Mud Faces!!!

By Jodie Buss19th June 2024

Another lovely week in our after school ‘Nature Club’!

This week we had a great time exploring mud and getting our hands dirty!

We enjoyed digging and scooping and stirring and mixing with water to create the perfect muddy clay consistency!

We then used our hands to mould and flatten the mud into oval and round shapes, ready for the perfect face!

For the features we went on a nature hunt and found the perfect eyebrows, eyes, smiles, noses and lashes! We were careful not to take too much from nature, we wanted to leave enough for the bees and other insects! But learnt that it’s ok to sometimes take bits that we need as long as we put back! We were very gentle with our taking and showed great skill in cutting, getting those fingers moving and keeping busy!

The finished faces, I think you’ll agree, look super cute and lovely! We were very proud of these!!!

 

This week in F2…

By Mrs E WILKINSON14th June 2024

In literacy we have continued with our story, Handa’s Surprise.

We have written ‘I can see’ sentences.  We ‘pinched the sounds’ to help us spell; Handa, zebra and basket.

In maths we have been counting 2 groups of fruit, finding the total, then writing the correct number sentence (4+3=7 for example).  We understand and can use the mathematical signs, + and =.

In art we have made something special for Sunday … we hope you love it!

During our topic lesson, we made our fruit salads which we designed last week. Some of the fruits we used were grapes, apples, pears and tangerines… we enjoyed preparing and tasting our fruit salads, they were delicious!

On Wednesday, we went to Pink Pig Farm.  We all had the most wonderful time and all the teachers were so proud of all the children’s behaviour, they were an absolute credit to our school.  Please see our school blog to see our amazing day.

We practised our races for our sports day during PE. We all enjoyed taking part and cheering each other on.  We look forward to seeing you on Tuesday 18th at 9.30 am to cheer all the children on.

A bit of practise…

By Mrs C SILVERWOOD13th June 2024

F1 have been having a bit of practise in readiness for Sports Day next week.  The children have generally listened carefully to the instructions for each race and everyone has had a go.  Well done!  Finger crossed the weather stays dry for Tuesday!

Pink Pig Farm Trip!

By Jodie Buss12th June 2024

What an AMAZING DAY!!!!!

The children have had such a fantastic day today on our school trip!

Finishing off our topics on ‘Farms’, we had a brilliant trip to ‘The Pink Pig Farm’ where we fed goats, donkeys; spotted pigs, ducks, chickens, turkeys, rabbits and alpacas!

We got a special tour of the farm (behind the scenes!) and learnt lots about wheat- where it is stored, how it is collected and what it is used for! We learnt about the animals on the farm and how they are looked after and cared for! We even had a chance to look at and touch some recently sheared sheep wool! And learnt lots about what this is used for!

The children then had a wonderful picnic, which they found very exciting! And the afternoon was saved for lots of physical activity and development! We have loved seeing so many smiling faces this afternoon and it has been another day declared as…

‘THE BEST DAY EVER!’

Here are a few snaps of our fabulous day! And we highly recommend taking a visit yourselves if you have the opportunity over the summer with your little ones- visit the link below for more information!

                                           https://www.pinkpigfarm.co.uk/

 

 

F1’s Safari Day

By Mrs C SILVERWOOD12th June 2024

It’s been a great day in F1.  We have played guessing games and listened to the descriptions of animals.  We’ve played outside helping elephants who were stuck in a swamp, looked after trapped animals, followed trails and even looked at some real-life stick insects.

Nature Club-Sticky!!!

By Jodie Buss11th June 2024

What another fabulous week in our afterschool Nature Club! 

The children loved getting up close and personal with our new class mates this Monday, meeting and greeting stick, sticky, stickman and… chicken nuggets! (All named by the children!) We spent a while researching and learning all about stick insects, where they originally come from, what they like to eat, how often they need cleaning, how to hold or pick them up and some very interesting facts about shedding and growing legs!

The children were amazed on how long our stick insects could grow and how amazing their super powers are at growing new limbs! The children were very gentle and careful at holding our pets and now know that using a painting brush gently is the best way to help support them when taking them in and out of their home!

The children were so excited by our new pets that we decided to go on a ‘stick’ hunt and make our very own stick stick insects! The children loved hunting for the perfect sticky stick and comparing the sizes of their sticks to their friends!

This was a fabulous opportunity for chat and discussion about length, nature and how to generally care and look after all creatures great and small around us!

We loved taking in the nature in our amazing spaces around our school and learning to care for our new pets!

We will keep you posted on how these sticky mates get on!!!

 

This week in F2…

By Jodie Buss10th June 2024

Welcome to the Summer term!  

This week in F2, we have started our story, Handa’s Surprise. 

This is a story about a Kenyan girl called Handa who visits her friend, Akeyo, with a basket full of seven different fruits as gifts. Along the way, Handa thinks which fruit Akeyo will like the best, however, each time Handa thinks about a certain fruit an animal pops along and takes that fruit.  

In literacy we told the story using our signifiers, picture sequenced it, and drew our story maps and added sentences to it too.   

During our topic lesson, we thought about the fruits from the story and then about all the other fruits we know, including our favourites.  Then we designed, drew and labeled our own fruit cocktail, which we’ll be making next week, we can’t wait! 

Thank you for your 50p contribution each week, which enables us to carry out these fun learning activities.  

In maths we have continued and extended our learning of sharing and grouping.  

On Wednesday we all put on our smartest and most sparkly clothes and enjoy our very own disco!  

We danced and sang along to all our favourite songs, and even enjoyed a bag of sweets and juice at the end… we were tied out from all our fabulous dance moves. 

We have also been looking at and naming farm animals this week, in preparation for our school trip on Wednesday 12th June. Please remember to dress your child suitably for the weather and to bring a packed lunch.  

 

Nature Club!

By Jodie Buss5th June 2024

Summer is here!

Even if there was a few dark clouds hanging about!!!

What a wonderful session in Nature Club this week! Enjoying and exploring the great outdoors and all that our wonderful school grounds has to offer! We loved playing hide and seek in our new forest and following the maze trail in our wildflower meadow! We researched and hunted for bugs, inspiring us to paint and even design our own bug rocks!

We had a fab time running free, chatting to our friends and getting creative! A lovely way to wind down and enjoy nature afterschool!