This week Nursery have been learning about the story behind Chinese New Year, “The Great Race”.
We made a list of some of the animals in the race and I could not be prouder of the children and their process in mark making.
Here is a selection from Anais, Dylan, Alice, Georgie, Layla and Olivia. Well done everyone!
What an amazing day the Foundation Stage Children have had today!
We have been lucky enough to visit Santa in his workshop. We were given tests to become special elf helpers including delivering presents, making decorations and bird feeders whilst drinking delicious hot chocolate.
Here are some pictures of our special day.
On Monday, Nursery and Reception had their Christmas Party!
We had a fantastic time dancing and playing games. The children enjoyed sharing some party food and we even had a visit from a very special person!
What an amazing performance the Foundation Stage children gave us all this morning. The singing was fantastic and they had worked so hard to remember all of their lines.
Here are a few photographs of the outstanding actors.
I just wanted to let you know our GRAND TOTAL from the Toy fair on Friday.
This year we have raised ….£453.61
Thank you so much for all of your donations and your kind support, the money will be used to fund the pantomime and other Christmas activities.
All of the children in Nursery and Reception have been exploring the indoor and outdoor classroom to begin their Marsden journey. The children are all settled in and are showing a real love for learning already.
Here are few pictures to show the children learning through exploration.
Tomorrow is the day we add more children to our Marsden family. Everyone in the Foundation Stage is so excited to see all of the new starters in their smart uniform.
As well as the new children, we are adding someone else to our team, a new class pet! Our gecko has had her bath, packed her bag and can’t wait to move into the Nursery classroom.
There’s only one problem… She doesn’t have a name yet. Can you help think of a name? Leave a comment with your suggestion on the post.
See you all tomorrow 😃
On Monday we came together to celebrate achievement across the school and recognise specific children for outstanding achievement. This year our awards were divided into three categories:
* Pride & Presentation
* Progress
* Positive Behaviour
All of the staff spent many hours agonising over the choices and discussing all of the positive aspects of every child. Eventually the decisions were made and the children stood in front of the whole school to accept their awards.
Each child got a book, specially chosen for them, and a special Marsden medal to remember their achievements long into the future.
So, the winners were:
Pride and Presentation:
Nursery AM—Lily-Mae McLaughlin
Nursery PM—Lucas Houston-Hoggarth
Reception—Anya Thomson
Year 1 — Evie Morris
Year 2 — Emily Watson
Year 3 — Alania Ebanks
Year 4 — Alanna McGee
Year 5 — Jessica Juby
Year 6—Amelia Skevington
Progress:
Nursery AM—Rhys Chatterton
Nursery PM—James Barton
Reception—Lainee McGee
Year 1 — Liam Nicholson
Year 2 — Tristan Lee
Year 3 — Shay Hicks
Year 4 — Willow Halliday
Year 5 — Owen Dunn
Year 6 — Lily Brian
Positive Behaviour:
Nursery AM—Phoebe Tate
Nursery PM—Grace Barton
Reception—Sam Ralston
Year 1 — Gabriel Wastell
Year 2 — Alex Hedley
Year 3 — Elizabeth Moore
Year 4 — Deacon Mackie
Year 5 — Grace Graham
Year 6 — Taylor Wright
Well done to all of the winners. You deserve the praise!
Netball – Year 5
Football – Year 5
100% Attendance
Year 6
Year 5
Year 4
Year 3
Year 2
Year 1
Receeption
Nursery AM
Foundation Stage had a fantastic time on our visit to St Mary’s Lighthouse and the Blue Reef Aquarium. After learning all about ‘Under the Sea’ at school, we enjoyed looking at the sea creatures and even got to touch a starfish, sea urchin and crab in the touch pool. We spent the morning on the beach, searching in the rock pools and some of us were lucky enough to find a lobster! We then enjoyed our dinner on the grass overlooking the sea, before going back on the coach to the aquarium, where we saw otters, clown fish and many other sea creatures. Foundation Stage staff would like to thank all of our reception parents and grandparents for making our visit possible and we would like to thank our nursery parents and grandparents for joining us on the trip. We hope you enjoyed the day as much as we did!
