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  • We Like to Move It Move It!

    Published 23/01/26, by Lauren Merry

    This week in Child-Initiated Play, our theme has been “I Like to Move It, Move It!” and we’ve been exploring transport, people and places.

    We loved developing our play across the tables, using our ideas to create roads, towns and journeys. We worked together to figure out how to make bridges, tested different ways for vehicles to travel, and thought carefully about what we could add to cars to make them even better.

    There was lots of teamwork, problem-solving and imaginative play as we shared ideas and built on each other’s thinking. It was great to see how our play grew and changed as we explored movement and travel in so many different ways!

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  • STEAM Week

    Published 23/01/26, by Lauren Merry

    STEAM Week at Ramsgate Arts – Week Beginning 2nd February

    We are very excited to share that during the week beginning Monday 2nd February, Ramsgate Arts Primary School will be celebrating a whole-school STEAM Week.

    STEAM stands for Science, Technology, Engineering, Art and Mathematics. This special week is designed to bring learning to life by combining creativity, problem-solving and real-world thinking across these subject areas.

    Throughout the week, children will be completely off their normal timetable and immersed in a range of exciting projects, workshops and trips. These experiences are carefully planned to enrich their learning, spark curiosity and encourage collaboration, creativity and resilience – all key values at Ramsgate Arts.

    As part of STEAM Week, we will also be holding a Number Day, where children will work in groups and move around different classrooms taking part in a variety of fun and challenging maths activities. This will give pupils the opportunity to apply their mathematical thinking in new and engaging ways.

    It promises to be a fantastic and inspiring week for all our children, so please keep an eye on the class blogs for updates, photos and stories about what they have been getting up to.

    Parent Workshop Invitations

    We are delighted to invite parents and carers to come into school to support some of our exciting STEAM workshops during the week. You are very welcome to stay for the whole session or pop in whenever you are able.

    Date and times:

    • Thursday 5th Feb 2026- join us to support puppet making between 1 and 3pm on Thursday 5th Feb

    Thank you, as always, for your continued support. We are really looking forward to sharing this exciting week with our school community!

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  • Ice Ice Baby!

    Published 16/01/26, by Lauren Merry

    This week in Child-Initiated Play, our theme has been “Ice Ice Baby”, where we’ve been exploring all things winter and ice.

    We’ve loved getting hands-on with lots of icy activities. We painted ice blocks with flowers frozen inside, carefully watching the colours melt and mix. We worked together to free frozen toys from the ice, trying different tools and ideas to break them out. We also spent time doing observational drawings, looking closely at what we could see and recording the details we noticed.

    These activities helped us practise our creativity, problem-solving, and teamwork, all while having lots of fun. We’ve really enjoyed exploring ice and winter through our play!

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  • Imaginations Take Flight

    Published 14/01/26, by Lauren Merry

    We studied an artist called Alan Innman who creates fantasy worlds by using a toy or figure and bringing a toy to life with bright and vibrant colours. We created our own imaginary backgrounds around a picture of our favourite toys. We added lots of details to our drawings, just like Alan Innman. After drawing the fantasy world around our toy with a pencil, we choose bold colours to make our creations bright and vibrant.

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  • Special Books in Team Merry

    Published 13/01/26, by Rebecca Morris

    This Term in RE, we focused on special books. In particular, we focused on the Bible, Torah and Qu'ran. When studying the Torah, we made our own scrolls, with illustrations showing Moses scribing the ten commandments! Then, we acted out the story of Noah's Ark from the Christian Bible (even singing the song)  and then illustrated how Muslims look after the Qu'ran. 

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  • Who Can Help Me If I Am Worried?

    Published 09/01/26, by Lauren Merry

    We have been learning all about worries and how it is okay to feel worried sometimes. We talked about how being worried is a normal feeling, and that there are things we can do to help ourselves when we feel this way.

    We also learned about who can help us if we are worried, such as trusted adults at home and at school. To help us remember, we made lolly stick people showing someone we could talk to if we were feeling worried.

    After that, we role-played what we might say to these people to share our worries. This helped us practise using our words and feel more confident about asking for help when we need it.

    It was a thoughtful and important lesson, and we were so proud of how kind, open, and caring everyone was during our learning.

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  • Hello 2026!

    Published 05/01/26, by Lauren Merry

    Welcome back and Happy New Year! We are so excited for 2026 and can’t wait to see all the amazing learning and progress the children will make this year.

    This term is packed with exciting opportunities, including STEAM Week, library visits, and lots more fun learning experiences that we know the children will love.

    A few important reminders:

    • PE Kits:

      • Team Merry – Tuesday and Thursday

      • Team Morris – Tuesday and Friday

    • Reading books should be in school every day.

    • To help promote independence, parents and carers are asked not to come into the classroom during the mornings.

    Thank you, as always, for your continued support. We’re really looking forward to another fantastic term together!

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  • Elfnapping!

    Published 17/12/25, by Claire O'Flaherty
    We arrived at school this morning to discover that Holly and Jolly the elves from Team Merry had elfnapped Evie the elf from Team O! We found a ransom note in Team O, demanding a come read with me session in Team Merry! Team O dutifully attended and
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  • Special Delivery from the Elves...

    Published 17/12/25, by Lauren Merry

    On Monday, we wrote letters to our elves, telling them all about our favourite cheeky things they had been getting up to in our classroom. We loved remembering all the silly surprises they had left for us!

    We couldn’t believe it when we got a reply — the elves sent us a video of their favourite cheeky moments! We were so excited and laughed so much while watching it together.

    The elves must have seen how much we loved it because they surprised us again by sending us another video! What a magical and exciting surprise it was.

    https://vimeo.com/1147331761/3b42272358?share=copy&fl=sv&fe=ci

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  • A Cosy Christmas Day in Team Merry

    Published 17/12/25, by Lauren Merry

    We had the BEST day celebrating Christmas Pyjama Day! We loved coming into school wearing our cosy pyjamas and starting the day feeling super festive.

    We had lots of fun making Christmas cards, and then we watched the film 'The Nativity' — it was very fancy (a bit fancier than ours!), and we loved joining in with “Sparkle and Shine” right at the end.

    We were so lucky because we even got to enjoy hot chocolates and snacks, which made the day feel extra special.

    Miss Merry, Miss Morris, Miss Easton and Miss Fields are all so proud of us for being wonderful, kind, and festive Year 1 children! 🎅✨

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  • A Magical Grotto Visit

    Published 16/12/25, by Lauren Merry

    We were so lucky because we got to visit Santa’s Grotto! When we arrived, we had to sing a song to wake Father Christmas up, and it worked! He came to see us and even read us a story, which we loved listening to together.

    Santa’s elves were very cheeky, making us laugh and adding to the magic of the visit. It felt very special and exciting to be there.

    When we got back to our classrooms, we were amazed to find that we each had a present waiting for us! We felt so grateful and incredibly lucky to have met Father Christmas.

    What a truly magical experience we will always remember! ✨🎄

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  • Team Merry Sparkled and Shined!

    Published 10/12/25, by Lauren Merry

    We loved performing our nativity today! We worked so hard and we are so proud of ourselves and each other. We made all our grown-ups feel very proud as we sang our hearts out and spoke loudly and clearly.

    Everyone was so brave on stage, and it was wonderful to see all our smiles as we performed. What a special way to share the Christmas story together!

    If you’d like to see our dance to “Sparkle and Shine”, please follow the link below:
    🔗 https://vimeo.com/1145241909/49d114370f?share=copy&fl=sv&fe=ci password: Year1.2025

    Well done, Year 1 — you were amazing! 🌟

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