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27 February 2025

Magic Moments!

Not content with simply building a wall for Humpty Dumpty, two of our creative learners in nursery decided to work together to make a bed for him, using some blocks as a blanket to keep him warm.  Look at those smiles! 

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27 February 2025

Sort Them Out

In pairs, the children answered a range of calculations.

Once they were solved, the children sorted them into different groups. They focused on any patterns they could see and different ways they could be grouped together.

Luca 5A - ‘I found the activity fun as we got to work in…

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26 February 2025

Mark making in the Spring sunshine!

The children in Reception have enjoyed mark making in the sunshine using chalk, pencils and whiteboard pens. We have been practising writing super sentences!

 

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25 February 2025

Year 2 Maths: Time

As a year group we started our time learning by creating a horizontal number line from 0-12 and transferring this to a circular number line to represent a clock face. The children then used their 5 times table knowledge to add the minutes to the clock. We recapped over their Year 1 learning of…

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25 February 2025

Spring has Sprung!

The children were very excited to discover that over the half term holiday, flowers are starting to peep up through the soil in our garden. We have to be very careful not to trample the delicate flowers.   We can’t wait for the weather to keep improving and the exciting changed to our environment.…

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24 February 2025

Nursery B's Treasure Hunt

This morning the children went on an adventure! After finding a treasure map in class, they followed the instructions in search of a treasure chest. On their way they collected bags of coins until they finally found the chest. Inside they discovered their new text 'The Pirates Are Coming!' with…

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14 February 2025

Quidditch Day

Today the children have enjoyed a fun filled day with the Hogwarts experience.

Once the children were sorted into their houses, each class took part in a Quidditch experience.

They played a range of games representing the game of Quidditch.

The children had a brilliant time and worked…

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14 February 2025

Maths -Making and talking about arrangements (Nursery A)

As part of our mathematics focus this week we have been putting blocks together to make arrangements.  We have been making towers and lots of children decided to build a wall for Humpty Dumpty. We discussed the different shapes and how flat shapes are easier to stack than curved or slanted…

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13 February 2025

Sensory Smelling

This week we have created a sensory smelling station in our garden.  We have put several herbs and spices in jars and encouraged the children to smell them and talk about them.  They loved the coco powder but the garlic salt was not so popular! 

 

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13 February 2025

Tasting Fruits

This week we have been reading Handa’s Suprise in class with Reception.  The children have explored the contrast between some of the clothes we wear and the traditional clothes of Kenya, where the story is set.  We looked at differences and similarities between types of animals and houses in…

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12 February 2025

Combining two groups of numbers

Today the children explored combining two groups to find out how many there were altogether. The children had a set of dominoes that included up to 8 spots. We also had a ‘car park’ with numbered spaces. The children took it in turns to select a domino and found the total number of spots. They…

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12 February 2025

Building Together in Nursery

One of the children began to build an obstacle course in our outdoor area. The other children wanted to join in so began to gather blocks and planks to extend the obstacle course. They talked to one another about the different possibilities and took turns adding to the paths. Then together they…

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