Blog by Tag: EYFS

Today, Chestnut Class have celebrated Italy.

We all wore the colours red, green or white, and listened to some traditional Italian music.

For 'What's in the Box', Miss Beck made a big Italian flag out of all different sensory materials.

Chestnut class then all had a go at decorating our…

Beech class took their first trip to Astley Park today.  We walked to the sensory garden where we had a smell and feel of the flowers and herbs. We then walked to the waterfall where we could hear the water sploshing and splashing we crossed the trip trap bridge and went into the woods to look and…

Beech class have had a very exciting day exploring Italy through sensory mediums. We enjoyed a dance to some Italian music, enjoyed watching Mrs Banks creat the Italian flag with lots of different Italian foods and then we had a great time exploring the flag with our hands, eyes, nose and mouths.…

Chestnut Class have all been happy to be back at school after the half term holidays.

Yesterday we watched Miss Heaton do a super colourful 'What's in the Box'. She put lots of paper towels in a tray and then used pipettes with different coloured water to make marks. It was fun to watch and…

This week in Beech class we have been looking at the people who help us. This week we have looked at fire people, listening to a sensory story about a fire engine, watching the flashing lights, hearing the sirens,  watching the smoke (flour) and feeling the water on our faces.

we even managed…

Wow Beech class, some amazing speech and language work this week!

We have done some super turn taking games with our friends, some super looking at books, and some lovely interactions with the adults and our peers.

We have also done some amazing work with sentences who, doing, what and…

May is 'National Share a Story' month, and this year the theme is 'Myths, Magic & Mayhem'.

To celebrate this in Chestnut class, this week we have been looking at the book 'Room on the Broom', by Julia Donaldson.

We have listened to the story and the song, made our own potions, pretended to…

This week, Chestnut Class have been looking at animal homes.

We have been reading the story 'Oh Dear', all about looking for hen's eggs around the farm in different animal homes.

We also got busy mark making using different animals in paint to make footprints.

On Wednesday we had a…

This week Beech class have been exploring where animals live. We have been to the farm, the jungle, under the sea and on a bug hunt. We have used all our senses to experience where different animals live and have been enjoying the story “Oh Dear!” Which has seen us looking for the eggs all over…

This week has been Mental Health Awareness Week.

In Chestnut Class we have enjoyed some lovely, calming time in the great outdoors, and doing relax sessions in class.

We have been enjoying our outdoor area, listening to the birds and playing in the fresh air.

We have also been for lots of…

Yesterday, Chestnut Class got busy learning about Eid.

We enjoyed an Attention Austism where Miss sprinkled sand and drew a moon and a star, and then sprinkled blue rice to make the sky.

Afterwards we all got creative, painting a paper plate blue for the sky, and painting a moon and star…

Chesnut Class have enjoyed the theme of 'Bob the Builder' this week. 

We have done lots of building whilst counting and labeling the bricks, made some fantasic house pictures to use as touch and feel boards, and even looked at who lives in our houses!

We enjoyed 'What's in the Box' on…