Early Years at Appleton Thorn Primary School

Early Years at Appleton Thorn Primary School Our Reception class focuses learning in curiosity and play in a ‘home from home’ setting based on the Danish wellbeing feeling of hygge.

Natural colours and resources aid experiential learning through the seasons and foster creativity and independence.

The classroom is ready. 🎉
25/08/2026

The classroom is ready. 🎉

On Monday, Reception Class went on their first school trip to Warrington Museum. We took part in a dinosaur workshop whe...
16/06/2026

On Monday, Reception Class went on their first school trip to Warrington Museum. We took part in a dinosaur workshop where the children had the opportunity to hold real dinosaur fossils and explore the museum gallery. The children also enjoyed a music session, where they worked together to compose a song all about dinosaurs. 🦕🦖

This exciting trip will help to inspire and support the children’s learning as we begin our dinosaur topic and explore Gigantosaurus in literacy. The children were a credit to the school and had a fantastic day of learning and discovery!

We have started our new Mini Beasts topic this afternoon.We spent lots of time outside exploring and seeing what mini be...
20/05/2026

We have started our new Mini Beasts topic this afternoon.

We spent lots of time outside exploring and seeing what mini beasts we could find.

Have you got your tickets yet???
08/05/2026

Have you got your tickets yet???

We had a great day of exploring and learning today 😊
08/05/2026

We had a great day of exploring and learning today 😊

Yesterday we spent some time looking back through our phonics books.The children compared their writing from the start o...
06/05/2026

Yesterday we spent some time looking back through our phonics books.

The children compared their writing from the start of the year with the writing they have done today, and it was great to see how much progress they have made!

It was lovely to hear them confidently explaining how their writing has improved.

Today Mr Williams brought in his scuba diving equipment to show the children, which they were really interested in explo...
29/04/2026

Today Mr Williams brought in his scuba diving equipment to show the children, which they were really interested in exploring and learning about.

This sparked lots of discussion about sunken treasure, linking nicely to our literacy work on pirates. 🏴‍☠️

This afternoon we learnt about what plants need to survive, and the children each planted their own sunflower seed in a ...
28/04/2026

This afternoon we learnt about what plants need to survive, and the children each planted their own sunflower seed in a named pot.

Over the next few weeks, we’ll be looking after them and hopefully watching them grow. 🌻

This afternoon in science, we continued our focus on the weather.We talked about wind, what it feels like, and how we ca...
12/02/2026

This afternoon in science, we continued our focus on the weather.

We talked about wind, what it feels like, and how we can find out which way it is blowing. 💨

The children were all challenged to make their own kites and test them outside. 🪁

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Arley Road, Appleton Thorn
Warrington
WA44RW

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Monday 8:40am - 3:20pm
Tuesday 8:40am - 3:20pm
Wednesday 8:40am - 3:20pm
Thursday 8:40am - 3:20pm
Friday 8:40am - 3:20pm

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