After the huge success of the Newington lights festival last year, RAPS will again be a key partner in creating and celebrating the Newington lights festival again this year.
The parade will again start at the Newington Community Centr
It's been great being back at Forest School. We revisited the rules and enjoyed exploring the woodland with our friends. This week we started the session with a bug hunt. We found lots and lots of spiders!
Afterwards, some of us had a go at pa
Year 1 have started our new English text 'I want my hat back' by Jon Klasson. We began by looking at the bear on the front and used adjectives to describe how he looked. We then looked at his facial expression and used words to describe his t
This week, Team OFlaherty took a trip to Newington Library and explored the fantastic children's section there! Some of us used our library cards to take out a book to share at home with our families. If your child does not yet have a library car
This week Team O learnt about Vincent Van Gogh and his use of oil pastels to complete his famous self portrait. We then looked at different artists portraits and self-portraits. Using mirrors to study our faces and oil pastels, we created our own! We
Please find attached a copy of the powerpoint from last weeks 'open classes' event for those of you that couldn't make it. Please do let us know if you have any questions, our doors are always open.
It is not too late to participate in the Summer Reading Challenge in your local KCC library! Some of you have been busy bees this summer, visiting the library and reading lots of books! RAPS are currently 5th on the leader board in Thanet and we
Team O will be visiting Newington Library on 19th September! We want to foster a genuine and lifelong love of reading in the children and aim ti do this by arranging exciting events and visits to the library rather than extrinsic rewards. If you
Team O got straight down to business by working on our team-building skills! We talked about what made a good team and what behaviours we would expect someone to show if they were being a good team player. We then put ourselves to the test by pl
I would like to take this opportunity to give you all a warm welcome to year 1! The transition from Reception to year 1 can often be tricky for children and adults alike. Leaving your child's first teacher, new classrooms and curriculum can make