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…
Spread your wings and fly!
Category : Class 1
New Food Friday!
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?
We are growing!
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 🙂
Growing Curious Minds in Science Week…
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!
Celebrating World Book Day – A book is a dream you can hold in your hands…
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…
Clay Animals and The Songbird Cafe
Crew Chadwick has enjoyed taking part in some great ‘outdoor crew’ sessions this week, led by Mrs Jackson. In our first session, the children enjoyed sculpting clay into different animals. Take a look at some of our creations…
Our number one rule in Class 1 is to be kind, therefore we loved our next crew activity. We got to make bird feeders for all of the local birds and hung them in our Norton Songbird Cafe. Within minutes of them being hung on the tree, a beautiful robin was already feasting away! Looking after nature is something we spoke about in our last expedition, ‘How do we show we care’. It felt great, carrying out this act of kindness.
Crew Chadwick would like to give a BIG shout out to Mrs Jackson for planning and resourcing such great activities. We loved it! Thank you 🙂 xx
Art makes us happy…
In case study two the children have been answering the question ‘What happens to plants as they grow?’ Not only have the children been scientists in this case study, but we have also been inspired by Vincent Van Gogh and his series of ‘Sunflower’ paintings.
Each child did a great job mixing powder paints to create a large petal that we later turned into a bigger piece of artwork. We are looking forward to sharing the finished product with families at our celebration of learning event.
This week we have been working on our own versions of Vincent Van Gogh’s ‘Sunflower’ painting. The children have mixed different colours and shades to create a desired effect. I think we may have some budding artists of our very own in class 1!
Fitness Fun in Class 1!
The children have been showcasing their physical skills this week in P.E. This includes, balancing, jumping, dribbling and negotiating space. We had fun whilst keeping fit…
Play Is The Work of Childhood…
Our family learning session was a real success and the children loved having their grown ups in the classroom. For our children in the Early Years, play is serious learning and it was great to see our families in all of our areas. The children were painting, counting, sorting, reading, building, writing, pretending, creating and getting smart!
EYFS Community Meeting
Well done to all of our superstars this week. It was lovely to share some wonderful acts of kindness and lots of examples of children working hard and trying their best, especially in phonics and maths. Keep up the super work Reception.
