We’ve had a fantastic start to the term! At the beginning of the week, we explored the Feast of Epiphany, delving into its significance and traditions. We also celebrated the Feast of St. Adrian, taking time to research his life and draw meaningful lessons from his inspiring work.
Nursery – 10.01.2025
Welcome back and a very Happy New Year!
I hope you all had a lovely Christmas break and a well deserved rest, it takes a while to get back into the swing of things!
The children very much enjoyed seeing each other this week, talking about what they did over the Christmas break to us and their friends – we would love to see photos of what you got up to over Christmas – Please upload to Tapestry so we can share in class.
Reminders
All children need a hat, gloves and a scarf for outside play.
Please put cutlery in lunch boxes if they have a yoghut/rice/spaghetti or something else that requires fork or a spoon.
Please can all bookbags have a small keyring attached to the handle so the children can identify their own bookbag when getting ready to go home.
Application for reception places are now open, you need to apply online and fill out a supplementary form. The deadline is Wednesday 15th January.
Important Dates
Friday 17th January – Reading Morning 08:45 – 09:00 in nursery classroom.
Monday 27th January – INSET day – School Closed
Monday 17th – Friday 21st February – Half Term
Have a lovely weekend.
Miss Taylor
Reception – Merry Christmas!
20.12.24
Welcome to our last blog of 2024!
It is hard to believe that we have completed a full term of school. It has been such a pleasure to get to know everyone.
This week we enjoyed a lovely Grandparents tea morning and we even went again on the stage to perform our favourite songs from ‘Mary’s Knitting’.
We also baked delicious cookies and made an exceptional hot chocolate with cream on top! We had lots of fun guessing our KKs and receiving our presents.
Thank you very much for your generosity this Christmas and thank you for your massive support this term. The amazing progress the children have made is really showing your dedication and effort.
And Finally….
Finally, it is goodbye to 2024. A very important year for all of you who have had a child start ‘big school’.
Merry Christmas and Happy New Year.
I hope you have a wonderful time over the break.
See you in 2025!
Mrs Solakova
Nursery – 20.12.2024
This week the children enjoyed having their grandparents and family members in to help them with some arts and crafts and to listen to the Christmas songs that they performed at their Nativity. Thank you so much for coming.
Miss Rowson and I would like to thank you all for the lovely cards, gifts and Christmas wishes we have received, we hope you have a lovely Christmas and a well earned break. The children have worked very hard this term and we are very proud of how far they have come since September.
Please could all bookbags have a keyring on them so children can identify them when getting ready for home time.
In January we will start going up to the library. The children will be taking their book bags so can you make sure that they are emptied each week so they are easier for the children to carry up. The children will not bring home a book on the first day back as I know they will want to spend time chatting and playing with their friends so we will start going the following week.
Recption Applications
The deadline for applying for a Reception place at St.Adrians is 15th January. You need to apply online and fill in a supplementary form and hand into the office.
Important Dates
Monday 6th January – School Closed – INSET Day
Tuesday 7th January – First day back – 08:45am
Friday 10th January – Reading Morning, 08:45 – 09:00 in Nursery classroom.
Monday 27th January – School Closed – INSET Day
Monday 17th- Friday 21st February – Half Term
Friday 4th April – Last Day of Spring Term – 1:30pm Finish
Wishing all Nursery families a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.
See you in 2025!
Miss Taylor
Year 2 are ready for Christmas
We have had a lovely December and enjoyed many events while journeying through Advent in preparation for the celebration of Jesus’s birth on Christmas Day!
The Year 5 children led the class brilliantly in a celebration of the Word that focussed on Advent and the meaning of this important season.
A creative group called Electric Umbrella came to school to lead us in song and it was a great way to celebrate diversity and have fun together.
Rock Steady performed their Christmas concert and we all thoroughly enjoyed joining in with the Christmas tunes.
Finally, Father Christmas found out that we had all been nice, not naughty this year and so deserved a visit from him during our Christmas party day. What a smashing way to get ready for Christmas. Merry Christmas everyone and we wish you a very Happy New Year!
Reception – A week full of festivities!
13.12.24
Congratulations to all children for a brilliant performance! What a treat it was to watch them perform so amazingly, singing songs and acting. All the hard work has paid off and I am sure you will all agree that they were absolutely smashing! Well done EYFS!!!
Big round of applause for our excellent shepherds and wise man!
A big round of applause for fantastic Mary and Joseph and narrators!
A big round of applause for smashing stable animal, innkeepers, angel and Bethlehem star!
A big round of applause for superb sheep!
Friday was another fun day. Christmas jumper day was definitely a hit and the children really enjoyed the special meal. The dining hall looked amazing and you could hear a lovely festive music :).
And finally … We’ve had a special visitor. Someone who came all the way from North pole. Can you guess?
Well done…it is Santa. The children were very kind to him. They gave him some milk and cookies and sang christmas songs!
Dates to remember:
Grandparents Christmas Carols and Tea – Monday 16.12.24 at 09:30 am
Term finishes 13:30 on Friday 20 December
Spring term starts on Tuesday 7th January 2025
Mrs Solakova
Nursery – 13.12.2024
What a week it has been! At the start of the week we spent a lot of the time in the hall rehearsing for our Christmas Nativity and they were all superstars on Wednesday morning when they finally got to show you what they have been working on – the children were fantastic!
This week we talked about the Nativity story a lot. I read the story and used the characters to act it out – as I read, the children sang the songs from our Nativity.
Today we dressed up in our best Christmas clothes
And then we had a surprise visitor….
Thank you for the yummy chocolate treats Santa!
Please remember to bring your Kris Kringle presents in on Monday if you haven’t done so already.
The children have worked so hard this week and Miss Rowson and I are so proud of them, here’s to the last week 🙂
Looking forward to Grandparents Tea and Carols on Monday – Please arrive at the office at 09:30. If a grandparent is unable to make it a parent or other family member is able to come!
Have a lovely weekend
Miss Taylor
It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas!
We have been busy, getting creative, this week in DT. Learning to use a pattern and to sew using blanket and running stitches, we have all made a felt stocking to hang on our tree.
Next week, we will be applying our skills to create a tree decoration of our own design!
It’s beginning to feel a bit like Christmas in year 4…
The baubles the children have decorated and brought in look stunning on the Advent promises display. The Kris Kringles are accumulating at the Christmas tree and it’s very tempting to have a squeeze and try to guess what is in each one. It’s also a time for showing little acts of kindness which can cheer up the chilly, damp days.
In RHE the children have been learning about how they are all unique and that God is always there for them. Everyone is born to love, to be loved and to make a difference. Here the children are singing to song for this topic.
We have also been practising carols for the grandparents’ tea next week. We’re looking forward to seeing grandparents and any other relatives on that day.
The children all looked amazing and festive in their Christmas jumpers – every one was different!
Thank you very much to Luisa, Serena’s Mum, who came into class in her capacity as a dentist to share knowledge of teeth cleaning and hygiene. The children crunched a blue “plaque reveal” tablet to show where old and new plaque was on their teeth; and then cleaned it off. Luisa shared lots of important information about how to avoid sugar and how to keep teeth strong throughout a lifetime. What she told us married with what we found out in our investigation this week – Coca-cola erodes the layers of teeth and so does orange juice, because of the sugar and acids in them.
