Reception

  This week the children have been learning about volcanoes and have done lots of activities around this topic. Throughout the week the children  made a large volcano and on Friday we watched it erupt using  a science experience. I have attached a video for you to see the explosion. Christmas has officially arrived in Foundation as we have been learning  songs for our performance. The children are very enthusiastic and are very excited about a Hippopotamus that may be visiting us. We will be continuing with our rehearsals over the next few weeks so I am sure you will all know the songs by the time they get to perform for you. We will be giving out more details of the concert nearer the time as consideration will be taken in relation to Covid at that time. Next week we will be spending time in our outside classroom. We will be lighting our fire pit and cooking some food on it. The children will be looking at habitats of bugs that are around at this time of year.  Our reading meeting wil

 Hello all, This week was anti bullying week at school. We have used books and other resources to help the children express themselves. We encourage them to to communicate their wants and needs and to work through problems with support and independently. On Friday we have learnt about Children in Need charity. We spoke about the importance of kindness, sharing and giving. The children shared their own experiences of acts of kindness and they were thinking of what they can do in the future to help the ones in need. One of the Prime areas of learning in Foundation is PSED which stands for Personal, Social and Emotional Development. It is important that the children have an understanding of who they are, how they feel and how to be with others. Our curriculum enables the children to become confident and helps them make sense of many new situations. Relationships lie at the heart of all human experience and interaction, and it is vitally important that young children are helped to learn th

 Hello all, As we have quite a few children in our class showing an interest in Space, we have created a spaceship in our classroom. The children are very keen on role plying imaginary flights into Space. We are going to continue learning about Space over the next few weeks so if you have anything interesting at home that can support this topic please send it in. A new aspect to the revised EYFS is to support children with dental hygiene. This week Mia's mummy, who is a dental nurse came to talk to the children about their teeth. Mia was able to tell her friends about good dental hygiene and we would like to thank her mummy for spending the time with us.  On Thursday we had a minutes silence to remember people who help us and make sure that we are safe. The children did this by closing their eyes and sitting quietly. We watched 'The Poppy Story' which explains why we wear poppies, and we have created poppies in art. Maths During the week we have been matching numbers to cor

Hello all, This week we have celebrated Diwali in the Foundation stage. We were so lucky to have our friend Kashi and her mum teaching us about the traditions of Diwali and presenting their colourful, traditional costumes to us. Kashi's mum brought a selections of  Bindis for us to wear on our foreheads which was very exciting. In art we were making Rangoli patters and we were decorating Divas.  If you would like to come to school to talk about your culture and traditions we would love to have you.  The children learn so much from the first hand experiences and make long lasting memories.                                                              Developing our maths skills                                                                     Playing teachers                                   Having fun in the leaves and learning about the Autumn season Phonics This week the children were introduced to the letter sounds: ck, e, u and r and the tricky word 'to'. Next week we