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This week was arts week and we focused on the fable ‘The Wind and the Sun’. The children collaborated to create a collage from the fable and really enjoyed using different materials.🌞💨

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Outdoor Provision and Infant Agility Trip 

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Outdoor Provision and Infant Agility Trip 

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We have been very busy the last couple of weeks, finishing of our topic of ‘The Train Ride’. We made our own trains in our outdoor area! They look amazing. We also were invited to an infant agility morning at the Ryland Centre in Bromsgrove. Lots of other schools were there and we competed in our classes at lots of different games. The children set a brilliant example and we were very proud of them!🚂⚽️

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Last week we had an amazing sports day in the sunshine! The children participated in 7 games and all tried their very best! They did both us and their grown ups very proud!! It was a hot hot morning with lots of big smiles🌞🎾🏑

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Outdoor Provision/Fine Motor Skills 16.06.25

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Outdoor Provision/Fine Motor Skills 16.06.25

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This week we have started our new book ‘The Train Ride’🚂. the children have had great fun making their own trains outside and using their fine motor skills to thread the string through the train carriages to make a long train!! All whilst trying to keep cool in this heat!🌞🌞

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This week is healthy living week and the children have been exploring what keeps us healthy. This includes eating fruits and vegetables, exercising and getting enough sleep!! We played a game of rolling a dice and doing the required exercise and we lots of fun!!🥗🍓🍎🏃‍♀️

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We have recently had some caterpillars gifted to us from curious cubs. We are so excited to watch them grow and change into a butterfly. We make sure we keep a close eye on them with our magnifying glasses! 🐛

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On the first Monday back after half term, we looked at facing our fears and what scares us! The children had lots of ideas such as spiders, the dark and wasps! They drew a picture and wrote a sentence explaining what scares them! Do we look scared?😱

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This week we have been looking at building tractors using our outdoor provision. The children got stuck in and created lots of different versions of tractors with a range of construction materials. We have also really enjoyed completing our giant farmyard puzzle this week to finish our topic on farms!!🚜🐖🐎🐄

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We have been using our fingers and tools to roll and create farm yard animals with playdough this week! The children really enjoyed it and have made some fantastic pigs and chicks.🐷🐥

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Understanding the world - life cycles 19.5.25

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Understanding the world - life cycles 19.5.25

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We love finding out about life cycles. Nature is truly amazing.

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We used a number line to match number to a set of cubes. We know there is 1 more each time.

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The children thoroughly enjoyed the class trip yesterday to Attwell Farm. We had a busy day exploring all of the different farm animals and playing in the amazing sand area. Some children were brave enough to touch Sophie the tarantula. We saw sheep, cows, llamas and more. The children also had the opportunity to pet a Guinea pig, ferret and a rabbit. We were all tired after a fabulous day in the sunshine!☺️🌞

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The children were fascinated by the caterpillars we found in the school ground. They were everywhere - even climbing the tree. There were hundreds of them. They are called Eastern European caterpillars. Ask your child to tell you about them.

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The children were keen to show us their symmetry skills.

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Reverand Gail came in to school to tell us about the story of Easter. She told us an interactive story with actions and taught us a song to remember the story.

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Our children are learning to write sentences independently using capital letters, full stop and finger spaces

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We had a visit from Sandra from HSBC. She came to teach the children to understand money better. She showed us bank notes with King Charles on them - Mrs Webster wanted to keep the £50 note)

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The children have enjoyed matching the pictures to find people who help us such as police officers, teachers and firefighters. They have also enjoyed practising their cutting skills and making a doctors bag.

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The children enjoyed putting out fires and rescuing cats from up the trees.

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Today, the children created a fire engine outside. We talked about the different things that a fire engine would have including a ladder, steering wheel, hose and wheels. We also dressed up as firefighters.

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In our RE lesson, we explored the story of Palm Sunday. We used the palm leaves we made to act out the story. Some children pretended to be Jesus, some were the donkey and others were the people of Jerusalem. The people of Jerusalem waved palm leaves and shouted “Hosana.”

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In our RE lessons, we have been learning about Palm Sunday. We decorated our own palm leaves.

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At forest school, we were looking at different colours of strings (caterpillars) and deciding which colour was the best to camouflage the caterpillars from the birds. The children thought the dark brown caterpillar was better at camouflaging than the bright pink caterpillar.

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Over the next few weeks, we are going to be reviewing our phonics. Please keep practising your harder to read and spell words at home.

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Over the next few weeks, we are going to be reviewing all of the sounds that we have learnt so far this year. Please keep practicing your sounds at home.

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We have been working really hard on being able to write and read our harder to read and spell words.

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The children have been busy building a house outside using the blocks. They decided were the living room, bedroom, kitchen and bathroom was. They even had their own picnic in the kitchen. It was lots of fun!

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Last week, our children completed balance bike training. They had so much fun and we even had a go on the balance bikes on Friday! The children worked so hard and were very resilient. Even when they fell off they got back up and carried on!

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Our first activity in stem week, we learnt all about how different sea creatures adapt under sea and we learnt some yoga moves based on these animals. We loved to waddle like a penguin and pretend we had tentacles like a jellyfish.

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Our sounds this week are: ure, er and ow.

The rhymes that we use to remember these are:
ure - sure it’s the cure
er - a bitter winter
ow - go slow in the snow

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Our sounds this week are: ow, oi, ear and air.

The rhymes that we use to remember these are:
Ow - prowl and growl
Oi - coin in the soil
ear - clear that smear
air - a pair in the lair

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Our sounds this week are: oo, ar, ur, oo, and or.

The rhymes that we use to remember these are:
oo - the book nook
ar - a far star
ur - turn in the surf
oo - scoop with a spoon
or - order some popcorn

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We made some Chinese lanterns.

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We did some traditional Chinese dancing today. We performed the Lion dance.

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We acted out the story of the zodiac and how the animals were chosen for each year. We also built the Great Wall of China.

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We did some Chinese writing!

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Today, we explored where China was. We found lots of different objects relating to China and Chinese new year.

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Our sounds for this week are: ai ee igh and oa.

The rhymes to remember these are:
ai - wait for the train
ee - bee on my knee
igh - light up the night
oa - float on the moat

If it has two letters that make one sound, it is called a digraph.

If it is three letters that make one sound, it is called a trigraph.

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Today, we have explored heights. We have used the key vocabulary of same, tall, short, taller and shorter. We used cubes to measure different flowers, ordered flowers from smallest to largest, measured each others heights and measured items on the interactive whiteboard.

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The children made arctic shelters in the outdoor area and decorated the shelter.

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The children had fun painting and marking marks on the tin foil using cotton buds instead of paint brushes.

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These are our sounds for this week. The rhymes to remember them are:
sh - the shabby ship shook
th - they were thirsty
ng - ping pong
nk - ooh! A pink sink!

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The children really enjoyed exploring different musical instruments. We talked about some instruments being really loud and some quiet.

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The children really enjoyed working together to make a tree using the construction outside. The children spoke about the tree being shorter than Miss Kiely and the tree being taller than them.

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The children have really enjoyed exploring ice today. They have used hammers to break the ice to free the arctic animals.

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The children have had lots of fun making winter shelters at forest school.

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This week, in maths, we have been looking at doubles.

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These are the sounds that we have learnt this week. To remember our sounds, we use th rhymes:

qu - around the feather and down the pen

ch - chew the chunky chips

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In forest school, we went on a walk to explore the signs of winter. We found that trees had no leaves.

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This week, the children have been exploring winter. We have looked for the North Pole and south mole on maps and globes, built igloos using sugar cubes, labelled the parts of a penguin and explored ice.

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In our PSHE lesson, we are reading the book ‘Here We Are’. We have been talking about why we need to keep our classroom and environment tidy. The children said we keep our classroom tidy because it keeps us safe, so it looks nice and so things are not broken. We role played making a mess and tidying it up.

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The children have had lots of fun building igloos using sugar cubes. They have been strengthening their hands by using the tweezers to place the cubes on top of each other.

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The children decided to create an igloo using the blocks. The children talked about what animals would love in the arctic and what igloos are made from.

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These are our sounds that we have learnt this week. Remember to write our graphemes, we use these rhymes:
y - under the hull and down to the anchor
z - zig and zag
zz - a zigzag duet

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We love to write harder to read and spell words

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How do you show you care? The children drew pictures of their best friends and told us what makes a good friend.

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Today, we have had lots of fun. We had played lots of games like pass the parcel. We did lots of Christmas dancing and had some party food.

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We went to forest school to find Christmas trees and order the numbers.

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Today, we’ve had lots of fun. We’ve made party hats, danced to Christmas music, played lots of games like pass the parcel and musical statues and we had a feast!

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These are our sounds for this week. Remember to write our graphemes, we use the rhyme:
j - swoop down the tentacles and dot the body
v - down the tongue, up the tongue
w - hop to the top, land and hop, land and hop
x - x x x criss-cross the kiss

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These are our sounds for this week’s phonics. Remember to write our graphemes, we use the rhyme:
ss - sunbathing snakes
h - from his head to his feet, up and over his back
b - down the person and around the wheel
f - over his ear, down to the tail and across the jaw
ff - two foxes facing forwards
L - down the long ladder
LL - ladders in a line

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The children have really enjoyed creating Christmas cards, playing Christmas games on the interactive whiteboard, matching buttons to numbers on the snowman and creating Christmas trees outside using planks of wood and bricks and decorating them with baubles (beanbags). we have also been wrapping presents in the grotto and creating candy canes by threading beads on pipe cleaners.

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This morning, we visited the library. The children had lots of fun exploring different stories and telling each other stories.

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The children have had lots of fun today. We have decorated the Christmas tree with baubles, made paperchains to decorate the classroom and wrapped Christmas presents in santas grotto. We have also been colouring nativity pictures and building a stable for baby Jesus to be born in.

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Making a stable for baby Jesus - we used the building blocks outside to make a stable for Jesus. The children wanted to make a cot for him too, so he wouldn’t be cold.

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Making 5 using a hoop and 5 beanbags. How many beanbags landed in a hoop, how many were outside of the hoop.

5+0

3+2

1+4

How many different ways can you find?

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We used different shapes to create snowmen pictures with paint. The children decided on what colour buttons, eyes and hats their snowman’s would have. This was lots of fun!

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The children have loved exploring the snow today. We also coloured some winter pictures, read winter books, completed some frozen puzzles, painted some snowman and listened to some winter music. We have had lots of fun today!

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Today, the children have come into school dressed in bright colours for children in need. We have also coloured pictures of Pudsey Bear in.

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During our PSHE lesson, we talked about being kind and what bullying was. The children identified different situations that were kind and unkind. We also talked about how being kind can make ourselves and others happy.

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We created pictures in the style of Andy Goldsworthy out of sticks, leaves and rocks. We also hibernated a member of our class by burying them in leaves. We had so much fun!

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We created pictures in the style of Andy Goldsworthy out of sticks, leaves and rocks. We also hibernated a member of our class by burying them in leaves. We had so much fun!

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We learnt all about Diwali. We did lots of different activities - we created Rangoli patterns, mendhi patterns, learnt the story of Rama and Sita and made chocolate sparklers out of breadstick, sprinkles and chocolate. These were yummy!

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Today, we have been learning about bonfire night. We created firework pictures using chalk and paint. We also went to forest school to learn songs about fireworks, pretending to be fireworks and playing musical instruments like a firework.

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Today, we have been looking at different rules that we have at school and home. We talked about why we have rules and what happens if we don’t follow rules.

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We all looked amazing in our Halloween costumes. Very spooky!!!

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This week we have been learning about hibernation. We learnt that hedgehogs hibernate. We made clay hedgehogs in forest school.

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We all looked amazing in our Halloween costumes. Very spooky!!

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This morning, we went to the library. We explored different books and had a story about Winnie the Witch.

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We’ve been celebrating Halloween this week. We have been using our fine motor skills to decorate pumpkins and catching spiders using tweezers.

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This week, we have been learning about hibernation. We learnt that hedgehogs, toads and bats hibernate. At forest school, we made clay hedgehogs

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During forest school, we collected leaves, left them over night to dry and created a hedgehog with the leaves. In class, we have been talking about signs for autumn.

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These are the harder to read and spell words that we have learnt this year so far. These are the words that children will be able to sight read.

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Miss Kiely’s class went to forest school on Tuesday. We explored the area looking for signs of autumn.

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These are the sounds for this weeks phonics. Remember to write our graphemes, we use the rhymes:
ck - the camel stood by the kid
e - around the head and down the trunk
u - under and up the umbrella, down to the tip
r - down her body, over the arm

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These are the sounds for this weeks phonics. Remember to write our graphemese, we use our rhymes:
g - start at his ear, around the face and down the beard
o - around the ostrich’s body
c - curl around the camel’s back
k - down the body, up the arm, down the leg

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Mrs Webster class went to forest school today. We explored the area for signs of autumn including pine cones. We explored deciduous trees and evergreen trees.

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Today, we had a visit from an athlete - Joel Fearon. We completed a circuit of four different activities. The children had lots of fun.

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In our British values lesson, we discussed our families and how all families are different. We read the story ‘who’s in my family?’ We then drew pictures of our families in hearts and created a family tree.

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For our black history month project, we created repeating patterns in the style of Alma Thomas. We also created a rainbow using handprints.

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Today, the children went on an autumn walk. We used our senses to look at our school environment. We noticed that the leaves were changing colours to brown, red, orange and yellows. We also saw leaves falling off the treee.

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This weeks sounds are ck, e, u, r. These are the rhymes used to write our graphemes.

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This weeks sounds are g, o, c, k. These are the rhymes that we use to help us write our graphemes.

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Today, we explored making numbers 1-10 using practical resources. The children used numicon, cubes, compare bears and counters to make different numbers.

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These are the sounds for this weeks phonics. Remember to write our graphemes, we use the rhymes:
i - down her body, spot her idea
n - down the bird and over nest
m - meerkat, mound, mound
d - over his back and around the tail, up to his neck and down to his feet

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These are the sounds for our first week of phonics. To write our graphemes, we use the rhymes:
S - swerve around the snake
A - around the head, down the body
T - down her body and cross her shoulders
P - down his body, around his face

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This weeks sounds are i, n, m, d. These are the rhymes used to write our graphemes.

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Last week, we learned four sounds (s, a, t, p)  in phonics. These are the rhymes we used to write our graphemes.