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- Reception – Down on the Farm.
Reception have had the best time at Hall Hill Farm. We met some great animals, learnt some very interesting facts,… Read more: Reception – Down on the Farm. - Reception – Fairy Tales Topic…
Reception class have thoroughly enjoyed their topic of Fairy tales. We have investigated what kings and queens are, where they… Read more: Reception – Fairy Tales Topic… - Reception- Our journey to space…
Our new term has started off with the out of this world topic of SPACE. 🪐The children have embraced all… Read more: Reception- Our journey to space… - Bronze award for spelling progress Spring 2
Congratulations to our fantastic bronze award spellers this half term (100% correct spelling assessments over 5 weeks). Well done. Congratulations… Read more: Bronze award for spelling progress Spring 2 - Reception- 4 little ducks.
Wow, what an amazing few weeks we have had in Reception. The children have had the chance to observe Ducklings… Read more: Reception- 4 little ducks. - World Book Day 2026
World Book Day 2026 has been a great success, and I would like to thank everyone for the effort and… Read more: World Book Day 2026 - Reception Lunar New Year
As part of Understanding the World Reception have spent a lot of time learning about the traditions of Lunar New… Read more: Reception Lunar New Year - Reception – Supertato
Reception class have loved reading the story of Supertato. They produced some wonderful super veggies themselves and some great writing… Read more: Reception – Supertato - Star pupils and Handwriting heroes
Congratulations to our amazing star pupils and handwriting heroes. We are so proud of your hard work and determination. - Book Fair
Wow, many thanks for your generous support for our school book fair last month. We raised an amazing £306.31 towards… Read more: Book Fair - Reception -Nutty race.
Over the past few weeks we have been doing a lot of work around our new class text The Squirrels… Read more: Reception -Nutty race. - Scholastic Book Fair
A great start to our book fair this morning. The children thoroughly enjoyed coming into school early with their parents… Read more: Scholastic Book Fair - ‘Read all about it!’
Mrs. Pinnella Noble and our school council met a couple of weeks ago to discuss which titles and genres were… Read more: ‘Read all about it!’ - Scholastic Book Fair
Thank you to everyone who visited our book fair over the course of the 3 days. What a huge success!… Read more: Scholastic Book Fair - Reception-Down on the Farm.
Today Reception visited Hall Hill Farm, a fantastic place full of learning opportunities. The children learnt so much about the… Read more: Reception-Down on the Farm. - Year 2
THE DAY THE CRAYONS QUIT YEAR 2 WRITING - VE day poetry by Year 2
- Year 4 performance poetry
- Library visit…
Last week Reception enjoyed a trip down to our local library. We enjoyed sitting and listening to an Easter story… Read more: Library visit… - Reception, Easter Story.
This week in Reception we re-enacted the important story of Jesus and how he died for all of us on… Read more: Reception, Easter Story. - Year 2 World Book Day 2025
Year 2 had a fantastic time celebrating the world of books and reading for pleasure. They had secret readers, a… Read more: Year 2 World Book Day 2025 - Reception WBD
Reception had the best time on World Book Day this week. We all got into the spirit of fancy dress,… Read more: Reception WBD - BWCET Between the pages WBD events
Thank you to our BWCET colleagues for treating our children to a whole host of authors and illustrators over the… Read more: BWCET Between the pages WBD events - Reduce, Reuse and Recycle on World Book Day
A fantastic book swap afternoon. Thank you Mrs Pinnella Noble for organising this event and to our families for donating… Read more: Reduce, Reuse and Recycle on World Book Day - Reception Spring 1.
Wow, what a busy half term in Reception class. For understanding the world we have investigated ice and water, explored… Read more: Reception Spring 1. - Rap Poetry
The children created a vibrant rap poem inspired by the changing seasons, drawing from the rhythmic flow and vivid imagery… Read more: Rap Poetry - English
A big thank you to our school governors who were able to join us this morning. They enjoyed visiting English… Read more: English - Reception – learning about our feelings.
Our new class text is the classic story, Not Now Bernard. Our work on this text is all about our… Read more: Reception – learning about our feelings. - Year 5 visit to Live Tales, Newcastle
Year 5 had a fun-filled trip to Live Tales in Newcastle, where they worked collaboratively to create an introduction to… Read more: Year 5 visit to Live Tales, Newcastle - Ruth Miskin RWI certified school
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Latest News
Sports Day EYFS & KS1 2026
Another wonderful day for our EYFS and KS1 sports morning. The children were amazing and embraced the fun and competition side of the morning. Thankfully the weather was kind and great support from parents and grandparents made the event a great success.
Published: June 9, 2026
Year 5/6 Girls’ Football
Our Year 5/6 girls’ football team finished first in an 8 team football tournament this evening. The girls played fantastically as a team and can be so proud of themselves for how they represented our school. They won every game and were delighted to take home the trophy at the end. Well done!
Published: June 4, 2026
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