Some of the children had been asking to visit the builders working on the new outdoor area, so we went on an outdoor walk!
They were super excited and very curious; they started thinking of all the question they could ask the builders and what they wanted to find out about our new outdoor…

On Thursday morning the children arrived to find some crumbs left from a very special visitor.
The Gingerbread man had been and he had left a lot of his crumbly friends behind!
We got out our magnifying glasses and searched the classroom for clues. The children found crumbs from the door into…

Kung Hei Fat Choi

This week the children have been learning about Chinese New Year and they have really enjoyed it!
They held their own chinese restaurant, made dragons and wrote menus for their friends.
Later on in the week they tasted chinese food - the sweet and sour sauce and prawn…

Breaking News... 

The three bears house has been trashed!
But don't worry... the reception children were very quick to help!
They used their problem solving skills to 'unjumble' all of the bears things into small, medium and large! 
They also made the perfect bowl of porridge for Daddy bear…

The children are very lucky to recieve two sessions with the wonderful sports coaches from Blackpool Football Club. Two of the main skills the children have been working this term is Balance and Co-ordination and Ball Control. The children have made great progress since september and it has been…

Jack and the Beanstalk

This week the children were sent a tough challenge by a mysterious giant! They got stuck in measuring plenty of objects, trying to figure out if they were bigger or smaller than the giants foot. 

The children also explored a variety of beans looking for similarities…

The Three Little Pigs 

This terms topic of Traditional Tales saw us seeing in the New Year reading the 'Three Little Pigs'. The children have loved reading this book; they got very into character and ended up creating their own dramatic performances! It was great to see them having fun and…

Reception had so much fun at their Christmas Party this year with DJ Kellet. 
There was lots of dancing, party games, prizes and yummy food too! 

Take a look at some of the children's fabulous dance moves.. 

On Tuesday 13th December the whole of KS1 were treated with a visit to the pantomine.
They went to see Aladdin at the Grand Theatre and it was wonderful!

The children had a good giggle at wishy washy getting soaked in the laundrette and gave their loudest 'Booooo' to the evil Jafar. 

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Christmas arrived in Reception this week and the children have had a ball decorating the tree and wrapping presents! 

They have written tonnes of christmas cards and lots of christmas lists for santa, we even wrote some creative sentences about what we would do if we got stuck in a…

We received a very exciting letter in Reception this week.
It was from Stickman and he needed our help!
He asked us to complete many challenges that involved measuring, testing materials and building him a new house! 

Take a look and see what we created for him and how we did it...

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The children had a ball singing and dancing to our favourite christmas songs with Spellbinder on Thursday!
He took us on a magical journey with a russian granny, Rudolf and ofcourse Father Christmas. 

Phoenix and Joey also took a special role in the celebratory parade for Rudolph, great fun…