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3 October 2025

Baking Cookies in Nursery B

This week the children baked cookies together. We talked about the different ingredients and followed the instructions to make delicious chocolate chip cookies. We used scales to measure the ingredients and mixed and stirred using wooden spoons and whisks. The children then used their hands to…

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3 October 2025

Developing our Woodland Area

This week the children in Nursery have been helping to develop our woodland area.  We had a generous donation of logs, so we used our strong muscles to move them into position to create a circle. During our time in the woods we are building our resilience and confidence by taking risks and…

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2 October 2025

Designing a cake

We have been reading The Gingerbread Man! Today, we received a letter from Mrs and Mr Baker, telling us they are hosting a cake competition. Together, we designed and labelled what we thought was an ‘award winning cake’. The children then made their own designs and labelled what was on their own…

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1 October 2025

Showing our Love and Care

In Nursery A we have been demonstrating our love and care through role play.  We have been caring for our ‘babies’ by making sure they are fed, clothed and well looked after.  We have names for our dolls so that they are treated with dignity and respect.  We talk about why we need to look after…

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1 October 2025

Andy Goldsworthy Inspired Natural Art

We have been inspired to make some art with nature by finding out about the work of artist and sculptor Andy Goldsworthy.  After collecting Autumn treasures at home, we have used these to create.  We have made faces, patterns and even our own trees.  We have been developing our vocabulary around…

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29 September 2025

Welcome to the Reception Blog

Welcome to our first blog of the new term 2025.  Keep checking back for updates and pictures of what’s happening in Reception. 

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29 September 2025

Nursery B Visit the Library

Every week the children in nursery visit the school library. They enjoy looking at books with their friends and talking about the pictures. We read stories together and talk about what has happened.

Today we read ‘The Tiger Who Came To Tea’ by Judith Kerr. The children remembered lots of facts…

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26 September 2025

You can’t catch me, I’m the Gingerbread Man!

This week the children have been reading the story of the Gingerbread Man.  We have been using our speaking and listening skills to talk about the story and we even decorated our own gingerbread men!

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26 September 2025

You’ve got a friend in Nursery A

It has been wonderful to watch friendships being created and developed in the first few weeks of nursery.  We are learning to get along, help one another and develop our sharing skills.  We are putting our faith into action, demonstrating how we love God and one another. 

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26 September 2025

Cooking in the Mud Kitchen

Today the children in Nursery B have been using their imaginations and working together to create delicious mud soup, pies, stew and ice-creams. They took turns, listened to one another and counted their ingredients to make the perfect recipes. They mixed, poured, stirred and cleaned up after…

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24 September 2025

Jubilee Year of Hope, Exploring Unity in Nursery A

Throughout the Catholic Church’s Jubilee Year of Hope, we have been exploring different themes. Each school in our local cluster of Catholic schools has produced a ‘prayer focus box’ on a different theme.  The boxes have been passed between the cluster schools throughout the Jubilee Year and to…

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24 September 2025

Throwing, Catching, Playing!

Nursery A children have been enjoying practising throwing, catching, balancing and ball hitting skills using playground equipment in the sunshine.  

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