This week we have delved straight into case study one, the children considered the question, Where in the world does this book take us? We have focused our attention on a book titled ‘The Way Back Home’ written by Oliver Jeffers. The book has truly captivated the children and has encouraged them to imagine what it would be like if they were stuck on the moon. We have created some beautiful writing about things we might see, feel, hear and smell on the moon.

The children have practised their counting skills and have been counting the moon rocks in our maths area…

In our creative zone the children have been busy creating their very own space scene with flying rockets…

The children have also been inspired by Oliver Jeffers and have chosen to draw the characters from the story themselves. We most definitely have some artists in the making…

In our construction area, we have been busy making our very own rockets and spaceships. Take a look at our impressive models…

I wonder where our book will take us next week…

The children love spending time in our outdoor space, inventing games, getting muddy, building dens and finding the wonder. Take a look at them in action…

Today, the children in EYFS, have been hooked into our new expedition titled ‘Once Upon a Time’. The children came dressed in their best and attended our very own fairytale tea party…

We are looking forward to going on some fairytale adventures this term.

The children have loved watching our tiny caterpillars grow and change over the past few weeks. Today we got to watch, as the butterflies took flight for the very first time. It was a magical moment…

Following our visit from Mrs Wilson, the dietician last week, we have decided to try a new food each Friday. This week some of the children have tried houmous for the very first time. It went down a treat…

I wonder what will be next on our menu?

In our final case study we have been considering the question ‘how does my body grow and change?’ The children enjoyed looking back at photos from when they were babies and we played a game of baby guess who.

We have been reading ‘The Growing Story’ by Ruth Krauss that celebrates those little changes that tell us we’re growing up! The children have thought of some great ways that we can keep our bodies strong and healthy…

EXERCISE

The children enjoy keeping fit in our P.E sessions each week. We have started doing a daily mile in the morning before our phonic sessions. It makes us feel good walking in the sunshine and we are ready to learn!

DRINK WATER

EAT HEALTHY FOODS

We were lucky to have an expert visitor in school, Mrs Wilson, a dietician from Doncaster Hospital. The children enjoyed listening to her knowledge and insight and they thoroughly enjoyed sorting the foods into the different categories.

We love growing and learning together in Class 1. It has been a great end to an awesome expedition! We are looking forward to celebrating with our families tomorrow at our celebration of learning event 🙂

Class 1 have enjoyed predicting, collaborating and experimenting this week. We started the week by dropping gummy bears into water, vinegar, salt water and sugar water. We were excited to see what happened although we were a little disappointed we couldn’t eat them when the experiment was finished!

Can you guess which liquid grew the biggest bears?

We then had a special invitation from the Year Three children at Norton Junior School. They invited us along to their science fair, where we got to find out some fascinating facts. We would like to say a big thank you to all of the Year Three children, they did an amazing job running the stalls and holding the children’s attention. Thanks so much for having us!

What an amazing World Book Day we had at Norton Infant School this year! It started off with an exciting visit from the Mad Hatter and Alice in Wonderland. They read us a story and invited us to a very special World Book Day Tea Party.

We were getting very excited waiting to enter the Tea Party…

We couldn’t believe our eyes when we entered! We were in Wonderland! The buns and drinks went down a treat. A huge thank you to FONCA for making this magical moment happen! It really was a highlight of our day.

Back in the classroom the children looked at the work of Eric Carle, in particular we looked at the butterfly drawing from ‘The Very Hungry Caterpillar’. We spoke about how we can show accuracy when drawing and practiced looking carefully. We investigated the different lines Eric Carle used to create his butterfly. We then used watercolour pencils to add colour. The children produced some beautiful artwork…

Here are some inspirational messages that we discovered on Eric Carle’s website…

I think you will all agree that the children looked wonderful. Thank you for making such an effort with your costumes 🙂 It was a great day…