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- World Bee day 2026
The children celebrated World Bee day 2026, we began by reading a story about bees and then watched and discussed… Read more: World Bee day 2026 - Visit from the librarian
Nursery thoroughly enjoyed a visit from our local librarian called Joanne. She told the children all about her role at… Read more: Visit from the librarian - Leading on repeats in Nursery
This half term in Nursery, the children have been building on their previous pattern experiences and developing greater independence in… Read more: Leading on repeats in Nursery - Growing in Reception
The children in Reception have thoroughly enjoyed our topic on ‘Growing’. They have enjoyed listening to stories such as; Jack… Read more: Growing in Reception - Reception class visit to Whitehouse Farm!
As part of our learning about growing, Reception class visited Whitehouse Farm. The children enjoyed hand feeding a range of… Read more: Reception class visit to Whitehouse Farm! - Demonstrating care and concern in Nursery.
This half term in Nursery has been largely centred around New Life and showing care and concern for living things.… Read more: Demonstrating care and concern in Nursery. - Nursery can make collections that are the same
This block of learning in maths focused on comparing and sorting collections. As part of this the children began to… Read more: Nursery can make collections that are the same - Lunar New Year
The children in Reception have been busy learning about Lunar New Year. They enjoyed listening to the traditions that happen… Read more: Lunar New Year - Reading and Writing in Reception
This half term the children have been working hard in their phonics sessions to revise the phase 2 digraphs and… Read more: Reading and Writing in Reception - Developing Mastery in Reception
This half term the children have been working hard deepening their understanding of numbers 0-7. In Reception class, the children… Read more: Developing Mastery in Reception - Understanding the World in Nursery
Moving from our learning of the Polar Regions we began exploring the warmer jungle and rainforest areas. The children thoroughly… Read more: Understanding the World in Nursery - Exploring the Polar Regions in Nursery
This half term in Nursery we have been exploring hot and cold places. We began looking at cold places and… Read more: Exploring the Polar Regions in Nursery - Advent: the time of waiting for the celebration of Christs birth.
In RE this half term, Nursery have been exploring Advent; the time of waiting for the celebration of Christ’s birth.… Read more: Advent: the time of waiting for the celebration of Christs birth. - Maths in Reception
This term the children in Reception have been working hard to understand the concepts of the numbers 1-5. They begin… Read more: Maths in Reception - RE in Reception
In Reception class, the children have been learning about the concept of Advent and that Advent is a time of… Read more: RE in Reception - Balance Bike Day
Reception and Year 1 had great fun taking part in a Balance Bike Day. They learned how to move on… Read more: Balance Bike Day - Black History Month
Throughout the month of October, the children across school have been doing some lovely activities, all relating to Black History… Read more: Black History Month - Ourselves
Reception class gathered together to celebrate the end of their RE topic ‘Ourselves’. They are learning to sit still, listen… Read more: Ourselves - Reception Saltwell Park Visit
Reception class enjoyed visiting Saltwell Park as part of their Autumn topic. Working in small groups, they explored the park… Read more: Reception Saltwell Park Visit - Exploring and building with shapes
This week in maths Nursery have been exploring simple shape, space and measure. The children were given many opportunities to… Read more: Exploring and building with shapes - Careers and Aspirations in Early Years
Early Years enjoyed Careers and Aspirations week in school. We were visited by Mr Bonello who is a mechanic working… Read more: Careers and Aspirations in Early Years - Dental Nurses visit Reception
Reception class enjoyed welcoming the dental nurses from Carew Dental Care into our classroom. They spoke to us about the… Read more: Dental Nurses visit Reception - Reception Class visit Whitehouse Farm
To enhance their Science learning about farm animals and what we get from different farm animals, the children in Reception… Read more: Reception Class visit Whitehouse Farm - Exploring Lent and Easter in Nursery
In RE this half term, Nursery have been thinking about Lent and Easter as a time for growing. We discussed… Read more: Exploring Lent and Easter in Nursery - New life on the farm
In Nursery we have been exploring farm animals and new life as we enter spring time. As part of understanding… Read more: New life on the farm - Growing in Nursery
This term, understanding the world, saw us exploring growing. We began by reading the story Jack and the Beanstalk, the… Read more: Growing in Nursery - World Maths Day in Nursery
On World Maths Day Nursery enjoyed playing a roll and colour dice game. They took turns to roll the dice… Read more: World Maths Day in Nursery - Handwriting at Corpus Christi
At Corpus Christi, we follow the PenPals scheme for handwriting. Over the past few months we have really focused on… Read more: Handwriting at Corpus Christi - World Book Day 2025
The children of Corpus Christi love World Book Day every year, but this year seemed to be bigger and better… Read more: World Book Day 2025 - Gymnastics in Reception
During this half term, the children in Reception have started to develop their gymnastic skills. We started the unit creating… Read more: Gymnastics in Reception - Lunar New Year in Nursery
This month saw us finishing our learning of Lunar New Year also known as Chinese New Year. We began by… Read more: Lunar New Year in Nursery - Developing fine motor skills in Reception
Fine motor skills are the small, precise movements we make with our hands and fingers. Children need to develop finger… Read more: Developing fine motor skills in Reception - Maths in Reception – Spring 1
Our learning in maths is not just about being able to rote count. It is about having a deep understanding… Read more: Maths in Reception – Spring 1 - Reading and Writing in Reception
In Reception this half term, the children have been trying hard to use their set 3 sounds in their writing… Read more: Reading and Writing in Reception - Exploring the process of melting and freezing in Nursery
As part of Understanding the World, Nursery have been exploring rain, ice, water, snow and melting. The children had observed… Read more: Exploring the process of melting and freezing in Nursery - Travelling Crib
Throughout Advent, children in Reception class, Year 1 and Year 2 have taken our Travelling Crib home to share with… Read more: Travelling Crib - Gross Motor Skills
Nursery have been taking part in lots of gross motor activities such as dancing with ribbons, attending soft play, ball… Read more: Gross Motor Skills - Looking forward to Jesus’ birthday
In RE this half term, Nursery have been thinking about Advent; the time of waiting for the celebration of Christ’s… Read more: Looking forward to Jesus’ birthday - Washington Wetlands
As part of their Science lessons, Reception class visited Washington Wetlands Centre. The children had a fantastic day, we started… Read more: Washington Wetlands - God made me, God made you
In our RE lessons, Reception have been looking at how we are all part of God’s family and how we… Read more: God made me, God made you - Learning about Our Senses in Nursery
In Science this half term the children have explored their five senses; sight, hearing, touch, taste and smell. To begin… Read more: Learning about Our Senses in Nursery - Settling into Reception
The children have settled into Reception so well. They have enjoyed their maths lessons using and exploring numbers up to… Read more: Settling into Reception - Initial sounds in Reception
The children in Reception have been working so hard over the past few weeks learning their letter sounds. They are… Read more: Initial sounds in Reception - Exploring our local area!
The children in Reception have enjoyed exploring our local area. We looked at different types of houses and spotted a… Read more: Exploring our local area! - Significant events in Nursery!
In History, Nursery have been remembering and talking about significant events in their own experience. Lots of children remembered their… Read more: Significant events in Nursery! - Settling into Nursery
The Nursery children have settled well into life at Corpus Christi. We spent the first few weeks getting to know… Read more: Settling into Nursery - Maths in Reception
The children in Reception have enjoyed exploring patterns. They have made AB patterns in lots of different ways. We have… Read more: Maths in Reception - Maths in Early Years
Nursery have really enjoyed maths this half term. They have made simple comparisons of amounts, made simple line patterns and… Read more: Maths in Early Years
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World Bee day 2026
The children celebrated World Bee day 2026, we began by reading a story about bees and then watched and discussed a video about how bees make honey. The children were fascinated that there was a Queen bee found in each honey bee colony. Lots of our children said they had tasted honey before and shared […]
Published: May 22, 2026
Visit from the librarian
Nursery thoroughly enjoyed a visit from our local librarian called Joanne. She told the children all about her role at Gateshead library, she even told them how their grown ups could sign up to the library for free and borrow some books regularly. This sounded very excited and something the children were really excited about. […]
Published: May 22, 2026
Leading on repeats in Nursery
This half term in Nursery, the children have been building on their previous pattern experiences and developing greater independence in their patterning skills. Through a range of engaging songs, rhymes and hands-on activities, the children had many opportunities to explore and practise creating patterns independently. These experiences helped the children to consolidate repeated rhythms and […]
Published: May 22, 2026
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