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St. Margaret Mary's Feast Day, by Miss Howells

Date: 19th Oct 2018 @ 3:36pm

To celebrate St.Margaret Mary's Feast Day we gathered together to enjoy a little feast of our own. We really enjoyed our cakes and juice!

Just Youth , by Miss Howells

Date: 16th Oct 2018 @ 12:17pm

Today, we had a visit from Just Youth. We learned about Our Lady St. Margaret Mary in preperation for her Feast Day. We now know that she was a nun and a very kind and loving lady. We spoke about how we can be kind and loving to our peers and adults around us. We spoke about what makes a saint and other saints in Christianity. We were each given a picture of a saint to colour in. We had a lovely time. Thank you for your visit!

Baking Hedgehog Bread, by Miss Howells

Date: 5th Oct 2018 @ 4:01pm

To celebrate Harvest we have made hedgehog bread. We began by mixing ingredience, kneading the dough and shaping the dough into hedgehog shapes. Once proved, we then used scissors to create the spikes for our hedgehog. We asked Mrs Doyle if we could use her oven and we left it to bake. We are very happy with how they have turned out, we hope they taste nice too!

Gardening for Harvest, by Miss Howells

Date: 5th Oct 2018 @ 3:53pm

On Thursday, we invited parents to join us for our gardening session. During our gardening session we talked about Harvest and discussed that the fruit and vegetables need water and sunlight to grow. We took turns digging and planting bulbs in the bed in our EYFS unit. We planted onions, radishes and daffodils. Thank you for joining us, we had lots of fun!

Police Visit, by Miss Howells

Date: 25th Sep 2018 @ 6:37pm

This term our topic is 'People Who Help Us' and we were very lucky to be visited by a policeman. He spoke about all the different ways he helps people in our community such as helping lost people and controlling traffic. We even got to see and go into his police car! 

Thank you for your visit.

Autumn, by Miss Howells

Date: 25th Sep 2018 @ 6:32pm

This week we have been learning about our current season, Autumn. We have talked about autumnal colours, yellow, red, orange and brown. We have noticed that some of the leaves have already turned these colours and have fallen to the ground. We have been using our senses on autumn walks around the school. We felt the leaves crunch in our hands, we heard the wind blowing and we smelt the lovely hot dinners from the canteen. We collected some leaves along the way to create textured hedgehogs :)

Rosh Hashanah, by Miss Howells

Date: 25th Sep 2018 @ 8:30am

In Reception, we talked about the Jewish festival Rosh Hashanah. We discussed why Jewish people celebrate it and we even tried the Jewish tradition of honey and apples. 

Meeting Our Buddies, by Miss Howells

Date: 25th Sep 2018 @ 8:24am

Each Reception child has been paired up with a Year 6 buddy to be their friend and look after them in school, especially in our assemblies. Year 6 visited our Reception children to get to know them and brought with them some lovely 'Welcome' cards which they have been busy making.

EYFS Displays 2017-2018, by Miss Howells

Date: 16th Jul 2018 @ 12:23pm

Here are some of our displays from this year. 

Butterflies , by Miss Howells

Date: 9th Jul 2018 @ 3:36pm

This term our topic has been mini beasts. We brought some caterpillars into school to watch how they changed over time. We saw how they made a cocoon and finally became butterflies. We set them free into our Forest School, the children loved seeing them up close! 

Gamelan Workshop, by Miss Howells

Date: 27th Jun 2018 @ 12:25pm

Today we were lucky enough to take part in an Indonesian music workshop as part as of South East Asia project. We learnt how to follow patterns to make different tunes.  We really enjoyed playing the instruments,especially the gongs! 

EYFS Sports day 13.06.18, by Mrs Smith

Date: 13th Jun 2018 @ 2:41pm

Well done to all of the children in the EYFS for taking part in our sports day, they were all fantastic and learnt lots of new skills, a great afternoon was had by all.

Thank you to all of the parents and friends of St Margaret Mary's who came to watch us.

The Royal Wedding Celebrations, by Miss Howells

Date: 17th May 2018 @ 4:22pm

This week in Reception, we have been really excited about the royal wedding. We have learnt what a wedding is and why people get married. We have based our big book on weddings by reading The Scarecrow's Wedding and have wrote lists of things you need just like in the story. We have even written invitations to our friends and family inviting them to watch the royal wedding. For this activity we have learnt who is getting married, where they will be getting married, on what date and the time. During our choosing time we have been busy making our own crowns and designing cakes and dresses. To end the day, we gathered together with our new crowns and asked and answered questions about the royal wedding ready for the big day. We are so excited! 

Miss Howells' Collective Worship , by Miss Howells

Date: 11th May 2018 @ 3:35pm

Today we held a collective worship all about friends. We talked about how to be a good friend and how we could help children in different situations. We reflected on how we could be a kind friend everyday. We finished by singing the song 'Jesus is our best friend' because we know that he is always watching over us and caring for us. Thank you to everyone who came to join us :) 

St. George's Day, by Miss Howells

Date: 24th Apr 2018 @ 8:05am

In Reception, we have read the story of St. George and the dragon. We have discussed how we can follow in the footsteps of God like our patron Saint. To celebrate, we have looked at the English flag and created yummy biscuits to resemble it using icing and strawberry laces :) Delicious! 

Handa's Suprise Fruit Tasting, by Miss Howells

Date: 18th Apr 2018 @ 12:16pm

Our Big Book this week is Handa's Suprise. We had read the book but we were not familiar with the fruits in the story so we decided to do a food tasting session, rating the new fruits out if 5 stars. We then wrote about the fruits we liked and didn't like and why. We had fun exploring new flavours like mango, papaya, guava and avocado. 

Treasure Hunt , by Miss Howells

Date: 18th Apr 2018 @ 12:07pm

This week, we received a letter from Pirate Ron. Attached to the letter was a treasure map. Pirate Ron sent us on a treasure hunt to find the burried treasure. We took turns in directing our friends to the treasure using the arrows on the map. We were so excited to find chocolate coins!! 

EYFS Pirate Day, by Miss Howells

Date: 11th Apr 2018 @ 4:25pm

Our topic this term is pirates so we decided to invite our pirate friend Ron to hold an exciting day for the children in the EYFS. Our morning began with an interactive talk about pirates learning all about pirates and their adventures. We used our thinking brain to ask Pirate Ron lots of questions which we were bursting to know! Pirate Ron then told us a story about a princess who had her treasure stolen by cheeky pirates. We really enjoyed the puppet show and helping Pirate Ron keep the princess' treasure safe. In the afternoon, Nursery had lots of fun creating parrots and making repeating patterns on their new neckerchiefs. Reception spent the afternoon following Pirate Rons instructions by making their own pirate/mermaid hand puppets. They got really creative using lots of different materials. All of the children in the EYFS had a fantastic day and are really enthusiastic to learn even more about pirates in the next few weeks. Thank you Pirate Ron for your visit!

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Gardening with Miss Doyle, by Miss Howells

Date: 9th Apr 2018 @ 12:28pm

We have been outside with Miss Doyle planting our own flowers. We know that plants need sunlight and water to grow. We can't wait to see how tall they get. Thank you to parents and guardians who came to help :) 

Easter Cooking in Reception, by Miss Howells

Date: 9th Apr 2018 @ 12:18pm

We have been getting messy making nests for our mini Easter eggs. We enjoyed breaking, stiring and especially eating the chocolate when we got home. We talked about how and why things melt and what happens when they cool down.

The Easter Story, by Miss Howells

Date: 26th Mar 2018 @ 3:26pm

We have been learning about why we celebrate Easter. We have read The Easter Story and decided to act it out during our helicopter story session. 

Down Syndrome Awareness Day, by Miss Howells

Date: 23rd Mar 2018 @ 10:21am

In EYFS, we celebrated our differences by wearing odd socks! We wore socks of all different colours, patterns and lengths, to raise awarness :) 

St. Patrick's Super Learning Day, by Miss Howells

Date: 19th Mar 2018 @ 12:16pm

To celebrate St.Patrick's Day we had a whole afternoon to explore different Irish traditions. Some Year 2 children kindly came to show us how to do Irish dancing and then we had a go ourselves. We also made Irish flags, tasted some soda bread, and made some lovely St. Patrick's Day cards for our families.  

Reception Assembly, by Miss Howells

Date: 15th Mar 2018 @ 12:53pm

Over the past few weeks, we have been working really hard on our assembly which was all about how to be kind. We acted out the story of The Little Yellow Chicken, who has some unkind friends and explained that we want to be like the Little Yellow Chicken because she always kind and did things for others. We also showed how we can be a good friend in school situations by saying 'Yes' to helping and sharing. We are very proud of our assembly and will continue to be kind to our friends and family at school and at home. 

Thank you to all the parents and carers who came to watch us :)

New Life - our chicks hatch!, by Mrs Hall

Date: 8th Mar 2018 @ 10:59pm

Our special delivery of eggs arrived in the EYFS. They were kept in a cosy warm

incubator as mother hen was on the farm.

After waiting patiently, we saw the eggs begin to crack as the chicks were hatching.

At first the chicks were wet but soon dried to a fluffy yellow, then they began to grow 

feathers.  Each day they ate chick crumb and drank water too.

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