Spring Walk

By Jodie Buss13th April 2024

This week F2 decided to go on a ‘Spring walk’ in search of all things SPRING! Unfortunately after a lovely warm morning the weather decided to take a some what ‘Winter’ turn in the afternoon… that said… there’s no such thing as bad weather?!! So coats on and hoods up we went on our way to see if we could track down some changes in the great outdoors and spot some signs that Spring was on its way! We had a tick list to give us a little inspiration and spotted some blossom on trees, buds beginning to open on bushes and even heard the sweet sound of birds tweeting amongst the wind and rain!!! We decided it would be a good idea to endeavour on a Spring walk 2 where we could further explore for bugs and other animals emerging for the warmer weather…stay posted…

‘Holi’ The Festival of Colour!

By Jodie Buss13th April 2024

On Wednesday this week Foundation Stage had a fabulous morning learning and celebrating all things ‘Holi’ for the Hindu  festival of colour! The children came to school dressed in bright colours ready for a morning of fun, song and dance! We learnt all about Holi traditions and the meaning of the celebration, welcoming the beginning of Spring and celebrating the triumph of good versus evil! We chalked bright and colourful patterns, had fun splatting paint (recapping previous learning of the famous artist Jackson Pollock!) and even had a go at paint throwing! This was lots of fun! We had so much fun dancing with scarves and materials and listening to traditional Hindu celebrational music! Another “best day” in the bag for the children!!!!

This week in F2…

By Mrs L READ12th April 2024

  This week in F2, we have enjoyed sharing all our Easter news, exploring Spring and celebrating the festival of Holi. 

We went on a walk around the school grounds looking for signs of Spring… we spotted blossom on the trees, saw beautiful green leaves and even heard some birds singing. Then, in literacy we wrote “I can see…” sentences, thinking about all the beautiful things we saw.   

On Wednesday we all dressed in our brightest colours to celebrate Holi … which is a festival celebrated by Hindus. It marks the start of spring and is sometimes known as the  Festival of Colour. It’s all about getting together and having fun,  no matter who you are. Everyone chases each other with dry powder paint and coloured water.  

We embraced Holi, by singing, dancing and exploring lots of ways to use colour…we painted, we chalked and used dry powder paint on sheets and the pavement…though some of us did get it on ourselves!  We all had such a happy time.  

In maths we recapped our learning of doubles, odd and even numbers and we have been practising our number bonds to 10. 

In PSHE the children shared their bedtime routines.  First, we chatted about what they do before bed, what they wear,  what time they go to bed, if they have a story, a special toy to  cuddle and if any of them say their prayers … it was lovely for  us all to hear and share our different routines. Then, we learnt about how important sleep is, as that’s the time when our bodies grow and repair.

 

 

This week in F2!

By Mrs E WILKINSON22nd March 2024

This week in F2 has been a very busy week!

In Literacy, we have been retelling the story of Oliver’s Vegetables through story mapping. We also looked at a set of instructions for making a vegetable soup. In small groups, we took it in turns peeling and chopping some vegetables from our story to make and taste our very own soup! After following a recipe to make our own soup, we then wrote our own instructions the following day to show others how to make it.

On Tuesday we performed our Easter Bonnet Parade to the whole school in the morning and then to parents/carers in the afternoon. The dancing was absolutely amazing and the children decorated some wonderful Easter Bonnets. We had so much fun!

On Wednesday, we got creative and made our own Easter cards for someone special to us. The children thoroughly enjoyed this.

The children arrived in colourful, crazy socks on Thursday to raise awareness for World Down Syndrome Day. The children attended an assembly surrounding the topic to get a better understanding and really enjoyed learning about it.

Finally, Friday was the last day before the Easter Half Term. We watched a lovely Easter Service by Years 3/4 and had fun hunting for Easter eggs!

Foundation Stage Hub

By Jodie Buss21st March 2024

The children have made so much progress in the Hub, it has really been a busy term. Lola has enjoyed playing on the trampoline. She  has managed to get the courage to go on the trampoline independently . She did a lot of laughing and jumping.

Connor is now able to put 1 to 20 into the correct order all by himself.

He can now also put the alphabet in the correct order independently.

He loves getting all the jigsaws and putting them all together. He gets so excited when he puts the last piece in. The progress is absolutely amazing.

Elliot enjoyed making his Easter hat. He loved showing all the other Hub children.

Connor has mastered the scooter and can whizz so fast now it’s hard to catch him.

So great to see all the children engaging and joining in together.