Year R had lots of fun building snowmen.

Our Nursery and Reception classes performed their Christmas Nativity today and were spectacular. Not a dry eye in the house!

At the start of our Advent RE topic, Preparations, Reception Class thought about how important it is to prepare well every day. They made timelines to show how they prepare to come to school. They had to think carefully about the order of events - don't put your shoes on before you get out of bed!

Today, the whole school wore blue to make a visible commitment that we are not prepared to tolerate bullying.
In our Pastoral groups, we wrote prayerto ask God to keep us safe and happy.

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Reception Class visited St Alban's Church as part of their work on Baptism. They looked at the font, the altar and the lectern.

Reception have been investigating the weather. They have listened to the rain, explored materials, made sun reflectors and waited for wind to fly their kites! For more photographs visit the gallery.

As part of the topic Ourselves we have set up a hairdressers in our classroom. The children have been very busy experimenting with different hairstyles!

Year R and Year 6 have had fun getting to know each other Together, they looked at story books, played in the sand, worked on the computer, danced to some top tunes, worked tirelessly at the hairdressers and even hid in a box! Year R and Year 6 are going to be great friends.

Reception have made animal sculptures based on the Spanish traditional tale "The Little Vain Mouse"

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Reception visited Tynemouth Toy Museum and discovered lots of old toys from the past.

We headed to the beach for lunch and had a sandcastle competition.  Look in the Gallery for more photos of the trip.

Year R worked with Dora Bear learning how to cross the road safely.

During the Easter hoidays a new interactive whiteboard was installed in the Reception classroom. The children returned to the surprise and have been busy having fun using it.

Over the past six weeks children from Year 4 have been working on Easter crafts after school. Today they have all taken home their very own "pompom chick". They should be very proud of themselves. Well done!

Smile!

Year Reception and Year 1 had a fantastic time making and eating pancakes. Yum! Though, it was possibly Mrs Straughan who broke the record for the number of pancakes made and tossed!
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Reception have been learning about keeping safe near roads. Click on Gallery to view more photographs of the visit.

Despite the cold conditions Reception managed to get five minutes of fun in the snow.
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Following the story of Hansel and Gretel we built a house from cake, biscuits and sweets. All the children were involved in the making and EATING of our sweet house!

During our investigation of sticks as a house building material, we explored ways of joining using glue, string, tape and blu tak.

As part of our topic 'Homes' we have explored the houses made by the three little pigs.

Well done to all Nursery and Reception children who performed so well during their Nativity play.
The acting and costumes were siperb!

Year Nursery, Year Reception, Year 1 and Year 2 are all putting the finishing touches to their Nativity plays. We can hardly wait to see them!

At St. Alban's, the children in Year R and Year 6 develop a close friendship through the 'buddy system'. All children really enjoyed the Year 6 visit to Foundation Stage, where everyone had fun getting to know one another.

The children in Reception class have started full time school. We are looking forward to an exciting year of learning.

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In Reception Class we listened to the story of Jesus and the children using Godly Play. The children then explored the story using the Godly Play figures and a storyboard. See our Gallery for more photographs.

Every Wednesday, our Foundation Stage have a Book Day. It is wonderful to have so many of our parents joining us to share stories.