Hello all!

Yet another lovely day in the sun!

We hope you enjoyed yourself at home maybe having some water fun?

We had a super day in school keeping safe and playing together!

We enjoyed the cooking activity at school today and Mrs Heap has been busy with Ching,  Ching  this time she has been making scones click the blue writing and follow Mrs Heap’s instructions to make scones! There are 3 sheets to open!  The Scone Zone with Ching Ching (1)    scone zone (2)    scone zone (3)

Today’s challenge tray games: 

Collect things outside for I Spy – Memory Game

 Collect items from around your house: you could choose food items, or toys, or random items play I spy something beginning with>>>>>> on the tray. Can you and your family locate the object on the tray?

See how many items you can remember: look at the items for one minute and then cover it over with a tea towel, can you remember them all??

Hide the items from the tray around the room or garden go on a hunt to find them all you must know how many objects you need to find to return to the tray!

At school we finish the day with a story so here is a story for you to enjoy with your family. Yesterday the story was about a Rainbow fish; today’s choice is about a Fish who could wish! Enjoy! What would you wish for??

Take care at home and we hope those in school today will have fun!

Mrs Penn, Mrs Heap and Mrs Coleman

Hello Everyone   Good Morning its Tuesday,  we had another HOT day on Monday! I wonder if you explored water fun in the heat?

Fun swinging in Forest School

Paint mixing became a strong focus using BIG pieces of paper!

 In the afternoon we made our chocolate chip cup cakes … A Busy Monday in school.

Then I opened up my email and You’ve had a BUSY few days at home…

Thank you again for sharing your wonderful learning .

WOW such busy active learning…filled with spirals and water fun!!!

Today’s challenge links to a photo I was sent and today’s learning at school.

If you had a circle – or a paper plate what would you create….. The list of ideas are endless…but What will you choose to make?

Does your child create lines… Its a form of thinking known as a  ‘schema’  lines are often considered a very mathematical exploration… There are lots of different schema’s.

What items does your child choose to independently line up… Where do they line up their item? On the window sills, across the floor, on the edge of tables?  Its all really interesting and a deep form of thinking, this is why if items are moved from a line they have made they can become upset… its hard thinking they are doing,  making these lines.  

I wonder if your pets like to have a wash!

Keep Enjoying your active learning and  Keep Smiling   Miss Butler 

Hello everyone!

We hope that you all enjoyed a super hot Monday! We were in school enjoying some inside and outdoor activities. Some of you are coming into school today and tomorrow so we felt it would be good for you to see what you will be doing

In the morning: Foundation stage garden and snack

Lunch Time

 In the afternoon: making chocolate chip cookies

Play and then tidy time get ready to go home

Story time.

It was lovely to open some more photos of your holiday fun! Here are some from Thomas for you to look at. Have you been to the same place ever?

Your challenge today is to enjoy some water play in your garden or outdoor space:

 Water painting: you can use paint brushes, rollers and even old tooth brushes to paint with. This fun activity will allow your arms to strengthen, you can do really long strokes or fine and small strokes. Will your marks disappear in the sunshine?

Can you travel holding a cup of water without spilling it from one end of your garden to the other? Try different sized containers can you do it on your head? Can you place some obstacles in your pathway to negotiate? Collect the water in a bucket so you can reuse it. Have a race with a family member!!

Local women carrying buckets on their heads, Malawi, Africa

Try using wet sponges and and throw them into different sized bowls or buckets add a number to each bowl or bucket who gets the biggest score!

Perhaps you would like a bowl of soapy water so you can wash your toys or even wash your big wheeled toys like bikes and scooters like a real car wash!

Today’s story is about is about The Rainbow Fish. Did you like the end of the story? Was this the right thing for the Rainbow Fish to do? Yesterday we saw the jelly fish that Alfie created can you create your own creature who lives in the sea? If you do take a photo to show us

Take care and have fun

Mrs Penn, Mrs Coleman and Mrs Coleman

Hello everyone!

We hope that you have all enjoyed some family fun over the half term break? What glorious weather we have had and we imagine that you have all enjoyed some fun outside perhaps in a paddling pool or a trip to the beach or local park or woods possibly enjoying an ice lolly or two!

This week we are excited that some of you will be returning to school either on Tuesday or Wednesday for children in Base 2. It will be lovely to play with you and see how much we are sure you have all grown!! Mrs Penn will continue to phone all of you and add a daily website post. Please keep in touch with emails and sharing your photos! Here are some recent photos you have shared, as ever we can see where you have challenged yourself and learnt new skills!

Miss Butler explained in her post just before the half term break that Jane from ASDA has managed to get some materials for us to use in school. Some things for cooking and art materials so we will have fun making cakes at school this week, we want to say thank you to Jane!

Sun awareness! Please make sure you are using sun cream and wearing a hat outside the sun is very strong at the moment. The days you come to school please could sun cream be applied before the start of the day and each child will need to bring in their own sun hat with their name in it!  Remember the slogan “slip on a loose top, slop on the sun cream, slap on a hat!” Thank you.

I have chosen a story today about a journey of a little boat! “The journey” by Neil Griffiths and Scott Mann. In the version I have chosen the story is sung to you! When you have listened to the story choose one of your toys and make up a journey story for the toy and share it with your mum, dad or brothers and sisters!  What might happen? who will your toy meet?? How will your toy return home??

We hope you have a good Monday take care,

Mrs Penn, Mrs Heap and Mrs Coleman

Hello Everyone , WELL that was a HOT week.

I hope you all had a wonderful and safe time in the sunshine.

This week the Foundation Stage Unit will be open for children in F2. We have a busy week planned.

If it continues to stay hot and sunny please can all of the F2 children coming back to school  remember to bring a  sunhat and suncream,   so we all stay sun safe.

A sunhat is necessary Sun cream which your child can apply themselves. 

We look forward to seeing you when you come in for your session. 

F1’s and F2 children who are not in school today:- I know you will have been on lots of adventures so please do continue to send through your images. admin@haytorview.devon.sch.uk  or upload the images and messages straight onto this site. I love looking through your photos and reading what your have been learning about,  it helps me consider your current interests and allows me to make suggests that might be of interest.

I wonder if you have been having more water fun games at home… more swimming or water painting to cool down.. Have you managed to get to the beach and paddle in the sea? Today I a setting you all a water challenge……..

Water transporting obstacle course!

How many different ways can you transport water and develop coordination!

Wet sponge throwing!

 How far can you throw wet sponges…which bowl/ box can you thrown your sponge into? 

                       Continue to Enjoy painting with water.

                                        Have you tried using a paint roller outside! 

I will start phoning all of the F1 families on Tuesday 2nd June,  when I am not in class. I really look forward to saying Hello to you all again.

Enjoy your Monday and Keep Smiling and have a Fun Filled day.  Miss Butler

Hello Good Morning Everyone. I can’t believe it is half term already,  time has gone so fast! So today post is the last one before a weeks holiday! A holiday that will be a lot different than usual but I know that you will still enjoy yourself together as a family. 

Yesterday I went into work to pick up a parcel from Jane our Community Champion from Asda. She was fantastic and dropped off three crates of cooking ingredients and art materials for the school. We now have all of the ingredients ready for cooking when the F2 children return on 1st June.  It was so wonderfully kind of ASDA to donate these ingredients to our school.

Again your images have made my afternoon and given me a huge smile on my face…

YOU are all brilliant learners.  I love to hear and see how you have tried so many new activities and covered so many skills.

I hope you liked today’s story! …Beautifully illustrated 

Look our ingredients are ready for 1st June … if you shop at ASDA, please do thank them… They have been FABULOUS. 

Today I listened to a song on the radio and I loved the words. You might have heard it ?  I hope it makes you smile, sing and maybe dance..

I wonder which song makes you want to dance ? Which song do you sing in your house or car?

Have a WONDERFUL Friday and half term break I can’t wait to see some of you on 1st June and to talk to everyone else on the phone. We will all be together again soon. 

ENJOY the Sunshine and have fun in your GARDEN..exploring nature...

I wonder if you can make yourself an Outdoor Memory game ?

See what you can find outside that you find interesting? I wonder what it will be?

Keep Smiling and Keep Safe Miss Butler, Mrs Breakwell, Miss Lofthouse

Hello everyone!

Wow! What a scorcher today turned out to be! At one point in the afternoon the garden temperature was reading 28 degrees centigrade! I popped into school to continue some phone calls and as ever it was lovely to hear your voices and your thinking especially about  potentially returning to school after June 1st. It has been encouraging to hear your all your ponderings and also your desire to do what is right for your children!

As we come to the end of this past half term I have reflected on how much you have been achieving at home and where the learning for your child has shone through! We have seen Mrs Heap rise as a video star with the aid of Ching Ching and these videos have inspired you to sing, dance and cook! Cooking is an activity that has kept you all busy and some children have even cooked and tried new foods for the first time. We have all been able to enjoy  being outdoors watching seeds grow, finding mini beasts, exploring water, wind and bubbles, you have used your reading skills to looks at maps and plan routes and even find treasure so well done all! 

We hope that over the half term week you will continue to have fun creating your own challenges developing your skills as you do so! Remember those memory games you can play with items on a tray or jumping on coloured circles of paper in the correct order! Or using a 2 dice to calculate how many jumps or spins etc you could do!

When you are out and about remember to stop walking and listen to what you can hear. Like me, you may begin to notice the varied songs the birds sing. Have a listen to this you tube video

We have added lots of stories for you to enjoy and maybe you could think of some stories you would like included on our posts after the half term holiday. The story I have chosen for you today is about a little boy and his dog “Dogger”

We wish you a good half term and there will be a new post for you on Monday 1st June. Stay safe, have fun and keep on smiling

Mrs Penn, Mrs Heap and Mrs Coleman

Hello Everyone

What another beautifully sunny day Wednesday turned out to be! I was working in school with Mrs Heap, Mrs Coleman, Mrs Breakwell, Miss Lofthouse and Miss Butler. I was able to phone and chat with some of you and will be calling others today and Tomorrow. It is good to hear your voices and have honest discussion about how you are feeling about possibly coming back to school after 1st June. With this in mind I have uploaded some photos of how our classroom looks to allow us to keep a safe distance but also to be able to enjoy each others company. Please have a look at the photos and talk to each other about how our classroom now looks:

Mrs Heap took a group of children and she made her bread recipe with Ching Ching. The children made their own roll shapes! As you can see from the photo the rolls look like that they were made by professional bakers! Well done Mrs Heap and Ching Ching. The children were really fascinated at how the dough grew in size as it prooved. Why not try to bake some rolls at home. The recipe can be found on Tuesday’s  post 19th March.

While I was talking to you today it was good to hear so many of you were having fun outside in your paddling pools and outside spaces. At Forest school today the children created a den and then they protected their den from other den builders with some water jets!  They had fun, there was lots of screaming but nobody got too wet!! You could do this at home in your garden and stop any other member of your family trying to get into your den with a water sprayer or you can come up with your own warning alarm!

I wonder did you manage to make ice lollies yesterday to enjoy today? Or perhaps you have some ice that is frozen to explore? Miss Butler has posted another ice activity on her Base1 post today : painting with ice cubes why not take a look.

Today our story is about a” little cloud ” by Eric Carle. It is fascinating to lay on the ground and watch the clouds and see what pictures or shapes you can see

We hope you have a good day having fun!
Mrs Penn, Mrs Heap, Mrs Coleman

Hello …WHAT a HOT afternoon we had on Wednesday. I was in school on Wednesday, we were very busy… Baking bread, Forest school with water shooting games and then we finished by all sharing lollipops outside under the canopy. I know some of you have also been busy using the recipe that I posted showing you have to make fruit and yoghurt lollipops.

There are so many different recipes that you could explore for making lollipops …Have you ever added sprinkles on top of the lollipops you make ?

Mrs Heap supported the key Worker group in school today to make Bread with Ching Ching….WOW WOW WOW look at the end results.

When I eventually manage to get the ingredients for Mrs Heaps bread recipe I will try at home. Do try the recipe if you can, you will find it on Tuesday’s home learning post.

It was lovely to talk to so many F2 children and families again today and even if you were hiding from the phone I could imagine your smile!  I have taken photos of the classroom so that you can see the small changes I have made to ensure that we all keep safe and work at a 2 mtr  distance. See what you can remember and what looks different?   You will see that we will all have the opportunity to engage in play and have fun with your friends.

I will be phoning all of the F1 families when I am next back in work.  I can’t wait to hear all of the play that you have been engaged with over the last few days.

I hope that you enjoyed the sunshine and managed to get outside and have fun! I heard that some of you have been to the beach and others swimming again in your pools.. It has been lovely to have the sun shining for so long… I’m not sure my garden plants are happy, they are ready for a good drink!

Today’s challenge involves being outside using water and paint to make ice cube painting sticks!…All you need is paint, water and an ice cube tray. 

or food colouring, water and an ice cube tray !! HAVE FUN...

Have a lovely day and make sure that you all have fun and smile a lot.…..from Miss Butler, Mrs Breakwell, Miss Lofthouse.

Hello Everyone It was such a beautiful Tuesday afternoon bright blue sky and so lovely and warm. I hope that you all managed to spend some time outside on a walk or in you garden. During my phone calls I heard some of you were swimming your garden pool, others were enjoying the lolly pop recipe. It was a perfect day to enjoy a lolly pop.

This looks like wonderful fun in the SUN! Picking ball out of water with your feet! FABULOUS fun.

It was lovely to hear all of your excited and happy voices again today, there were lots of giggles from you all during my telephone calls. You are all getting VERY good at talking to me on the phone. I understand it is tricky that I don’t use a phone with a picture screen, so many of you wanted to show me things and using my old hands held phone doesn’t allow me! Sorry. 

The giggles and excitement during my phone calls involve role play… I spoke to a mermaid with makeup and bangles, Then I spoke to some who had put their dad into ‘ tickle jail ‘ because he was tickling them… I’ve also been sent photos of two pirates on a treasure hunt… I wonder what character you have  played and enjoyed recently?

Maps seem to be everywhere at the moment, other year groups across the school are also exploring maps!

I wonder what your pirate map would look like? You could make a map of you garden and then hide something from your mum and dad…. I wonder if they will be able to find the item using your map?  Then you could take turns CAN YOU FIND THE TREASURE?

Today I want to share with you Mrs Galling exciting news.

Mrs Galling has Visiting Hedgehogs!

Mrs Galling was getting ready for bed several weeks ago and was surprised to hear a loud snorting sound coming from outside her bathroom window, so she fetched her husband to investigate!

Mr Galling opened the bathroom window and looked out, to discover a fully grown hedgehog and a baby hedgehog snuffling around the plant pots, looking for bugs. Mrs Galling was VERY surprised, she didn’t realise that hedgehogs made a sound which is similar to a pig!

Mrs Galling was able to get some special hedgehog food, as they mustn’t eat bread or seeds as it is bad for their bones. Every night at about 10pm Mrs Galling puts out a bowl of food and a bowl of water for the hedgehogs.

We have ‘spied’ them at their dishes several times, however they are very secretive and hide behind the plants when they spot us! They must like the food, as the bowl gets pushed quite a long way across the ground each night.

We also saw them in our flower bed, they were snuffling through the leaves and earth looking for bugs to eat. Hedgehogs are most busy, as it took them 3 hours to work their way through our flower bed!

Having hedgehogs in our garden has made both me and my husband smile.

I wonder if you could make a mini hedgehog with your playdough and stick that you can find at home or on your walk?. I wonder if you will make a baby or fully grown hedgehog? I look forward to seeing your designs.

I wonder what new insects, birds or animals you might find in your garden or on your walk today? 

I know three of you enjoy  looking at horses and ponies on your daily walks. I watched the farmer near me getting the hay out ready for their horses on my early morning walk. I will check next time by looking into the stables to see if there are ponies,  as you requested.. I will let you know.  During this walk I also found a ‘Green Shield Bug’ on my shoulder!!! He must  have needed a ride.

 Have a lovely Wednesday and Keep Smiling and Keep Safe 

Miss Butler , Mrs Breakwell and Miss Lofthouse