This week in maths the children have been working together to order towers of cubes from 1 – 10 on a number track. They worked collaboratively and accurately placed the towers into a staircase pattern. What a great job!

The children have worked as teamwork tigers in our construction area and continue to make models on a larger scale that are very impressive. All the little extra details always make me smile. This house has solar panels, a lift and a garden for the dinosaurs!

We have been getting creative and have been adding some extra details to our under the sea paintings. The children are really brining their pictures to life…

When the children lead their own learning in the classroom, our areas are always so purposeful. Children choose to read stories, write labels for their models and even practice their number formation. They really are showing me that they are ready for Year One! Well done superstars!

This week, we have been immersed in our new text, ‘The Gingerbread Man’. We have followed a recipe to make our very own gingerbread men. The children enjoyed decorating them with icing, chocolate chips and smarties. I think you will all agree that they look delicious! We are pleased to report that we had no runaway gingerbread men! Instead the children took them home and enjoyed a tasty treat 🙂

The children enjoyed their fish and chip lunch today. They showed great respect when the whole school came together to celebrate the peace and freedom that VE day represents.

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.