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🌱 Learning All About Life Cycles in Nursery! 🌿 We have some very busy little scientists in our nursery lately! 🧑🔬 Our current topic is all about how living things grow and change. 🦗✨ We have been incredibly lucky to watch our very own stick insects hatch and grow! The children have learned that these fascinating creatures only eat leaves, and they have been amazed to watch them shed their skin as they get bigger. 🫘🪴 To explore the plant world, we have also been learning what seeds need to grow. The children have rolled up their sleeves and planted some beans of their own! We can't wait to watch them sprout. What has been your child's favourite part of our life cycles topic so far? Let us know in the comments! 👇
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Does your child want to experience the magic of playing music in their very own band? We’ve partnered with Rocksteady to deliver in-school rock and pop band lessons, giving children the chance to play music with no experience needed! All instruments provided. Click here to sign up: https://www.rocksteadymusicschool.com/parents/
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☀️ Splashing into Capacity and Volume in Year 1! 💦 Our Year 1 mathematicians have been making a splash this week! To make the most of the gorgeous warm weather, we took our maths learning outdoors for some hands-on fun with capacity and volume. Working in teams, the children became measuring experts as they compared how much water different containers could hold. They practiced using key vocabulary like full, empty, nearly full and half full, all while developing their brilliant problem-solving and measuring skills. The best part? It was the perfect, refreshing way to cool off on a sunny day! 🌡️🕶️
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For children that are eligible, there are many Holiday Activity and Food programme (HAF) clubs running over the summer holidays. For those in receipt of benefit‑related free school meals HAF is a government scheme that provides funding for free school holiday provision, including healthy food and enriching activities. For more information about the clubs running near you, please see the link below: https://www.kent.gov.uk/education-and-children/schools/free-school-meals/holiday-activities-and-food-programme-haf/find-holiday-activities-and-food-programme-haf-activities-near-you
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Inclusive sport are delighted to announce that we are now taking bookings for their Summer Holiday Activity and Food Programme (HAF) in Margate. Margate Summer Camp details below: Venue: Drapers Mills St Peter's Footpath, Margate, Kent, CT9 2SP Time and Dates: 9.00am-3.00pm Monday 27th July-Thursday 30th July Monday 3rd August- Thursday 6th August Monday 10th August- Thursday 13th August Monday 17th August- Thursday 20th August Those entitled to a free space can use the Evoucher system to book a space. For paid places please use the below link https://activities.bookpebble.co.uk/activity/inclusive-sport-margate-summer-camp-margate-4845e76f-f5bf-4a17-ab0f-d3e33e966adb
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🐛✨ From tiny caterpillars to beautiful butterflies! ✨🦋 Our brilliant Year 1 students have been working as real-life scientists over the last few weeks! They have been closely observing the incredible life cycle of butterflies right in their classroom. Here is what they got up to: 🐛The Caterpillar Stage: Watching them grow bigger and bigger every day. 👀The Chrysalis Stage: Waiting patiently while the magic happened behind the scenes. 🦋The Big Reveal: Excitement filled the room as they finally emerged as stunning butterflies! After spending a few days observing their new winged friends and learning how to care for them, Year 1 said their final goodbyes and released them into the wild today! 🌸👋
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🌟 Spreading Love and Kindness in EYFS! 🌟 Our continuous provision has been filled with so much warmth this week as our youngest learners choose to write about what really matters to them: their school, their friends, and their teachers! 💖 From carefully written names, to leaving sweet notes for their teachers and writing "I love school" in the writing area, our children are using their phonics skills to spread pure joy. Seeing them independently express their happiness and gratitude through their writing is truly special. It shows not just how much they are growing as writers, but what a caring school community they are building. Take a look at some of these heart warming, independent messages from our provision this week!
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📢 Attention Parents & Guardians of School-Age Children We are encouraging all parents and carers to sign up to MCV (My Community Voice) to receive important updates, safety advice, and local information directly from your neighbourhood policing team. MCV is a free messaging service that keeps you informed about: ✅ Local incidents and safety concerns ✅ School and community issues affecting young people ✅ Crime prevention advice and safeguarding updates ✅ Opportunities to engage with your local officers By signing up, you’ll be helping us ensure that you have the latest information to keep your children safe and support your community. 👉 Sign up today: Home Page - My Community Voice Kent: https://www.mycommunityvoicekent.co.uk/ If you know other parents or carers, please share this post to help spread the word. Thank you for your support in keeping our community safe.
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With further heatwaves expected, more young people are heading to the water to cool off. Tragically, this brings a sharp rise in drownings. The RNLI have shared this video that it may be useful to watch with your children. WATER SAFETY CODE The most powerful messages you can share with your children are: 📍Stop and think. 📍Stay together with a friend or family member. 📍If you’re in trouble in the water, Float to Live. 📍Call 999 or 112 if you see someone else in trouble in the water. Practice floating and please choose safer, supervised locations like lifeguarded beaches.
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🌿 Year 1 Explore Seasonal Changes! 🌸 Our wonderful Year 1 scientists had a fantastic day visiting the Windmill Community Gardens to support their science learning on seasonal change! Having previously visited during the chilly winter months, the children loved comparing how much the gardens have transformed. It was amazing to see nature coming to life! Here’s what our young explorers got up to: Taste Testers: The children put their senses to the test, tasting a range of freshly grown plants, including crunchy green beans and beautiful edible flower petals! Summer Detectives: We explored the gardens to identify the early signs of summer. ☀️ Young Artists: The class slowed down to create some beautiful, detailed observational drawings of a tree, noting how its leaves and branches have changed. 🌳✏️ A huge thank you to the team at Windmill Community Gardens for hosting and inspiring us!
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If your child is currently in Year 5 and you intend to apply to a Kent Grammar school for them you must register for the Kent Test online before midnight on the 1st of July. Please see below for more information and follow this link to apply: https://www.kent.gov.uk/education-and-children/schools/school-places/kent-test
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