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Welcome to Reception at Great Coates Academy. ‘Success and happiness for every child’ - proud to be part of the Harbour Learning Trust.

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Yesterday we took part in the super kind community project where the whole school planted a seed. We are going to grow a flower then donate it to the local community. @PrimaryGreat #gcpsuperkind #gcppshe #gcpcommunity

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Today we were kindly gifted some magic beans from Mr Baxter, luckily we knew just what to do and we planted them in pots of soil, watered them and put them in the sunlight. We’re looking forward to seeing our beans grow. @PrimaryGreat #gcpearlyyears #gcpscience

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With only a few weeks left until PSC, phonics club is in full swing. @PrimaryGreat @GcpYear1

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The children in FS2 have made their own vegetable soup this week, after reading Oliver’s vegetables and learning where vegetables comes from we were inspired to try something new. @PrimaryGreat #gcpearlyyears #gcpdelightandjoy

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Our topic this term is all about growing and today we’ve been talking about vegetables and where they come from. We made a chart of our favourite vegetable in reception - which is broccoli 🥦 @PrimaryGreat #gcpearlyyears

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The children in reception have had some little fluffy visitors today 8 little chicks have hatched at @PrimaryGreat and the children couldn't wait to give them a cuddle. #gcpearlyyears #gcpscience #gcpDANCE

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@GCP_Y5and6 @PrimaryGreat Well done my little superstar!!

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Fabulous work at phonics club tonight, working super hard to practise their reading after school! Well done @GcpYear1 #gcpreading

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FS2 Mummy’s can you find your portrait drawn by your child to celebrate Mother’s Day this weekend? The children have loved drawing you for our guessing game. @PrimaryGreat #gcpearlyyears #gcpdelightandjoy

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A fantastic world book day in reception. We’ve been doing story hunts, creating book covers and making a beanstalk from Jack and the beanstalk. We were also lucky enough to receive our own book today take home. @PrimaryGreat @GCPreading #WorldBookDay2026 #gcpreading

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@PrimaryGreat We have been learning how to stay safe on the internet today by reading about Smartie the Penguin. We learnt a rhyme to help us. #gcpearlyyears @UK_SIC

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For National storytelling week we retold and acted out the story Monkey Puzzle. It’s one of our favourites in reception. The children did a great job of acting and narrating the story. @PrimaryGreat @GCPreading #gcpreading #NationalStoryTellingWeek

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Here are some of our number day activities today! The children had a great day exploring numbers and of course there was plenty of talk about 67! @PrimaryGreat #gcpmaths #gcpnumberday

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Well done to Cohen whose fantastic writing has earned him a place in the book of excellence. Keep up the hard work. @PrimaryGreat #gcpearlyyears ##gcpwriting

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Practising our subitising skills, rolling the dice and finding arrangements of the same number on our boards.@PrimaryGreat #gcpearlyyears #gcpambition

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This week we are reading The Emperor's Egg. The children have been busy this morning painting and making play dough penguins as part of their challenges in the classroom. @PrimaryGreat #gcpearlyyears #gcpambition

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Busy at the post office role play today, sending and delivering Christmas post to each other @PrimaryGreat #gcpealyyears #gcpdelightandjoy

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The children in reception have been exploring the snow and ice this morning, they really enjoying crunching the snow to make footprints and then mixing colours when painting the ice. @PrimaryGreat #gcpearlyears

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This week we're celebrating birthdays, we've been making birthday cakes in our creative area today. @PrimaryGreat #gccpearlyyears

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This week in PE we've practising rolling and stopping the ball with a partner. @PrimaryGreat #gcpearlyyears #gcppe