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This week, the children have been estimating the mass of pumpkins.

They were given the weight of a medium sized pumpkin as a point of reference.

It has been poetry week in Reception! After listening to various poems about minibeasts we then set to work to write our own class poem! As a team, we wrote our very own poem packed with rhyming words! We then thought of actions to go with each line. Reception then performed their poem to Nursery…

Today, we were lucky enough to have visitors from Liverpool Hope University.

They worked alongside the children in small groups exploring a range of questions surrounding Earth and space.

In DT, the children enjoyed making flatbreads.

They worked in small groups to mix their ingredients together and used rolling pins to shape their flatbreads.

The children have been learning about how search engines work.

In groups, they explored the playground in order to gather information about a range of books and work in a similar way to a search engine. 

We have been working textiles to create our own box covered in fabric. It was pretty messy but they looked great 

It may be a rainy day but we are always busy in reception!

This afternoon the children were comparing the lives and works of Florence Nightingale and Kitty Wilkinson. They worked as a group to sort facts into a Venn diagram.

This week the children in nursery received a letter from Mr and Mrs Baker asking them to enter the ‘Award Winning Cake Competition’. The children are thinking carefully and talking to one another about the shape and size of their cakes as well as toppings and flavours. 

This morning our Nursery and Reception children came together for a beautiful Harvest Assembly.  It was also a chance to thank God for our wonderful world, God’s creation, linking in with our ‘Creation and Covenant’ branch of learning in RE.  We retold the creation story from Genesis.  The…

Our basketball unit ended with a tournament. So many children have made fantastic progress and we've had great fun too.

This morning we have been learning about Diwali or the ‘Festival of Lights’ The children were very interested to hear how this is celebrated and we are going to be making our very own diva pots in class.