This week in our EYFS classroom, we had a deliciously exciting activity: making our very own Fairtrade banana milkshakes! Not only did we get to enjoy a yummy treat, but we also learned about where our food comes from and how we can help others around the world.
A big thank you for all the donations – we raised £76 – to be split between CAFOD and buying educational resources for your children to use in the EYFS Unit.
🌍 What is Fairtrade?
Before we started blending, we talked about the Fairtrade logo and what it means. The children discovered that Fairtrade helps farmers and workers in other countries earn a fair price for their crops—like bananas! We looked at pictures of banana farms and talked about how choosing Fairtrade helps families live better lives.
💛 Raising Money for CAFOD: Small Acts, Big Impact
When it comes to making a difference, you don’t need to move mountains—you just need to move hearts. That’s exactly what we’ve been doing in our EYFS Unit as we raise money for CAFOD (Catholic Agency for Overseas Development), a charity that brings hope, dignity, and practical support to people living in poverty around the world, together with using some to provide educational resources for our classroom.
Over the last two weeks our young FS2 mathematicians explored numbers in a fun and practical way through a Counting Collections lesson. The classroom was buzzing with excitement as children worked together to count, sort, and explore a variety of objects.
After counting, children recorded their totals using marks, numbers and/or drawings. This gave them a chance to practise number writing and explain their thinking.
This week at Forest School, our EYFS children embarked on a magical journey inspired by the beloved story We’re Going on a Bear Hunt by Michael Rosen. With imaginations running wild, we brought the story to life through hands-on outdoor learning and creative play.
The children in FS have had a wonderful morning in our very own Forest School. They were managing risks, finding places to climb and using some wonderful imagination as they played.
They even carried on some Art learning – using wax crayons to do some nature rubbings. They used lovely language such as ‘bumpy,’ ‘rough,’ ‘smooth,’ and hard,’ to describe texture. What a fun morning they had!
Over the last two weeks, the Forest School children have been making maps to show the way from school to our base, picking up litter to protect the animals in the wood, climbing trees, playing hide and seek, finding sticks and having so much fun together – phew!
The children enjoyed a lovely icy treat on a hot sunny afternoon! A great big THANK YOU! They really enjoyed them!
The Foundation Children have really enjoyed using all the new outdoor musical equipment that has been bought with the money raised this year – they have been playing the instruments, singing and dancing! Keep your eyes peeled for future stars!
On Friday some of the Rainbow Fish wanted to put on a talent show for some of their friends! They were some amazing performances – from jokes, to dances and even some singing! They also had their very own judging panel!
All week the FS2 children have been applying everything they have learned over the year into the counting collections sessions. They have worked brilliantly in pairs to ‘choose,’ pick a ‘strategy,’ ‘count,’ and then record,’ how many objects they have in a collections. We have seen some grouping, using tens frames, mats, containers etc to find out how many they have. They have also been recording in so many different ways too! Fabulous work from the Rainbow Fish children all week!
As we didn’t manage to get to Forest School today we had a wonderful time creating maps to help us get to our church and then back to school. The children were amazing landmark spotters in our community noticing the two churches, shops, homes of friends and family and many more! We even time for a snack and story back at school before we hunted for ladybirds!.
