Foundation Stage
Forest school
On a Wednesday the children make their way over to forest school with Mrs Penn where they have been developing their listening skills and learning how to keep safe in forest school from not crossing the red rope without an adult to learning about fungi and things...
An amazing start to the year in the Nursey
In foundation we have had an amazing start to the year! Welcoming back our lovely nursery children and settling in our new starters into the foundation setting. Our core books: Dear zoo, Brown bear, Where's spot. ...
So much learning and fun!
We are continuing to enjoy so many activities with many learning opportunities and chances to wonder together whilst talking about our thoughts in both our nursery and reception classes. The reception children are developing their phonic skills ,writing skills and...
Having fun and learning through our play!
The children have fully immersed themselves in play across all areas of the provision! Playdough Our focus at the playdough table has been developing finger/hand strength by using our key exercises: Roll, pinch, press and squeeze while incorporating these skills into...
National Story telling week 29th January -2nd February
During this week we promoted lots of opportunities to tell and create stories. In the Foundation Unit we used tough trays to enable children to make up story narratives. We promoted role play scenarios and encouraged children to retell well known stories with props....
Foundation Stage Fun Autumn 1!
This half term has flown by! We have been settling new children into our foundation stage unit. We have been getting to know each other and enjoying exploring our environment inside and outside. [gallery...
Hollow Blocks Play September 2023
Completing the designs
Designers constructing walk ways
Trains and bus rides
Shops and Cafe time
Builders hammering in nails!
A wonderful start to the school year.
Shadow Puppets Talking Turns Project
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- We watch the shadow theatre being built and Michael introduced how to create the shadows.
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- We watched the clouds change shapes
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- We created our own shadow puppets for Y6
What a WORLD BOOK DAY! We had the pleasure of watching and creating our own Shadow Puppets Show. The shadow puppet show was based on the story , ‘The Man who Cuts the Clouds’. It’s a simple story about a grandad who has an amazing job. He climbs up a big ladder every day with a pair of scissors and he is the reason why sometimes we can spot shapes in the clouds!
Role Play and keeping healthy.
Charlie’s block play; where he created a sequence of washing clothes making a washing machine, a tumble dryer and a washing line, inspired us to to explore why and how we keep ourselves clean and to add resources from the real world to develop our imaginary role play. We have explored vocabulary and enjoyed stories and rhymes to enhance our knowledge and understanding of why we need to keep ourselves and our homes clean but also having lots of fun!. Enjoy some of the images below.
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- Charlie’s washing machine
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- Pegging out the washing
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- Washing machine, tumble dryer and washing line in our role play area
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- We added items to keep ourselves clean
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- broom and scrubbing brushes
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- Washing up items
The children have spent time exploring soap in the water tray and outside. They have learnt the song “here we go round the mulberry bush” and “Miss Polly had a dolly” and enjoyed stories such as “Mrs Wishy Washy”, “The washing line” and the “Big Read bath”!
Michael’s Puppet Creating Morning and Amazing Banana Song
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- Peel Banana Song
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- Whisk Banana
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- Working in pairs to make our puppet move
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- Creating our bag puppets
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- Exploring emotions through DRAM|A
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- JOY
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- ANGER
Exploring malleable materials as part of our early handwriting!
In the nursery we are loving exploring different materials like dough, foam, soap and paint. These fun activities help us develop arm, finger and hand strength which we will need when we begin to coordinate pens and pencils.
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- Whisking
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- Whisking
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- Cutting
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- Cutting
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- Chopping
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- Foam moving with our hands
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- Bubbles outside
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- Bubble painting
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- Moving the paint with our hands
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- Mixing paint colours
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- Pressing, pulling, poking!
Dental Resources: learning and fun!
We have been lucky to borrow some dental resources from Devon Dental services for a week. We learnt a lot about how to care for our teeth.
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- Teeth books
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- A blow up dentist chair
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- At the dentist
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- game: which foods stay stuck on our teeth for a long time?
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- The fruit and vegetables don’t stick!
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- Brushing our teeth: top/bottom for 2 minutes
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- 2 minutes is a long time but thats how to get our teeth clean
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- Small world dentist scene
Reception children’s Animation of Characters
This terms core book is The Gingerbread Man …. Listen to these Gingerbread man calling out to the different characters in the story.
We will build upon these skill across the next few weeks as we create our own digital stories.
Christmas Crafts 2022
Thank you for joining us for this busy and fun afternoon session.
The photo booth was a huge hit with the children.
Well done for joining your child at this activity. We had so many parents and grandparents dressing up and smiling… GREAT FUN!
Beautiful small world designs by two boys
These two boys were extremely excited for me to share in the pride they had in their work. I had to leave my area IMMEDIATELY to witness what they have created. It was a stunning paired piece of work, such careful placemen.
Roads, Maps and Vehicles.
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- Could we build a bridge for our mobilo?
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- Mobilo designs stimulated unit block structures.
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- Will it balance
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- How can we ensure the base is stable?
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- Drawing roads onto the map
Mobilo construction continues to be a huge focus with a few groups . Now the children are confident to construct vehicles we have supported the children to consider the roads and pathways their vehicle might follow.