Reception - Physical Development- Scissor Control
In Reception we know that mastering scissor control is so much more than just cutting paper. It’s about building hand strength, developing hand-eye coordination, refining bilateral integration (using both hands together), and boosting concentration. These skills are vital for everything from writing their name and fastening buttons to eventually using a keyboard. The children have been putting their skills to the test and using them to cut out objects to make links to our phonics.
Pre-School-P.S.H.E-What Does Our Body Need?-Making Fruit Kebabs
This week in P.S.H.E pre-school have been looking at - what our bodies need. The children had a good understanding of the food our bodies need and understand that exercise helps us to keep our bodies fit and healthy. The children then made their own fruit kebabs selecting the fruits they like and placing them on a kebab stick before enjoying eating their kebabs.
Nursery - Art - History - Poppy Creations
Today's lesson provided a meaningful introduction to the concept of Remembrance through a creative and collaborative Art activity, linking to an important moment in history. The children accessed the craft area to explore the poppy, a key symbol of remembrance. They used simple, sensory resources—red glue and red tissue paper—to create their own beautiful poppies. To mark the occasion, the children also participated in a challenging exercise during snack time: observing and taking part in a two-minute silence. While this was tricky for our youngest learners, they made a fantastic effort to maintain quiet and stillness. To further extend the theme of community and remembrance, we collaborated with the preschool children to create a handprint wreath. This collective piece of art will be placed at our school's adopted war memorial grave, providing a tangible way for the children to contribute to an important tradition of respect and memory.
Reception - Class Worship - Moses
This week in our Reception class worship, we learned about Moses and how he showed compassion and trust in God. We listened to the story of how Moses helped the Israelites and trusted God to guide him, even when things were difficult. The children talked about what it means to care for others and to have faith, just like Moses did. We thought about times when we can show compassion — by helping a friend, sharing, or being kind. To finish, we said a short prayer together, thanking God for people who care for us and asking for courage to trust Him, just like Moses.
Nursery - Maths - Quantity
This week's Maths lesson was inspired by the children's spontaneous interest in farm animals, leading to an engaging, tactile farm set-up in our malleable tray. Immersed in play, the children were naturally drawn to the animals and successfully made connections between the animals and the sounds they made, mooing for a cow, oinking for a pig. While enjoying this imaginative play, they were also building crucial number language and quantity skills. We saw great examples of early counting, with some children counting the animals in each pasture. They worked hard to follow requests that required them to retrieve a specific quantity, such as the instruction, "Can I have two pigs?" This hands-on activity provided a fantastic, concrete way for the children to link abstract numbers to real-world objects.
Pre-School-Expressive Art And Design-Making Skeletons
On the workshop table, the children have been busy creating their own skeletons. They used cotton buds to represent the bones and practised their gluing and sticking skills to assemble their designs. This activity was a fun way to help them see what our bodies look like beneath the skin and to understand that everyone has a skeleton.
Nursery - P.E - Stepping Stones
In this week's PE lesson, the children focused intently on the core skill of balancing, inspired by the part of our class story where characters must cross the bottom of a waterfall by balancing on rocks. To recreate this challenge, Nursery class were provided with a variety of stepping stones of different shapes, sizes, and textures. The main objective was for the children to maneuver across the stones without falling into the imaginary "water." This required them to use gross motor movements to step carefully up and down and constantly adjust their balance. They did a brilliant job adapting their steps to the different heights and surfaces, demonstrating growing awareness of body control and spatial awareness. This challenging activity successfully developed their stability and coordination on various terrains.
Reception - RE - Special Times
In RE this week, Reception have been learning about special places. We looked at Ecclesiastes 3:1–8 (The Scroll) and talked about what makes certain places special to us. The children then created their own beautiful scrolls — a lovely reminder that every moment has its own meaning and time.
Reception - Maths - Shape Detectives!
This week in Reception we’ve been learning all about shapes! We went on a circle hunt around school and spotted circles everywhere — wheels, pizzas, clocks, and more. We talked about how a circle is a continuous curve with no corners, and the children loved finding examples in their environment. We definitely had some brilliant shape detectives on the case!
Reception- Music- Festival of Diwali
Our Reception children have been exploring a vibrant and exciting cultural festival called Diwali, and it's been an absolute blast! Diwali is often called the Festival of Lights, celebrated by millions of people around the world. It’s a time of great joy, sparkling lights, delicious food, and wonderful music. We wanted our little learners to experience this joy, not just by seeing pictures, but by feeling the music and moving their bodies! We started by listening to some beautiful and lively Indian music. It was so different from some of the songs we usually sing – with new instruments and exciting rhythms! The children described it as "bouncy," "happy," and even "making me want to jump!" This is such an important part of learning about other cultures – understanding that music sounds different all over the world, and each style has its own special feeling. To help us connect with the music and express ourselves, we brought out a magical basket of scarves and ribbons! These weren't just any scarves; they were bright, colourful, and so silky to touch. The children absolutely loved using them to dance. We talked about how the lights of Diwali flicker and dance, and how fireworks sparkle and explode in the sky. Then, we tried to make our scarves and ribbons do the same thing!
Nursery - Geography - Leaf Hunt
Inspired by our story this week, the nursery class embarked on a fascinating leaf hunt outdoors. The children immediately observed that the ground was covered in a thick layer of leaves, which sparked a natural geographical discussion: "Why are the leaves on the ground?" and "Where did they come from?" This curiosity led to a key observation about seasonal change. The children looked up and noticed that the trees, which had been full of leaves, were now largely bare. This visible change from leaves on the tree to leaves on the ground provided a concrete lesson in the cycle of nature and the concept of where materials originate. We then searched enthusiastically for leaves of different colours, shapes, and sizes, carefully collecting them to use as natural resources for our other work taking place in class. This hands-on exploration linked observation of the local environment directly to classroom learning.
Pre-School-Maths-Positional language
This week in Maths the children have been looking at different positional language. Using a teddy and a box the children had to place teddy in different positions when instructed.
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