I hope you’re enjoying a lovely weekenddespite the weather!! I just wanted to let you know a little about our first week back after the holidays. Our new topic will be SPACE , where the children will be learning some exciting basics such as: What space is like Planets, stars, the moon and the sun Rockets and astronauts Our story focus for the first week will be Aliens Love Underpants  by Claire Freedman. The children will be designing and describing their own pants and aliens

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Due to the WPSA Spring Fling Disco , the club will not run. Premier Education will issue a credit note for those children enrolled in the club. The last session for the Spring term will be Friday 20th March. The club will resume again for the Summer term, details of which will follow later when the timetable is published.

Our final trip Around the Wonderful World takes us to China , where we will be celebrating Chinese New Year – the Year of the Horse . Throughout the week, the children will be immersed in learning about Chinese New Year traditions and cultural aspects through a range of exciting activities. In maths, we will be comparing quantities using lucky red envelopes . Our story focus, The Great Race  by Emily Hiles , will help the children understand why the Chinese New Year animals

Next week we will be learning all about Australia . Our story focus will be Fluffles  by Vita Murrow . This is a lovely story about a brave koala bear, and it will help us explore themes of courage and adventure. Alongside this, we will be learning about different types of weather and comparing animals in Australia with those found in the UK. To support our learning, we are on the hunt for: Old newspapers  for an art project Any Australian artefacts , such as cork hats/boome

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This week we will be exploring the fruits featured in Handa's Surprise on Friday . If there are any changes in allergies please do let us know.

Next week, we are taking a trip to India! 🌏 Our story focus will be Hello World, I am Deepu  by Shalu Sharma. This book follows a young boy, Deepu, as he shares his everyday life in India. Through his experiences, the children will be introduced to Indian culture, traditions and celebrations, encouraging curiosity and respect for cultural diversity. We will explore the rich culture and religions found across India, looking at similarities and differences. The children will l

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Our Journey to Kenya 🌍 Next week, our classroom will be full of excitement as we travel to Kenya in Africa through the beautiful story Handa’s Surprise  by Eileen Browne. The story tells us about Handa,'s journey while carrying a basket of bright, tasty fruits on her head to meet her friend, Akeyo. On her journey, some cheeky African animals sneak a fruit each, making the story fun, surprising and full of smiles. We will be learning all about life in Kenya and will compare i

Lift Explores day- 12th January As a trust we are taking part in a local Georgaphy and History Project. Session 1 - EYFS History Learning – Toys from the Past and Present As part of our learning about the past and the present , we are asking for your support. Please send your child in with (on 12th January): One “old” toy  This should be a toy that used to belong to a parent or grandparent  when they were younger. 👉 If the original toy is very old, fragile, or no longer avai

Welcome back, Acorns and Conkers! We hope you all had a wonderful Christmas, and we can’t wait to hear about your festive adventures. This week, we’re diving into the start of a brand new year. Our story focus is The Magical Yet  by Angela DiTerlizzi, a beautiful reminder of how adding the word “yet”  can turn a challenge into a chance to grow. For the rest of this half term, we’ll be travelling around the world together! We’ll be saying Hola to Spain, sharing the joy of a Hi

Now that all the Nativity plays are complete and our first full term has come to an end, we just wanted to say how incredibly proud we are of all the children. They have settled into school life so well, adapted beautifully to new rules and routines, and shown us just how resilient, kind, and capable they are. What a fantastic start to their school journey! We hope you all have an amazing Christmas break, filled with special moments and family time. We can’t wait to hear all

In the New Year, we are looking to build a Reading Army to help support our EYFS children with their reading practise in school. Regular reading is incredibly important for young children. It helps to develop language, confidence, comprehension, and a love of books, all of which are key foundations for learning across the curriculum. Spending even a short time reading with an adult can make a huge difference to a child’s progress. We would love to hear from parents, grandpare

With photos from EYFS and Year 1 plays/concerts.

End of Term Updates As we approach the end of the term, please see a few important updates below. PE and Independence Skills Over the Christmas period , please support your child to practise taking off and putting on their own shoes and socks . Next term, our PE focus will be dance and gymnastics , and for some lessons the children will not be wearing shoes. Developing this independence will really support smooth transitions during PE sessions. Spare Clothes If your child has

We've had a few emails regarding the timings for the post box walk this Thursday- We will be starting at 1pm with one class and then roughly 1:45pm for the other class- We will require helpers to walk with both classes if this is possible. Unfortunately, we are unable to take helpers with younger siblings due to safety reasons. Thank you for your support.

✨ Wow, what an amazing term it has been!  ✨ We are drawing to the end of our very first term with our little cherubs, and they have settled into school so fantastically. All of the EYFS staff are incredibly proud of the wonderful progress they have made! We finish this term with the fantastic festive story The Christmas sELFIE Contest  by Rosie Greening and Clare Fennell - a fun tale about a cheeky elf who becomes obsessed with taking the perfect selfie, but soon realises tha

This will be published on Tuesday 16th December with photos from EYFS and Year 1 plays/concerts.

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