In case study one of our current expedition we have been reading the story Dogger by Shirley Hughes. As Dogger was first published in 1977 the children have been discussing the similarities and differences between the pictures in the book and our modern day world. We have particularly enjoyed playing with some of the old toys you see in the story including dolls, yoyos, flip books, cup and balls and spinning tops. It was great fun!

Last week the children in Reception were getting better at controlling a ball. They worked with a partner and as a class crew to pass, roll and kick the ball between them. It was great fun in the sun!

This morning Class 2 had a brilliant time using the soft play. We balanced, crawled, bounced, skipped and hopped all over the hall!

This week the children in Reception have created self portraits using different media and materials. They practised their colour mixing skills and thought carefully about how they could create the best representation of themselves. Their beautiful artwork is now on display in our classroom.

Well done Class Two.

So far in Hook Week we have been reading The Everywhere Bear by Julia Donaldson. Children have been getting to know their very own class Everywhere Bear that they each take home for a weekend, drawing pictures of bears and painting bear faces. Look at our beautiful work!

This week the children in Classes 1 and 2 have been getting to know their new crews and crew leaders. We have had great fun getting to know each other, trying different activities together and learning more about what it means to be a crew. We’ve also been learning the words and actions to our new crew song (to the tune of Jingle Bells):

We are crew, we are crew

And this is what we do,

We stay safe, we are kind

Working hard to get smart!