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Minster Nursery and Infant School, Croydon
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A warm and caring nursery and infants school, proud to be in #Croydon and to be part of the Southwark Diocesan Board of Education MAT

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On Tuesday, the whole school gathered together at the Minster Church to celebrate being part of a community.

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Minster Church Gathering – The Minster Nursery and Infants School
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December 22, 2025 at 11:15 AM
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Year 2 have been enjoying reading for pleasure this week. We love reading at the Minster School!

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Year 2 Reading Fun! – The Minster Nursery and Infants School
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December 19, 2025 at 4:32 PM
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Nursery had a wonderful finish to the term with a lovely Christmas party. They really enjoyed it. Thank you to all the parents for the donations and support this term.

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Nursery Christmas party – The Minster Nursery and Infants School
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December 19, 2025 at 4:24 PM
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Nursery had a brilliant week. The children’s nativity was a success and everyone had a lovely day on Christmas jumper day. Thank you to all the parents for coming in to see your children!

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Nativity & Christmas jumper day – The Minster Nursery and Infants School
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December 13, 2025 at 12:27 PM
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Reception had a brilliant time at their first ever Christmas Dinner in the big hall! The children continue to work collaboratively – just look at the castle they made!

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Reception Christmas Dinner – The Minster Nursery and Infants School
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December 13, 2025 at 12:26 PM
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This week, Year 1 watched ‘The three bears pantomime coding adventure’ to help them develop their understanding of coding. The children had great fun listening and joining in!

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Year 1 Pantomime – The Minster Nursery and Infants School
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December 13, 2025 at 12:26 PM
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Year 2 have been using their art skills to create some amazing Christmas cards!

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Year 2 Christmas Cards – The Minster Nursery and Infants School
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December 13, 2025 at 12:25 PM
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Reception continue to enjoy their learning! The children have been creating repeating patterns, writing their names and exploring light and dark.

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Reception creating repeating patterns – The Minster Nursery and Infants School
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December 5, 2025 at 7:51 PM
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Year 2 have been having a fantastic time thinking about exploring and going on adventures around the world inspired by the book, ‘Dear Earth’.

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Year 2 have been travelling the globe! – The Minster Nursery and Infants School
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December 5, 2025 at 2:37 PM
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This week year 1 have started a new book called Billy and the beast and this week we had a “beast” come into our classroom and eat our fruit and knock a couple of pencils. Year 1 made wanted posters to find the beast.

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Year 1 reading Billy & the Beast! – The Minster Nursery and Infants School
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December 5, 2025 at 2:34 PM
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Nursery have continued to engage in more winter learning and work extremely hard in all learning activities. The children have pushed themselves immensely in maths, strengthening their subitising skills.

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Nursery Learning Fun! – The Minster Nursery and Infants School
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December 5, 2025 at 2:30 PM
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Year 2 have been doing some beautiful handwriting using their new English books with handwriting guidelines. We have attached some of their work below. Please click on the thumbnails for a larger view.

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Year 2 handwriting – The Minster Nursery and Infants School
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November 28, 2025 at 5:12 PM
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In nursery we’ve had such a fun and busy week. In relation to the story ‘‘bear snores on’, nursery children have been focusing on winter learning, such as weather changes and hibernation. This has sparked the beginning of the festive season.

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Nursery Learning: ‘bear snores on’ – The Minster Nursery and Infants School
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November 28, 2025 at 11:58 AM
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Nursery have had a wonderfully busy and imaginative week. The children explored two favourite stories, ‘The Gruffalo’ and ‘We’re Going On A Bear Hunt’. These classic tales inspired lots of movement, language and sensory play.

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Nursery explore classic stories – The Minster Nursery and Infants School
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November 21, 2025 at 4:38 PM
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Welcome to another edition of Newsround from our Year 2 reporting team. Today we hear about some fabulous events coming up this month and early December so be sure to have your diary at the ready to make a note of those all important dates.

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Minster Infants Newsround November 2025 – The Minster Nursery and Infants School
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November 21, 2025 at 12:45 PM
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Year 2 have enjoyed P.E this week! They have made great progress with their skills when dribbling with a ball. In reading, they have really enjoyed looking closely at the wonderful book, ‘The Magic and Mystery of Trees’.

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Year 2 learning fun – The Minster Nursery and Infants School
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November 21, 2025 at 12:45 PM
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In Geography, the Year 1 children were using a map in the playground to find different features. The children really enjoyed the challenge of orienteering and felt like hunters.

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Year 1 learning fun – The Minster Nursery and Infants School
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November 21, 2025 at 12:44 PM
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In Year 1, they have been learning about many cultures, one family, they have been experiencing their peers culture through art , music, dance and fact finding.

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Year 1 learning about cultures – The Minster Nursery and Infants School
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November 14, 2025 at 1:33 PM
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In Reception we have enjoyed our week of ‘Many Cultures One Family’ We visited lots of different countries and enjoyed learning lots of new facts.

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Reception Learning about cultures – The Minster Nursery and Infants School
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November 14, 2025 at 1:33 PM
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This week in Nursery, the children have been learning about many cultures, one family.

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Nursery learning about cultures – The Minster Nursery and Infants School
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November 14, 2025 at 1:32 PM
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Year 2 have been thinking carefully about the best strategy to use when subtracting 1-digit from a 2-digit number.

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Year 2 Maths – Subtraction – The Minster Nursery and Infants School
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November 9, 2025 at 12:01 PM
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In science, Year 1 went on a hunt around the playground looking for objects. They worked together to decide what material they were made from.

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Year 1 Science – The Minster Nursery and Infants School
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November 9, 2025 at 12:01 PM
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This week Reception have been learning about Bonfire Night. In History the children read the story of Guy Fawkes and made up actions to remember the facts.

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Reception History – Guy Fawkes – The Minster Nursery and Infants School
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November 9, 2025 at 12:01 PM
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Nursery have started the new half term off with a bang! Nursery have been learning all about bonfire night, creating their very own amazing firework art.

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Nursery off to a bang! – The Minster Nursery and Infants School
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November 9, 2025 at 12:00 PM
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On Monday afternoon, Mr Davies received a phone call from a producer of ITV News who later visited The Minster Schools to film our children.

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ITV News visit The Minster Schools! – The Minster Nursery and Infants School
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October 24, 2025 at 4:50 PM