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  • Reception: What was your favourite part of the story 'Aliens Love Underpants', and why?

    Published 17/01/25
    This week we read Aliens Love Underpants by Claire Freedman for Drawing Club and the children used their creativity to draw an alien, spaceship and design underwear.
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  • Reception: Why do Jews light eight candles at Hanukkah?

    Published 10/01/25
    This week we learnt about the Jewish festival of Hanukkah and listened to the Hanukkah story. The miracle of the Hanukkah story is that the small amount of oil lasted for eight days instead of one.So every Hanukkah, Jews celebrate their vic
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  • Have you done or learnt anything this term that makes you feel proud?

    Published 19/12/24
    The children have all been superstars in their Nativity performances this week. We are incredibly proud of them all! They all sang, signed, danced and said their lines beautifully.
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  • Reception: What have you learnt about donkeys this week?

    Published 13/12/24
    What a week! A dress rehearsal for our Nativity. A visit for one class, from their Big Friends in Year 5 so they could make Christmas Hats (the other class does the same next week).  Roasting Marshmallows on an open fire for one class (the other
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  • Reception: Can you find objects that are longer or shorter than your foot?

    Published 06/12/24
    What a busy week we have had. We started the week by reading the story of the Nativity. We related it to the lines that the children are learning for their performance, to help them see the whole story come together. We have also been practising our
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  • Reception: What is our school called and where is it?

    Published 29/11/24
    This week the children have been exploring our school. We have learnt that our school is on Dorchester Road and is in Worcester Park. We discovered that near our school is the park and Worcester Park High Street. We looked at these places using Googl
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  • Reception: Can you retell the story of Rama and Sita?

    Published 21/11/24
    Thi week the children from Reception have been learning about Diwali and the story behind why Hindus celebrate by lighting Diva lamps. They have listened to the story and interpreted some of the main characters and settings in Drawing Club. They roun
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  • Reception: what is your favourite nursery rhyme and why?

    Published 15/11/24
    This week is World Nursery Rhyme Week! We have had lots of fun singing familiar rhymes and learning new rhymes. A particular favourite was ‘The Big Ship Sails on the Alley Alley Oh’. The links for the rhymes the children have learnt this
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  • Reception: What was your favourite part about your visit to Iceland?

    Published 08/11/24
    Reception started the week by making tickets so they could board an aeroplane. We all flew to Iceland for the week. We have had a lovely time and learnt so much. Read Peek to find out more.
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  • Reception: What was your favourite part of this week and why?

    Published 25/10/24
    Reception children have been incredibly busy this week. In four days they have performed in assembly, made a recording of a poem and chopped vegetable to make a soup. We rounded off the week by tasting the soup! Well done everyone. You all worked so
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  • Reception: What did you think was through the arch?

    Published 17/10/24
    This week has been Take One Picture - an initiative run by the National Gallery. We studied the painting, The Courtyard of a House in Delft by Pieter de Hooch, painted in 1658. The children amazed us with what they noticed and how they could des
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  • Reception: What new words and actions can you remember from Drawing Club this week?

    Published 11/10/24
    This week Reception have been to Drawing Club! Drawing Club is an adventure through stories. It involves a short period of Time Together as a whole class, learning new vocabulary, reading the story and then the adventure begins. Then it is time for t
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