Week Beginning 6.11.2017

 

Welcome back to our weekly blog. This week has brought lots of fun and new ideas to our setting.

Children and teachers have worked together to build a car in the outdoor area. The children have already travelled far with their friends. Some have chosen to visit Peppa Pig World, others have gone to London for a day trip. Drivers have shared the long journeys fairly and have not forgotten to take their driving licences with them. Take a look:

 

 

 

"We are off to Peppa Pig World"

"We are going to London to see the Wheel"



 

Supported by the adults children have built their own boats using a piece of kitchen foil. The aim was to build a boat strong enough to carry as many 'penny passengers' as possible.

Children tested their boats and talked about why their boats sunk and thought of ways to improve their designs. 







Some tested their boats with dinosaur passengers.

 

 

 "Oh nooo! It's too heavy!"

Children have expressed great interest in the Ninja Turtles so they worked hard with Mrs Cox to create some turtle shells for them to use in their role play.

It's all coming together...

Meanwhile 'Shredder' is taking over the world......Mwahaha!!!!

Will the Ninja Turtle stop the baddies????

 

In maths this week we have begun to think about adding and subtracting numbers.  We have done this in a variety of different ways,

 

'Miss Welby look, these all make 7 and the towers are the same size!'

 

Different ways of making 7 using the number bars.

 

Rub-a-dub-dub some men in a tub, the sea got bumpy and some fell out...

 The children listened to number stories and solved them by writing the number sentences on their whiteboards.


Finally to finish, making men in the tub or (bowl.)  The children baked their own little men biscuits and Mrs Kett cooked them for us just in time for morning snack.

 

Yummy!

 

We are set for a busy week of learning next week themed around the turtles, as chosen by the children.

 

Have a lovely weekend everybody.

Week beginning 30.10.2017

Welcome back to the second half of Autumn Term. We hope you all had a resting and happy family time together.
The children had great fun and enjoyed painting pumpkins and firework pictures.

We have also made some edible mini sparklers using bread sticks, chocolate spread and hundreds thousands....

 

 

And dah dah....!

 

Autumn is well and truly here and leaves are EVERYWHERE!

Let's sweep up all these leaves! Great job.

 

With the help of Fireman Sam we have been learning how to stay safe this weekend if we are going out anywhere to watch the fireworks.  We thought we should put this theory into practise and try toasting some marshmallows.  Delicious.

 

We have had some great teamwork this week which has led to some fantastic creations, this started as a single piece of paper and grew and grew, finishing as a complete street map with its own train track.  What's more, the children are enjoying it so much that they have requested that it stays for after the weekend.

 

Encouraging our speaking and listening skills with a puppet show or two.

Congratulations to Lucas our Golden Book winner today for being so keen with your reading and independent writing.

 

 

Have a fantastic weekend everybody and remember all those safety tips if you are going out to watch the fireworks.

Week beginning 16.10.2017

It may have been the last week of term but we kept busy and have had a week filled with eager learners!
Take a look...
children have enjoyed the daily phonics sessions so much that they decided to carry on through they day writing sounds during their choosing time!!
Well done everybody!

 

 

 

This week we spent time looking at a picture map of a town by the seaside and talked about all the things that we can do at the seaside.

We  played a board game called 'At the Beach' and played fairly waiting patiently for our turns. 

 

 

During PE with Mrs Storer we learnt new parachute games which involved team work and good listening. Here you can see us turned into a giant centipede walking around the hall.

 

 

We then made a giant mountain in the air and climbed to its top and found that we had flattened it, like a pancake!

 

 

In the end we did some synchronised group sit ups. Another well done!

 

 

In maths we have continued to work on number recognition. We picked a lego tower, counted the number of bricks, matched to the digit which we then matched to the corresponding Numicon tile. 

 



 

We enjoyed sharing news with parents on Wednesday afternoon/evening about all that we have achieved so far this term during our first parents evening.

 

 



 Wow! What an exciting end to the week... we joined forces with Class 2 and haven't we been busy.

 

 

First we baked our very own Autumn themed rolls.

 

 

 

 

 

 

We also worked together in teams to build some fantastic bridges. We had to think about how to join the materials, whether cars could travel over or under them and a whole lot more.

 

 

 

 

You all deserve a rest. Have a FANTASTIC half term everybody.