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βIt is not in the stars to hold our destiny but in ourselves.β
EYFS 2021-2022
Hello,
We're so excited to begin our Shakespeare journey with the newest members of our family. Please see last year's page for an insight into what you can all look forward to in EYFS.
You know where we are if you need us. Always here to help.
Lots of love, Miss Mooney and Miss Hayton x
January Newsletter 2022
September Newsletter 2021
Our very hungry visitor! π Somebody or something had eaten into our fruit over the weekend. We suspected it could be the very hungry caterpillar... And we were right!! We found him hiding behind our fruit bowls! Then we got a special delivery to the office... A surprise package- Our very own caterpillars!
Wow... What a super afternoon setting our beautiful butterflies free!π¦β€
The very hungry caterpillar had stomach ache... No wonder after eating all that food. Some of it wasn't very healthy so we thought we would make him some kebabs with different fruits on them. Fruit is very healthy! Then we went to Aldi to buy the fruit.
Next job... Making fruit kebabs! ππππππππ
We made sure the hungry caterpillar is eating healthily, now time to make him a safe shelter at the beach- the beach is a dangerous place for a caterpillar so he needs to be safe from seagulls!ππ!The slideshow includes both classesπ.
Our beautiful Jubilee Queen, King and retinue! What a fantastic day!
ππππ BEUTIFUL BEACH SCHOOL ππππ We absolutely loved our beach school sessions with Mrs Bielec! We found lots of beach treasure and found out the names of things we found. We played games and created wonderful beach art! Most of all we had lots of fresh air and fun with our friends!
We were sooo 'Hoppy' to see Miss Helsby and our cute fluffy visitors! This week we have learned all about what we have to do to look after a pet rabbit and how to love them and make sure they are happy! We have done some lovely writing too!
On sunny days, we den build, share stories and run off some energy. Happy days!
Exploring 'Subtraction'. We have taken to subtraction like ducks (and frogsπΈ) to water!π¦π
Miss Mooney and Miss Hayton spotted some thing very exciting in the PE store... SCOOTER BOARDS!! We have had so much fun whizzing around! We used muscles we didn't even know we had to control our speed and direction!
Class R children will give anything a go... Our first taste of hockey was a success. We tried hard to hold the stick correctly and keep it on the ground (most of the time). π
β β β Stop... Look... Listen... Think! β β β On our trip to the park we put into practise everything we have learned about crossing the road safely. Great job guys!
πππ΅π·πΊ Signs of Spring Park Walk... We had a lovely time in the sunshine on our signs of Spring scavenger hunt! We did lots of fun activities, had a snack and chatted to our heart's content! LIFE IS GREAT! πΊπππ·
β€πβ€π COME READ WITH ME in the SUNSHINE ππβ€πβ€ This happens every Friday afternoon from 2:45... Come along and share some stories with us and borrow a book from our gorgeous library! β€
Eid and Ramadan... Learning about other people's beliefs and traditions is always so interesting! We have found out about fasting and how Eid is celebrated.
It's Spring so what can we do? Let's search for frogspawn .... and tadpoles too!! We wondered whether we will spot some frogs in the near future πΈ.
We had great fun den building with our Forest School teacher Mrs Bielec. We made houses for woodland animals.
Space!
We celebrated Baba Marta the Bulgarian celebration of Spring. We made our very own Martenitsa bracelets that are traditionally hung onto tress at the first sign of spring.
We have been seeing spots this week! We have been reading 'What the Ladybird Heard' by Julia Donaldson. So much fun and learning going on in every area of our wonderful EYFS!
This week has been full of three of our favourite things... books, food and dressing up!! Mr. Wolf and his pancakes and World Book Day!
'A PERFECT FIT'... We love this book all about finding where 'Triangle' belongs. We learned that you don't have to be the same as everyone else to fit in. We are all the same, but different at the same time! We can all be friends and have fun together! We had lots of fun with shapes! As always we did some lovely writing too!
We've had a great week celebrating Chinese New Year! So many different learning opportunities!
So much fun (even in a cold January) ...
2022, we're ready for you!
CHRISTMAS!!!
Another very busy week in the EYFS!! Counting, ordering numbers, phonics, fireworks and much much more.
Our special 'Remembrance Day' visitor... On Wednesday we had a visit from a real life soldier! We had lots of very thoughtful questions for him and we listened so well when he was talking to us. He told us all about protecting us and our country and travelling to other countries to help protect the people there. He showed us all his 'kit' and some people even got to try out the huge sleeping bag. Our favourite part was practising the drills that the real life soldiers do. We had to stand on parade and learned how to 'form three ranks'. We had to listen carefully and do exactly what we were told straight away like the real soldiers. The boys and girls were very good at 'stop, stand still' and our visitor was very very impressed. We found out about the importance of wearing a poppy and of joining in with Remembrance Day. On Thursday Miss Mooney and Miss Hayton were incredibly proud of us because every single one of us stood still, quiet and respectfully during our two minutes silence and outdoor assembly. Miss Hayton made sure our visitor knew how wonderful we were and he said he was very proud of the boys and girls and had a lovely afternoon with us on Wednesday.
We have been learning about Diwali, the festival of light. We watched a programme about a little girl who was preparing for, and celebrating Diwali. We made diva lamps and drew mehndi patterns on paper hands.
Halloween and Hedgehog Maths!
Wash your hands, wash your hands.... Keep them nice and clean! We had a lovely visitor who came to talk to us about how and when to wash our hands. She brought a special machine and some hand cream to show how many germs there can be on our hands and how important it is to wash them off. She also showed us, with the help of Shrek (and some water) how far sneeze germs travel! Our teachers were so proud of us... We sat so nicely and showed how much we know about the importance of washing our hands to stay healthy.
Number, numbers everywhere!! We have been busy practising our counting, number recognition and number writing. Such busy bees we are!
We have been learning to recognise our very first sounds this week! We are so excited to be able to begin our reading journey! We have had a go at writing the letters too. Our teachers are so proud of us!
Farmer Ted lost his tractor key in our classroom. WE found it and decided that we could help him out by going to harvest his autumn vegetables. We decided to make some lovely harvest soup. Lots of learning and so much fun!
This week we've been reading the story 'The Colour Monster' by Anna Llenas. We've been talking about our feelings and ways to regulate them. We've ordered the story, acted it out and even made some of our own Colour Monsters.
Exploring AUTUMN! We've been learning about the different seasons.
We love our 'Squiggle Whilst You Wiggle' sessions. We learn how to pinchy, pinchy our fingers whilst having a boogie to some music! These sessions help build up our muscles in preparation for early mark making.
Squiggle Whilst You Wiggle!
It was a very windy day so we had the idea of making kites! A fabulous opportunity for some problem solving, fine and gross motor skills development!
Our first week at big school. We've been getting used to new routines, learning about taking turns, sharing and getting to know each other.
