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💪🏃♀️Crew Time fitness…what better way to start the day?💪🏃♀️
Our Year 2 children enjoyed their morning Crew Time fitness session, getting their bodies moving, boosting their energy and starting the day with a positive mindset.
Fitness, fun, teamwork and plenty of smiles!
#desfordcommunityprimaryschool #activelearning #year2 #readytolearn📚
💪🏃♀️Crew Time fitness…what better way to start the day?💪🏃♀️
Our Year 2 children enjoyed their morning Crew Time fitness session, getting their bodies moving, boosting their energy and starting the day with a positive mindset.
Fitness, fun, teamwork and plenty of smiles!
#desfordcommunityprimaryschool #activelearning #year2 #readytolearn📚
🌟 Is your child starting school in August 2027?
Come and discover Desford Community Primary School! Meet our wonderful EYFS team, explore our learning spaces and Feel Good Forest, join in with PE and even sample our freshly cooked school food.
📞 Book your Discover session through the school office on 01455 822379 or email office@desford.org.uk.
We can’t wait to welcome you! 💙💛
#DesfordPrimary #StartingSchool #EYFS2027
🌟 Is your child starting school in August 2027?
Come and discover Desford Community Primary School! Meet our wonderful EYFS team, explore our learning spaces and Feel Good Forest, join in with PE and even sample our freshly cooked school food.
📞 Book your Discover session through the school office on 01455 822379 or email office@desford.org.uk.
We can’t wait to welcome you! 💙💛
#DesfordPrimary #StartingSchool #EYFS2027
🏫 Come and see Desford Community Primary School in action!
Our parent tours are a chance to meet our friendly staff, explore our learning spaces and discover what makes Desford such a warm, nurturing and special place for children to learn, grow and belong.
📞 Book your tour through the school office on 01455 822379 or email office@desford.org.uk.
We look forward to welcoming you! 💙💛
#DesfordPrimary #SchoolTours #StartingSchool
🏫 Come and see Desford Community Primary School in action!
Our parent tours are a chance to meet our friendly staff, explore our learning spaces and discover what makes Desford such a warm, nurturing and special place for children to learn, grow and belong.
📞 Book your tour through the school office on 01455 822379 or email office@desford.org.uk.
We look forward to welcoming you! 💙💛
#DesfordPrimary #SchoolTours #StartingSchool
📚What a special treat for our Year 1✨📚
Today Year 1 children were lucky enough to watch a live reading of the brand new Gruffalo Granny book by the wonderful Julia Donaldson and Alex Scheffler!
It was a magical experience to see their faces light up as Julia Donaldson herself read the new story.
Reading is so important to us- it sparks imagination, builds vocabulary, develops a love of stories and opens up a whole world of possibilities for our children.
What a fantastic way to celebrate the joy of reading! 📚❤️
✍️The Gruffalo drawing is courtesy of our very talented Mrs Richardson!✍️
#dcps #desfordcommunityprimaryschool #juliadonaldson #alexscheffler #lovereading
📚What a special treat for our Year 1✨📚
Today Year 1 children were lucky enough to watch a live reading of the brand new Gruffalo Granny book by the wonderful Julia Donaldson and Alex Scheffler!
It was a magical experience to see their faces light up as Julia Donaldson herself read the new story.
Reading is so important to us- it sparks imagination, builds vocabulary, develops a love of stories and opens up a whole world of possibilities for our children.
What a fantastic way to celebrate the joy of reading! 📚❤️
✍️The Gruffalo drawing is courtesy of our very talented Mrs Richardson!✍️
#dcps #desfordcommunityprimaryschool #juliadonaldson #alexscheffler #lovereading
Happy weekend. 🐔🌿
Sometimes it’s the small things that matter most - a quiet moment, a little bit of nature and seeing our rescue chickens enjoying a peaceful life at school.
Grateful for the reminder to be kind to our environment, care for all living things and make a difference where we can. 💚
Happy weekend. 🐔🌿
Sometimes it’s the small things that matter most - a quiet moment, a little bit of nature and seeing our rescue chickens enjoying a peaceful life at school.
Grateful for the reminder to be kind to our environment, care for all living things and make a difference where we can. 💚
Our Year 1 children have been busy enjoying Forest School today and it’s so much more than simply playing outside.
Forest School is about…
🔍 Discovering new things
💪 Showing determination when things get tricky
🧩 Problem solving and thinking creatively
🌱 Respecting nature and our environment
🤝 Sharing and working together
🧪 Experimenting and learning through doing
💚 Connecting with each other and growing confidence
Every muddy hand, curious question and little challenge is part of a much bigger learning journey…
#dcps #forestschool #forestvlog #year1 #outdoorlearning
Our Year 1 children have been busy enjoying Forest School today and it’s so much more than simply playing outside.
Forest School is about…
🔍 Discovering new things
💪 Showing determination when things get tricky
🧩 Problem solving and thinking creatively
🌱 Respecting nature and our environment
🤝 Sharing and working together
🧪 Experimenting and learning through doing
💚 Connecting with each other and growing confidence
Every muddy hand, curious question and little challenge is part of a much bigger learning journey…
#dcps #forestschool #forestvlog #year1 #outdoorlearning
A lovely Tuesday at Desford.
No big event. No special occasion.
Just children arriving and continuing to be ‘READY’ to learn - reading, thinking, talking, practising and challenging themselves. Being ready is one of our behaviour principles - Be Kind, Ready, Respectful and Safe.
Strong foundations, built every day.
#DesfordPrimary #ReadyToLearn #StrongFoundations
A lovely Tuesday at Desford.
No big event. No special occasion.
Just children arriving and continuing to be ‘READY’ to learn - reading, thinking, talking, practising and challenging themselves. Being ready is one of our behaviour principles - Be Kind, Ready, Respectful and Safe.
Strong foundations, built every day.
#DesfordPrimary #ReadyToLearn #StrongFoundations
📚 Learning to read. Reading to learn. Reading for pleasure. ❤️
From our youngest children building the foundations through phonics, to confident readers choosing books, sharing texts and testing their understanding — reading was everywhere at Desford today.
We work hard to make sure every child learns to read well, but just as importantly, we want them to discover the joy of being a reader.
Because reading isn’t just something we learn to do. It opens doors to everything that comes next. 📖✨
#DesfordReads #LoveReading #ReadingForPleasure #StrongFoundations
📚 Learning to read. Reading to learn. Reading for pleasure. ❤️
From our youngest children building the foundations through phonics, to confident readers choosing books, sharing texts and testing their understanding — reading was everywhere at Desford today.
We work hard to make sure every child learns to read well, but just as importantly, we want them to discover the joy of being a reader.
Because reading isn’t just something we learn to do. It opens doors to everything that comes next. 📖✨
#DesfordReads #LoveReading #ReadingForPleasure #StrongFoundations
🌿Kindness starts with noticing.
A group of year 3 and 4 children approached Mr Wilson yesterday after spotting a poorly tree in our school grounds. They wanted to find out how they could help and asked to show it to him at lunchtime.
They met with our Forest School Teacher and Mr Wilson today to explore how we can care for the tree together. A lovely example of our children living our ethos: Be Kind to Yourself, Others and The Environment.
Next step - lets help the tree!
🌿Kindness starts with noticing.
A group of year 3 and 4 children approached Mr Wilson yesterday after spotting a poorly tree in our school grounds. They wanted to find out how they could help and asked to show it to him at lunchtime.
They met with our Forest School Teacher and Mr Wilson today to explore how we can care for the tree together. A lovely example of our children living our ethos: Be Kind to Yourself, Others and The Environment.
Next step - lets help the tree!
⭐️Welcome back!⭐️
A very warm welcome to all of our wonderful children- we hope you’ve had a fantastic summer break filled with fun and making lots of special memories.
We’re so excited to see everyone back and ready for the 2026/27 academic year. Here’s to a fantastic year ahead of us!
#desfordcommunityprimaryschool #bekind #welcomeback #dcps
⭐️Welcome back!⭐️
A very warm welcome to all of our wonderful children- we hope you’ve had a fantastic summer break filled with fun and making lots of special memories.
We’re so excited to see everyone back and ready for the 2026/27 academic year. Here’s to a fantastic year ahead of us!
#desfordcommunityprimaryschool #bekind #welcomeback #dcps
Summer holiday chicken duty has developed into a real page turner 📖! Staff have been spending some quality holiday time hanging out with the school flock and involving their own children too. They might not be learning maths this week, but our feathery friends are definitely keeping up with their reading! Hope you’re all having a great summer! #ChickenDuty #SchoolFarm #SummerVibes #ReadAloud #BroodyForBooks
Summer holiday chicken duty has developed into a real page turner 📖! Staff have been spending some quality holiday time hanging out with the school flock and involving their own children too. They might not be learning maths this week, but our feathery friends are definitely keeping up with their reading! Hope you’re all having a great summer! #ChickenDuty #SchoolFarm #SummerVibes #ReadAloud #BroodyForBooks
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