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Date: 19th Dec 2025 @ 12:20pm
Date: 19th Dec 2025 @ 10:02am
This half term the weather has got colder but this hasn’t stopped Reception enjoying our outdoor area. The children are using the outdoor space incredibly well and are developing their physical, imaginative, speaking, listening and social skills whilst they play. We have had lots of themes in the classroom including Dinosaurs Love Underpants, Stick Man and many more!
Children have been working hard on developing their fine motor skills. They have been working extremely hard using a pencil. Correct letter formation is being taught and children are encouraged to write in many areas of the classroom. The children have done incredibly well to remember all the new phrases. The children are growing in confidence when forming their letters. We are beginning to write simple words and sentences and are working hard on segmenting a word in order to spell.
Children are now reading on a daily basis as a whole class and individually once a week with an adult. They are developing their blending skills in order to read simple words and sentences. Reading books will continue to be sent out. Please continue to read with your child at least three times throughout the week and return your child’s book by Wednesday so a new one can be sent out on Friday. Thank you for your continued support.
In maths, we have explored the numbers from one to ten. The children have really enjoyed investigating numbers practically, using everyday objects and mathematical resources. They have also focused on exploring and finding different ways to make a number using Numicon I.e. 6+4=10. The children are developing their 1:1 counting skills and continued support at home is much appreciated.
We are so proud of how well the children have settled this term. They are having lots of fun and learning so much! We had a wonderful nativity performance and we all thoroughly enjoyed our visit to see Stick Man! The children did us incredibly proud with their behaviour.
Wishing you a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.
Team Reception
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Date: 19th Dec 2025 @ 9:42am
Hello! Christmas already?!
What an amazing half term we’ve had in Year 2! The children have now fully settled into their new year group and we are having such a brilliant time together.
In English, we have been busy writing our own non-fiction reports all about reindeer. They really are fascinating creatures! The children were amazed to learn that reindeer eyes change colour depending on the season, and even their hooves change shape to help them walk on different surfaces. The children loved using these facts in their writing.
In Topic, we’ve covered a whole range of exciting subjects.
History & Geography: We focused on Guy Fawkes and Remembrance Day and became quite the historians, asking thoughtful questions and making fantastic connections.
Art: We explored shading using pencils, coloured pencils and paint—experimenting with how to lighten colours by adding white.
DT: The children designed, made and evaluated their very own salt dough Christmas decorations. We were so impressed with their creativity!
Science: We carried out two brilliant experiments. First, we made balloon “space rockets” to investigate whether the length of the straw affected how far the rocket travelled. Then we tested different materials as “astronaut gloves” to find out which were suitable or unsuitable for keeping hands dry.
In Maths, we have looked at multiplication, division, 3D shape and time, continuing to use practical games and hands-on methods to help us understand new concepts. We have also been learning about fractions, including finding a half and a quarter of shapes and amounts.
In PE, we’ve continued to build on our gymnastic skills indoors. Outdoors, the children have taken part in OAA (Outdoor Adventurous Activities), working as a team to solve problems and achieve shared goals. It has been chilly, but the children have loved every moment!
We’ve also enjoyed lots of special events this half term, including our theatre trip, the Santa Dash, the Christmas Fair and—of course—our wonderful nativity. Thank you to all the parents who came along to support the children. They performed so well, and we are incredibly proud of every single one of them. They absolutely loved it!
Thank you so much for your continued support this half term. If you have any questions, please speak to a member of the Year 2 team—we are always happy to help.
Many thanks,
Mrs Sharp and the Year 2 Team
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Date: 19th Dec 2025 @ 9:37am
We’ve made it!
What a great half term we have had. We’ve been to Bethlehem and to the theatre to see Stickman. We all walked to Church and we were so proud that some of our year 1s were narrators. Thank you to everyone who came to help we really appreciate it.
We have now finished our topic on Space and will be starting Castles when we return in January. We have sent some reading books and spellings home for the children to do if they need to keep busy!
The children have enjoyed all the provision activities and learning this term. They are now experts at moving around the class, completing activities and ticking their name off! They have also learnt how to take a photo of their models or work and upload it to their own folder. These children are amazing!
We said cheerio to Miss Worton and are looking forward to Mrs Gilligan teaching the class all day Wednesday next term.
The children continue to make great strides with their confidence and learning. Every day we are just so proud of them
We hope you all have a lovely 2 week break and look forward to seeing you all again in 2026 x
Thank you for your continued support.
Love all of us in KS1
Date: 19th Dec 2025 @ 8:18am
The children have been very busy learning now they are settled and familiar with the Nursery environment. They have learnt about different events and celebrations as well as learning about themes related to their own interests. They have learnt about Bonfire night, Antibullying ( our focus was filling our kindness bucket) and of course the last 2 weeks in particular have been focused around that highly anticipated event – Christmas!
In phonics we having been looking at Phase 1 and have spent lots of time learning to listen and join in with different forms of sounds around our environment and also experimenting with instrumental sounds.
In maths we have learning lots of counting songs, recognising and reading numbers in our environment and have been learning how to use flashcards – just ask us how quickly we can say our name!
We have done lots of learning around different stories with Dear zoo, We’re going on a Bear Hunt and Brown Bear coming out as clear favourites.
Despite the weather the children have enjoyed playing outside, jumping in muddy puddles and then using the puddles to paint our hut.
There has been much story telling outside as we have run away from fire-breathing dragons and giants and mixed lots of spells to protect our outside area.
This final week before Christmas has seen us making reindeer food, modelling for our calendars, developing our fine motor skills by punching out those hearts and designing and writing our Christmas cards. We also had great fun on the Santa Dash and at our Christmas Disco!
We were so proud of all the children in our Nativity. They were so brave, looked fabulous in their outfits and had worked so hard learning all the songs and actions. We hope you enjoyed the performance!
I am so proud of the huge progress the children have made in their confidence and independence this term. Next term we will welcome Mrs Lofthouse (the children met her last week) on a Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday and I will be back seeing you on a Thursday and a Friday.
The entire Early Years Team would like to wish you all a very Merry Christmas and look forward to seeing you all in the new year.
Date: 17th Dec 2025 @ 3:14pm
Christmas Message from Ms Lowry
Date: 17th Dec 2025 @ 3:06pm
Christmas is almost upon us at the end of another busy half term—I feel like I blinked and summer disappeared! Thank you so much for all your support over these past weeks. We have had parent consultation meetings and we’ve shared the proposal to merge with the Junior School from September 2026. If you haven’t yet had the chance to complete the survey, please do so by 21st December-your opinion really matters to us: https://www.westfieldinfants.co.uk/page/consultation-for-proposed-amalgamation-of-yeadon-westfield-infant-school-and-yeadon-westfield-junior-school/162774
This week has been full of excitement: our nursery children enjoyed The Snowman at Pudsey Civic Hall, and Reception and Key Stage 1 had a wonderful trip to the theatre to see Stick Man—memories they’ll treasure for years to come.
All that’s left is for me to wish you a very Merry Christmas and a lovely break. Fingers crossed we’ll have seen the back of this awful bug that’s been going around by the time we return!
Date: 17th Dec 2025 @ 1:36pm
The children enjoyed a delicious Christmas dinner today followed by dancing in the hall.
Nursery visit to The Snowman and the Snowdog
Date: 16th Dec 2025 @ 12:59pm
Christmas Nativity at St John's Church
Date: 11th Dec 2025 @ 2:54pm
Date: 2nd Dec 2025 @ 1:29pm
The children at STARS have been making Christmas decorations for the tree.
Date: 2nd Dec 2025 @ 12:38pm
In Key Stage 1, the children investigated whether their balloon rockets would travel a greater distance when using straws of different sizes.
Date: 14th Nov 2025 @ 4:25pm
The wet weather hasn't stopped the children in early years playing outside - they thoroughly enjoyed splashing and playing in the rain!
Year 1 Artists and Mathematicians
Date: 14th Nov 2025 @ 1:55pm
This week in Year 1 the children have been doing practical multipication in maths. In art they have been experimenting with different techniques to blend colours.
Eggnaut Experiment in Keystage 1
Date: 10th Nov 2025 @ 9:48am
Our KS1 scientists have been on a mission! They created capsules to protect our brave 'eggnaut' during atmospheric re-entry!
Halloween Colouring Competition
Date: 24th Oct 2025 @ 2:40pm
Thanks to everyone who entered the Halloween colouring competion. Congratulations to the winners!
Keystage 1 Blog - Autumn Term 1
Date: 24th Oct 2025 @ 12:51pm
Well, that was a long half term! Everyone has worked really hard and we are all ready for a rest! All the children are starting to make progress and have settled into their new classes which is great to see.
Our Topic on Space is a real hit and the children are loving all the facts they are learning. Make sure you ask them who was the first astronaut on the moon and which animal went up into space first? We had the Space Dome come into school which really brought the topic to life. In Geography they have discovered we have 7 continents and 5 oceans – ask them which continent we live on and which is the largest ocean! We are so proud of all the knowledge they are retaining.
Both classes are working hard with their phonics and reading so please keep supporting them at home. Our weekly library sessions are now up and running. ( Thank you to our volunteers for doing this)
The children did so well in our Harvest Assembly which is the first time we come together as a school. The Halloween disco was a huge success and we had a lot of very interesting guests!
The children are loving having access to the provision especially being able to go outside. Pease make sure your child has a coat so they can go outside even when it’s very cold.
Thank you for all your support this first half term and enjoy the break.
Love all of us in KS1
Reception Blog - Autumn Term 1
Date: 24th Oct 2025 @ 12:49pm
This half term has seen the children settle into school life incredibly well. It has been a joy to watch new friendships form and the children develop independence.
New rules and routines have been established and the children are working hard every day to follow these to the best of their ability.
The children are working hard on speaking in clear sentences and listening to others when adults or children are speaking. We have learnt lots of new, interesting and amazing things about our reception class already.
The class have been busy learning new sounds in phonics and are trying hard to sound out words and blend them together in order to read. We will continue to learn new letter sounds next half term too.
We are having lots of fun developing our gross motor skills. Climbing, crawling, and using chalk outside, ‘painting’ large areas with water and much more. We are also busy developing our fine motor control by using Lego, being creative in the DT area, using scissors and investigating ‘funky fingers’ activities. All these activities (and many more) will help your child develop strength in their fingers and will help them to gain more pencil control.
In maths we have been learning all about a number each week. So far we have learnt all about 1, 2,3 and 4. Within these number sessions we have looked at 2D shapes, objects that have 1, 2, 3 and 4 things. We have been counting lots of things in the classroom (saying each number as we count each object).
We have been enjoying our weekly PE sessions learning new skills and developing on existing ones. We have been concentrating on body management and the fundamental skills such as hopping, skipping, jumping, walking and running. We do our PE sessions following the PE Hub scheme and have enjoyed playing lots of games using the new skills we have learnt.
Well done reception for a successful first half term. We look forward to seeing you all after a week off and starting a new half term of learning and fun.
Team Reception 😊
Date: 24th Oct 2025 @ 12:42pm
Well that first half term went quickly! The Nursery children have been fantastic and have settled beautifully into their setting. We have been so proud of the bravery they have shown coming in on their own and organising themselves.
We have been learning new routines, rules have been established and it has been a pleasure watching friendships beginning to form and grow.
The children have been developing their gross motor skills outside with lots of climbing, running, rolling and riding bikes.
They have also been developing their fine motor skills through mark making, painting, building using duplo and wooden bricks.
All of this gross and fine motor development will be getting their muscles and their brains ready for writing.
Lunchtimes have been a hit and the children have been learning to speak clearly using sentences and remembering their manners when talking to each other.
We have also seen lots of imaginative play both inside and out, so much problems solving – particularly with our conker runs, operations taking place in the Westfield Hospital and lots of baking in the playdough area.
Nursery, well done on a fantastic first half term. Have a lovely break and we’ll see you after the holiday ready for lots more learning and fun.
Date: 24th Oct 2025 @ 12:16pm
What a great start to the new term! The children have all settled really well, particularly our new Reception and Nursery. There are still some spaces available if you know anyone. The children had an amazing time learning about space in the Wonderdome and the Halloween Party was a runaway success! I can’t wait to see what next half term brings!
Date: 24th Oct 2025 @ 9:59am
This week, the Year 1 children have been enjoying a range of outdoor activities. Inside, they have been building rockets to take Tim Peake to the International Space Station!
Date: 22nd Oct 2025 @ 12:54pm
STARS Before and Afterschool club have had a busy few weeks. The children loved dressing up for the Halloween Party and have been busy outside planting up the containers.
Date: 22nd Oct 2025 @ 12:05pm
The children had a fantastic time at Monday’s Halloween Party – there were some very spooky costumes! A huge thank you to the staff who gave their time to organise and run the event. Thanks to everyone’s support, we raised £200
Date: 22nd Oct 2025 @ 11:07am
The children had an amazing time exploring the planets in the WonderDome — it was a truly memorable experience.
Reception children building confidence, strength and balance in PE
Date: 7th Oct 2025 @ 11:38am
Reception had an amazing time in PE. The children loved exploring the apparatus, climbing, balancing, and jumping with confidence. It was wonderful to see their excitement as they developed strength, coordination, and a sense of adventure.
