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Welcome visitors in EYFS

This week we invited all of the parents in to ‘stay and play’ and we would like to take this opportunity to say a big thank you for the fantastic responce that we had from you! I hope that you enjoyed it as much as the children and the staff did.

Well done to all of the children who achieved 100% attendance for this half term, we had 16 children in Nursery and 7 children in Recpetion. These children were able to go into the hall for a DVD and treats! They also recieved a sticker and a certificate. Next half term I hope that we can have even more children achieving 100% attendance as it really does make a difference to the children’s attainment.

We hope that you enjoy the break and we will see you back on Monday 20th February.

Little Red Riding Hood in EYFS

This week the children have been focusing on the book ‘Little Red Riding Hood’. We made our own story books by retelling the story as part of our Communication, Language and Literacy. As part of our Problem Solving Reasoning and Numeracy and physical development we made a healthy picnic, counting out food to go into it. We also made our own sandwiches and cut them in half so that we had enough for everyone. At story time we have read alternative versions of the story where the children thought that the wolf was nice! The children accessing the outdoors played ‘What time is it Mr Wolf’.

Next week we have invited the children’s grown ups into school for a ‘Stay and Play’ session on Tuesday.

Happy (Chinese) New Year from EYFS…

This week we have been reading the story of ‘The three Billy Goat’s Gruff’. The children have been acting out the story using masks, making bridges in the junk modelling and the construction and we have been measuring out how much water was needed to fill the pond for the troll. We also read an alternative version of the story called ‘The three Billy Goat’s Fluff’. We found out about real goats then wrote what we had found out. Please look in the children’s learning journeys to see our fantastic writing. On Monday it was the Chinese New Year, we read a book to find out how people celebrate, made lanterns, painted and drew pictures of dragons and made prawn toast! Please come and see our Chinese New Year display.

Goldilocks and The Three Bears

Last week we read the story of Goldilocks and the three bears, we talked about the characters and whether the children thought Goldilocks was right to do what she did. We then had a visit from Goldilocks herself!! The children thought about in talking partners and then asked Goldilocks questions about why she did what she did. Goldilocks left a letter for us and the children wrote back to her telling her what she should say to the bears. In the messy play the children explored dry porridge oats before adding water to begin to understand cause and effect relationships. We also found out about real bears such as polar bears and brown bears. We found out where they live, what they eat and watched videos of them in their natural habitat.

Once upon a time in EYFS

The topic for EYFS this half terms topic is traditional stories. The children have chosen the books

- Jack and the beanstalk
- Goldilocks and the three bears
- Three Billy Goats Gruff
- Little Red Riding Hood
- The Gingerbread man
- Cinderella

As part of Communication, Language and Literacy we will be reading alternative versions of the strories, hot seating Goldilocks when she comes to visit, sequencing the stories, writing invitations to the ball, making wanted posters for the Gingerbread man, writing recipes and labelling maps.

As part of problem solving reasoning and numeracy we will be comparing and ordering objects by size. This will include the bowls, chairs and beds from Goldilocks and the three bears and the three goats from Billy Goats Gruff. We will also be weighing ingredients to make porridge and gingerbread men.

As part of our personal, social and emotional development we will be thinking about whether some of the characters were right to do what they did and how they made people feel.

As part of our creative development we will be using instuments to make music for the stories, for example, a giant’s footsteps and goats trip trapping over the bridge. Our role play areas are themed around Jack and the Beanstalk and a cottage to enable children to act out the stories.

In knowledge and understanding of the world we will be finding out about the animals within the stories, planting beans and finding out about winter. The children will use ICT throughout the topic to create pictures, watch video clip of animals, programme a Beebot to find the Gingerbread Man and take their own pictures of the changing environment outside.

In physical development we will be using junk modelling and construction to build beanstalks, bridges and cottages. The children will have a go at sewing a dress so that Cinderella can go to the ball. We will be talking about ways to keep ourselves healthy and making a healthy picnic for Little Red Riding hood to take to Grandma’s house.

Signed, sealed, delivered!

Today we walked to the post office to post our letters to Santa, the children are very excited about getting a letter back from Father Christmas! The children wrote the letters themselves by sounding out the words that they wanted to write. They have all told me that they think they are on the ‘Good’ list!

EYFS Christmas

This week the children have been creative by acting out the Nativity story in the stable role play area. We have been extending our knowledge and understanding of cause and effect by making Christmas themed biscuits and we have practised our phonic knowledge and mark making skills by writing lists and letters to Santa. We will be going to post the letters and lists to Santa on Monday!

SURPRISE!

Today has been Sasha’s fourth birthday. Last week and this week the children have been preparing for Sasha’s surprise birthday party. They wrote invitations, cards and a list of food needed for the party. The children also made patterned wrapping paper to wrap presents and they wrote a gift tag to go on them. Today the children made jam sandwiches which they cut in half ready for the party. We all had to hide and shout surprise when Sasha came into the room, we then played musical statues before sitting down to eat with Sasha. The children have loved preparing for the party and were very excited today about the party.

Bonfire night and Diwali…

This week the celebrations we have been learning about are Bonfire night and Diwali. The children talked about what they had seen, heard, tasted and smelt on bonfire night. We then made bonfire night pictures using black paper and chalk. The children also made a guy fawkes with junk modelling and made a ‘bonfire’ outside using the construction materials.

For Diwali we read the story about Rama and Sita and the children enjoyed acting it out using masks. The children made Diva lamps using clay and made Rangoli patterns using chalk, paint and crayons. The children loved making sweets for Diwali called Gulab jambu – we all sat and ate the sweets together, the children said they tasted “fluffy, soft and sweet”.

A spooky time in EYFS!

Disguises week in EYFS

This week has been disguises week. We talked to the children about what it means to get disguised and showed them some of the outfits that we have in EYFS for them to wear. They tried different outfits on (such as a doctor or a princess) and acted out being that person. We also used ICT to disguise some of the children in EYFS putting glasses, wigs and funny ears onto their pictures. The other children then had to guess who it was and they had a go at disguising the pictures on the interactive white board.

We ended the week and the Marvellous Me topic with a disguises day where the children dressed up and made masks. We would like to take this opportunity to say a huge thank you to all of the parents that came, it was lovely to see you and the children really enjoyed having you in to help them make a mask.

Faces week!

This week has been faces week. We have used 2D and 3D shapes to make faces, we have also made faces using paint, play dough and coloured pencils.

During circle time the children talked about what makes them happy and what makes them sad and we made happpy, sad, angry, confused faces at each other.

The children really enjoyed making pizzas this week and they used the toppings to make happy faces!

Come rain or shine!

This week we have enjoyed playing out in the rain! We put on our waterproof trousers, coats and wellies and went jumping in puddles! The children then used their initiative to wash their dirty wellies in the water from the drainpipe!

This week we have been learning about 3D shapes so if you hear your children talking about a ‘boy cube’ and a ‘sophia’ you will know that they are talking about a cuboid and a sphere. The children have done really with 3D and 2D shapes and it is pleasing to hear that some of you have been practising the shape names at home.

EYFS Special Mention

Congratulations Dylon,

You are our star of the week. There are many reasons that you have been chosen for this very special mention. One of the reasons is your good positive attitude to learning. You concentrate well during carpet time and follow our three golden carpet rules; good sitting, good listening and good looking. You have worked very well in our phonics sessions this week helping Freddie sort out which words begin with the sound ‘d’.

You are a very clever boy Dylon who enjoys learning in all the areas of the foundation unit. He enjoys reading books especially about trucks; he enjoys painting, number work and learning outside. Well done Dylon. Keep up the good work.

All the adults in foundation stage are very proud of you. Well done!!!

Shapes are everywhere!

This week has been ‘looking’ week. We have been learning the names and properties of 2D shapes. We went on a shape walk in the local environment. The children pointed out lots of shapes such as: a car wheel being a circle, a warning sign being a triangle, a house door being a rectangle and a window that was square.

This week we have also been making bread from scratch. Once the bread had been baked in the oven and cooled they all got to taste some with butter on – they thought it was yummy!