Reception visited their new Year One classrooms today and listened to 'The Cautious Caterpillar' where Cody went from feeling worried about changing into a butterfly to feeling excited. They shared their own feelings about this step of their learning journey. Headteacher at OLOL

#Parent Webinar on #phonics. We'll explain how it is taught in school and give you fun and effective strategies to support at home. Tuesday 16th July - 2 sessions *10am BST eventbrite.co.uk/e/monster-phon… *7pm BST eventbrite.co.uk/e/monster-phon…

We had a fantastic teddy bears picnic this afternoon with all our new friends who will be starting Reception in September.. Remember to send us photographs of your adventures with your learning bear. 🐻 Headteacher at OLOL #MakeADifference

Reception were captivated by our Draw-Along this morning. It was a great way to develop our mark making skills. Headteacher at OLOL Paula Briggs @AccessArt Thank you Mrs Almond for organising the event for us. #ArtOLOL

Parents from our pre Nursery groups joined us to talk about play being a superpower for brain development. Connections are being made neurologically while playing! It is is the foundation of behaviour, relationships, emotions, impulse control and learning. Headteacher at OLOL

This week Reception have been reading the story of 'Goldilocks and the Three Bears' Today we enjoyed a fun game to consolidate all of the words in the story. Headteacher at OLOL #EnglishOLOL Monster Phonics DfE Validated Phonics Programme

What a busy week we have had in Nursery. So many fun and exciting experiences had by all the children. Practising for sports day, making boats, water play and creating vehicles with lolly sticks just to name a few! #MakeADifference Headteacher at OLOL

When you use your imagination anything can happen. Reception enjoyed a safe flight to Kenya thanks to our pilot who said he has already flown to Turkey and Spain, so we knew were in safe hands. Headteacher at OLOL

After reading ‘Handa’s Surprise’ as part of our Literacy Unit Reception really enjoyed tasting exotic fruits and making healthy smoothies. Headteacher at OLOL

Nursery enjoyed their sports day today. They showed great resilience, team work and competitiveness when competiting in all the activities along with lots of smiles and laughter. Well done Nursery, we are so proud of you. #MakeADifference Sport at OLOL Headteacher at OLOL

Reception had a fabulous day at the Runway Visitor Park. Headteacher at OLOL

Nursery had so much fun today at our Rain 🌧 turned Beach ⛱️ party today! We enjoyed splashing under the fountain and sliding into the paddling pool. What a lot of giggles we heard today! #makeadifference Headteacher at OLOL

What a lovely first week we have had in Reception. We also enjoyed a lovely welcome visit from Headteacher at OLOL in the sunshine. ☀️ We are looking forward to a lovely year together. #MakeADifference

What proud teachers we are! Our Nursery children have been AMAZING and shown great resilience settling in to their new class. We have had so much fun exploring and making new friends. We are looking forward to seeing them all again next week. #MakeADifference Headteacher at OLOL

Today in Nursery, we enjoyed meeting our phonics friends and joining in the Monster Phonic song. We talked about who was our favourite monster. We had so much fun! Monster Phonics DfE Validated Phonics Programme #EnglishOLOL Headteacher at OLOL #makeadifference

We have had a fantastic start to phonics. Today the children revised sound ‘s’ and were introduced to sound ‘a’. We then practiced oral blending. The reception team were very impressed! Headteacher at OLOL #EnglishOLOL Monster Phonics DfE Validated Phonics Programme

Today the children went on a hunt to find pictures and match them to the correct initial sound. We had a very busy and fun time. #makeadifference Headteacher at OLOL #EnglishOLOL Monster Phonics DfE Validated Phonics Programme

This week in maths we have been singing lots of number rhymes. Headteacher at OLOL #Matholol #makeadifference

A brilliant first PE lesson for Reception today - we played games as ambulance drivers, firefighters and doctors, making sure we kept ourselves safe by keeping in space and being aware. Superb! #MakeADifference Headteacher at OLOL Sport at OLOL

Nursery have loved reading the story of The Rainbow Fish this week🌈🐟. We talked about how we are going to be kind friends and share the toys we play with. We also created our very own Rainbow Fish! Well done Nursery, you are AMAZING! #EnglishOLOL Jane Considine Headteacher at OLOL