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17 Jul

Reception RE: Eid.

Reception had their last RE lesson on the topic of "Special Times" and had fun learning about Eid. They took things out of the Chatterbox that were related to Islam such as prayer beads, a prayer mat and prayer hats. They were able to talk about how each thing was used. Then the children who celebrate Eid explained how it was a time to eat and have a party after Ramadan (when they fast from eating, singing and dancing.)

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17 Jul

Pre School- Graduation 2024

The children have celebrated their Graduation this week. The children's parents came into nursery to celebrate this special occasion, remembering all the special experiences and progress they have made over the last few years. The children are ready for their new adventure to big school.

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17 Jul

Pre School- UTW- Celebrations

We have had lots of fun at our Pre School party. We played party games, popping bubbles and catching balloons with our friends. The children enjoyed being together and sharing the experience of doing different activities for the day.

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17 Jul

Nursery- UTW-Celebration

We have had lots of fun playing party games in Nursery. Learning to play pass the parcel and musical chairs and trying to understand that we might not always win. We developed our fine motor skills popping bubbles with our fingers and catching the balloons when they went up into the air. We enjoyed sharing the celebration with the Pre School children.

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15 Jul

Reception Class - Maths

The children in reception Class have been consolidating thir mathematical skills today. We worked in teams to order our Numicon sets 1 -10, then we had to sort them into odds and evens. We finished by finding our numberbonds to 5 and theen to 10. The children did a fantastic job and showed lots of sticky knowledge!

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10 Jul

Nursery - Maths - Link Octopus

This week the children in Nursery class have been using their fine motor skills to assist them with our maths challenge. Using their knowledge of colour, the little ones were able to select different links and join them to the corresponding coloured tentacle on our octopus. This was very fiddly and needed a lot of perseverance! The children were encouraged to name or repeat the colour of the link they had chosen and some children also correctly identified which tentacle was the longest and which was the shortest. Great work, Nursery!

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10 Jul

Reception Maths: Part and Part Make Up A Whole.

By using a hoop and some pompoms Reception class have been thinking about how two parts make up a whole. They threw the pompoms into the hoop but some fell outside. The ones inside the hoop were one part, those outside were another part. Adding the two parts together makes the whole!

Image of Reception Music: Joining the Line with Chicken Licken.
10 Jul

Reception Music: Joining the Line with Chicken Licken.

In Music, Reception class has sung a song about the story of Chicken Licken. They learnt that he thought the sky was falling down! Gradually the class joined in the song and joined the line to go and tell the king!

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10 Jul

Pre School- Science- Magnets

The children have been developing their understanding of how the magnets work. Learning that there are two poles, one that will attract and one that will repel. The children watched as the magnets repelled and moved away from the other magnets without touching the other magnet. When they attracted the magnets stuck together and were hard to separate.

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10 Jul

Pre School- Computing and Maths- Recognise Numbers

The children have had lots of fun this week developing their knowledge of numbers and counting 1 to 1 correspondence. The children added legs to the octopus and used different colours to add spots as they counted, recognising numbers as they go.

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8 Jul

Nursery - Computing - Can You Draw A Sea Animal?

The children in Nursery class have accessed the interactive board to create a picture of a sea animal. They each chose their favorite sea animal from the basket, we discussed what it was called and what characteristics we could see on the animal. The children then selected a colour or texture for their picture and began to make marks on the board to represent their sea animal. They made some fabulous masterpieces and were very proud of their work!

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8 Jul

Reception Class - Phonics - Writing a Sentence

Reception Class have been busy practising their writing skills, trying hard to remember ther capital letters, finger spaces and full stops.