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  • Reception: How did we make Gingerbread Men?

    Published 15/05/26
    This week we have started the story The Gingerbread man. The children have had great fun repeating the phrase ‘Run, run, as fast as you can, you can’t catch me, I’m the Gingerbread Man!’ The children used their phonic knowledg
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  • Reception: What is your favourite part of the Three little Pigs and why?

    Published 08/05/26
    It has been a very short week, but we have still worked hard. We are continuing to retell the story of the Three Little Pigs and the children are becoming proficient at retelling it themselves.
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  • Reception: Can you retell the story of The Three Little Pigs?

    Published 30/04/26
    We have had a wonderful time enjoying the sunshine this week! We read the fairytale, ‘The Three Little Pigs’ and the children have been writing their own story maps.
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  • Reception: How would you escape from inside a monster?

    Published 24/04/26
    This week in Reception we have been to Drawing Club! We read ‘The Day Louis Got Eaten’ by John Fardell.  Louis and his sister Sarah go out for a walk when unfortunately, Louis gets eaten by a monster...
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  • Reception: What do you remember about the festival of Eid?

    Published 17/04/26
    The children have been learning about the Muslim festival of Ramadan and the special celebration of Eid-ul-Fitr, which happened near the end of the last term!
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  • Reception: Can you tell your family the story of the first Easter?

    Published 27/03/26
    This week we learned the Easter Story. We retold the story of Jesus arriving in Jerusalem and made palm leaves which we waved as the people would have waved as he arrived. We learned about the last supper and we had bread and wine (blackcurrant squas
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  • Reception: What can you remember about the planets in our Solar System?

    Published 19/03/26
    In Reception this week, the children have been learning about our Solar System. They have learnt about the properties of the different planets, discussing how many moons each planet has, which planets are gas giants, which are cold and which are hot
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  • Reception: What did you learn about the Moon this week?

    Published 12/03/26
    This week in Reception we have been to the Moon! We read the story ‘Whatever Next!’ by Jill Murphy. We retold the story using props and we have been learning about what it would be like to actually go to the Moon. What would we need and w
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  • Reception: Can you tell someone the story of The Hairy Toe?

    Published 06/03/26
    We have had another fabulous week of Drawing Club. We read the book ‘The Hairy Toe’, with illustrations by Daniel Postgate. The Hairy Toe is a spine-tickling traditional tale. An old woman finds a hairy toe and soon, the owner comes looki
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  • Reception: Which part of celebrating Lunar New Year did you enjoy most?

    Published 26/02/26
    This week the children have been learning about the Lunar New Year.  We learnt about who celebrates it and  how a family prepares for the celebration. We have practised our cutting skills making lanterns, our folding skills making drag
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  • Reception: Can you tell someone your Star Write superpower?

    Published 13/02/26
    This week the children have been using their phonics to complete their Star Writes. Star Writes are done every half term, by all children across the school ,from Nursery to Year 6. They are independent pieces of work which show the amazing progr
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  • Reception: What is the best weather for making shadows? Why?

    Published 05/02/26
    This week the children have been learning about how shadow are made. Using torches and the natural light of the sun, they have seen how, when a light source is blocked, a shadow is formed. We are looking forward to making some puppets next week and u
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