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  • 25/03/24

    Celebrating Holi in Reception Class

    Today we are celebrating the Hindu festival of Holi which is a celebration of colour and welcoming spring time. We have all come to school dressed in our brightest clothes to get our celebrations off to a colourful start! We have been finding out how to prepare for Holi and some of the traditions...
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  • 04/03/24

    “Egg”citing Times in Reception Class

    Last week, Reception class took delivery of some duck eggs and have been patiently observing for them to hatch into ducklings. In the meantime, we have been learning information about ducks and some of the BSL signs associated with the key vocabulary. We were lucky enough to have 3 eggs hatch into...
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  • 28/02/24

    Reception and Year 1 Theatre Visit

    Today Reception and Year one had a very exciting morning with a visit to the Tyne Theatre in Newcastle to watch a performance of ‘The Gruffalo’s Child’. We all thoroughly enjoyed the show. There was lots of audience participation, and we enjoyed spotting all the different characte...
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  • 19/01/24

    Traditional Tales in Reception Class

    This half term, Reception class are enjoying lots of traditional tales. We have been reading the story of “The Gingerbread Man” and as part of our learning we have written a shopping list and taken it to our local shop to buy the ingredients needed to make our own gingerbread. We have us...
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  • 19/12/23

    Early Years Christmas Party

    Today, Nursery and Reception children enjoyed celebrating Christmas and had a party morning. We danced to music and listened carefully to play games that required us to follow simple instructions like pass the parcel and musical statues. We heard a bell ring and were delighted to see Santa had co...
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  • 14/12/23

    Christmas Singing and Crafts in Reception Class

    This afternoon, we welcomed parents and family members to our classroom to celebrate Christmas with us. The children performed some Christmas songs, much to the delight of the audience! We then joined our grown ups for a craft session. We stitched Christmas stockings together and decorated them. We...
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  • 07/12/23

    Reception Visit to Crawcrook Library

    Today, Reception class visited Crawcrook library and joined in with lots of Christmas-themed activities. We met Kyle who works in the library. He read us two fantastic Christmas-themed stories which we all enjoyed. Then we showed our brilliant singing to Kyle by singing some Christmas songs with him...
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  • 06/12/23

    Reception Visit to St John's Church

    This morning, Reception class enjoyed a visit to our village church to find out why it is a special building in our community and to learn more about the first Christmas. Rev. Tom met us at the church and talked to us about why the Bible is a special book, and he read us some of the Christmas story...
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  • 28/11/23

    Anti-Bullying Week – Make Some Noise!

    The theme of this year’s Anti-Bullying Week was Make Some Noise and during the week we encouraged the children to make some noise by discussing what bullying is, what we can do to make sure bullying doesn’t happen at our school and what the children’s should do if they experience b...
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  • 16/11/23

    Reception Visit to the Discovery Museum - Old and New Toys

    Today, Reception class visited The Discovery Museum and took part in a workshop called “Lost in the Toy Museum”. We followed clues to look for lost toys and handled artefacts from the past. We investigated how toys have changed over time and made our own replica of an old toy called a th...
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  • 26/10/23

    Reception Village Walk

    Yesterday Reception class had their first visit out of school. We walked down the hill and stopped to talk about how to cross the road safely. We noticed lots of places along the way such as the chemist, the gym, the hairdressers and the community centre. We then found the postbox where we all to...
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  • 08/09/23

    Our First Week in Reception

    The children in Reception class have had a lovely first week. They are learning new routines and making new friends and most importantly, having lots of fun! Here are some photos from this week.  
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