'People who are special to us.'

Reception went to visit the Co-op this week to look at the fruit and vegetables. We asked the staff lots of questions about where the fruit and vegetables come from and we all got an apple and an orange to eat back at school!

For Chinese New year, Reception and Nursery got together to share the wonderful things the children have been learning about Chinese culture. We performed dances, songs and parades with masks, dragons and instruments.

Reception are learning all about Chinese New Year this week. We will be role playing in our Chinese restaurant, tasting Chinese food and making dragons.

February got off to a fab start in Reception. On Monday and Tuesday morning, Reception had two successful Parents' morning. This time the focus was on Problem Solving, Reasoning, and Number. We had lots of fun numeracy games and activities for parents and children to explore inside the classroom, in the hall and outside. It was lots of fun!

Rachel Atkinson and Amanda Tweedy came in to share with the children of Winlaton West Lane, the fantastic work that this charity has done to raise money for children's hospitals in the North East. The children and staff of Winlaton West Lane were presented with a baton to inspire us to think of fun and silly ways we could raise money for this valuable charity.
Amanda Tweedy is a reception Mum and made her son Nathan very happy indeed when she came in to Reception to host a poster competition with Rachel. Any ideas for fundraising activities will be warmly welcomed!

In reception we have been reading the 'Gingerbread man' story and cooking gingerbread men!

In Reception we have been dinosaur detectives! We even thought a dinosaur had laid an egg in our classroom...but it turned out to be an Ostrich egg. Ethan and Emily found that out, well done!

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Guess who came to visit us at our Christmas party ... Santa! we had a great dance and enjoyed lots of lovely food.

Reception were fantastic in their Christmas nativity! Well Done!

Thank you to all parents / carers who came along to our reading morning on Tuesday. We hope you found it useful.

Reception children had a great morning with their parents / carers last week. Adults supported their child in an area and then recorded with writing and pictures in their 'Me, my family and my world' books.

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We all dressed up in spotty / dotty clothes for children in need! Well done everyone!

Our PPA teacher is Mr Innerdale.

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Reception had fun at the library on Tuesday! We all got a book out to take home and we listened to the story of Mr Big.

Reception enjoyed a visit from the KS 2 children, sharing books and reading stories.

Our teacher is Miss Reid.

Our teaching assistant is Mrs Ashby.

Our teacher is Miss Potts.

Our teaching assistant is Mrs Ashby.

Dear Parents / Carers:
We would like to invite you to a 'Me, my family and my world' introduction morning on Tuesday 17th November. Please come into reception to support your child in an area of their choice. This would be a great opportunity for you to share with your child and we would like you to make a comment about what you do together during the session in their 'Me, my family and my world' book.
We hope that you can make it and look forward to sharing the morning with you.
Foundation Stage Team

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We all had a fantastic time at the Foundation Stage Halloween party.

We raised £136.00 towards our exciting Outdoor Classroom Project. Thankyou for your generosity.

In Reception we enjoyed our Halloween Party! We all got dressed up in fancy dress, had Halloween Party food and played Halloween games! The money raised from our fancy dress went towards our outdoor classroom fundraising. Well done!

Foundation Stage (nursery and reception) had a fantastic day at Tynemouth on our school trip to the Blue Reef Aquarium!

We learnt some French phrases, ate croissants and had the French flag painted on our face!

Nous avons appris quelques expressions françaises, avons mangé des croissants et avions le drapeau français a retouché notre visage!

Reception had an exciting day during our school trip to Whitehouse farm on Friday the 13th March 2009!

Reception enjoyed learning about Chinese New Year! They tasted Chinese food, made dragon masks and lanterns, carried out a dragon dance and played in the Chinese restaurant.

Reception enjoyed their reward of cheerleading. They danced, jumped and chanted to the music along with their pompoms!

The children had a great time in their nativity play Born in Bethlehem. They all looked fantastic and remembered their lines. There was only a little bit of stagefright on the day! Well done Reception.