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12 June 2026

Sharing our fabulous continuous provision with Pig the Pug

What a brilliant first week Class 1 have had with our special visitor, Pig the Pug!

The children have been fantastic and showing Pig the Pug how to share and work together, as well as designing him some fantastic homes and snazzy collars.

Class 1 were also sad to hear how he had hurt himself…

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5 June 2026

We are all special, unique and important

In RE this term, we are thinking about what makes every person special, unique and important. 
 

Today we listened to the parable of The Lost Sheep and spoke about how everyone is important to God. We spoke about what makes us all unique and how being different from our friends or others does…

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4 June 2026

An under the sea mindfulness break!

This morning before our surprise visitors, Class 1 enjoyed a lovely mindfulness session using a musical tracing map and our beautiful scarves. The children enjoyed using their scarves to follow and trace the pattern made by the different sea creatures. This mindful sessions really help the…

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4 June 2026

Some exciting visitors to Class 1!

This morning, Class 1 have had some surprise visitors. Mrs Gethin, Ralph and some children from St Mary’s came to see us and shared an exciting project that is happening across our seven schools.
 

Using the story, Pig the Pug, each school has been asked to complete a variety of activities and…

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15 May 2026

Our church buildings

Class 1 today have finished finding out about why churches are so important to Christians. Everyone has remembered what makes churches so special and also the important features of churches. 
 

The children then worked together in small groups to create their own churches using some of our…

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12 May 2026

Watching our caterpillars grow.

Class 1 have been very excited to see their caterpillars develop into cocoons. First of all the caterpillars climbed to the top of the cup and hung in a J shape.  Then they shed their  exoskeleton for the final time before they became cocoons. It took about 2 days for the cocoons to harden up. We…

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8 May 2026

Exploring subtraction!

This week in maths we have been exploring addition and subtraction by answering the question ‘how many now?’.

This morning, we took our maths work to our outdoor area and used the natural resources to help us find the answer to some subtraction number sentences we found in the environment. 

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1 May 2026

Trim Trail Fun on a Friday!

This afternoon, after such an amazing week in class, Class 1 enjoyed their afternoon snack on the grass in the shade and then had a bonus treat of working together to complete the trim trail. All the children worked well to help and encourage each other and enjoyed showing Mrs Philp their skills! 

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1 May 2026

Stained glass window creations

In RE this week, we continued to explore churches. We looked at lots of different churches around the world and saw how they can vary in size and design. We spoke about how important churches are to Christians and discussed what different types of celebrations we have been to in church. 
 

We…

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1 May 2026

Enjoying maths in the sunshine!

This week, we have continued to explore numbers up to 20 and have got amazing at recognising what each teen number is made up of using our numicon.

This afternoon we had a fantastic maths lesson outside using our bodies. We warmed up with a counting activity and then played a game. When Mrs…

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24 April 2026

Our visit to explore St Stephens

This afternoon, Class 1 had such a lovely visit to St Stephen’s. Father Neale kindly showed us all the different features of a church and showed us what happens at the altar and font during some services. We also got to sit in the pews where our grown ups normally sit. 
 

Father Neale also…

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23 April 2026

Exploring teen numbers in the sunshine!

This afternoon, we enjoyed our maths session in our outdoor classroom. We have been exploring the teen numbers 11, 12 and 13 this week and noticing how teen numbers are made up of 1 ten and then a certain number of 1’s. 
 

Today each child was given a number up to 13 and asked to go and get…

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