This week the children were taught First Aid by professional First Aider, Gary White. Gary showed the children how to apply basic skills such as what to do if their friend is having an asthma attack or choking. They even did some CPR on the manikin.The children made some posters using publisher etc to display around school encouraging people to stay calm and talk to their patient. Of course they must dial 999 in an emergency. Well done children.
Under the Sea
This term classes 1 and 2 are learning through an ‘under the sea’ theme. Today we began reading a story about the Blue Whale, the largest living creature on our planet. The Blue Whale can measure up to a staggering 30 metres in length. We discovered that it is the same length as a truck, a digger, a boat, a car, a bicycle, a motorcycle, a van and a tractor – all lined up. We’ve been outside this morning measuring this on the yard and couldn’t believe it was all of the children together holding hands!
New PE Socks for all
Classes 1 and 2 have enjoyed their first session of PE for the Spring term. The children have practised many skills including throwing, catching and balancing. They have been trying out our new PE socks to help with hygiene and safety.
Nativity Performance
The EYFS children from nursery and reception finished their nativity performances with a flurry of snow this afternoon. The children have been absolutely fantastic, having worked hard to learn songs, record their speaking parts and learn their stage directions. The staff are incredibly proud of their performances and we’re sure that you as parents are too. We would like to extend our thanks to the parents for your support in the build up and during the performances.
Christmas and Winter in EYFS
This week we have added some winter and Christmas themed items to our continuous provision. The children have been very busy writing letters to Santa, looking through catalogues and carefully cutting out the items they would like on their Christmas lists before labelling them. We have spent some time looking at a range of polar animals and sea creatures in our small world area. The children have enjoyed naming the animals and researching different types of whales and sharks for example.
Computer Skills – Using a mouse
This week the children have been working on the computers with the aim of improving their mouse skills. The children began by playing games which required them to move the pointer, and progressed onto having to move the mouse and click. Some children were able to quickly build their confidence and we able to move on to the more difficult skill of clicking and dragging objects, all valuable skills needed to use computers in the future.
Autumn Leaf Prints
As we move into Autumn the children have enjoyed watching how the colours around us have changed. The children searched our school grounds to find leaves and then mixed colours before making an autumn print using the leaves.
Construction Area
In classes 1 and 2 we have some fantastic construction workers in the making! Lots of the children have taken an interest in building a range of wonderful structures in our construction area. Recently we have had towers, buses, robots, windows and even drum kits! The children have shown excellent perseverance and excellent creative skills, thinking carefully about which blocks and resources would be best for each part of their model.
Halloween Addition
During Halloween week the children thoroughly enjoyed making their own spooky potions in Numeracy. The children followed the instructions in their spell books to add the ingredients needed and then after mixing (and the magic words) the children counted out the ingredients to find the total.
Halloween and Bonfire Night
Recently the children have been enjoying many activities relating to Halloween and Bonfire Night. A highlight was definitely the Halloween disco and carving pumpkins. Many children have spent time in the water area this week experimenting with ramps and pumpkins. They have been looking at which pumpkins were the fastest at splashing into the water first and they looked at whether adjusting the height of the ramp made any difference. Excellent investigative work classes 1 and 2.
Children from both classes have listened to the story of Guy Fawkes and shared their own experiences of going to Bonfire Events. Some of the children created their own fireworks painting outside by getting rather messy, splashing the paint around!
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