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The giraffe with the orange belly button that lives in Avril’s house

Tuesday 27 November 2018

If you happen to pass by the door of our pre-school at lunch time, you could be forgiven for thinking that it’s a mad house. Screams of laughter can be heard as the children take turns to add their bit to a story… a story that started in September and will finish sometime in June/July of […]

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