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16 January 2026

Programming a robot: buttons

We had great fun today exploring the buttons on the Beebot and Robot Mouse to give simple commands! 

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15 January 2026

Comparing animals

In Science we have been comparing animals. Do you know the difference between a reptile and amphibian? Which animal family has wings and a beak? Reception created some animal collages which stimulated discussion! 

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15 January 2026

Space

Our English text is “The Way Back Home” about meeting a new friend on the moon! We have had lots of exciting space-themed provision to explore! 

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18 December 2025

Year 1 Spelling Bee

Congratulations to the winner and runners-up of the first Spelling Bee heats. Who will represent Mary Howard at the TSSMAT finals in the summer? 

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18 December 2025

Party time!

Our Christmas party started with two special visitors!
We played lots of games and enjoyed our party snacks.

Merry Christmas from Maple class! 

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17 December 2025

Christmas lunch

Our Christmas lunch was delicious today! We enjoyed the crackers, ice-cream and singing The Twelve Days of Christmas together! 

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17 December 2025

The Nativity

An amazing morning in Church today bringing the nativity story to life! 
Everyone looked fantastic in their costumes and the singing was beautiful. Thanks to Oak and Willow for helping us with our performance! 

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12 December 2025

Panto fun!

We had a great time at St Andrew’s Church watching Rick Whittington! Lots of laughs and audience participation! 

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10 December 2025

Dear Santa

We used the story of “Dear Santa” to create our own pages for a class book.

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3 December 2025

Christmas Post Office

Our enhancements this week have a festive twist! The Christmas Post Office is now open and the children are busy in the office, working on the counter and pretending to be customers with their cards and parcels! 

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3 December 2025

Is it absorbent?

We have been investigating materials in our science lessons. This week, we were given a challenge to help Wise Wizard find a material to clean up some magic potion! We used the pipettes for the first time to make sure we used the same amount of water in our tests. We identified which materials…

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28 November 2025

The Great Fire of London workshop

We had an amazing morning going back in time to 1666 to investigate what happened in Pudding Lane. We used role play and collaborative games to understand the sequence of events, bringing everything to life. It was also our first time on the minibus which was really exciting! 

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