Food Glorious Food! Reception Goldilocks and the Three Bears week.

19th April 2024K Richardson

As part of our LMTW theme ‘Food Glorious Food’ we have been looking at ‘sweet foods’   We have used the story ‘Goldilocks and the Three Bears’ throughout the week including Drawing Club.  The children have been building the bears house using 3D shapes which was part of our maths this week. We talked about which shapes would be the best for building and why. They recreated the story, wrote captions, read instructions of how to make porridge and used their maths skills of full and empty to recreate the porridge scene, also using size to make sure the bears were in the corrects chairs! We tasted honey and talked about how it is a healthy sweet option and why.  We then ate a variety of sweet foods and timed how long it would take to eat them.  We talked about which took the longest/shortest times and why, using our science skills of how chocolate melts and why.  We looked at and discussed which sweet foods are healthy and which are not healthy, ask your children to tell you, they were experts!

 

Rainbow Flag Award

16th April 2024Hayley Tampin

We are thrilled to share with you that our Rainbow Flag evidence has been reviewed from our recent audit and we can proudly say that we have achieved the award again!

Well done to the children, staff and wider school community for supporting us and joining our commitment to positive LGBT+ inclusion and visibility.

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Easter in Reception!

28th March 2024K Richardson

We have had a very busy week in Reception.  We have been learning about the Easter Story and the build up to Easter.  The importance of Easter for Christians and what symbols represent Easter.   We have been making chicks, eggs, baskets, chocolate nest, retelling the story of Easter and so much more!  Ask us to tell you about Easter and when you are supposed to have Easter eggs!

 

 

 

Gardening & Wellbeing

22nd March 2024s begum

We had a lovely afternoon helping out with the garden area. We planted some plants, made wild flower bombs, went on a scavenger hunt and collected lots of natural resources.

 

Desert Decisions – Which is the most valuable?

15th February 2024s begum

This week, we have started our new theme, ‘Law and Order’. For our first lesson, we had to reach an agreement on who had which commodity whilst stranded in a desert. We had to choose from a bottle of water, bananas, a tent, a mobile phone and a multi-tool. Once we had made the decision, we had to decide which commodity was the most valuable to us and rank them in order of importance. We also had to pick our leader, who then explained our decision to the rest of the class.

 

 

Nursery’s Determined Doctors (LGBT+ History Month #underthescope)

15th February 2024Hayley Tampin

As part of LGBT+ History Month, we have been talking about Dr Sophia Jex-Blake in nursery today.

Sophia was born in 1840 in England, and she was a curious and smart young girl. She loved
learning and dreamed of becoming a doctor, but back then, people thought that only
boys could be doctors.

However, Sophia was not one to give up easily. She decided to challenge this. She worked
hard and studied on her own, proving that girls could be just as smart and capable as
boys. Sophia’s determination caught the attention of other brave girls who shared her
dream.

Eventually, Sophia fought for her right to attend medical school, and in 1869, she became
the first woman to enrol at the University of Edinburgh to study medicine. This was a
huge achievement, and Sophia didn’t stop there. She went on to inspire more girls to
pursue their dreams, breaking down barriers in the process, by establishing two medical
schools – one in London and the other in Edinburgh.

Sophia Jex-Blake showed the world that everyone, regardless of gender, should have
the chance to follow their passions and make a difference. She paved the way for many
girls who dream of becoming doctors today.

The children had great fun with our doctor-themed tuff tray today – and agree that it doesn’t matter what gender you are, you can do the job you dream of doing!

                

Children’s Mental Health Week

15th February 2024s begum

For ‘Children’s Mental Health Week’ we participated in a yoga and wellbeing workshop. We also created a positive affirmation poster and a small pocket book with positive comments about ourselves.

 

Mental Health Week in 7 Blue

9th February 2024N Fada

For Mental Health Week, 7 Blue have been learning about feelings and emotions and why it is important to look after our Mental Health.  We then took part in a yoga workshop where we made yoga poses to match our emotions.  We ended the week writing our own Mental Health and Wellbeing acrostic poems.  Â