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Happy Friday All!
Mr Beattie has had a huge smile on his face all week as we have been dancing with our dough to his disco song ’Reach’ by S Club 7. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=50kP4S0peAs After watching this clip, I think it is safe to say our disco moves...
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Red Class Fanfare 26.06.21
26.06.21
Hello Red Class,
It was a busy and creative week with the opening of our school art gallery. We used our collage skills to create a space themed picture inspired by ‘Whatever Next!’ Although, we covered the same basic skills of cutting, sticking and overlapping, each piece of artwork looked unique...
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Friday Fanfare 18.06.21
18.06.21
Hello Red Class,
Thank you for a lovely week where we continued our exciting topic, ‘Fantasy Worlds’. We performed events from ‘Whatever Next!’ deciding what Baby Bear and Mr and Mrs Bear would say during the story. This encouraged imagination, developed our confidence to speak in front...
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Nursery News ~ 18th June 2021
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Happy (almost) Father’s Day weekend!
In the cabin, we have begun our final Music topic using instruments as you have had a go at choosing how an untuned instrument is played and seeing if your friends can match to the correct action. Can you remember how you moved the tambourine to...
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Nursery News ~ 11th June 2021
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Welcome back to our final half term!
The sun has certainly shone for us this week and what a difference it makes not having to wear those waterproofs. Thanks to you all for coming in wearing hats and cream applied (or in bag) – that sun can get a little warm...
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Friday Fanfare 11.06.21
Hello Red Class Families,
What a lovely week starting our new topic, ‘Fantasy Worlds’. The children enjoyed listening to our story, ‘Whatever Next!’ Over the next two weeks, we will work hard to role play, retell and write our own versions of the story about a little...
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Nursery News ~ 28th May 2021
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Happy Half Term Everyone!
We have been all things sporty this week for our Sporting Topic – the children must be exhausted! We have been talking about the different races at the upcoming Olympic Games in Japan this summer and have printed our own Olympic logo ready for some special cards...
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Happy Holidays
Hello Children,
Well done for another hardworking half term which has included lots of busy learning. We are very proud of your enthusiasm and efforts towards our project and it was wonderful to be able to send off the money you raised to Save the Children this afternoon. You will make...
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Nursery News ~ 21st May 2021
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Happy Friday!
Well we made it to the end of a wild week of weather didn’t we? The hoods were up, the hoods were down all week long as the weather just couldn’t make a decision about what it wanted to do. Alongside the challenge of this wild weather, we have...
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Friday Fanfare 21.05.21
21.05.21
Hello Red Class,
Today was the last day of our ‘Africa’ topic. The children worked hard to find out about the beautiful continent of Africa and particularly the country of Kenya. At the heart of our learning was the decision to raise money for African Promise. Your donations will help to...
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Nursery News ~ 14th May 2021
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Happy Friday!
What a wet week we have had but it hasn’t stopped you from enjoying some outdoor fun – rain just creates wet sand, wet mud and puddles!
We have continued our “Lifecycle” topic as we have been singing/sharing our Nursery Rhyme “Rock-a-Bye Baby” and looking at real life baby objects...
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Friday Fanfare 14.05.21
14.05.21
This morning, Red Class posed for their Reception Class photograph. Looking across the rows of little ones, I couldn’t help but feel like a proud mother hen looking over her chicks. The children have come a long way since September, including through a nationwide lockdown. Now, fingers crossed we were...
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Friday Fanfare 07.05.21
Hello Red Class,
Another busy week in Red Class filled with wonderful writing. Our class easel was covered with super sentences. The children tried hard to use their robot arms to sound out words and write them independently. To use robot arms at home, just say the word you want to...
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Nursery News ~ 7th May 2021
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Happy Friday!
Another week has flown by along with the wind we had at the beginning of the week. Our life cycles topic has continued as we have been talking about and watching the progress of our own tadpoles. We have extended our life cycle learning by exploring the life cycle...
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Nursery News ~ 30th April 2021
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Happy Friday!
We are back in the swing of Nursery life in the summer term as we have opened up the trim trail to Nursery children. After lunch, the children have the opportunity for a 15-minute play on some rather large and challenging equipment – excellent for their Physical Development. This...
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Friday Fanfare 30.04.21
30.04.21
Hello Red Class Families,
This week, Red Class walked for an hour around Blackwell village. This is the same amount of time it takes Okeyo to walk to school. Although we didn’t spot any elephants, we did spot Elephant Alley and St Catherine’s Church and...
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Nursery News ~ 23rd April 2021
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Welcome back everyone!
We hope you had a lovely Easter break. It has been lovely to have all the children return to us with chocolate in their tummies, smiles on their faces and sunhats on their heads. The weather has certainly helped the return to school for all of us. ...
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Friday Fanfare 23.04.21
23.04.21
Hello Red Class,
Well done for making a great start to the new term. This week, we met Okeyo who lives in Kenya. We will spend the next four weeks finding out about Okeyo and his life in Kenya.
We used Google Earth to find the continent of Africa before looking for...
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Hello from Yellow Class
Hello Yellow Class families,
We all hope that you are enjoying the Easter break and are rewarding yourselves with a well-earned rest. Over the last few weeks, it has been lovely to see the children back in school, working with such enthusiasm and resilience.
We also hope that you enjoyed their singing last...
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Happy Easter
Hello Blue Class families,
We hope you have a lovely Easter holiday, enjoying time with your families and a well deserved rest. The children have settled back into school life well and have worked hard over the last few weeks. They have continued to work with enthusiasm, curiosity and a determination to...
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Nursery News ~ 1st April 2021
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Happy Easter everyone!
What a lovely sunny week we have had for our final week of the Spring term. It has felt just like the Summer term out in Forest School as we have been enjoying our morning snack outside and coats/waterproofs were even left on the balcony one afternoon!
We...
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Friday Fanfare 26.03.21
26.03.21
Hello Red Class,
Today was the last day of our ‘Native Americans’ topic. We celebrated with an online Zoom showcase of dance, singing and storytelling. We recorded our rain dance for all our friends to see. Next week, we start our final topic of the spring term, ‘Easter’. We’re looking forward...
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Nursery News ~ 26th March 2021
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Happy Spring everyone!
Our Spring topic has continued and signs of Spring have very much been in the forefront of our minds. We have been listening for the birds singing, talked about the light mornings and now have our very own Spring friends in the cabin – can you remember...
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Red Class Fanfare 19.03.21
19.03.21
I’m really proud of you, Red Class. I know many of you were under the weather this week. However, you still tried hard to listen and learn. Dr Webb suggests lots of rest, play and cuddles over the weekend.
We revisited ‘oo’ (moon), ‘oo’ (l
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Nursery News ~ 19th March 2021
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Happy Friday everyone!
What a strange week it has been in Nursery as it feels like we have returned from a half term break. I know this isn’t true as we have evidence of how hard you were working with the children last week with our very own “Lockdown” photobook. ...
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Red Class Fanfare 13.3.21
13.03.21
Hello Red Class,
Put your finger on your nose if you feel tired. I’m touching my nose too. Well done for completing your first week back at school.
Play and Explore was a hive of activity and talk for the first few days. It was obvious you’d missed each other. We added...
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Nursery News ~ 5th March 2021
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Happy Friday everyone!
Well the warm weather didn’t last very long did it? We were all back to layers, warm socks and Winter hats this week! It was lovely to chat to most of you on Wednesday and Thursday this week – we miss the contact with you all as...
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Nursery News ~ 26th February 2021
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Happy Friday everyone!
What a beautiful week of sunshine we have had to return to. The layers of clothes are starting to peel away for us all. This, along with some excellent practising of doing our own zips up over half term, has made our transitions in and out of...
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Nursery News ~ 11th February 2021
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Happy Thursday (let me see those tongues)!
We have done it! We have survived another half term and so we are now officially half way through the year – gosh.
Our Families topic came to an end today as the Mrs Large ears went back into the dressing up box. Next half...
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Nursery News ~ 5th February 2021
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Hello my stripy friends!
We could not let our topic of “Families” pass us by without adding a classic dough disco song from 1979 (gosh I feel old!) We Are Family https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XwLjtilAZDQ. I wonder whether the children could teach you the actions? (hint: disco arms, sausage). Dough...
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Nursery News ~ 29th January 2021
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Hello my magic friends!
A very short week for lots of you this week due to blankets of our favourite thing – snow. What a treat it was for us all to wake up to a white world on Sunday morning. We have never seen Forest School with quite so much...
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Nursery News ~ 22nd January 2021
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Happy Friday!
What a wet week it has been – the wet socks have officially begun. It was lovely to see (you actually showed me) lots of you wearing two pairs of socks this week like Mrs Mander and Percy the Park Keeper. Double socks is a must during these Winter...
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Nursery News ~ 15th January 2021
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Happy Friday!
A BIG hello to our last few friends at home during this time. We talk about you every day and look forward to your return to school when you feel the time is right.
In the cabin we have introduced many new songs and we are sure you are now...
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Nursery News ~ 8th January 2021
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Happy Freezing Friday!
Gosh the weather this week has really tested our resilience hasn’t it? We don’t very often have this many cold days in one week but we managed our twice daily visit. Well done everyone. You can now stay in your warm homes all weekend, I know all the...
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Nursery News ~ 18th December 2020
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In the words of Shakin Stevens, “Merry Christmas Everyone”
What a week we have had. It started on Monday with a memorable Story Night and finished today with a sneaky peek at the Early Years Nativity show. For those of you who have already watched it, can you believe that most...
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Christmas Fanfare
18.12.20
Dear Red Class Families,
Can you believe the children have finished their first term at school? We’ve achieved so much already. From learning letter sounds, to playing with numbers, writing letters...
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Fanfare 12.12.20
12.12.20
Hello Red Class Families,
We enjoyed a busy week piecing together a masterpiece! If you like masks slipping down faces, slightly squeaky singing from the teacher and a lot of sweet faces, then you’re in for a treat! In fact, at one point, I was told my voice was ‘a little...
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Nursery News ~ 11th December 2020
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Hello my Little Nativity Stars!
Unbelievable – one word to describe how well you did at the Early Years Nativity show on Wednesday. It was the first time we have ever done a show with Reception and even Mrs Moss said how impressed she was with how well you sang, danced...
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Friday Fanfare 4.12.20
4.12.20
Hello Red Class Families,
It was a wet Forest School session but we made the most of it with lots of games and activities. We started the session with a co-operation game, called ‘sticky elbows’, where the children moved around the site with their partner...
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Friday Fanfare 27.11.20
27.11.20
Hello Red Class Families,
Thank you for attending our teaching and learning workshop. It was lovely to ‘see’ you all and to explain how we support reading, writing and number work at school. If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to email the office and I’ll call you as...
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Nursery News ~ 27th November 2020
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Hello my Zooming Friends!
This has to be strangest week ever for us with me only seeing you via Zoom – what a funny world we are living in. Mrs Allen, Mrs Franklin and Miss Checkley have done a super job in managing the whole day without me and even managed...
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Nursery News ~ 20th November 2020
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Hello My Little Rainbow Singers!
Well Thursday was definitely a highlight of the week for me. Singing alongside you in Red class as part of our Early Years bubble and completing our Dough Disco routine to You Are My Sunshine whilst being filmed didn’t seem to phase you at all. I...
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Friday Fanfare 20.11.20
20.11.20
Hello Red Class Families,
‘Change the rules’ was a great success. From a couple of wiggling superheroes in our Zoom dance assembly to extra play time, painted nails, funny socks, tasty snacks and everything in between. I did a double take in snack time when I spotted Batman eating a doughnut....
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Friday Fanfare 13.11.20
13.11.20
Hello Red Class Families,
Thank you for raising money for Children in Need. We talked about Pudsey and why we were raising money and joined Joe Wicks for a quick exercise routine! The children looked great in their colourful clothes. Thank you, Red Class!
At Forest School, we played ‘Beat the Teacher.’...
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Nursery News ~ 13th November 2020
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Hello My Little Bears!
I was so proud of you this morning as we sat through our first whole school assembly. We joined Red class in their room and enjoyed seeing Mrs Moss on the big TV screen. How good were the Rainbow project dances that every class has created for...
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Friday Fanfare 6.11.20
6.11.20
Hello Red Class Families,
I would like to welcome Miss Barber to the Red Class team. Miss Barber is a student teacher training through our teaching school. She joined the children for their first week at school and she can’t believe how much they’ve changed over the last half term.
It’s been...
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Nursery News ~ 6th November 2020
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Hello My Little Soldiers!
What fun we have had this week with our Remembrance topic. We have been starting every day with the Write Dance song, The Grand Old Duke of York. As the week moved on we ended with moving and marching, pointing up, pointing down and making a “halfway”...
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