Jodie Buss | Christopher Pickering Primary School

All the Fun of the Fair!

By Jodie Buss2nd November 2024

“Roll up, Roll up!”

What great fun Foundation Stage had at their very own ‘Hull Fair Day!’

We have used our imaginations to make our very own rollercoaster rides, using tunnels, materials, chalk and the bikes! We rode the ghost train, the helter skelter, the mouse trap and went on a very high rollercoaster altogether in class! This was lots of fun as we swayed left and right, backward and forward! We had a magical time bringing the experience of the fair to us and made our very own yummy chocolate apples as a treat too! We created mini fairground rides out of junk modelling, played ‘huck a duck‘ in the water, won prizes on ‘tin can alley’ and tried our hand at ‘coit throwing‘ on one of the fair stalls! The children loved drawing posters of the fair and exploring the fairground happy land! Another ‘BEST DAY EVER‘ in the dairy for Foundation stage!

Mud Pizza!

By Jodie Buss9th October 2024

A lovely (wet!) afternoon getting our fingers messy and muddy!

The children had great fun in the mud kitchen this afternoon and enjoyed making “pizza bases!” They sculpted the perfect circle shapes with their hands and added different toppings! Some of the children have even started mentioning the big C word, and were very busy mixing and baking a delightful Christmas cake!!!

A wonderful example of fabulous imaginative play and teamwork!

Crime Scene Investigation!

By Jodie Buss9th October 2024

When the children came back from dinner they were very shocked to find their classroom in a state!

Somebody had sneaked into the classroom whilst they were out and made a terrible mess! Porridge everywhere, a broken chair, spoons and bowls on the floor! Mrs Buss had taped the area up and declared it an ‘investigation!’ None of the children owned up to making such a mess but they had some ideas of who it could have been!

After reading this weeks story they suspected that the culprit could have been none other than Goldilocks herself and decided they needed to find her so that she could say sorry and tidy up the mess! The children made some fantastic wanted posters to put up around the classroom and went on a very exciting hunt to find the golden girl! They spotted lots of clues and a very identical suspect walking past our school gates….

A lovely activity exploring the story of ‘Goldilocks and the Three Bears’ working on communication and language through paired talk and discussion and fine motor skills!

‘Wellness Wednesday’

By Jodie Buss2nd October 2024

F2 have labelled our Wednesdays as our day for ‘Wellness Wednesday’, a day where we give ourselves a little hug… and perhaps a treat!

Today Mrs Buss brought jam and butter in for us to have with some toast!

The children loved this on a wet and cold morning and did a fabulous job at spreading their own choice of toast topping! A great activity for those fine motor skills and building strength in our fingers!!!

This was a lovely opportunity to take a moment to chat with friends and build on those social and emotional skills! We’re already looking forward to next week!

Movement and Yoga in P.E!

By Jodie Buss24th September 2024

F2 are really loving our Tuesday P.E afternoons! We have had so much fun getting to know and explore the big spaces of the hall and dance studio! The last few weeks in P.E we have focused on good listening, attention and following instructions… and also practicing lining up and following leaders!

This week we explored finding a space in the hall and moving in and out of spaces. We listened to some music and thought about whether or not it was fast or slow music, this inspired us to move our bodies! We moved fast and slow and demonstrated brilliant listening skills! We then looked at following a leader and working together as a team! We loved doing this to music!

In the dance studio we loved looking at ourselves in the mirror, pulling lots of faces! We sang some songs- head, shoulders, knees and toes- and played lots of circle games which was lots of fun!

To finish our session we cooled our bodies down by listening to some relaxing music and focused on being still and concentrating on our breathing! The children were amazing at this and loved doing some yoga movement and poses! We tried cat, cow, downward dog, chair pose, flamingo and tree pose!

Special Delivery!

By Jodie Buss23rd September 2024

F2 had a very special delivery today, a package addressed to us with a very special stamp!

We were so excited to receive this delivery and couldn’t wait to start discussing what we thought might be inside! The children were very excited and used their fabulous imaginations to think of some fabulous ideas! Rupert thought that it could be a “puppet” inside! Lincoln was convinced it was a tiny aeroplane! And a few of the girls, Delilah and Olivia hoped for a princess doll!

When we opened the package we were astonished to see none of the above but in actual fact… a GIANT pair of TEETH!

The children were flabbergasted to say the least! And had great fun checking that their own teeth had not fallen out! Instead we got straight onto the investigation of whose teeth these could possibly be?!

Phoebe thought they belonged to a monster, whilst Sullivan suggested they could be a dinosaurs that have fallen out! Grace said they could belong to a ghost as they were so pearly white, but Anniya definitely thought they belonged to a giant, as they were “so so big!” The children were determined to find who they belonged to and had great fun exploring the classroom to see if we could see a monster or a dinosaur or a giant with missing teeth! We used our binoculars (and made some of our own!!!) to go on a giant hunt and look for the person, or thing, with missing teeth!

We had no such luck in finding them today but tomorrow we are going to draw who they think they might belong to and create some ‘wanted’ and ‘missing’ posters! In the meantime the children have said they will take good care of the teeth, this includes brushing, and discuss how they look after their own teeth!

Stay posted…

Dirty hands!

By Jodie Buss23rd September 2024

This afternoon children from F2 got busy digging and planting in our F2 flower beds! As part of Forest School we had a ‘wellness Wednesday’ out in the garden, weeding and planting some lovely flowers we were kindly donated! We had great fun using our hands to pull out the weeds and dig up and turn over the soil ready for planting. This activity made for a great opportunity to talk about plants, looking at the roots, stem and leaves, and also chat about all the things plants need to grow- soil, sun and water. We were very gentle with the plants and used our kind and caring hands to carefully plant them and nurture them into the soil!

Our F2 garden is very precious to us and we love to be out in our big outdoor space, but the maintenance of it needs a little upkeep! We make sure every week we pick up any litter that has been left from the school drop offs and pick ups, tidy leaves that have gathered and weed and water all our plant beds! I think you’ll agree that the after photo below looks marvelous and the children had a great afternoon keeping those fingers and hands busy and dirty!!!!

Foundation Seaside Day!!!

By Jodie Buss3rd July 2024

Just a few pictures of our day so far! The children have absolutely loved our seaside morning and the weather has not stopped us all smiling and having lots of fun!

We have been dipping our toes in the fresh ‘sea water’, digging and building in the golden beachy sand, scooping and serving our own delicious ‘play-dough ice-cream’ and dressing up and playing pirates! Argggh!!!!

In the creative area we have been crafting our own kites to fly at the beach along with some wonderful under the sea animals!

To finish off a magical and busy morning we were visited by our very own ICE-CREAM van! We knew he was on his way as he made sure we could all hear his music from the classroom! We all got to visit the van and pick our very own delicious ice-cream, yummy!!!

More fun to come this afternoon and fingers crossed for hopefully some sunshine!!!

Special Visitor!

By Jodie Buss2nd July 2024

A special visitor joined us in F2 today and for our afterschool Nature Club!

We were very excited to meet Dave the Horsfield tortoise and had great fun learning lots of tortoise facts!

We had lots of chats and discussions about reptiles, different types of reptiles and where they live around the world. We spoke about a tortoise diet, which lead to a fab dandelion hunt around school, and how important it is to care for their shell!

We loved comparing Dave to ourselves, pointing out his claws, beak instead of mouth, scaly skin and no eye-lashes or eyebrows!

The children were very caring and gentle with Dave and the session was very calming! The children have begged for Dave to come visit again soon and next time they’ll have strawberries waiting for him!

P.s the highlight of the session was giving Dave a toothbrush massage!!!!