We have had a fun and festive week in Reception. Read our poem to find out more. Christmas week has been magical, full of cheer,With busy little hands and smiles ear to ear.We crafted with care, both big and small,Christmas tree cards and calendars lined our wall. Inspired by forest school and S
This week, our Reception children shone brightly as they performed their nativity play. Their confident singing, joyful dancing, and clear retelling of the nativity story filled the hall with festive cheer. It was wonderful to see how proudly they took on their roles, whether as narrators, shepherds
This week, Year One and Year Two have performed their Christmas show – Prickly Hay! The story is about a stable boy, named Sam, and his helpful friend, Shrew. Together, they make sure that the manger is filled with soft, comfortable hay for the baby Jesus. While doing their important job, lots of vi
This week, Reception has been full of festive fun! After reading the story Santa Post, the children were inspired to write their own letters. We practised using our phonics to write down our ideas as independently as possible. As part of our learning, we also discovered what happens to a letter once
This week in Nursery we started the first of our Christmas activities. We enjoyed listening to a story called “letters to Santa” and began by thinking about how we could write him a letter. We then used our super mark making skills to record what gifts we would like to receive on Christmas Day.
This week in Guided Reading, we tried something a bit different – a programme called Reader’s Theatre! We used the scene from Charlie and the Chocolate Factory where Charlie finds the Golden Ticket. First, the children listened to the text being read aloud so they could hear how fluency, express
This week in Reception we celebrated National Nursery Rhyme Week 2025, and the children had a wonderful time learning this year’s five rhymes: Sing a Song of Sixpence, Humpty Dumpty, When I Was One (I Played the Drum), I Hear Thunder, and Two Little Dickie Birds. Throughout the week the children t
This half-term, Year 6 have been reading ‘Tales of World War Two’, a book containing true stories from the war, within their English lessons. This book has allowed them to learn about real events and the effects they had on people in the war. The section on Dunkirk was very informative and reall
This term, Year Two have begun their new English text, Vlad and the Great Fire of London. They have taken part in a range of activities to help them engage with the story and have enjoyed learning about London in 1666. To launch the book, the children explored what houses were like in London at that
This week, Reception have been learning about the Hindu festival of Diwali and Bonfire Night. We started by reading ‘ Lighting a Diwa Lamp where we found out about the festival of Diwali. We learnt how to make Rangoli patterns with sand and made our own Diwa lamps with salt dough. Later in
