This week we have been learning about foods that are healthy and unhealthy for us. This afternoon we have taste tested different healthy smoothies. We read the ingredients and decided whether they would be healthy for our bodies. We counted how many children liked each smoothie. We liked the strawberry Read more
This week we have been reading the book ‘Supertato’. The evil pea has been causing havoc in our classroom, trapping vegetables and stealing things! We created super veggies to save the day. The children chose their resources carefully, creating capes and different body parts for their superheroes.
Snowdrops have had so much fun today. We have learnt lots of facts about France. We found France on the map, talked about its capital city Paris and learnt about the food they eat. We didn’t think that we would like to try snails! We had a French breakfast of Read more
This week in forest school the children made conker models. They used a conkers, clay and natural materials from the forest to create their own model. The children thought carefully about how their model will look. They made people and animals, using conkers, sticks and leaves for the different body parts. Well Read more
This week we have read the story Owl babies. The children used different materials to create their own owl picture in the creative area during their time in continuous provision. We spoke about how an owl would feel and chose words to describe it. The children chose soft feathers to Read more
This week we have been learning about different minibeasts. We have been learning to identify them, name them, notice the differences and similarities between them and recognise their microhabitats. On Thursday we went on a bug hunt around the path. We stopped at different locations, such as at Forrest school, Read more
Today the children had lots of fun doing all different science experiments. They each went to different stations which had different activities on. The children made their very own larva lamps using oil, water and food colouring. They also learnt which sunglasses are the best for keeping the sun out. Read more
This week we have been reading The Gingerbread Man in our literacy lessons. We have learnt how to retell the story and we have been designing our own gingerbread person. The children used coloured icing pens to help with their fine motor skills and chose the decorations carefully. They had Read more
This week we have been looking at Goldilocks and the Three Bears. This afternoon we have been taste testing different flavours of porridge. We discussed which flavours and toppings Goldilocks would like and then we tried the different ones for ourself. We tried plain porridge, porridge with jam, porridge with Read more
