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Within our school you will find a happy, welcoming, stimulating environment providing high standards of education, valuing the efforts of the individual, fulfilling the learning potential of all pupils and promoting equal opportunities. We promote learning for life and encourage children to learn no matter where they are, inside or out! We believe in developing the “whole” child and work hard to nurture, encourage, support and extend all of our children to achieve.
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Lots of exploring of colour in Reception this week. As part of our work and play around the South Pole the children explored cool/cold colours. They worked collaboratively to create Antarctic scenes and the animals they might see. They also created lots of cool colour mixed shades to create their own ‘cool colour collages’. ... See MoreSee Less
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We are looking to appoint an enthusiastic and highly motivated Wrap Around Care Manager to support our successful wrap around care team.
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Lots of marvellous number and measure exploration in Reception this week. The children have been exploring number facts to 5 and using a five frame to find different bonds to 5. They have also been exploring mass and capacity with lots of estimating and practical activities to compare objects. ... See MoreSee Less
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Nursery have been exploring ‘Owl babies’ in their talk for writing this half term. They have been talking about how owls are nocturnal and what they eat. They have painted their own baby owls and helped to make Sarah, Percy and Bill for our display. I wonder if they can tell their parents and carers the story at home using our story map.🦉 ... See MoreSee Less
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Who’s that trip trapping over my bridge?🧌
This week nursery have been listening to the 3 billy goats gruff story. This afternoon they worked together to build a bridge strong enough for them to walk over. They then took on different roles from the story while using the bridge in their play.🐐🐐🐐 ... See MoreSee Less
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Reception have been learning about the South Pole over the last few weeks. They have explored what they might see and hear and what they might need for a trip to Antarctica. They have created a winter scene using cool winters colours and drew the different animals they might see. They compared and contrasted how the South Pole differs from where they live. They have created their own boat to row to the South Pole just like in our story this week, ‘Lost and Found’. ... See MoreSee Less
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Class 2 have been exploring the world of digital art and using creative tools in computing lessons using PAINTZ to create their own art masterpieces! ... See MoreSee Less
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Sisák Réka this is what I was talking about… ❤️🌹
Deák Róza Margaréta Tóthné
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Class 2 are exploring 2-D and 3-D shapes this week. Today we are exploring the number of sides and vertices on each 2-D shape using straws as the sides and modelling clay as the vertices. Ask us to share our super shape knowledge ⭕️ 🛑 ♦️ ... See MoreSee Less
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We made the most of enjoying the snow last week ❄️☃️ ... See MoreSee Less
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