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5 02, 2026

Pirate Day in Class ‘arrr’

By |2026-02-05T16:40:18+00:00February 5th, 2026|Class R|Comments Off on Pirate Day in Class ‘arrr’

We've had a wonderful day inspired by the book The Pirates Next Door. We have made our own pirate hats, tea-stained treasure maps and brought our role play to life with costumes and a pirate shop. We got creative at the easel and painted our own routes around pirate island and put our phonics [...]

20 11, 2025

Happy birthday, Goldilocks!

By |2025-11-21T13:41:25+00:00November 20th, 2025|Class R|Comments Off on Happy birthday, Goldilocks!

The children in Reception had a wonderful time celebrating Goldilocks's 8th birthday this week. We played party games including musical statues, musical bumps, musical chairs, pass the parcel and lots more! We won prizes, made crowns, paper chains and cards, we even brought our cuddly toys in to share the fun. What a special [...]

28 06, 2025

Willow Brook’s very hungry caterpillars!

By |2025-07-01T19:50:08+01:00June 28th, 2025|Class R|Comments Off on Willow Brook’s very hungry caterpillars!

We have had some very exciting visitors in Reception over the past two weeks. Our caterpillars have grown, made their chrysalises and emerged as beautiful butterflies. The children have eagerly observed their metamorphosis every step of the way and experienced the magic of releasing them into the wild yesterday afternoon. [...]

25 04, 2025

What did you do at school today?

By |2025-04-28T14:46:35+01:00April 25th, 2025|Class R|Comments Off on What did you do at school today?

Here are some photos from our first week back at school. The children have had so much exploring the outdoors and learning about British wildlife. They have been writing their own letters, making books, writing numbers (to 100!), building and creating in their own independent play. [...]

4 10, 2024

Dancing fun!

By |2024-10-04T15:44:38+01:00October 4th, 2024|Class R|Comments Off on Dancing fun!

We have had an exciting first term in PE. We are learning about travelling safely and creatively through dance. We have explored the story of the Gingerbread Man through the BBC Philharmonic Orchestra and used our movements to tell the tale, we have played classic party dancing games like musical statues and danced to [...]

30 09, 2024

Baking bread for the Little Red Hen

By |2024-09-30T21:12:47+01:00September 30th, 2024|Class R, Whole School|Comments Off on Baking bread for the Little Red Hen

This week, we have been exploring the traditional tale of The Little Red Hen who asks her farmyard friends, "who will help me ... grow the wheat, make the flour and bake the bread?", to which they all reply, "not I!" Fortunately, the Reception children children were much more helpful than the farm animals [...]

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