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Dear parents and carers,

It’s hard to believe that we are in the final half term of the year. It feels like only yesterday we were welcoming everyone back in September! For many of our children and families the next few weeks will be about the transition from St Edmund’s to primary school.…

This half term red and yellow class will be moving to an exciting topic of ‘Growth and New Life’. This was introduced to the children on Monday when Zoolab brought some exciting animals to meet us. Thank you to all the parents who joined us for this experience.

We are very pleased to welcome our children and their families who have started with us in 2-3s over the past few weeks: Hashim, Shahveer, Yusuf, Aiza, Mohammad Umar and Yumna. We would also like to welcome Raees’ new baby bother and offer congratulations to the whole family!

Momena, our…

As usual there are lots of activities for families going on at St Edmund’s throughout the term that you are welcome to join in with – story time on Mondays 8.45 to 9.15am and Thursdays 12.45 to 1.15pm and singing sessions on Wednesdays at 8.45am and 12.30pm. Please come and join in!

Family…

A very warm welcome to lots of new children and their families this term: Ayesha, Aiza, Is-haaq, Ayrah, Anisa and Aleeza. Everyone is settling in well.

Last term we really enjoyed our visit to Chellow Dene Reservoir where we experienced the changing seasons and interesting wildlife. The…

Dear parents and carers,

Spring has finally arrived! It felt as though winter was never going to end this time.

I was very lucky to spend two weeks on holiday in Crete over Easter; such a beautiful island with so much history. Greece has had its problems over the last few years, suffering…

As usual there are lots of activities for families going on at St Edmund’s throughout the term that you are welcome to join in with – story time on Mondays 8.45 to 9.15am and Thursdays 12.45 to 1.15pm and singing sessions on Wednesdays at 8.45am and 12.30pm. Please come and join in!

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We would like to welcome Hashim to the Baby Room and say “Happy Birthday” to Dylan who has just turned 1!

Also - we would like to share the exciting news that Adam and Lochlan have both started walking independently - well done both of you!

We will, as always be planning what we do in the…

This half term in Red and Yellow class we are continuing to explore traditional tales. The children really enjoyed reading The Three Billy Goats Gruff and are making bridges and acting out this story inside and outside. Thank you to everyone who joined us for our Sharing Stories session about this…

A warm welcome to the new children that have started with us in 2-3s over the past few weeks;

Iman, Abdul, Layla and Elena and also to a new member of staff, Sana Ahmed who is our new Apprentice in Green Room. We would also like to welcome Hawwa-Noor’s new baby sister and offer congratulations…

Dear parents and carers,

Our Better Together day on 9th February was a bit different this year. Rather than invite you to come to St Edmund’s, we visited some of you at home. Thank you for making us feel so welcome. We really value your feedback and are always looking at ways we can improve…

We’ve had a very exciting winter, with a trip to London to meet our funders and meetings with colleagues in other areas of the country who are interested in our project. Better still, we have taken the list of 532 suggestions for what every Bradford child needs to experience before they are five…