We have had a lot of fun during the festive period. We having been learning about the Nativity story and the incarnation of Jesus. we have also been decorating, writing to Father Christmas and making reindeer in Forest school. […]
We spend a lot of time in our outdoor classroom. We use the water, sand, construction, mud kitchen, tree swing, play house, musical instruments, stage area, trikes, bikes, scooters and so much more!! […]
We use a range of technology in our classroom and in our outside area. We like to take photos and videos of the things we are interested in. We are good at using the ipads and the interactive whiteboard to […]
We love Maths!! We have the opportunity to explore our maths skills all of the time through Child Initiated Learning as well as through adult directed tasks. We count, weigh, order, measure, add, subtract, describe shapes, use money, talk about […]
We have been learning about space. We loved finding out about rockets, stars, planets and the moon. We spent time reading ‘Whatever Next!’ by Jill Murphy and ‘Aliens love underpants’ by Claire Freedman. […]
During Child Initiated Learning and Adult directed tasks we do a lot of mark making and writing. Since September we have been working on our gross and fine motor skills. We have been practising our pen grip and letter formation. […]
Every week we have a great time at Forest school. We are really fortunate that the Forest school leader is also one of our LSA’s and so we get to enjoy Forest school during Child Initiated Learning as well. Forest […]
We have absolutely loved reading the Gruffalo! We have built the houses for each of the animals in the story. We even made our own Gruffalo crumble using some lovely cooking apples! […]
We have been learning all about bonfire night, fireworks and Diwali. We have enjoyed exploring these through dance, storytelling, art and using apps on the ipads and the interactive whiteboard. […]
We have been learning all about Autumn. We have been spotting signs that Autumn is here, collecting objects and we even went on an Autumn walk with our families, which was a lot of fun! During our Child Initiated Learning […]
We have been learning about colour mixing! we enjoyed exploring what happens when we mix paint, chalk and food colouring. We even made our own natural dyes using vegetables and plants and then mixed them! […]