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Latest articles from Prep and Early Years…
Exploring spring in the Gatehouse
Reception share their holiday news
Lower 2 – a letter from the Home Office
Prep School fundraising for Leeds Children’s Charity at Lineham Farm
Transition’s new topic – famous nurses
Upper 2 prepare for the music and drama showcase
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Pre-Reception get ready for Easter
Writing about Spring in Reception
Transition’s trip to Harlow Carr
Harrogate Competitive Festival (music) 2025
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Mother’s Day and Spring into Action
Pre-Reception Spring into Action
A Mother’s Day treat in Reception
An ‘Arctic’ visitor in Transition
Upper 2’s creative twist on Icarus
Lower 3 working hard on the Gateways Gazette
Peg person – humanities challenge
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The Gatehouse children explore in the sun
Lower 3 – Ordnance survey maps
Upper 2 – working on relationships
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Little scientists in the Gatehouse
Pre-Reception’s science experiments
World Book Day fun in Transition
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Sunshine, pancakes and stories in the Gatehouse
Pre-Reception step into Spring
Gifted and talented art project
Lower 1 celebrate World Book Day
Lower 3 study the circulatory system
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Pre-Reception’s first mystery reader
Reception – Spring is on the way
Transition’s descriptive writing
Lower 3 PSHE – making healthy choices
Upper 2 – engineers in the making
Lower 1 – sharing and grouping
Lower 2 English – the boy at the back of the class
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The Gatehouse – Valentine’s day
Prep School sports report wc 10.2.25
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Pre-Reception – a visit from an optician
Reception learn about Chinese New Year
Transition’s Great Fire of London workshop
Lower 1 visit Pontefract Castle
Upper 2 welcomed international students
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Chinese New Year – The Gatehouse
Pre-Reception learn about Chinese New Year
Biscuit instructions in Transition
Upper 2’s High School experience
Lower 3 practical maths measuring skills
Gifted and Talented art programme
Prep musicians have a great start to the term
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The Gatehouse learn about winter
Pre-Reception – outdoor explorers
Lower 1 maths – money money money
Lower 2 auditions get underway
Twilight concert for strings, woodwind and brass Jan 25
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The Gatehouse children go on a bear hunt
Pre-Reception – a visit from the dentist
Reception class make some New Year’s resolutions
Upper 2 back into the swing of things
Lower 1 – fruit, vegetables and herbs
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The Gatehouse – not many sleeps left!
Patterns and shapes in Transition
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The Gatehouse – Oh Christmas tree
Pre-Reception are ready for Christmas
Art using cold colours in Transition
Lower 3 PSHE – power struggles
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Christmas is coming – The Gatehouse
Pre-Reception get ready for Christmas
Lower 2 science – states of matter
Freezing and thawing in Transition
Lower 1 maths – subtraction across 10
Upper 2 assembly – the Great Forces talent show
Lower 3 visit the Royal Armouries
Prep sports report wc 25.11.24
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The Gatehouse – shapes, colours and the weather
Pre-Reception practise the nativity
Lower 2 investigate snowy solids
Upper 2 – Children in Need activities
Lower 1 – Children in Need activities
Transition – Children in Need activities
Prep sports report wc 18.11.24
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Poppies, shapes and socks in the Nursery
Pre-Reception odd socks, anti bullying and Children in Need
Christmas Nativity practise in Reception
Upper 1 learn about computer networks
Lower 2 gunfight at the OK Corral
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Colours, fireworks and magic – the Gatehouse
Upper 1 learn hockey skills in games
Upper 2 go back to Victorian times
Lower 3 science – micro organisms
Tricky additions in Transition
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Twilight singers concert October 24
Thrillers and chillers in the library
Happy Halloween from the Gatehouse
Getting spooky in Pre-Reception
Reception art – designing letters
An autumnal walk in Transition
Lower 1’s trip to Abbey House Museum
Lower 3 PSHE – learning about antisocial behaviour
Upper 2 – candlelight and creativity
Hot chocolate reward for Trackit
Black History Month – celebrating music
Prep sports report wc 14.10.24
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Bonkers about conkers in the Gatehouse
Pre-Reception’s autumnal activities and mindfulness for World Mental Health day
Reception go bonkers for conkers!
Transition learn about Grace Darling
Lower 3 humanities – the battle of Britain
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Autumn in the Gatehouse Nursery
Reception focus on the theme of Autumn
Lower 3 WW2 topic – an evacuee’s suitcase
Lower 2 PSHE – learning about the school community
Lower 1 writers – Jack and the Beanstalk
Transition write in Braille…with Cheerios
Prep poetry speaking competition 2024
Prep School Council’s first meeting of the year
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Pre-Reception look at patterns
Upper 2’s mood boards for fabric monsters
Transition learn about Bog Baby
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Pre-Reception focus on feelings
Lower 3 PSHE – global citizens
Lower 1 science – a visit by Gladys and Marjorie
Upper 2 science – air resistance
Lower 2 games – rugby and football
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Welcome to the Gatehouse Nursery
Lower 3 science – paper challenge
Wonderful first week in Transition
Upper 2 buddy up to start the year
Trackit Lights launched in Prep
Articles from the last week of term…
End of the year in the Gatehouse
The last week in Pre-Reception
Prep Musicians perform in merit assembly
Lower 2 – first mathematics challenge
D-Day memories from Mr Mortimer
Summer reading offer from First News
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Sunshine safety in the Gatehouse
Transition produce Aboriginal art
Upper 2 rehearsals in full swing
Upper 2’s High School experience
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The Gatehouse focus on sunshine, holidays and families
Pre-Reception – rumble in the jungle
Money Money Money in Reception
Upper 2 – flight form challenge
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Getting ready for Father’s Day in the Gatehouse
Pre-Reception get ready for the farm
Pottery painting in Transition
Leeds Rhinos inclusivity assembly
Upper 1 maths – equivalent mass
Topics for discussion in Upper 2
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Shapes feelings and butterflies – the Gatehouse
Pre-Reception explore minibeasts
Reception learn about capacity
Lower 1 learn about Mary Anning
Upper 2 help shape a better future
Flat Stanley arrives in Upper 1
Newsletter Prep sports report wc 3.6.24
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A skillful week in the Gatehouse
More fairy tale fun in Pre-Reception
Reception visit Cannon Hall Farm
Prep orchestra perform at assembly
Prep School individual music competition
Transition learn about Mary Seacole and Florence Nightingale
Newsletter Prep Sports Report wc 20th May 2024
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Sharing and caring in the Gatehouse Nursery
Pre-Reception – Little Red Riding Hood
Lower 1 learn the fundamentals of telling the time
Upper 2 welcome newcomers to the class
Lower 1 – Refereed Football Club
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Crawling and wriggling in the Gatehouse
Pre-Reception learn about road safety
Searching for signs of animals in Transition
Lower 2 learn about road safety
Lower 1 – FUNDA fun and road safety awareness
Upper 2 make African rain sticks
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Pre-Reception – Jack and the Beanstalk
Lower 1 computing – Pointlillism
Lower 3 Science – blurring the boundaries between PSHE and Biology
Transition have a special visitor
Upper 1 learn about Anglo-Saxon life
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Little gardeners in the Gatehouse
Pre-Reception – Goldilocks and the Three Bears
Upper 2 history of Harewood walk
Fantastic fractions in Lower 1
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Seeds and flowers in the Gatehouse Nursery
Transition’s visit to Harlow Carr
Lower 1 become great explorers
Lower 3 PSHE – relationships topic
Latest articles from Prep and Early Years…
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Let’s celebrate – The Gatehouse
Pre-Reception celebrate Easter
Easter preparations in Reception
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The Gatehouse – Spring into Action
Reception – Spring into Action
Transition learn about compound words
Lower 2 science – insulators and conductors
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Pre-Reception become scientists
Upper 1 erupt with excitement over volcanoes
Lower 3 Spanish – my town topic
Upper 2 enjoy Science Week activities
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An out of this world week in Pre-Reception
Reception’s Mother’s Day treat
Lower 3’s pirate treasure hunt
Prep musicians perform in merit assembly
Lower 2 – lemons and electricity
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The nursery children go on a bear hunt
Pre-Reception learn about Kenya
Mother’s day preparations in Reception
Lower 2’s potato design challenge in PSHE
Upper 2 – soluble or insoluble
Upper 1 and Lower 2 production rehearsals
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Pre-Reception learn about London
Reception start new topic about France
Childrens Mental Health Week – Prep School wellbeing and life skills day
Miss Moore – an introduction to our new music teacher
Upper 2 enjoy the wellbeing and life skills day
Mr Champken’s musical showcase
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Chinese New Year – The Gatehouse
Pre-Reception learn about China
Mental health awareness – Reception
Transition write a book for Children’s Mental Health week
Upper 2 bring literature to life
Leeds Children’s Charity visit
Valentines and feelings – The Gatehouse
Upper 1 trip to Stump Cross Caverns
Upper 2 C’s assembly on climate change
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Winter weather – the Gatehouse
Pre-Reception celebrate Australia
Reception learn about Chinese New Year
House review – autumn term 2023
Transition are polar explorers
Upper 2 make electrifying discoveries
Lower 1 take a trip back in time
Transtion write about polar explorers
Lower 3 science – how light works
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Prep and EYFS articles from the week ending 19/1/24
All about porridge – the Gatehouse
Pre-Reception learn about the dentist
Lower 2 maths – dividing by 10
Upper 2 look at the properties of materials
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Prep and EYFS articles from the week ending 12/1/24
Upper 1 start their Romans topic
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