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  • 03/03/23

    Pancake day fun!

    In the first week back after half-term the children in Reception learnt about the Christian celebration of Shrove Tuesday. We learnt about the origins of pancake day and why pancakes were made prior to the period of Lent.  As part of their Maths and Science learning the children had the oppo...
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  • 18/01/23

    The dinosaurs are in town!

    Our topic in Reception this half term is 'Digging for dinosaurs'.  Yesterday Graham and Sue from Portals to the Past came to visit us. The children loved the dinosaur workshop and had a fabulous morning learning lots of facts about dinosaurs. Did you know that fossilised dinosaur poo...
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  • 06/12/22

    Family Christmas Crafts

    What a wonderful morning we had today! We were joined by lots of parents and grandparents for our Family Christmas Crafts.  The children and their grown-ups worked hard making some truly fabulous Christmas wreaths which we are sure will look wonderful hanging in pride of place in their ho...
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  • 19/10/22

    We are learning The Train Ride story

    This term our topic is 'Terrific Transport'  Our focus text is 'The Train Ride' and the children have been learning this story. The children have a story map and they are learning to retell the story off by heart. We take an in-depth look at our focus texts, looking for new w...
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  • 21/09/22

    Welcome to Reception!

    Welcome to Stopsley Community Primary School and Nursery! What a great start our new Reception children have got off to. They have managed big adventures such as staying for lunch in our newly decorated dining hall, exploring the indoor and outdoor environment, taking part in Phonics and Maths le...
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  • 29/06/22

    Deliquent Dino and the doo-doo disaster!

    Yesterday, the children in Reception were horrified to discover dinosaur poop on their playground! It appears a delinquent dino had visited our again playground while we were all asleep. Last week we found footprints which was a far nicer discovery than this one...  All the children agreed t...
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  • 07/06/22

    Our Platinum Jubilee Tree

    To mark the Queen's Platinum Jubilee children in the Early Years have planted a crab apple tree in our garden area.  Our lovely green fingered Mrs Allen helped the children to plant the tree and water it. She also made a beautiful plaque to accompany the tree and commemorate the occ...
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  • 03/05/22

    We're going on a Dino hunt!

    The children have come up with a new version of the popular children's story, 'We are going on a bear hunt'. We have changed it to 'We're going on a dino hunt'  Today the children were very excited to have the chance to act out our alternative version on an actua...
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  • 01/04/22

    WOW week festival fun!

    This week the children have been learning about different festivals that are celebrated in different religions and cultures around the world.  This is an important part of their development in the area of learning 'Understanding the World' and lays the foundations for future national...
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  • 28/03/22

    We have been learning about measurement

    This half-term the children have been learning about measurement. They have explored size, weight, capacity and length. They have been learning about the key features of each type of measurement, for example that something small can also be heavy. They have also  been learning sp...
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  • 09/02/22

    We had a visit from a local author

    The children were very excited last week to have a visit from a local author, Laura-Joy Newman.  Laura-Joy read her book 'The Worry-o-saur' to the children and answered some questions they asked. One of our favourite questions the Reception children asked was "Why did you write...
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  • 18/01/22

    We are learning to write

    Our new topic in Reception this term is All about animals  To start our topic we have shared a variety of non-fiction books with the children about animals. The children then talked about their favourite animals and why they liked them. After this the children had the opportunity to draw the...
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