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31 October 2024

Christmas market

We would like to welcome all of our families, friends and the community to our Christmas Market on Thursday 5th December ❄

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31 October 2024

Save the date!

⭐️ Save the date ⭐️

Our Alston Primary School Christmas production of ‘I’m Gonna Shine’! will take place on Thursday 12th December in the school hall

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31 October 2024

Storyteller videos- chapter books

Want to improve your voice choice and enjoy listening to a range of new stories? This could be the perfect thing for you!

Visit https://home.oxfordowl.co.uk/storyteller-videos/storyteller-videos-chapter-books/

There are a range of stories to enjoy and are perfect for 10 minutes of relaxing…

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31 October 2024

Fred's spooky Halloween challenge sound for you-ure- sure it's pure!

We hope that you are all having a lovely half term! Fred has a spooky sound for you to enjoy today- we hope you like it! Sure it's pure :-)

Keep recapping your speedy sounds and we will see you all next week- we can't wait to get started on our new batch of books!

See you…

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31 October 2024

Spooky books to read this Halloween

Spooky books to read this Halloween

From seriously spine-tingling stories to tales about the silliest of spooks, Oxford Owl's collection of Halloween reading recommendations is packed full of books to entertain 2–12 year-olds on long, dark Autumn…

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23 October 2024

Walk around Alston

We went on a walk around Alston as part of our 'I wonder who I am' topic. We discussed road safety and then used this to explore the local area, see which buildings are around us and what their purpose is.

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22 October 2024

Bonfire safety with PC Joel

PC Joel made the very special effort to come and talk to us all about fireworks and bonfire safety. Remember: have fun, but be safe!

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21 October 2024

Harvest Festival

We went to the church to celebrate harvest festival. We listened to poetry and readings as well as singing our songs we have been practicing in school. 

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21 October 2024

Baking bread

We have been using skills such as mixing, measuring, following instructions, pouring, kneading and shaping while baking bread. Once we got the dough ready, we shaped it to make our own bread hedgehogs.

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18 October 2024

Harvest celebrations

Cross Fell were super stars during the Harvest Festival on Friday. Everyone has been working so hard each week learning new songs. We all enjoyed listening to the readings, poems and prayers to celebrate the importance of giving to those in need at harvest.

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17 October 2024

Wildflower planting session

So far nearly 2000 wildflower plugs have been planted at Fairhill, they are planning on planting the final ones this Saturday if anyone wants to go along and be involved................Celebration cake too when its all done!

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