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Reception got the chance to visit the library bus this week and choose and share some books together, as well as choosing some books for us to read in class. They also got to have a story time session. 
 

Year 2 visited Egremont Library today to exchange books and choose a new book to take home. They had great fun looking at the different types of books available and shared them with each other. The visit ended with a storytime session by Miss McKendrey. The children thoroughly enjoyed listening to…

Year 5 enjoyed visiting the library this morning.They all enjoyed listening to a story then got to chose a book to read. They learnt the importance of reading the blurb to check it is a book they would be interested in. If they weren’t they put the book back in the correct way with the spine…

This week we have been reading the story of ‘The Three Little Pigs’. Inspired by our story we have been exploring colour mixing in the Creative Area and have used the colours red and white to make pink. Then we used our pink hands to make hand prints and turn them into one of the three little…

This afternoon Year One visited Egremont Library. We enjoyed finding out all about the library, sharing books, choosing a book to borrow and listening to some exciting stories read by Mrs Bond. We really enjoyed looking at all the wonderful books and are very excited to read our new books when we…

Year 4 have been writing their own haikus this week. We have edited and then performed them to the class, using intonation, emphasis and expression.

This week in Nursery we have been exploring the story of ‘Goldilocks and the Three Little Bears’ 

We have been making the three bears using different clothing puzzle pieces. We loved changing their outfits! 
 

Some of our younger Nursery children enjoyed a visit to the book bus yesterday afternoon. 
They listened to a lovely story before choosing some books to bring back to Nursery and share with everyone.

Year 1 had a fantastic time visiting the Library bus. We enjoyed listening to a story from Claire the Librarian and choosing new books for class. 
 

We are delighted to celebrate our fantastic phonics screening results. All the children have worked incredibly hard to prepare. Thank you to our parents for all their support at home. Everyone received a certificate and a treat.  Well done Year 1 superstars. 
 

Year 2 visited Egremont Library to find out all about how they can join and become involved in the Summer Reading Challenge. Sarah talked to the children about the challenge and got the children to look around the library to find books of different genres. The children were fascinated to see all…

This week in Nursery our older children have been reading the story ‘The Suitcase’. 

In the story an animal is travelling with his suitcase, and he shares with the others what he has in it. 

The children were keen to share what they thought he would have with him and were shocked when he…