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Today both classes had their first sports sessions run by coaches from Guiseley AFC Foundation.  The children loved meeting and getting to know both Connor and Olivia, who had excellent games and activities planned for them.  (Ask your child if they can remember how to play the pirate game!)  We hope your child told you …

This week we have been introducing our brand new topic of ‘Let’s Pretend’ and having fun making fun provision areas in our classrooms.  It has been great to see the children have a go at dressing up and pretending to become someone new – sometimes someone who they’ve never pretended to be before!  We talked …

Hello everyone – welcome back!  We hope you had a lovely break and are well rested and raring to go for 2020. Please find below the links for the topic homework grid and knowledge organisers for topic, maths and English.  If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact a member of EYFS …

This week the children became either a mini Mary Berry or a Paul Hollywood and tried their hands at baking biscuits.  Fitting in with our ‘Celebrations’ topic, the children made decorative biscuits with a stained glass effect on them.  They used their cooking skills of sieving the flour and using measuring spoons and scoops to …

On Tuesday the children braved the cold and took part in a muddy puddle day.  We did so many exciting activities, and the had the opportunity to use our new outdoor classroom.  Firstly the children created festive wreaths out of natural materials, then we became artists and made some super observational drawings, looking at the …

Yesterday we had our exit point for the end of our topic of ‘Celebrations.’  The children decided in small groups which party games, decorations, music and food they would like to have after learning about different ways to celebrate over this half term.  Unfortunately the budget wouldn’t quite stretch to the fireworks that the children …

Bluebirds and Robins put on two absolutely fantastic shows for their nativity.  We are so proud of the children for learning all of the songs, actions, lines and stage directions and wanted to say a HUGE thank you to everyone involved.  Well done everyone – we hope it has put you in a really festive …

Today we had so much fun completing our entry point for our new topic of ‘Celebrations,’ which got us really in the mood for learning all about different ways we celebrate.  The children all completed four tasks.  First we created yummy bread stick sparklers with icing and sprinkles.  Next we made some fireworks in a …

Hello everyone – welcome back!  We hope you had a lovely half term break and are now well rested. Please find below the links for the topic homework grid and knowledge organisers for topic, maths and English.  If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact a member of EYFS staff. Click here …

This week the children have been so excited to reveal to their friends what was inside their ‘Chatterbox’ which they made with parents at our phonics workshop the previous week.  This was done as part of our exit point to our topic ‘Ourselves’ which resulted in the class knowing even more about their lovely new …
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