Early Years: Gallery
Date: 16th Nov 2020 @ 8:37am
Today we have decorated our Diya lamps to make them sparkle for Diwali – it is called the festival of light. We will try and remember to turn our candles on tomorrow (Saturday 14th November) and think about people who will be celebrating.
We used the FANTASTICS to describe sights, sounds, feelings and what people might be saying at this time.
Date: 6th Nov 2020 @ 3:20pm
Today thought about the story of Rama and Sita and why Hindus celebrate Diwali – we had remembered it all from before the holidays!
We watched a video about a Hindu family and what they do in their house at Diwali. We found out that they wear new clothes, give presents and invite family and friends around for a special meal. Hindus also decorate their homes with lights and Rangoli patterns. They might have fireworks displays because it is called ‘the festival of light’.
Using clay, we made Diya lamps – we talked about how the clay felt and how to use our hands and fingers to mould the clay, then we used a tool to make patterns.
Then we made Rangoli patterns using chalk. We thought about the number 6: we drew 6 petals on the flower and used 6 colours to decorate it.
Date: 16th Oct 2020 @ 4:31pm
In RE this we week we talked about the Hindu festival of Diwali. We listened to the story of Rama and Sita, made our own puppets and retold the story. We know that Hindus celebrate Rama rescuing Sita from the evil Ravanna.
Date: 16th Oct 2020 @ 2:25pm
After reading the story The Little Red Hen we made our own bread. It was delicious!
Date: 13th Oct 2020 @ 8:51am
In RE, our BIG question for the year is: Why are some things special?
We have been talking about Harvest Festival and how Christians thank God for food and the world. On Friday, we went on a walk around school to find natural objects. We used them to make our own art work.
Date: 2nd Oct 2020 @ 10:32am
The children are enjoying developing their fine motor skills during our Funky Fingers sessions.
Date: 2nd Oct 2020 @ 9:42am
We had lots of fun making shape pictures using circles and triangles. Can you guess what we made?
Foundation Stage's Easter Bonnet Parade (from afar!)
Date: 10th Apr 2020 @ 2:35pm
A huge well done and thank you to all the children who made an Easter Bonnet and sent us their pictures!
After (very little deliberation) we decided that they were all so fantastic that everyone should get a prize! We will work on getting these to you next week.
Stay safe and have a great weekend everyone.
Date: 10th Mar 2020 @ 3:59pm
A huge thank you to everyone who came and took advantage of our Breakfast with Books mornings in Foundation Stage!! If you found it helpful and would like us to do something similiar again please let us know!
Date: 5th Mar 2020 @ 2:26pm
We looked at the book ‘Once Upon a Time..’ by Nick Sharratt. We were able to change the story by choosing where the princess lived, what kind of pet she had and what she wished for when a witch granted her three wishes.
We also talked about what the children would wish for. Here are some of their ideas:-
a castle
a unicorn
a really fast car
a trampoline
a brand new scooter
Peppa pig
a horse
Tasting Coconut and our new Chalkboard Wall
Date: 2nd Mar 2020 @ 4:09pm
We had a coconut in our Curiosity Cube last week, and enjoyed learning about where they come from. We opened it up (with help from a hammer!) and tried eating what was inside! Some of us enjoyed it but most said it wasn't very tasty!
We've also painted the wall in our new deconstructed role-play area with chalkboard paint, so it's finally ok to write on the walls!
Date: 2nd Mar 2020 @ 4:04pm
We've been making playdough this morning with Mrs Bloxham. We used loads of different things to change the colour and smell of it! Can you make some at home?
Date: 26th Feb 2020 @ 3:58pm
In Reception we've been reading the story 'Attack of the Cheeseburgers'! Our favourite part was near the end when the rain came and melted all the burgers. But we didn't think that was possible! So today we got some burgers and poured some 'rain' (tap water because it was our first dry day in weeks!!) on them to see what would happen! Do you think they melted?
Nope! But did the buns did go soggy and fall apart. So if you are being chased by some giant cheeseburgers, running in to the rain might just save you!
Date: 25th Feb 2020 @ 4:23pm
We've really enjoyed making pancakes with the children in FS today! We read the instructions, got all the ingredients ready and off we went! They were really tasty!
Date: 24th Feb 2020 @ 8:33am
Thank you to everyone who has sent in some big boxes for us (we can always use more REALLY BIG ONES!). We've changed our home corner so that the children are just using boxes and other resources to make the things they need for the their role play! On Friday they were pretending to be pirates, using the boxes as boats and making swords and outfits! Who knows what they will choose to play as today!
Date: 31st Jan 2020 @ 11:30am
We've been performing lots of different experiments, from the fun mentos and coke, to seeing what melts the ice the fastest! Ask us about the amazing "jumping colours" as well!
Science Experiments with Adrian!
Date: 31st Jan 2020 @ 11:18am
We've had a fantastic morning performing some different experiments with Adrian. We've been finding out about materials that float or sink! Seeing which shape rolls the best! And which material is the most "absorbent".
We've learned 5 very important scientific words: predict; test; measure; classify and observe. Can you remember what they all mean?
Date: 16th Dec 2019 @ 2:56pm
The children were very excited to find it had been snowing in a Foundation Stage! They of course knew it wasn't cold enough for snow and we showed them the 'fake' snow Mrs Bloxham had got. They loved the feeling of it and talking about how strange it was to feel warm 'snow'. You can get your own in most shops and have a white Christmas without the cold!
Date: 16th Dec 2019 @ 2:56pm
The children were very excited to find it had been snowing in a Foundation Stage! They of course knew it wasn't cold enough for snow and we showed them the 'fake' snow Mrs Bloxham had got. They loved the feeling of it and talking about how strange it was to feel warm 'snow'. You can get your own in most shops and have a white Christmas without the cold!
Date: 6th Dec 2019 @ 12:01pm
What a fantastic time we had performing our Nativity 'The Bossy King' for parents and family this week! Don't forget to order your DVD if you want before we finish for Christmas, they make fantastic presents!!
And we had some juice and biscuits afterwards to unwind, because we deserved it!
Date: 21st Nov 2019 @ 4:45pm
We were very lucky to have some of our Rights Respect Ambassadors to come and teach us about our rights in FS. After talking about them with us they challenged us to draw some pictures to illustrate them. We chose to do "the right to be heard" and "the right to an education". We drew pictures of us talking to our friends or parents, and pictures of us in school (we need to practise drawing Mrs McDemott and Mr Widdowson, our arms do not come out of our legs!)
TESCO BAGS FOR HELP: PROJECT COMPLETE!
Date: 21st Nov 2019 @ 10:24am
Thanks to the £4000 grant we were awarded from winning the Tesco Bags for Help scheme, the new canopy and Reading/Writing Shed are now completed in the Foundation Stage outside area! The children have been making great use of the covered spaces, especially in this recent bad weather.
Date: 15th Nov 2019 @ 12:44pm
We've had a great time making ome Pudsey Buscuits and hats in Foundation Stage! We will bring our hats home but unfortunately we ate all the buscuits, oops!
Date: 14th Nov 2019 @ 12:53pm
We had a great (if a bit cold) time on our Autumn walk! We saw loads of trees that were changing because of the time of the year and got to look at some of the birds in our area! Thank you to all the parents who came with us!
