Today we went for a walk around our beautiful grounds. We looked at the changes that are happening around us now it is Autumn. What a great way to start the day.
We love our PE
This term we have been developing our football skills and we enjoyed playing our team games and football matches in PE.
Sharing our Stories: 06/10/2023
Beautiful Work This Week
At The Coalface: A Plover Expedition Story
Beautiful Curation in the XP Ideas Cafe!
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Crew MW’s School Trip @ Carcroft School
Beautiful Work from Scarlett @ XP Gateshead
Year 3 Glow Day Crew Maths and Science @ Plover
Rainforest Research @ Norton Juniors
Reading for Pleasure @ Green Top
Class 2 Make Bird Feeders @ Norton Infants
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Class 2 make bird feeders 🐦
This week as part of our expeditionary learning we have been using our fine motor skills to make bird feeders. The children loved carefully threading the cereals onto pipe cleaners, bending them into a shape and hanging them in our outdoor areas. It’s been great fun checking each day to see how much the birds have eaten. Well done Class 2!
Flexible Friday in Crew Goodyer
Crew Goodyer enjoyed working together to get creative with our construction sets this morning.
Thoughtful Thursday – Life skills.
Today Nursery dedicated their “Thoughtful Thursday” Crew to learning the life skill of putting on their own coats. These skills are essential for teaching independence, boosting confidence and developing gross motor skills in young children. We have a special song for doing just this in Nursery, which we practised and then I modelled step by step, just how it was done. The children also learned how to turn their sleeves the correct way after removing their coats, as this is a real issue for little people as they often end up inside out, making it tricky to put it back on. We practised several times.
At “playtime” significantly less help was needed to help the children put on their coats. It is a skill which we will continue to practise in school and I hope the children are encouraged to do this idependently at home also. Well Done Nursery! You are “Go for it Gorillas” and “Persevering Parrots” also.
We are Gruffalo’s, Gruffalo’s, Gruffalo’s!
This week Nursery have been creating Gruffalo’s hats, (as part of our second case study “What do you see if you take a stroll in autumn?”) using a variety of 2d shapes. Nursery have been learning about matching shapes and using language such as “Pairs” and “The same”. The children have thought hard about the names of the shapes and how many of each shape they will need when creating their Gruffalo’s faces to match the model… They have done a wonderful job so far, here are a few!
Woodland Animal Hunt.
Last week the Nursery children were learning about the different kinds of animals that live in woodlands, through our story “The Brave Little Owl” written by Penny Little and Sean Jullian. We are very fortunate to have a beautiful wooded area within our school grounds, just behind Nursery. So we went to explore the woods and see if we could spot any autumnal animals on a woodland animal hunt.
Children checked off the animals from their list and named them. We also found some natural treasures within the woodland such as feathers and dandelions which sparked some curiosity and interesting questions. Well Done Nursery.
Crewso Returns!
Last week we welcomed back two very special individuals. Crewso, the Early Years Crew Bear, who had been enjoying his summer in Leeds. He has been meeting new children and soaking up all of the local History of Leeds and surrounding areas within Leeds City Museum. Crewso had taken part in the “Leeds Going On a Bear Hunt” initiative to raise money for the Leeds Children’s Hospital, a cause very close to our hearts and community. However, when Crewso heard through the grapevine of the return of one our reception pupils, Bruce, he knew it was time to come home.
We would like to thank all of the families who took part in the Leeds Going on Bear Hunt, in Leeds this summer. We would be delighted if you would share your photos with us, by sending them to your class teacher via Dojo. We would also like to thank all of the EYFS children and children across the campus for designing and creating such a beautiful bear to help share our story and supporting such a worthy cause. We are Crew!
Feed the birds 🐦
Today we have made bird feeders to put around our school grounds. We have been discussing the importance of taking care of the birds, especially at this time of year. Well done Class 1 👏 It was great exercise for our finger muscles too! 😊
