Year 1 Reading Sessions

Thank you to everyone who joined us this morning for our reading session. We all really enjoyed reading together and talking about the books. We will be running these sessions each week Wednesday 8.45 – 9.00 Thursday 2.50 – 3.15 Parents, grandparents, siblings and carers are all welcome. Please feel…

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What’s in the box?

We had an exciting start to the week today in Year 1 when we got a phone call to say a silver box had been found outside our classrooms at the weekend. We had lots of ideas about what might be inside, including smelly cheese, a cake and a packed…

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Anti Bullying Week 2014

This year we are calling on the HCPS community to promote the anti-bullying message. As a school we say NO to the bullying of ALL children and young people – including disabled children and those with special educational needs – children who are significantly more likely to experience bullying in…

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A message in a bottle

It’s been an exciting day in year one. Mrs Harrison needed our help. At the weekend she found an old bottle floating in the sea near her boat, she brought it to school for us to investigate. When we opened the bottle, inside was a very old map, with two…

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KS1 sports day

Once again the turn out for KS1 sports day was fantastic! All children showed great determination and support for their team. The final result was a close one, with Wentworth winning! Well done to all involved and a big thank you to everyone who came to support!

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Revolting Nursery Rhymes

Today we have been watching some of the fairy stories that were adapted by Roald Dahl in his collection of Revolting Rhymes. We then decided to adapt some nursery rhymes and make them revolting nursery rhymes. We had so much fun changing the characters and settings. By the end of…

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Does it make sense?

Today we went on a senses walk around the playground. We then went on the decking and continued using our senses to see, smell, touch and hear what was around us. We were lucky enough to spot some frogs in the pond. Can you see them? How many can you…

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Oh I do like to be beside the seaside…

in Margate circa 1913. Today we have been experimenting using charcoal for the first time. We have looked at black and white photographs from seaside holidays of the past and then tried to recreate these using charcoal. What do you think? I was really impressed with the children’s perseverance and…

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Phonics Screening check

I am very proud of all the year 1s that took part in Phonics Screening Check this week, as well as the year 2s taking their recheck. A few parents have been asking whether or not their child has passed. Unfortunately we do not yet know the threshold mark and…

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