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Hi everyone! Happy New Year!
Sorry I didn’t manage to get a blog out to you last week — it’s been a very busy few weeks!

Mrs Smith has…

  Weekly News, Spring A, 16th January 2026 

Announcements: We are very much looking forward to our trip to Oughotnhead next week! Drop off is at 8.45am and register will be taken on arrival. Please check the email for further details. A polite reminder that no book bags should be…

This week we have been talking about doctors and how they help us. We looked at the tools that are in a doctor’s bag and named the items we could see. We used our fine motor skills to cut out pictures of the tools a doctor would use and stick them in our own doctors bag. 
 

We also watched the…

Another busy week with lots of fantastic learning from Reception!

Phonics - words ending with -s

Tricky words - we, me, be.

Some words we have written - cups, pots, dogs, bags. 

Maths - 

This week, the children have continued to engage with activities that develop their…

Happy New Year! We hope you all had a restful break. We've had a lovely first week back, it's been wonderful watching the children come back into school so happily, despite the weather!

Phonics - 

Digraph recap - sh, th, ng, nk.

Tricky words recap - she, push, he, of, go. 

Words…

   Weekly News, Spring A, 9th January 2026 

A very warm welcome back to everyone in Year 2! It has been so wonderful to see you all again this week and to hear about the lovely things that you have been up to over the festive period. We would like to say a huge thank you to the children…

We were pleased to see the children this week and to welcome some new friends who are settling in well. 
 

We started our new topic this week. We are answering the question “who helps us?” We started by talking about how vets and builders help us. We had lots of fun in our construction and…

What a busy week we have had! We have been sharing Christmas stories including The twelve days of Christmas, Ollie’s Reindeer and The Snowflake. We have also been using our fine motor skills to wrap boxes with wrapping paper, the sticky sellotape has been quite tricky to use!

We have been…

Weekly News,  Autumn B,  Week Commencing: 16th December  

We cannot believe that we have reached the end of the Autumn term; the time has truly flown! We are so proud of all of the children and the fabulous progress they have made. Your are all superstars and we cannot wait to see what…

Well done to all the children in Year 1 for a fantastic autumn term. We are so proud of all the children for their hard work and team work. 

This week in English, we described the actions of Goldilocks and looked carefully at the illustrations. We thought about why Goldilocks might have been…

A lovely final week in Reception with some lovely, Christmassy activities. All reading and library books have been collected for the end of term - the children have worked incredibly hard this term and deserve a big rest! Thank you to everyone who joined us for biscuit decorating last week - we…

This week we have been learning Christmas songs. We sang them and used instruments to tap along with the beat of the song. We also went to watch the year ones nativity. 

We have practised our scissor skills and cut out snowflakes and Christmas tree shapes. When we hold our scissors we make sure…