This week in F2…

This week in F2, we have started our story, Puffin Peter.  

This is a story about Peter and Paul. They are the best of friends, but when Peter gets lost in a terrible storm he can’t find Paul anywhere. With the help of a big blue whale, Puffin Peter sets off to find him and they find all kinds of birds that match Peter’s description, but none of them are quite like Paul. We all made up signifiers to help us tell this story.  

During our topic lesson, we looked at the different animals from the story and we sorted sea and land animals. We thought about how we could describe different animals… colour, size, number of legs, then we sorted them into sea and land animals. 

In maths we have identified patterns and had fun creating our own. We also looked at which numbers are odd and which are even. We also learnt more words to describe the position of objects. 

In art, we found out all about the artist Yayoi Kusama. 

She is a Japanese artist who is sometimes called ‘the princess of polka dots’. Although she makes lots of different types of art – paintings, sculptures, performances and installations – they have one thing in common, DOTS! Then we took inspiration from Yayoi and filled the initial letter of our names with colourful painted dots, they all looked fabulous! 

We were so happy that the sun finally came out this week. And we were able to enjoy lots of time learning, in our wonderful outdoor area. Please remember to apply sunscreen before school and also send your child with a water bottle and a sun hat. 

FS Farm Day

What a super time we had on our Farm Day. The FS garden had lots of farm activities for us to join in with and the children all looked the part, ready for a busy day working on the farm. All of the children got the chance to visit to animals from Purple Pig Farm. We were very lucky to meet a calf, some piglets, a 6 day old goat, rabbits and lambs. We all got to cuddle a chick and our teachers were very proud with how gentle we were. We were so glad the sun was shining too. When we asked the children what their favourite part of the day was… most of them answered “holding the chick”.

Beep Beep Day!

F2 have joined in with ‘Beep Beep Day’ today and have been learning to cross the road safely! We read all about ‘Super Cat’ and his four road rules to follow… STOP, LOOK, LISTEN,THINK! The children impressed us all with their knowledge already of road safety and the best and safest places to cross with an adult. We spoke about Zebra crossings and how to cross carefully and safely! The children loved getting out and about and learning this skill practically! We also got a lot of waves off car drivers and a few beeps and smiles!

 

Foundation Stage Hub

This week has been a very busy week for all our hub children. We have enjoyed all been back together and joining in with lots of our different activities

Our Sensory Circuit was really hard but all the children joined in doing lots of balancing and jumping.

It was also Elliot’s birthday this week and he was so kind he brought in a treat for all of us. It was so tasty.

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Foundation Stage Hub

The children had lots of fun today making lots of designs on their gingerbread man.

They used their fine motor skills to carefully ice and put on decorations in all different colours. They could even eat them at the end which they all enjoyed.

   

The Foundation Stage Hub

The Hub enjoyed making bear faces today. They helped spread the honey and placed the ingredients to make a happy face.

The best bit was at the end when they sat down to eat it all up.

Foundation Stage Hub

Jam Sandwiches

Today all the children joined in to make our special jam sandwiches. They enjoyed spreading the butter on the bread.

They then added lots of delicious strawberry flavored jam.

The best bit was at the very end when all the children could taste them.

Lola enjoyed eating her sandwich .She folded it in half then had a huge bite.

Next week we will be making lots of other new exciting things.

Foundation Stage Hub

The Hub children have had a fabulous time this week, they have enjoyed all of the activities and a fabulous trip to the park!