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It was my absolute pleasure to visit the Bristol Children’s Hospital this evening to deliver the wonderful Christmas books our school community so kindly donated. The staff at the hospital wish for me to extend their sincere thanks- they are so extremely grateful for our kindness.
Mrs Anderson and Rufus x
Well, what a wonderfully generous school community we have. It has been my great pleasure today, to sort through and label with donation plaques, all of the wonderful Christmas books donated from our Wish List. There are 30 new books in our library for the children to delve into next week and during the run up to Christmas. Even more magical, there are 30 books boxed up and ready for me to deliver to the Bristol Children’s Hospital, along with my reading buddy, Rufus, who is now dressed in his Christmas jumper, purchased from the Sustainable Stanton Sale. We are so humbled by your kind donations and I know the children at school and at the hospital are going to enjoy these wonderful books throughout December.
I cannot thank you enough for your support and kindness.
Mrs Anderson (& Rufus 
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A huge thank you to everyone who visited our Travelling Book Fair last week. We are delighted to let you know that we have raised an impressive £320 in rewards to spend on books for our library. The books we are able to offer our children are just getting better and better, encouraging more and more children to read for pleasure.
Thank you for your support!
It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas at Stanton school! The children have been busy making angel decorations to decorate the school hall, and our tree (kindly donated by Prestige Grounds) is looking suitably festive. The children of Darling and Amazon are very excited to welcome you to their nativity performance of ‘The Angel Express’ this week!
This weekend, Rufus the Reading Bear has celebrated his birthday!
Rufus was treated to a book themed party at Mrs Anderson’s house and asked for pop-up books for his birthday this year. After exploring his new pop-up books, Rufus enjoyed a large slice of chocolate birthday cake followed by a special birthday bath. Mrs Anderson did have to hold Rufus’s paw as he was a little unsure of the water! He is now super clean and ready to go home with children he spots reading 
He’ll even bring one of his new pop-up books with him!
At Stanton children enjoy the structured approach to learning through exploration in Maths.
Lessons begin with a problem, question or thought and children investigate. This part is always fun, and we love discussing what we notice.
The teacher then draws the class together, having carefully selected some ideas from the children themselves. The skill then is to guide the children to ensure the concepts have been understood before they take on their independent work for the lesson.
The approach gives each child the change to succeed in maths which leads to enjoyment.
