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In Reception  lots of learning has been linked to the story ‘The Gingerbread Man’. The children have enjoyed making boats for the Gingerbread Man, writing gingerbread recipes, playing at the roleplay bakery, measuring ingredients, baking their own gingerbread men and of course eating them!

In Reception  lots of learning has been linked to the story ‘The Gingerbread Man’. The children have enjoyed making boats for the Gingerbread Man, writing gingerbread recipes, playing at the roleplay bakery, measuring ingredients, baking their own gingerbread men and of course eating them!

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