We have been looking after our butterflies for 5 weeks. We have made sure they have had lots of a food and a lovely safe home. Today, we have released our butterflies into Kaden’s garden. We were all very lucky and we were able to hold a butterfly. Then we Read more…
This week we have been looking at the story ‘Mad about Minibeasts!’ And have had so much fun investigating different minibeasts. In forest school, we went on a minibeast hunt, checking to see if any had visited the bug hotels we had made the previous week and made our favourite Read more…
In Reception, we have been looking after some caterpillars. We gave them lots of food and watched them grow. They grew really big! We then observed the caterpillars and watched them turn into a chrysalis. When we came into school this morning, we had lots of beautiful butterflies! We are Read more…
In Reception, we have been learning about ‘The Very Hungry Caterpillar’. We have learnt how to retell the story and the life cycle of a butterfly. During the story, the caterpillar eats lots of fruit. So we decided to taste test different fruits and see which ones we prefer. Once Read more…
This week we we had so much fun in forest school! As we are learning about mini beasts and life cycles this term, we decided to link this with our forest school session. We did so well at remembering all of the rules and explained why we need rules – Read more…
We have spent our Topic lesson this afternoon exploring the Greek Artefacts topic box that we have rented from Touchstones Museum. We have had some brilliant discussions about what the artefacts were, what they were used for and what materials they were made from.
As part of outdoor classroom day and mental health awareness week we took part in a forest school taster session with Miss Steele and Mr Tompkins. We took part in lots of different activities: we went on the hunt for ‘something special’ we were shown how to make a campfire Read more…
We had another lovely day of forest school today in Reception… even though the afternoon session had to be moved inside because of the storms! ⛈⚡️ We are getting so good at staying safe and remembering our forest school rules: walking around the circle and not inside it, helping our Read more…
What a busy week!! This week we have been reading the story of Jack and the beanstalk, we have decided to do an experiment where we grow 2 beanstalks, one in a pot with soil and one in a bag with just a wet cotton wool ball, we then voted Read more…
On Wednesday, Reception took part in their weekly forest school session, we had so much fun!! It was a little wet and windy but that didn’t stop us, we put on our waterproofs and set off for the forest. We remembered the rules from last time and practised walking outside Read more…