Saplings were super stars whilst watching the Panto.  They cheered along with the rest of the audience and booed the bad character. 

Our Little Elves are ready to help deliver your Christmas Cards. So please come and post them in the Postbox outside the school office.

Oh no, what’s Buddy up to now?

Saplings were very active during their P.E. lesson. They travelled in and out of cones, jumped over cones and even competed with each other.

Look who’s back! Saplings were very excited to see Buddy the Elf this morning. We are keeping a close eye on Buddy as we know he is going to get into mischief throughout December.

Saplings sang some Christmas Carols and listened to the reverend talk about the importance of Christmas.

Saplings arrived at The Longcauseway Church for Carol singing.

After the recent cold snap, Saplings discovered ice during outdoor play. We discussed how it felt and what would happen when it melted. One child said “It’s slippery, hard and freezing like an ice pop.”

Saplings had lots of fun exploring the snow during outdoor play. They used lots of descriptive language such as “cold, freezing, crispy, icy and crunchy”.

Saplings made bread just like Little Red Hen. They followed the recipe card, added the ingredients and kneaded the dough to make delicious bread.

Saplings had a wonderful stay-and-play session with their parents. They sang lots of nursery rhymes such as Miss Polly had a Dolly, Twinkle Twinkle Little Star, 5 Little Ducks and many more.

Saplings were very enthusiastic about singing 5 currant buns in a baker's shop. They had turns being the shopkeeper and customer. 

To celebrate Remembrance Day, Saplings printed poppies using sponge to remember the soldiers that we have lost.

Saplings walked very sensibly to the library. They had a lovely time choosing books and talking about kindness.

We look forward to seeing you at our Early Years Open Evening!

Saplings continued creating rangoli patterns during outdoor play.

Saplings have been learning all about Diwali, the festival of light. They had fun taking part in the activities during continuous provision.

Well done to Saplings for making such an amazing effort with their outfits for International Artist Day.

The pumpkin stay and play was a great success. Thank you to all the parents who came and tried all the fun activities. 

After reading Pumpkin Soup, early years made some vegetable soup. They did an amazing job.

Saplings are all ready for Witches and Wizards Day in Early Years!

Thank you for contributing to the food bank and showing Carlton’s value of kindness.

Saplings enjoyed singing whilst playing the musical instruments.

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EYFS have spent the afternoon building their core muscles through climbing.

Early writing in Saplings this morning with some letter formation and initial sounds.

Can you guess which letter EYFS have been trying to form this morning? Fantastic letters in the paint.

EYFS and KS1 enjoy their weekly singing assembly with Mrs Sajjad.

As part of Black History Month, children in Early Years learnt all about Mary Seacole. After listening to the story of Mary Seacole the children began to act out the key events.

World Mental Health Day!

Early Years have produced some excellent artwork to celebrate Black History Month.

We always love reading comments from parents.

An inspired piece of Australian Aboriginal Art representing how the serpent gave the world mountains, rivers and colours.

Saplings ventured to the forest school to create self portraits using all the things they could find in the natural environment.

Saplings enjoyed reading the colour monster and expressed how the monster was feeling in the book. They then created sensory bottles to help them understand and express their own emotions.

At Carlton our love and commitment to music is very special to us. This is why we have been designated as a ‘Music Mark School!'

Thank you

for donating toothbrushes and toothpaste to our reception children. We learnt about good habits around tooth brushing and making healthy choices.

Saplings worked on their hand eye coordination during their PE lesson with Mr Gott.

Saplings have been practising their letter formation on big sheets of paper during phonics.

Early Years have been moving freely during outdoor play as well as playing cooperatively and positively.

The children in Early Years played the musical instruments very well!

Saplings are having a fun music lesson with our new music teacher called Mr Agahi.

Saplings enjoying a Roald Dahl story on the interactive white board.

You should all be proud of your children in Early Years. They were super stars!

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