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F2 - Archaeologists and Palaeontologists!

Sun 28 Feb 2016

F2 - Archaeologists and Palaeontologists!

This half term our topic will be Toys. This week, we have been learning about dinosaurs and using our archaeologist and palaeontologist skills - we have uncovered dinosaur bones fossils in the sand - we were very careful not to break them and used brushes to clean off the sand. We tried to use the bones to reconstruct the dinosaur skeleton and tried to work out which part of the body the bones came from. We have loved all the dinosaur activities this week! We have made some super dinosaur pictures using straws, why not come and have a look at them in the Foundation unit? We have discussed different dinosaurs and talked about what they might eat - we looked at pictures of the dinosaurs to find clues - dinosaurs with sharp teeth liked to eat meat; dinosaurs with long necks, like the brachiosaurus, could use their necks to reach leaves on tall trees. If you want to know any more facts just ask F2!

In numeracy we used dinosaurs to help us work out 1 less - we are becoming very good mathematicians!

In gymnastics we practised all our shapes—we had to use our good listening skills to follow Emma’s instructions!

Caterpillar Music was A Visit to the Park, this week. We played lots of listening skill games with Alison and we even played our instruments on the Park Band Stand – Alison conducted us - we had to keep a close eye on her to make sure that we played in the right place! Perhaps some of us might play in a real band or orchestra, one day?

We are very excited about Golden Time on Friday. The ALWAYS Children, who always do the right thing, will have a special dinosaur treat. What will it be?

F1 - What An End To Half Term!!!

Sun 28 Feb 2016

The last day of term was certainly one to remember when we celebrated the end of our topic with a colourful celebration and had a RAINBOW party. All our friends dressed in their most colourful outfits and dazzled Foundation. Ryan and his friends entertained us with their renditions of many songs from Frozen that Miss Frisby put on the white board. Sophie Bowskill was actually in the moment and we truly believed Elsa was in the room. Poppy also took time out to sing a few songs and she knew all the words. It is lovely to see our children engaging with their friends and their environment, and displaying many of the aspects of learning and development that are involved in our curriculum.

There were rainbow sweets to show all the colours of the rainbow much to Lucas Mills’ delight- he literally tasted the rainbow and I’m sure a techno colour little boy arrived home to Mummy at 3.15pm! The party food was a much anticipated event! As soon as the children walked through the door with it, they wanted to get stuck in! Olivia’s mummy brought cheese spread and bread and Miss Frisby asked Olivia and Brooke to make sandwiches for their friends. Olivia was very careful when she was spreading the cheese and Brooke decided that it needed to be eaten before it even met the bread! Thank you everyone for the party food- there wasn’t much left on the plates! Lucas Griffiths tasted one of the home made buns and it was huge! He was very happy! Look at our blog to see all the rainbow party photos in techno colour and leave us a comment or visit our page on the website.

Miss Frisby was really impressed with the homework challenge that our friends have completed over the holiday. Lots of our friends baked cakes with their families but Miss Frisby and Mrs Fenton didn’t receive much evidence to taste except for Stephen’s cakes! However, the pictures looked lovely. Charlie Bierton and Amelia made fabulous weather charts showing what the weather was like every day of the holidays. Lexi made a stunning collage of Cinderella. Olivia and Sofia visited The Deep in the holidays and Olivia made a 3D jelly fish. Miss Frisby has a feeling that our parents love the challenges as much as the children! Well done, everyone!