In Religious Education, Trekkers looked a little more at spring. We had some pictures of baby animals and a mummy animal. We matched them up, which was tricky moving our fingers with the pictures on the board. We also looked at the life cycle of a butterfly, putting them in the correct order – egg, caterpillar, cocoon and butterfly. We then cut out the pictures and made our own life cycles.

Today the Trekkers practised making big marks in paint. We did straight lines, circles, some made triangles, we did faces, and lots more. We had lots of fun when we realised it was ok to get messy hands. We also spoke about the colours we made as we mixed the colours together.

Reception loved doing an Easter egg hunt in Forest School. They followed clues to find the treasure. They had to tick off the pictures when they found them. Everybody then had a chocolate Easter lolly. It was great fun!

What a lovely afternoon Reception had at forest schools. We climbed trees, went on the swing, made slides and see saw, used two buckets to make some weighing scales and of course plenty of bug hunting.

Reception have been learning about number bonds to 10. They have been finding different ways to make 10. They have enjoyed using numicon to help them. Lots of children then wrote the number sentence on a whiteboard. Great job by our reception children!

Reception had a great time doing their outdoor learning. They looked at different leaves, did some bug hunting and even climbed a tree.

Spring has sprung in Reception. We enjoyed doing some observational drawings of daffodils. We looked carefully at the flower and the stem.

Our pupils in Reception and Year 1, thoroughly enjoyed their workshops delivered by Judith and her team. They taught Reception and Year 1 children a lot of new skills as they travelled through Gambia.

Children made a colourful African mask, learnt traditional songs and dances, the drums and the bongo! The classes came together to put on a very energetic, entertaining and inclusive performance.

Thank you Judith and your team for coming in and working with us.  We have learnt so much about Gambia, through the arts.

Reception loved making pancakes! They mixed eggs, flour and milk to get the batter. They then fried them. We had a choice of toppings and they tasted yummy.

Early Years Foundation Stage had a visit from the Teddy Bears Hospital. They brought their teddies into school ready to visit the hospital. We had different stations to visit. We had handwashing, brushing our teeth, visiting the hospital and seeing the doctor. It was great fun to try the different activities.

For NSPCC maths day Early Years enjoyed a parent’s maths session. There were lots of opportunities to learn all about number and pattern. We used five frames, patterning elephants, number formation sheets, puzzles and books.

As part of National Storytelling Week we made our own puppets to use for storytelling. We have made a puppet theatre and are going to use our imaginations to make up stories.

Early Years Foundation Stage learnt about Chinese New Year. They listened to the story of how the Emperor chose the animals for the zodiac calendar, they used charcoal to draw Chinese numerals, practised their fine motor skills and even had it in the home corner and play dough.

Reception loved their Beat Feet session. We had fun colouring masks and singing songs about Africa. We also did some dancing using lasers.

Reception enjoyed learning about number recognition and 1-1 number correspondence by playing a game on the interactive whiteboard.

Early Years Foundation Stage enjoyed their second parents reading session. Such valuable time sharing books and promoting the love of reading. See you again next week!

Early Years Foundation Stage enjoyed their first parent’s reading session. A great chance to share stories with children and adults. Remember this will happen every Friday 9 – 9.30!

Early Years are learning about explorers. They had an explorer day. We started by doing our own exploring to see what we could find. We saw it was very frozen and investigated how it felt. We saw lots of things including aeroplanes, birds, trees and Stick Man. We had an explorer snack then did lots of activities including making earth and making telescopes.

Reception children did a great job of using Fred talk to complete their writing in phonics!

Reception enjoyed being outside exploring the ice. They talked about how the snow had turned to ice and it felt so hard. They then decided to try and break the ice. They found that was quite tricky to do so tried using cones and tools to help them.

Reception enjoyed their Beat Feet session this morning. They learnt a new dance and followed instructions so well.

Children in Reception, Class 1 and 2 took part in a Beat Feet dance workshop.  They listened to an African story and then learnt a series of actions in time to the music. They retold the story using expression, rhythm, actions and movement to music.

Reception are learning about circles and triangles. We looked at some art work by Kandinsky who used circles and triangles in his work. We then made our own pictures using circles and triangles. Some of us cut out shapes for the picture and some used paint or crayons.

Reception Class enjoyed going on an Autumn walk to collect leaves. They then made these into nature catchers. We loved listening to the scrunching of leaves and collecting them in our own tubs.

Reception loved learning about Diwali. They learnt why people celebrate Diwali and how. They then made their own rangoli patterns using chalks and some mendhi with paint. We also realised they celebrate with fireworks in the evening.

EYFS had an amazing time at Forest schools. We learnt so much and really enjoyed the toasted marshmallows and hot chocolate!

Reception enjoyed learning about Bessie Coleman for Black History Month. She was the first African-American female pilot. We learnt how she did acrobatics on her aeroplane and even jumped out of it. We then made our own paper aeroplanes and practiced throwing them to see how far they could go.

Lots of lovely independent learning happened in Reception class today. We used our phonic skills to make words, created  repeating patterns, used numicon to make a picture and accessed the mark making table to practice letter writing and formation.

Children in Reception and Key Stage 1 have gained a great deal from BeatFeet drumming sessions, where the children have taken trip to Africa, meeting animals and working together to sing African songs and play various rhythms on drums and expressing themselves through movement.  The children have developing their imagination and cooperative skills, as well as continue to develop a love of learning through fun and engaging activities.