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Get the bean bag in a hoop! Double points for the small hoop challenge!

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The children had to jump over the hurdle, go through the tunnel and then in and out of the cones!

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The children had to pick up a water filled sponge and run with it to the bucket Then they had to squeeze it out - the bucket with the most water was the winner!

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Thank you to all the dads, grandads, big brothers and uncles, who came to our Father's Day picnic!

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What a lovely day spending time with the animals! The children got to feed and pet them, as well as find out how to look after them.

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The children made their own castle in response to the story. There is a play dough hen inside, guarding the golden eggs!

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Jesse and Victoria made some story characters to use when playing with their castle!

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Sara was having so much fun exploring the instruments! She sang some nursery rhymes and tapped out a beat on the drum.

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Following our Parliament Time, the children wanted to have different pasta in the home corner. They added the pasta to some play dough to make pasta cakes!

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Today we explored colour by using watered down paint to splash and mix together. The children talked about what new colours emerged from their patterns.

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The children have loved finding bugs in our garden area. Julia and Humaiz are exploring how snails move. Did you know that snails have teeth!

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During insect we got a visit from Zola, who lives in Oak Class. 

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Umama has been experimenting with the Numicon shapes in our Maths sessions. She has now made the connection that each shape is a number!

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She labelled each one with a number name!

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In preparation for our Coronation Party, the children made scones. We had them on the day with butter and jam! Yum!

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The children all dressed up in the colours of the Union Jack flag - red, white and blue!

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We were so lucky to have the duck eggs in school this year. The children watched them hatched and grow!

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In preparation for school ,the children have been practising writing their names!

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The sight of the daffodils prompted the children to help with the weeding! 

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The children enjoyed looking inside and egg and ordering then life cycle!

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There was so much to do with the eggs? The children counted them, matched them to a number digit, made a repeat pattern and explored the egg box tens frame!

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The children really loved this story. They could confidently retell and sequence the story, as well as recite the key refrains. 

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We also talked about that happened to the tiger after the visit.
'He just went home'
'He must have gone back to the zoo!'

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The children enjoyed watching the chemical reaction created by the carbon dioxide in coke and mentos! Bubble explosion!

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The children are really interested in frog and snakes, so they really enjoyed exploring the creatures they found in our pond!

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Following a Pupil Parliament session the children decided they wanted to investigate and make rockets. Here is Karina with her model!

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Karina could talk about what she had done and also what features she had added - wings, windows and buttons!

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Using clay to make a worm. Who had the longest worm? Who had the shortest? How can we measure them fairly? Some of the questions posed in our worm challenge!

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Chemical reaction! The children enjoyed watching the dye and sugar leave the skittles and create a rainbow of colours. It turned the skittles white!

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The children enjoyed getting everything ready for our special Mother's Day treat!

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The challenge was to listen to the instruction and then place yourself in the correct position! Well done to everyone in Maple Class!

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Our curriculum is based on exploration, experiences and investigation through play. Children are encouraged to follow their own ideas with real, natural resources and loose parts. Practitioners use a blend of teaching and scaffolding to encourage children to broaden, stretch and embed their learning. Children are supported to question, explore, experiment, develop hypotheses and test ideas, and reflect their learning. During a session we use a combination of adult led and child initiated teaching running parallel. This is underpinned by detailed long term and medium term plans of progression to guide our children towards our ‘RICCHER’ vision.

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Tailey ready with a snowball! The children had a fab day exploring the snow. We talked about how it felt and why is melted in our hands.

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The children dressed up as their favourite book characters today. They also brought their favourite books in from home to share at story time!

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Fee Fi Fo Fum! The children have been working on joining in with repeated refrains in our focus stories. This one is another favourite!

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Sign 4 Learning is a unique initiative that successfully uses signs taken from British Sign Language to support the understanding and use of new vocabulary in hearing children. It was written and trialled in Luton and has been showcased in National publications and National and European conferences, with training delivered both nationally and internationally.

The children learn simple signs to support their use of emotional language and be able to understand and name how they are feeling.

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The children in Maple Class love this story and they enjoyed using the props on World Book Day to retell and act out the story!