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    Reception Blog

    Reception Week Beginning 6.3.23

    March 10, 2023/0 Comments/in Reception, Reception Archive /by Liz Heymoz

    This week, Reception have been learning about how plants grow and what they need to be healthy and strong. The children planted some bulbs with the help of Mrs Moccia and listened to lots of different stories about beanstalks- Jim and the Beanstalk by Raymond Briggs, Shhhh! by Sally Grindley, Jasper’s Beanstalk by Nick Butterworth […]

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    Reception Week Beginning 27.2.23

    March 3, 2023/1 Comment/in Reception, Reception Archive /by Liz Heymoz

    It’s been another wonderful week of learning in Reception. The children have continued to focus on their new theme- On the Farm, through learning about Fairtrade farming, as part of Fairtrade Fortnight. The following video really helped the children to understand why Fairtrade is so important. After watching the video, the children had lots of […]

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    Reception Week Beginning 20.2.23

    February 24, 2023/0 Comments/in Reception, Reception Archive /by Liz Heymoz

    This week the children started their new topic for this half term-On the Farm. In English, the children heard the story of Farmer Duck- a poor duck who had the bad luck to live with a lazy farmer! The class wrote their own story endings during guided writing and enjoyed making animal puppets, constructing farms, […]

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    Reception Week Beginning 6.2.23

    February 10, 2023/1 Comment/in Reception, Reception Archive /by Liz Heymoz

    This week, the children have been focussing on the story ‘The Elves and the Shoemaker’. The story is a simple one, of a poor shoemaker and his wife who suddenly find they are getting help from a mysterious source. They discover their helpers are little elves, whom are working long and hard to finish making […]

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    Reception Week Beginning 30.1.23

    February 3, 2023/0 Comments/in Reception, Reception Archive /by Liz Heymoz

      This week, Reception have been focussing their learning around the story ‘The Gingerbread Man’, which they absolutely loved! The class particularly enjoyed learning the Gingerbread Man Song. Not only was the song frequently requested throughout the week, but we found that it also really helped the children to remember the order of the story. On […]

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    Reception Week Beginning 23.1.23

    January 27, 2023/0 Comments/in Archives, Reception, Reception Archive /by Liz Heymoz

    Another busy week has flown by in Reception! The book focus this week was the story of The Three Little Pigs. The class had lots of fun thinking of different ways to trap the wolf, to make sure that he never bothers anyone again. Ideas ranged from putting him in a rocket and sending him […]

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    Reception Class Week Beginning 16.1.23

    January 20, 2023/0 Comments/in Reception, Reception Archive /by Liz Heymoz

    Despite the temperature being so cold this week, the children have enjoyed playing in the outside area, where earlier on in the week, they went on an ice hunt, explored the properties and beauty of ice under the magnifying glass and experimented with ways to dissolve it. As part of the whole school Other Faith […]

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    Reception Week Beginning 9.1.23

    January 13, 2023/0 Comments/in Reception, Reception Archive /by Liz Heymoz

    Happy New Year! Welcome back! We hope you had a wonderful Christmas and restful break. It was lovely to see the children and their families on Monday morning. The whole class have returned to school healthy, happy and with a great attitude towards their learning! Reception began their week by learning about the Epiphany. They […]

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    Happy Christmas!

    December 21, 2022/1 Comment/in Reception, Reception Archive /by Liz Heymoz

    On behalf of all of the Reception staff, I would like to offer a huge thank you for all your good wishes and generosity this Christmas. It is really appreciated! Thank you also for your wonderful support this term. We really hope that all our families manage to keep the sickness bugs at bay  this […]

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    Reception Week Beginning 12.12.22

    December 16, 2022/1 Comment/in Reception, Reception Archive /by Liz Heymoz

    Let it snow, let it snow, let it snow!!! Reception class have had a very exciting week in school which began with a snow day on Monday! Sadly, many of the Reception children have been poorly this week and attendance on some days was very low. It was with great sadness and disappointment that we […]

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    • Year 3 Assembly 6th November 2020November 6, 2020 - 1:33 pm
    • One World Week Learning Celebration 2020October 23, 2020 - 4:09 pm
    • Year 4 Assembly 9th October 2020October 9, 2020 - 12:28 pm
    • Year 5 Assembly 2nd October 2020October 2, 2020 - 1:43 pm
    • Assembly 25th September 2020September 25, 2020 - 4:52 pm
    • Assembly 18th September 2020September 18, 2020 - 9:32 am
    • 11th September Whole School AssemblySeptember 11, 2020 - 3:02 pm
    • Summer 2020 Support For LearningJuly 23, 2020 - 8:30 am
    • Happy HolidaysJuly 16, 2020 - 8:40 am

    Pope Paul News

    • Friday 18th December 2020December 18, 2020 - 9:57 am
    • Christmas Raffle 2020December 17, 2020 - 5:57 pm
    • Music concerts 2020December 17, 2020 - 5:52 pm
    • KS2 Advent Reflection 2020December 11, 2020 - 4:21 pm

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