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Week commencing 27th January 2020 - Lindfield.

Week commencing 27th January 2020 - Lindfield.

Welcome to this week’s blog post. We hope you enjoy reading about our week and we look forward to your comments. On Monday we celebrated Chinese New Year, we made lanterns and ate Chinese food for lunch. We learned that it is the year of the Rat. Some of us can even wish you Happy New Year in Chinese. "Prawn crackers are soo yummy!" We have enjoyed reading ‘Owl babies’ this week and have done some amazing owl crafts. We made some hand prints and when they dried we decorated t

Week commencing 20th January 2020 - Lindfield.

Week commencing 20th January 2020 - Lindfield.

Welcome to this week's blog post. We hope you have had a great week, we certainly have. We enjoyed lots of fun adventures and did lots of experiments this week. We explored shaving foam which was spread out on our table. It felt so soft and squidgy. "It's like snow Mrs Franks!" "It smells like my Daddy." "Can I take it home?" Jane came to help us make some clay models. We made something rather special. Here are a few clues ... His eyes are orange, his tongue is black and hes

Week commencing January 13th - Westmeston

Week commencing January 13th - Westmeston

Our book for last week was The Little Red Hen. We read the story then, in small groups, acted it out using sensory resources. We had fun choosing which characters to be and taking it in turns to say our lines, '“Not I” said the cat!' One group had the wonderful independent idea to retell the story for a second time, but this time the animals did help the Little Red Hen to make bread and they all shared it at the end. What wonderfully kind and thoughtful children we have at Ac

Week commencing 13th January 2020 - Lindfield.

Week commencing 13th January 2020 - Lindfield.

Welcome Back Everyone. Apologies if this blog post is a little bit later than expected. The first two weeks of term have flown by, it’s hard to believe we are in to week three already. Thank you to everyone who has returned their new term paperwork. The staff use your paperwork to help them complete a new term’s profile for your child, the sooner we get them back - the sooner they can start planning for your child’s learning journey. We always have some printed copies on han

Week commencing 6th January - Westmeston

Week commencing 6th January - Westmeston

It was so lovely to see all of our friends after the Christmas holidays and to hear about what everyone has been up to. We started off the year by investigating our surroundings and searching for signs of spring. We made some very interesting discoveries - lichen, primroses, daffodil and crocus shoots and new buds on trees. We noticed that our favourite hiding tree is no longer much good for hiding in! We'll have to wait for the spring leaves to grow. We enjoyed lots of outdo