Early Years Foundation Stage
Miss Goddard and Mrs WilkinsonWelcome to Early Years Foundation Stage
Ball control skills in Nursery
This week in Nursery we have been learning how to control a ball. We worked in groups and practiced pushing the ball to each other. We enjoyed learning how to stop the ball using our hands. We learned the harder you push the ball the faster it rolls.
Making and tasting soup in Nursery
Nursery have been very busy making soup. We talked about the importance of washing our hands when handling food. Then we worked together to cut potatoes and carrots, we discussed how to use a knife safely. We added chopped tomatoes and set it off to cook. Then it was...
Diwali
This week Nursery and Reception have been super busy learning about Diwali. In our provision we have made firework pictures with paint using toilet roll tubes and have had a go at creating Mehndi patterns in the tuff tray. We have also practised making Rangoli...
Halloween Fun!
Nursery and Reception have been getting all excited and ready for Halloween this week. We turned our home corner into a spooky house and made spells in our cauldron. We made colourful potions in our water area, made scary spiders out of play-dough, with googly eyes...
Celebrating Black History
Black History Month is celebrated in the UK every October. Each week, in assembly, the children have been learning about significant Black people and the outstanding contributions they have made to society in Britain and worldwide. It has also been a time of...
Making patterns in Reception!
Reception have been learning about patterns in maths. We have been learning how to make simple patterns and how to continue a pattern. We have used various objects, pictures and cubes to make patterns. The children have explored their new learning of patterns in other...
Owl Babies Maths in Nursery
One of our topic stories this term has been Owl Babies. We used this story to inspire our maths lesson by exploring how many owls were in the picture. We worked as a team and used conkers to represent each owl. After this we matched the corresponding numeral to the...
People that help us! 🪥🩺🚑🚒🚔👷🏻♂️
Nursery and Reception have been working so hard over the last couple of weeks, learning all about people within our community that help us. We discussed that every day our grown ups and teachers help us but sometimes we need extra help from other people. We looked at...
Early Years Harvest 🥕🍐🍏
Early Years have had so much fun this week harvesting our fruit and vegetables from the garden. We started this week trying our pears and apples and decided to turn our pears into other delicious edible foods. Nursery and Reception chose their own pear from our tree...
National Fitness Day
Everyone in school did a great job at getting involved in National Fitness Day! The children were able to complete some fitness in their classrooms to get their bodies moving and allow their minds to be refocused. It’s lovely to see children enjoying some physical...
Positional Language
The children in Reception have been using positional language throughout their lessons this week. The children started by explaining where a Teddy was for example next to the books. They then were able to give their own instructions to a friend. The children have also...
The Hobbit Production
We have been so lucky today to have the treat of M&M production company coming into school this morning to give us a fantastic performance of The Hobbit. Thank you so much to the parent group for making this happen! After the show, Years 4 & 5 got to...