This week Reception have been reading the book ‘Cake’ by Sue Hendra. They spent some time drawing and describing their dream cake before decorating cupcakes using icing, sprinkles and gel icing. We had lots of…
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Nursery are mad about dinosaurs
The ‘Dino Cave’ has been in full swing this week! Our story of the week was called ‘Mad about Dinosaurs’. Children confidently spoke about their favourite dinosaurs and described its features. This week we also…
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This week in Pre-Nursery the children have been super busy with all their learning. They made poppies at the beginning of the week for Remembrance Day We have been learning all about the day and…
Read MoreReception: Fireworks and the Festival of Light
This week we have been learning all about Diwali, we learnt the story of Rama and Sita and acted this out using props. Some children in our class celebrated Diwali and their Grandparents came to…
Read MoreNursery Are Thinking Big!
Nursery started this half term with a brand-new theme. The biggest clue was the exciting discovery of some enormous footprints in our classrooms. We set about investigating them, and after some discussion we decided that…
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This week in Pre-Nursery we have begun our new theme ‘Night and Day.’ The children learnt all about fireworks this week and created their own firework pictures using different coloured paints. The children have enjoyed…
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This week in Pre-Nursery we have been learning all about how Jesus and God love us. We learnt that it is important to be kind and caring just like Jesus. We have also been enjoying…
Read MoreReception: Pumpkin fun!
This week we have been reading the book ‘Pumpkin soup’ and learning all about Autumn. We have been exploring lots of different types of squashes, using describing words to talk about how they look and…
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This week in Pre-Nursery we have been busy exploring and learning. We had lots of fun playing in the leaves, looking at signs of Autumn and learning about God’s creation for Religion. The children learnt…
Read MoreReception: Welcome Liturgy
This week we held our Reception Welcome Liturgy to welcome all the children into the St Joseph’s family. Father George joined us to lead this special service. Each child decorated a fish to place next…
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