Early Years: Gallery
Date: 26th Jan 2022 @ 4:07pm
The community police officer came to visit us this week. She told us all about her job and her uniform. She let us try her handcuffs on but the most exciting part was being able to sit in the police car and test out the sirens and flashing lights.
Date: 21st Jan 2022 @ 12:04pm
The Reception children have been reading the story of Supertato. They have counted the evil peas, used their funky fingers to use tweezers to pick up the potatoes, and had lots of fun making their own superheores.
Date: 3rd Dec 2021 @ 10:24am
The Eco Action Team have been very busy over the past few weeks. Along with Mr Brooks, they have built some planters using old pallets and filled them wirth compost and bulbs ready for the Spring. The crocus bulbs were given to school by the Rotary Club as part of their campaign to eradicate polio across the world.
The original planters were very overgrown and were in need to of a tidy up - they have weeded them ready for the Spring.
They have also carried out a litter pick on the field - especially after all the windy weather we have had recently.
Date: 3rd Dec 2021 @ 10:18am
This term so far we have been learning about different celebrations: Harvest, Diwali and Ramadan.
The Islamic faith celebrate Ramadan - we watched a video of a a Muslim family and how they fast (don't eat or drink) during daylght hours in the month of Ramadan. We made lanterns to help us to think about how they decorate their homes.
Date: 3rd Dec 2021 @ 10:17am
This term so far we have been learning about different celebrations: Harvest, Diwali and Ramadan.
We collected food for the food bank in Earlestown at Harvest time to remember people who are in need.
Date: 3rd Dec 2021 @ 10:12am
This term so far we have been learning about different celebrations: Harvest, Diwali and Ramadan.
After listening to the story of Rama and Sita from the Hindu faith, we acted out the story using puppets and made Diya lamps - we know that they believe that good overcomes bad and light leads to the way.
Date: 12th Nov 2021 @ 3:07pm
During this weeks Forest School session the children had to find and use natural materials to make a home for a bear. When the children returned to the houses they found that a chocolate bear had made a home in each one of them. They were all very excited to discover the bears.
Celebrating Bonfire Night in FS
Date: 5th Nov 2021 @ 6:46pm
This week we have been finding out about Bonfire Night. The children enjoyed their sparklers and they were very sensible with them.
Date: 2nd Nov 2021 @ 4:04pm
The children had a great time this morning in our Mud area this morning. Mud soup, mud pies and jumping up and down in muddy puddles!!
Date: 7th Oct 2021 @ 4:28pm
The children had lots of fun today at Forest school. They played some games, talked about the seasons, collected leaves and then made a leaf mobile.
Date: 29th Sep 2021 @ 12:30pm
The children had lots of fun using their senses to explore the shaving foam.
Date: 21st Jul 2021 @ 9:14am
We had lots of fun watching the science show.
Date: 2nd Jul 2021 @ 1:35pm
The children had lots of fun on Sports Day. They took part in a variety of activities.
Date: 27th Jun 2021 @ 10:39am
This week has been Arts Week and Health and Well-being Week. For Arts Week we looked at two artists who used circles in their work-Kandinsky and Hundertwasser. We were then inspired to create our own art using different mediums.
For Health and Well-being Week the children have taken part in a range of activities including yoga, mindful colouring, meditation, dancing and learning about Our LIves. We looked at the routines and patterns of a typical day, why hygiene is important and how all families are different.
Date: 11th May 2021 @ 9:16pm
We went on a minibeast hunt and found lots of different minibeasts.
Date: 11th May 2021 @ 8:57pm
We read the story 'The Very Hungry Caterpillar' by Eric Carle. We found out that caterpillars turn into butterflies. We now have our own caterpillars so that we can watch them change into butterflies. Keep checking back so that you can see too.
Date: 12th Mar 2021 @ 10:17am
We are so glad to be all back together again. We have had lots of fun this week and enjoyed being with our friends and teachers.
Date: 5th Mar 2021 @ 10:39am
We read the book Dreamer by Brian Moses. We then thought about different ways that we could look after our planet. We decided that we shouldn’t throw litter, we shouldn’t waste water or electricity. We are going to try hard to remember to put our rubbish in the bin, to recycle, to turn off the tap when we are brushing our teeth and to turn off lights.
We then turned junk into other useful things. We made pencil pot holders from toilet roll tubes and used different plastic containers to make some plant pots. We also made some dreamcatchers.
Some of our friends at home looked at their favourite books, created new characters and made their own book.
Date: 31st Jan 2021 @ 6:23pm
The Foundation Stage children are working hard at home and in school. Here is a selection of some of their work.
Why do Christians have advent calendars?
Date: 11th Dec 2020 @ 4:04pm
Today we retold the story of the first Christmas to check that we remembered it from last week! We used puppets to help us.
Then we talked about why Christians use advent calendars to count down to Christmas Day – to celebrate Jesus’ birthday.
We made our own advent calendar by drawing pictures from the nativity story and things that people do to celebrate Christmas. We used our phonics and finger spaces to write a sentence with our picture and wrote a number between 1 and 24 on the front.
At the end of the day we ordered the numbers and said that people would be getting more excited the nearer to the 24th it gets!
Date: 7th Dec 2020 @ 8:51am
Today we have talked about why Christians celebrate Christmas. We listened to the story of the first Christmas and used actions to help us. Then we acted it out using puppets.
In small groups we cut out pictures from the story, put them in order and then told Mrs. Roberts what happened at the beginning, the middle and the end.
We showed that we remembered it by retelling it to Nursery in the afternoon. Then we listened to another story – Jesus’ Christmas Party.
We know that Christians celebrate Christmas because it was when Jesus was born.
Date: 4th Dec 2020 @ 10:51am
Christmas has arrived. We have turned our summer house into Santa’s Grotto. The children can’t wait to be Santa’s helpers on Monday. Here are some of our other Christmas activities so far.
Date: 27th Nov 2020 @ 4:05pm
Today we shared our knowledge about Ramadan from last week – we had remembered a lot! We talked about the end of Ramadan being called Eid al-Fitr (the festival of the breaking of the fast). Then watched a video of a family celebrating Eid: they wear special clothes, visit the Mosque, read the Qu’ran, say prayers, have food with family and friends and share gifts.
At snack time we tried dates and fig rolls – these are foods which Muslims eat at the end of Ramadan to mark the end of fasting. We talked about how this might feel.
We all made star and moon decorations and wrote down what our good deed would be.
Why do Muslims celebrate Ramadan?
Date: 20th Nov 2020 @ 4:24pm
Today we have talked about another festival - Ramadan. We found out that Muslims do special things during this time: they fast (do not eat) in daylight hours, they pray 5 times a day and they do good deeds. We listened to a story about Rameena who opened her Ramadan calendar – the message said she should do something to help someone else. She helped her neighbour to tidy the garden, washed the dishes at the community centre and shared food with a friend.
Muslims decorate their homes at this time – we made lanterns and decorated them.
We know that at the end of Ramadan, Muslims celebrate another festival – Eid.
Date: 20th Nov 2020 @ 2:29pm
We found out all about the number 8. We counted lots of objects to 8, we made spiders with 8 legs, 8 spots and 8 eyes. We used Numicon to explore different ways to make 8. We found out that an 8 sided shape is called an octagon and we made our own octagons using lolly sticks.
