What a wonderful, fun day of reading we had today! There were two performances of Jack and the Beanstalk – the characters played by both staff and children! This story was also innovated by The Rainbow Fish (FS2) group, becoming Sammy and the sunflower. The Caterpillar Group (FS1) enjoyed two stories from Ghana about Anansi the spider and created their own story maps. The Gruffalo Group listened to Ten in a Bed loving the rhythm of the story. The children also looked brilliant in their costumes and enjoyed admiring each other.
The children gathered quietly for our Ash Wednesday Liturgy. They sang ‘Jesus Loves Me, this I know’, listened to scripture from The Gospel of Matthew – ‘When you pray, talk to God in your heart. He listens to you’. They received ashes on their heads to remind them to love God and others and to remember to say sorry when we make mistakes. Their mission, linking with our Jubilee Year promise was to help, care and share with others.
This week, all the children in Foundation Stage have visited our church. They were learning how the parish gathers together to celebrate Mass and what the different places and artefacts are called. They were awestruck by the size of the church and by the beautiful window. They were also fascinated by the font, thinking about when they were baptised there as babies.
On a wonderful, cold, bright and frosty morning, the children were really busy working together to build shelters. They were really creative making ‘camp fires’ and ‘toasting marshmallows’; building beds, kitchens and sofas. Well done to everybody for working so well together.
The Rainbow Fish children used some wonderful counting and problem solving skills during our Counting Collections sessions. They counted amounts of objects over 10, using different strategies to help them – they even changed their strategies if it wasn’t working!
What a lovely day to be at Forest School – the sun was shining and the children were well-wrapped up against the morning frost.
They proved to be great map-readers, finding their way to the base, noticing houses, paths, a school, grass and, of course, lots of trees on the way.
They had time to play and explore before enjoying a warming cup of hot chocolate and a biscuit. They finished their morning with a game of hide and seek.
The Foundation children all looked amazing in their ‘castles,’ themed outfits. We had, knight’s, princesses, princes galore! They enjoyed completing lots of different activities throughout the day such as building castle, designing crowns, comparing dances throughout the ages, but were absolutely amazed when Princess Sparkles visited and set them a challenge! They had such a magical day in FS!
We know all the parents and families will be so proud of the wonderful performance put on by all the children in the Foundation Stage. Well done to everyone for making our hearts melt and truly bringing Christmas joy.
At Forest School this week, the children were brilliant at finding sticks and talking about them. They said they were: STRAIGHT, CURLY, CHUNCKY, THIN, BUMPY, LEAFY, SPIKY, LONG, SHORT and SMOOTH.
It was great to see how confident, collaborative and ‘at home’ they were in the wonderful outdoors.
This week, the children strengthened their muscles by working with clay and then using natural materials to create creatures that might live in the wood. Of course, there was also time to climb and explore with friends.
