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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…

A busy week in Reception with lots of lovely learning!

Phonics -

Graphemes - z, zz, qu, ch & words ending with -s (plural and verb)

Tricky words - go, no, to, into. The 'o' in go & no are the tricky part, making an 'oa' sound. The 'o' in to & into make an 'oo' sound. 

Words we…

Weekly News, Autumn B, Week Commencing: 8th December  

What a wonderful week in year 2! 

Announcements: Please can we kindly ask that all library and reading books are returned this week ahead of the Winter break. Thank you!  

English: This week in English we have been…

This week we shared the story of The Girl, the Bear and the Magic Shoes. We talked about the sounds that the girl made on her journey and made the different noises – crunch, squelch, whizz, splash.

In our pen disco…

Another busy week in Reception with more fantastic learning.

Phonics -

Graphemes - v, w, x, y.

Tricky words - and, has, his, her.

And is considered a tricky word because it has adjacent consonants. The 's' in has and his makes a 'z' sound. The digraph 'er' in her has not yet been…

Announcements 

We had such a lovely time making s'mores in Outdoor Learning this week, and the children really impressed us with their fire safety knowledge!

English 

We have been looking at Dragon Post this week and discussing expanded noun phrases. We then wrote our own postcards…

English

In English this week, we explored another traditional tale—a beautiful adaptation of The Princess and the Pea retold and illustrated by Rachel Isadora. This version is set in Africa and features princes and princesses from diverse cultures across the continent. The children have loved…

English

In English this week, we have become illustrators, creating wonderful drawings for our own versions of The Three Billy Goats Gruff. After revisiting the structure of the original story, the children planned their own versions with three brand-new characters — everything from three…