Our visual timetable helps you to see the order we do things – we hope you are able to bring your grownups next Wednesday 28th (6-7pm) to see it for themselves.
In the cabin...
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16th September 2022
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Happy Friday All!
Our first full week and what a difference we are starting to notice in you coming away from your grown up, your independence with the waterproofs in getting in/out of Forest School and picking up our daily routine (it stays the same!).
Indoors we have begun our Write Dance...
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