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  • 21/12/21

    Merry Christmas everyone!

    In what seems to have been the blink of an eye, Autumn term is over and it is nearly Christmas! The children have had their first ever term in school and they have all come so far and learnt so much.  We would like to encourage the children and their families to take a few minutes to...
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  • 10/11/21

    We are Super!

    Our topic this half term is 'Super me Super you' and to get us off to a great start we begin Autumn 2 with a Superhero dress up day.  Children were asked to come into school dressed either as a superhero or an everyday hero. During the week we will be exploring the differences and si...
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  • 17/09/21

    Tapestry parent accounts

    Attention all Reception parents:  We are in the process of setting up parent accounts for the children's online learning journals.  Please keep an eye on your inbox and junk folders for an email from Tapestry with details on how to activate your account. If you have not yet fille...
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  • 14/09/21

    Welcome to Stopsley!

    Last week we welcomed our new Reception children into the Stopsley family.  Our Stay and Play sessions went really well and were a wonderful opportunity for us to spend some time getting to know the children in smaller groups.  This week the children have begun their first full days...
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  • 19/07/21

    End of Year Assembly

    Last Wednesday Reception children filmed their end of year assembly.  They were all consummate professionals, even at such a tender age, and worked super hard to show off their talents.  The children learnt a poem all about their first year in school, penned by Mrs Johnstone. They th...
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  • 12/07/21

    Sports day fun

    All the children did a great job in their first ever Sports day. They took part in games and races including target throw, football dribble, skipping, obstacle course and, the favourite of many, water bucket challenge!  Everyone did their best and made us proud. Well done Reception!
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  • 10/06/21

    Dinosaur Invasion!

    Before half term, during WOW week, the children in Reception had a very exciting visitor!  We had created our own version of the story 'We're going on a bear hunt' and changed it into 'We're going on a dinosaur hunt'. Once we had written our story we decided to a...
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  • 23/04/21

    Holi Colour Run

    Last week we learnt all about the Hindu festival of Holi. The children learned about what the festival meant, where it originated from and what the special meaning of some colours was. Did you know that yellow is used to represent knowledge and green is used to represent nature? Ask your child if th...
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  • 04/03/21

    Nessy!

    We are really enjoying our Topic of 'Amazing Animals' this term. Key worker children in Rainbow Class and the children at home got to meet Mrs Johnstone's pet bearded dragon Nessy! It has been great hearing about the different pets Reception children have and would like to have...
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  • 20/02/21

    Important Information

    I hope you have all had a restful half term break. As you will be aware from Mr Fordham's email before the end of the half term, we are making some changes to our Distance Learning offer. This is in response to parent feedback. This includes some changes to the timetable for Reception...
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  • 05/02/21

    Children's mental health week

    Hello to all our lovely families and children We hope you have all had a great week. Thank you for all the evidence of fabulous learning we have been receiving either via the help email, uploaded onto the children's personal Tapestry online learning journals or by returning hard copy packs of...
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  • 20/01/21

    Friday Virtual Meet and Shout Outs

    Hello to all our lovely children and families!  Thank you to everyone who has been uploading children's work to their Tapestry online learning journal or emailing into our yearRhelp address. It helps the teachers to know how children are getting on with the work we are setting and to kno...
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