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  In English we are learning to change the learnt story of ‘Peace at Last’ by Jill Murphy. Last week we created a class version of the story, changing our whole class story map. Both Lion class and Panther class changed the Bear family to a Fox Family. We even went one step further and …

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We hope you enjoyed ‘Cycle to School Week’ last week as much as we did! Miss Bates also joined you, cycling from Saint Albans. We saw so many of you- even the rain didn’t stop us! How You Can Help: Can you try a new bike route with your family in the local area (this …

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We are very excited to welcome back the Merry Hill Manners Table! We are always on the look out for children using good manners. This month we have spotted children in all the classes being polite. Crina was chosen to sit on the manners table because she is always helpful around the classroom and always …

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Following on from their learning about the human body in Science, Year One have been learning about the five senses. This week the children investigated different several activities in the classroom to discover and discuss which senses they were using. We all had a lot of fun! We tasted lemon, we smelled mint leaves, felt …

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Over the next couple of weeks, in English, we will be learning to recognise and join in with predictable phrases from a familiar text. Our book at the moment is ‘Peace at Last’ by Jill Murphy. This week we have started by reading ‘Peace at Last’ and learning the story of Mr Bear- who tries …

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This term we are continuing the children’s fine motor skills they learnt in Reception, during Fiddly Fingers. We do this first thing every morning, before the register and it is a great chance to get our fingers warmed up and our muscles ready for holding a pencil! Some of our activities have been: pre-writing our …

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