December 2024

We did a Science experiment today! We put 4 candy canes in different liquids and predicted what might happen. We the carefully observed the candy canes and found out that the hot water made the candy cane dissolve and turn the water pink, the Diet Coke gradually dissolved the candy cane, the cold water really slowly dissolved the candy cane and the water turned pink at the bottom of the container and the hand gel gradually dissolved the candy cane and turned a white colour!

November 2024

Great excitement today! We were very lucky to have a visit from ‘Bikeability’. The children all had a chance to receive coaching on riding balance bikes and learnt how to glide! The lady from Bikeability was very impressed with the children’s bike skills. Good job everyone!

November 2024

Today, we have been making junk model boats. Whilst we made them we sung our nursery rhyme of the day, The Big Ship Sails. We went outside to see whether our boats would float, or sink. We had some interesting observations from the children who decided that if the boat had a hole in, it would almost definitely sink. Excellent work Woodpeckers.

October 2024

This week we have been looking at and creating different types of art. We have explored colour, shape and materials. It has been great fun!

We have continued to think about Autumn this week. We went searching for spider's webs (and found a random worm!) We made repeating patterns from the natural treasures we found last week on our Autumn walk, we also used the leaves for rubbings in the classroom. We have talked about the different types of weather and enjoyed an interactive 'science' story about leaves, acorns and conkers. Great observations and discussions!

September 2024

As part of our topic 'Who am I?' we talked about what makes me 'me'! We talked about how we are all different and how this is a good thing. We talked about how we might have the same colour hair or eyes but how we all like and do different things. We linked this to our Simple Six rule 'Respect'. We then drew ourself for a people paper chain to hang in the classroom.

Science Week 2024

We were looking for roots and new growth in the garden. We enjoyed helping to tidy up the garden whilst spotting roots.

Spring Walk - We walked around the School site looking for signs of Spring.

In Maths we have been applying our number knowledge and writing numbers, in order, to 10. We have also being learning about mass and capacity by weighing and measuring things. 

We have created a new display focusing on why things change. We did some winter art, and learned all about ice and why it might melt.

We did an experiment in Science. We found out how the Candy Canes changed when they were submerged in different liquids.

We went on a sleigh ride to visit Santa's Workshop using the new VR headsets!

We started our new reception class and spent lots of time doing activities to build relationships and make friends in our class and across the year group. We have had lots of fun exploring the outdoor area and using the new bikes and scooters.

During the first half term we went on our Autumn Walk. This meant that we walked over to the Upper School Field and looked for all the different things we could find to show how the seasons change. We collected acorns, leaves, conkers etc and used these to make some autumn pictures.

As part of our autumn learning, we researched hedgehogs and even made our own ones out of clay. We rolled the clay into a ball, pinched in the eyes and nose, and then used some clay tools to create the hedgehogs spikes.

To support our Personal, Social, and Emotional Development, we made our very own Woodpecker Theatre Show. We used fingers puppets in the classroom, or puppets that we had made, to tell different stories with all of our friends.

It's Christmas Time and we have had lots of fun celebrating with lots of Christmas activities! Along with lots of activities we have done in class, we had our Christmas performances, Christmas dinner day, and our Christmas disco.

Within maths we were looking at heavier and lighter. We collected items from around the classroom and predicted which we thought would be heavier and used the scales to check our thinking. We found out that even if something is bigger it does not always mean that it is heavier.

In honour of Children's Mental Health Week, we had a dress to express day. We talked about why we decided to wear these clothes and how it makes us feel (we linked this to our zones of regulation in the classroom).
 

To celebrate pancake day, we had pancakes for snack. We had the the choice of lemon and sugar for our toppings. They were delicious! We also looked at how to make pancakes and what ingredients we needed.

One of our book focuses this term was Goldilocks and the Three Bears. To enhance our learning we made our own masks that we then used to retell the story with our friends.

As part of our learning, we also looked at how the story of Goldilocks and the Three Bears could have ended differently. We spoke in our talk partners on the carpet to come up with ideas and then shared these with the rest of the class. We then voted on which story ending we liked the best.

Our science week focus was animals. On Monday, we had Alapcas come to visit our school. We got to stroke them and listen to lots of different facts about them. On Tuesday, we had a minibeast talk. In this talk we got to see lots of different minibeasts, including an African snail, a millipede, a stick insect, a beetle, and a tarantula. We even got to touch them! On Wednesday, we had an Owl assembly. We saw the Owls fly across the room, it was amazing!

For our school trip this year we visited Call of the Wild. We saw lots of different animals but our favourite animal was the meerkats! We also had a talk all about the lifecycle of a butterfly, we even got to see a chrysallis! We then explored the butterflies even more in the butterfly house, some of them got very close. We had lots of fun!