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3 November 2021

Creating rangoli patterns!

Today we created our own rangoli patterns to celebrate Diwali! 

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2 November 2021

Fine motor and gross motor fun!

We enjoyed hammering sticks into pumpkins today! It was a super activity to build our fine and gross motor skills! 

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22 October 2021

What to expect when in the Early Years.

Here is a helpful document to give you an idea of child development across the Early Years.

file://tssmat.internal/Staff/a.coleman-harris/Downloads/What-to-expect-in-the-EYFS-complete-FINAL-16.09-compressed%20(1)%20(1).pdf

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22 October 2021

Websites to try out at home!

Top Marks Early Years Sections has a range of activities for both Nursery and Reception- https://www.topmarks.co.uk/Search.aspx?Subject=37

Phonics Play phase 2 phonics games for Reception- https://www.phonicsplay.co.uk/resources/phase/2

Phonics Play phase 1 phonics games for nursery- 

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21 October 2021

Super subitising!

Today class one developed their subtising skills further! We talked about what we could see and how we saw the conkers on our big piece of paper. We could see a 1, a 2, a 3, a 1 and a 1 and that is also 2, a 2 and a 1 and that is also 3! We could see so many different numbers! We drew around the…

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20 October 2021

Exploring old household items!

Today we explored old household objects from the three little pigs house! We learnt about what they do, way at they are made of and how they work.

We have also been sorting old and new household objects!

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19 October 2021

After half term our topic is ‘Let’s celebrate!’

After half term our topic is ‘Let’s celebrate!’ In the first week back we will be learning about Bonfire Night and Diwali. We will also be learning lots about the celebration of Christmas next half term. We will talk about our own experiences of celebrations during the first week back. Please send…

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19 October 2021

God the creator!

Reception have learnt lots about the creation story this half term. We found creation on our bible timeline, read the creation story and talked about it as a team, we discussed why God is called creator and then we drew our own picture to show how God created the World and retold the story in our…

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19 October 2021

Painting the 3 little pigs!

After retelling the story Nursery painted the three little pigs! They used super shapes and painted the legs, eyes and snout. 

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19 October 2021

Nursery have been working on their mark making and pencil control skills!

Today in Prime Time Nursery worked on their fine motor and mark making skills. We explored drawing different shapes. This is helping us to develop our pencil control and grip. 

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11 October 2021

Flying like eagles with our writing!

We are loving using the monster phonics colours and characters to learn and write the high frequency words! 

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11 October 2021

We love to read!

We have been flying like eagles with our reading in reception! We have enjoyed hunting and reading sounds and high frequency words outside! 

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