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  • 24/06/20

    Mrs Hirst's Challenge

    What a beautiful day it is. June was the month we were going to have STEM week - it’ll be back next year. So I thought we would have a few science and inventor challenges at home instead.  Today I thought it would be a good day for a scavenger hunt finding things made from different ma...
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  • 22/06/20

    Mrs Hirst's Challenge 8

    So what have you done today to make you feel proud? This weekend was the Summer Solstice, mid-summer which means we had the longest hours of daylight.  On Saturday we had 16 hours and 38 minutes of daylight which was fantastic!  It was a busy day, the sun shone for most of it and it was...
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  • 22/06/20

    Learning & Skills - Family Courses

    Learning & Skills have some excellent online courses coming up to help you and your children at home.  They have a range of courses, all of which you can do online, including; Family First Aid Helping in School Time for Books Parenting skills Positive Parenting 0-5 Posi...
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  • 19/06/20

    Mrs Hirst's Challenge 7

    Good afternoon everyone, I hope you are all well. Thanks so much for all your music suggestions, I’m going to have a great weekend listening to them.  It was also lovely to see the photos of how they made you feel some of you were so relaxed, others just wanting to dance. Today you...
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  • 19/06/20

    ‘Hold Still’ Year One!

    Yesterday the children took part in the National Oak Academy’s assembly where The Duchess of Cambridge spoke about acts of kindness and wellbeing. We also found out The Duchess and the National Portrait Gallery are hosting the community project Hold Still, where they are encouraging the nation...
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  • 18/06/20

    Mrs Hirst's Challenge 6

    We have had so many people sending in their entries to the challenges, it really is lovely to hear from you all! Today even more stones appeared on our ever growing chain of stones, thank you to all of you who contributed and for those who haven’t yet please do so if you can. Everyone stops...
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  • 17/06/20

    Mrs Hirst's Challenges No.5

    Well you certainly did make me smile yesterday - thank you. So today I have a quiz. I have taken some photos from around the school. Your challenge is to say what they are and where you would find them in school. Remember to check out our gallery to see some entries from the challenges...
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  • 17/06/20

    Child Mental Wellbeing Assembly

    The Duchess of Cambridge to lead an online assembly on mental wellbeing among children Tomorrow, the Duchess of Cambridge will lead an online assembly for the Oak National Academy during which she will speak about the importance of mental wellbeing among children.
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  • 16/06/20

    Mrs Hirst's Challenge 4

    Hello all, Today I was feeling a bit down- it is really not the same without you all back here. So I ate some chocolate but that didn’t really help at all. I then went to look at our growing chain of stones and that made me smile as they are so colourful and have been growing over the last...
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  • 15/06/20

    Mrs Hirst's Challenge 3

    Hello all of you out there, I hope you all had a lovely weekend. Today’s challenge requires you to be inventive and creative. Whether you have stockpiled toilet rolls or not, if you are anything like my household of 5 you are never far from an empty cardboard toilet roll.  So today...
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  • 12/06/20

    Daily Challenge Update

    It has been fantastic to see all the entries for the daily challenge, we have a few here on our website to share!
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  • 12/06/20

    Donations Wanted

    To help boost our provision for outdoor learning we are looking for some donations.  If you have any of the following spare and would like to donate please contact the school office. -tyres -logs -tree stumps -artificial grass  -bark chippings -large sticks / bamboo canes...
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