This week we visited a local farm and got up and close with the animals. We learnt lots about what lambs need to grow, how they are fed, why some need bottles of milk and what their mummies need too.
There were lots of different farm machines busy working. We got to hear what each one is used for and even got to sit in the tractor- it was so high up and the wheels were bigger than us!
Darling class are really enjoying our Explorers topic.
Inspired by the story 'The Boy who Sailed the World' by Julia Green, the children set about building their own boats. Selecting their own resources and following and adapting their own designs, they took to the water to set sail...
Reception children have been exploring measuring length using standard and non-standard units...
Outside we have been making tea...
... getting in a pickle...
making some willow hearts for someone very special...
and creating and playing our own snakes and ladders game...
We have also been using picture stimuli in phonics to practise our spelling and sentence writing...
and as we lead up to Easter and learning about the Easter story, we have created our very own Easter Garden...
And this is all before the excitement of World Book Day!!!!
With Shrove Tuesday falling in half term, we thought we would kick-start the new term with some pancake fun...
After sharing the story 'Mr Wolf's Pancakes', we made our own pancakes and chose our own toppings...
The results were delicious!!!...
Then, we had pancake races with our buddies...
And we have continued our pancake fun in the continuous provision...
This half term has flown by. We have really enjoyed our topic 'Light and Dark'; it has provided a plethora of explorative opportunities for inquisitive minds, as well as role play in space and imaginative writing. Here is a little of what we have been doing...
Exploring the light spectrum...
Climbing onboard our spaceship and venturing into outer space...
Mission control...
Getting the engine working...
What is out there?
And a visit from St John's ambulance too!
We have loved exploring 2d shapes, sorting and describing them using vocabulary such as side, corner, straight and curved. We were all so good at remembering the shape names and using them correctly.
We made 2d shapes using small sticks.
We made triangles, squares and rectangles and talked about the number of sides and corners they had. We tried to make the shapes bigger and smaller by using more or less sticks. We demonstrated good fine motor skills when manipulating the pieces.
We enjoyed wrapping up warm and exploring outdoors. Getting the bikes and trikes out was so much fun, especially when we took it in turns to control the traffic!
We were really good at taking it in turns and sharing the bikes. Our peddling and steering around obstacles have both really imporved.
Reception and Year One children went to Abbeyfield school to take part in a sports festival. We made and wore crowns and took part in lots of activities which involved running, throwing, kicking, jumping and generally having a whole lot of fun! We had a great morning despite the freezing cold weather but we all wrapped up warm and got fully involved representing the school brilliantly.
We have had another busy week in Darling, as you can see!
We have been learning about the festival of Diwali and the story of Rama and Sita. We made diva lamps, which Hindu people light for Diwali to remember the lights guiding Rama and Sita back home...
We have also been learning about the police and have had a lot of fun being Police Officers, building a Police Station, taking messages, solving crimes, taking fingerprints and capturing criminals!
And, of course, we celebrated Odd Socks Day and all the fabulous things that make us different, unique and very, very special...
