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  • 17/01/23

    Repurpose day

    This week, the children across school have taken part in a repurpose day. They have learnt about ways they can save energy as well. As part of the repurpose day, the children in Freedman class made dragon pencil holders using toilet roll tubes and egg cartons. In Donaldson class, the children made t...
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  • 21/12/22

    Christmas Fun

    During the last week of the autumn term, the children in Year 1 took part in lots of different Christmas activities. On Wednesday, they made some Christmas crafts with their grown ups, enjoyed their Christmas lunch, followed by watching a pantomime and were very lucky to be visited by Santa, who del...
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  • 21/12/22

    Meeting Miya

    During our last week of the Autumn term, the children in year 1 spent some time meeting Miya. They were able to throw a ball for her to chase and catch and then spent some time stroking her.
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  • 03/12/22

    Higgins Toy Museum

    On Wednesday, we visited the Higgins Museum in Bedford. The children further developed their knowledge of the history of toys by taking part in some workshops. The children had a lovely time and were able to write a recount about their experience in English.
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  • 29/11/22

    Puppet Workshop

    The children in Year 1 took part in a puppet workshop. They used the newspaper as their puppet and made it move in different ways.
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  • 22/11/22

    Dance

    On Monday, the children had their first dance lesson with Katie. They are learning a dance which they will perform, along with year 2, at the Christmas Nativity.
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  • 22/11/22

    Learning about Advent

    In our RE lessons this week, we have been learning about Advent and how Christians prepare for Christmas. The children worked in small groups to make Christingles. They learnt about what each part of the Christingle represents.
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  • 12/10/22

    Ada Lovelace Day

    This week, the children learnt about Ada Lovelace. They have been practising solving codes and writing their own codes.
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  • 12/10/22

    Comparing different amounts

    During our maths lessons, the children used different objects to compare different amounts.
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  • 30/09/22

    giving and following directions

    This week the children had their first computing lesson. They worked with a partner to give and follow directions. They then recorded their route and directions onto a sheet. 
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  • 20/09/22

    Physical and Human features

    As part of our geography, lessons we took out learning outside. We went for a walk around our school and in the village, and we identified different physical and human features. We then labelled these features on a map. 
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  • 20/09/22

    Exploring loose parts

    During the children's own learning, the children in Donaldson have been using loose parts to create different pictures. 
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