Image of We have been learning the oo sound in monster phonics!
11 January 2022

We have been learning the oo sound in monster phonics!

Reception have been learning about the oo sound with cool blue in phonics this week. We have been reading words and sentences with the oo sound, writing words with the oo sound and we read Jack and the Beanstalk with lots of words with the oo sound in too. 
We have also been read tricky words…

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10 January 2022

Lost and Found!

We found a huge penguin in class one this morning! He delivered a story called Lost and Found. We read it and found out that the penguin wanted to make new friends! We have created our own penguins today using pastels and paint. We have been founding out about king penguins in the South Pole and…

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7 January 2022

We made bird feeders in outdoor learning today!

We have been learning about winter this week. We also had a robin visit us in class one! We talked about how to care for birds over winter. We created our own bird feeders using cereal and put bird seed around the outdoor area to care for them.

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5 January 2022

Nursery have been learning about rhyme!

Nursery enjoyed learning more about rhyme today! We used the pictures to find the rhyme “A witch on a switch.” “A dog on a log!” We thought of some more rhymes along the way for example “a dog and a frog on a log!” We also read Shark in the Park! We loved the story! We identified and completed…

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4 January 2022

Monster Phonics Parent Webinars

Here are the links to the next Monster Phonics Parent webinars. These are an excellent way of finding out more about our phonics scheme Monster Phonics and how your child will be taught to read at St Mary's. 

Please see the links below. Click on the date that is suitable for you and sign up to…

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16 December 2021

Next half term in class one!

We have had a wonderful Autumn term in Class One full of lots of exciting learning and experiences! Well done Class One! You have flown like eagles.

Next half term we are going to be welcoming more children into Class One. We are very excited to make new friends and to show leadership as we…

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15 December 2021

We had a super time at the theatre!

We enjoyed the Mince Pie Mice performance at the Lichfield Garrick today! We behaved beautifully! There was lots of super participation throughout and we had a super time!

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9 December 2021

All aboard the Christmas train!

We used our creative skills to build a Christmas train and role play being aboard the Polar Express! 

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9 December 2021

Making Christmas cards!

We have been using our creative skills and creating Christmas cards to give to our family. 

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3 December 2021

We got mail from Santa!

Santa sent us some very special letters today! We were so excited that he wrote back to us! 

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30 November 2021

Telling the story of the first Christmas!

Class one have been learning about ‘Why do Christian people put on a Nativity at Christmas?’ We know it is to celebrate and tell the story of Jesus coming to Earth and bringing joy to the World. We know he is a very special baby sent by God! We have listened to the story, sequenced the story and…

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29 November 2021

Drawing the nativity scene in the sand!

One of our reception children chose to draw the Nativity Story stable scene in the sand today! Amazing creativity! 

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