Autumn Term in the Foundation Stage

Our ‘Wait, Watch and Wonder’ books chart and show the progression of learning across all areas of the classroom. On this site I have selected to show a very small amount of the interests which have featured this Autumn Term, the photos stories we have would fill numerous photo album!! Please do come and look through our ‘Wait, Watch and Wonder’ books when you bring your child into class each in a morning, the images will make you smile.

: Learning to cut masking and create a joint image.tape

: Learning to mix our own powder paint

: Explore the possibilities of structural sconfigurations using a range of media

: How do we make structures using soft mediums ?

: How do we make a structure secure? s using a soft medium

: Fine motor control and spatially awareness to form 3d shapes.

: Birds eye perspective views and mazes started to form…

: Imaginative ideas became sparked as snake mountain, volcanoes were constructed .

: Working with Friends has been a HUGE focus

: Being togther as new skills are learnt

: Completing a challenge togther

: Sustaining concentration together .. Friends can help in so many ways!

: Our drawing skills and consentration is continually increasing as we challenge ourselves.

: In this sequence of photos she was challenging herself to draw a tiger.

: She initially thought she could not draw one….. BUT

: HER IMAGE IS ABSOLUTELY STUNNING. xx

: I could FILL the whole Website with the designs they have formed with these blocks BUT Fire engines, ambulances and other vehicles have been a firm favourite.

: Driving off togther in the vehicle they built.

: PHYSICAL EXPLORATIONS as the children build their own obstale course

: Jumping down the hill into the sand pit!!

: Collecting our own water for our guttering explorations.. That’s a whole project which as fillled the term!!

BUILDING and FORMING STRONG RELATIONSHIPS through our Sherborne Developmental Movement sessions every Thursday. We laugh and giggle throughout these sessions as well as learn how to care for each other.

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