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A snowy morning in the woods
Fireflies enjoyed a morning at the woods in the snow on Friday. We lit a big fire, played some games and had a nice hot chocolate to...
Sam
Mar 13, 20231 min read
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High School Thursday Meal
Every other Thursday, a team of students and Sam, cook a hot meal for everyone. We then eat together - finishing at 5.30pm. It is a...
Sam
Mar 4, 20231 min read
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Back to the woods we go!
After a few weeks off due to bad weather and big trees (!) we were back in the woods this week. Dragonflies enjoyed time there on...
Sam
Mar 4, 20231 min read
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Cross Country Fun!
A team of children went to Finborough School on the last Friday of half term to take part in the ISA regional cross country event. All...
Sam
Feb 18, 20231 min read
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The Big Move is nearly here!
This half term it has been all hands on deck, as we have worked on the old nursery site - preparing it for the high school to move in as...
Sam
Feb 18, 20231 min read
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Easter wishes for our neighbours
On the last day of term we delivered small pots with planted flowers and handmade Easter cards to all our neighbours in Larchcroft Road. ...
Sam
Apr 19, 20221 min read
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High School's Amazing Time Line!
Over the last half term the high school students have been adding to this fantastic chalk board timeline on their classroom wall. The...
Sam
Apr 19, 20221 min read
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A great day for a 5k walk!
Fireflies enjoyed a morning off site today. We did a lovely walk out to Westerfield, and then back round to finish up at Dale Hall...
Sam
Mar 22, 20221 min read
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Wet, Stormy, Very Windy Day!
We stayed open today and had 23 children on site. So it was a quiet one... But really nice too. Everyone helped prepare lunch and there...
Sam
Feb 18, 20221 min read
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Children's Mental Health Week
After reading a fab book called 'Bottled' Fireflies have had a Snack and Chat table in the classroom - cup of tea, a biscuit and time to...
Sam
Feb 9, 20221 min read
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Day of the Dead
Our high school students enjoyed their Spanish lessons last week as they learnt about the Day of the Dead festival. These sugar skulls...
Sam
Nov 7, 20211 min read
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New Half Term - New PSHE topic
All our primary classes will be dipping into this fab resource that Lisa has put together for our new topic - Children's Rights. Our...
Sam
Oct 27, 20211 min read
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Pumpkins!
Dragonflies have enjoyed finding out so much about pumpkins during the last week of half term. Writing stories on them, reading stories...
Sam
Oct 27, 20211 min read
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A trip to Minsmere
Sam offered a trip to Fireflies to join her on a Birdwatching morning at Minsmere Nature reserve. This was a 'choice' trip - which meant...
Sam
Oct 27, 20211 min read
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Thursday Mornings
Thursday mornings in Fireflies are about 1-1 meetings and reflecting on our week. This is an opportunity to talk through all work...
Sam
Sep 30, 20211 min read
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2 bus drivers.. and off we go!
Sam and Theo are both qualified to drive the minibus - so the adventures continue.. Just last week the bus travelled to the Community...
Sam
Sep 28, 20211 min read
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Take a look at what happens on a Friday when we are at the woods...
Each Friday we take half of Grasshoppers or Fireflies to the woodlands and Dragonflies go every Thursday morning. We are so fortunate...
Sam
Sep 28, 20211 min read
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Out and About - sometime soon!
For the last 5 months our shiny new minibus has been sat at school - and it has not been able to travel anywhere! Just before Christmas...
Sam
Feb 15, 20211 min read
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Lock Down, Snow, but still joy!
So the last week of term threw a big curved ball - tons of snow! However, we have continued to work together virtually, with a handful...
Sam
Feb 15, 20211 min read
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Christmas Craft Day!
A different craft day this year as we all stayed in our bubbles rather than walking around the school, but we had a lovely day.. so many...
Sam
Dec 9, 20201 min read
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Romeo & Juliet
This evening we have watched the most wonderful performance of Romeo and Juliet, performed by 8 of our Year 8 & 9 students. With support...
Sam


Brave The Shave!
Sam (Head of School) and Adriana (TA) had their heads shaved for Brain Tumour Research on Friday. They have raised £3000 for Brain...
Sam


Wow!
One of our high school students has just finished this beautiful mural on a wall in our 2nd building. It is just fantastic and really...
Sam
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