Week 3
8.5.17
With our new children settled in really well we have just got on and had lots of fun and learning this week.
We are concentrating on writing our name and numbers in group time, trying hard to get our pencil grip right.
The weather was lovely last week so we made the most of playing outside, in the sandpit and on the grass. We have also begun to think about sports day so have been practicing our sports day races!
Welcome back after the Easter break!
We have new children starting with us this half term, they have already had a week with us and have settled in well.
Our topic this half term is Monsters and Aliens.
The first 2 weeks have been quite simple, with just a few activities out so that our new children get used to their new school environment.
We have had these activities to choose from:
These are just a few of the activities we have had the chance to take part in. We also do daily counting and phonics work too.
Spring Term 2
We have come back to school after the half term with renewed energy and have settled back in really well.
This half term we will be looking at Food - tasting different things, looking at what is healthy and unhealthy, how to keep ourselves healthy and clean and investigating foods by chopping, cutting, tasting and smelling them. We will be using all our 5 senses to investigate and discover food.
We are also reading the story of The Gingerbread Man in our Talk for Writing and are using this story as a basis for other learning.
These are some of the activities we have been doing so far this term:
There will be lots more activities that are available to us every day. We are always on the go and do so much in one day.
Spring Term week 3 - 16.1.17
Another week at school and another busy one!
These are just of few of the activities we have had the chance to do this week:
As well as counting, mark making, listening to and reading stories, having snack and playing with our friends.
Spring 1 Term January 2017
This term we welcomed new starters to our class - and they have already settled in so well it's like they have always been here.
As well as new friends we have also had some changes to the unit and some new toys to play with. Each week the equipment in the classrooms is changed so we have to spend some time exploring to find what things we can do.
The first 2 weeks of the term has given us the opportunity to do some of the following activities:
Now that the new starters have settled in nicely we look forward to the new year and the Spring Term and all the learning it will bring.
Autumn 2 week 1 31.10.16
Welcome back after a week off! We were straight back into busy busy busy - we never really stop!
It was Halloween when we came back to school so we had a week of Halloween related activities, it all started with a dressing up day. Some of us were really scary. Miss Thorp had a trail of green spiders crawing up her back and into her hair!
These are just a few of the activities we had the opportunity to do this week:
Week 5 3.10.16
Some new and interesting things were in the unit this week and we had fun investigating them!
As well as the more familiar things:
Week 4 26.9.16
We have really settled in now and are becoming familiar with the unit and all the different activities that are available to do.
This week we have had the opportunity to take part in these activities:
As you can see we do keep ourselves busy each week and we enjoy every day as they always bring something different to our learning.
Week 3 19.9.16
Another busy week, filled with activities both inside and outside. We wore jeans for genes day on Friday and made a donation to the charity. The start of the week was cold and wet but the end of the week was hot and sunny.
These are some of the activites we had the chance to do this week:
Week 2 12/9/16
Its been another busy week here in F1. Our new children started on Monday and we had fun making new friends and showing the new children all the different things we do in school.
We enjoyed tasting chocolate for Roald Dahl Day on Tuesday!
Here is some of the things we had the chance to do this week:
It was such lovely weather at the start of the week that we spent most of our choosing time outside in the sun. However on Friday it was very different - this time we enjoyed splashing in the puddles that all the rain made.
Fisrt week back 5.9.16
We were staight into lots of different activities in the first week. counting, mark making, listening to stories, singing songs were just a select few activities we did.
We also had chance to choose from these other activities during continuous provision:
We also had visits from the new F1 starters and enjoyed showing them all the different things we do in school. We are really looking forward to them starting next week!