The children thoroughly enjoyed the Winter Warmer Session with Sandra from Tides of Change. The children learned how to make a spark using a flint and toasted marshmallows to make smores. In the words of one of the children, Sandra is a “total professional.” A fabulous morning!
Today the children have all thoroughly enjoyed completing activities linked to Children In Need. They were able to dress up in Pudsey themed clothing and some designed their own Children in Need t-shirts.
Have a look at how much fun they have had!
This week in Maples during geography we looked at fieldwork. Fieldwork combines the knowledge and skill children require to think about about what and where places are and why. We created a short checklist of areas within the school grounds and asked the children to locate them. The children really enjoyed sharing their knowledge and were rewarded with a play session in the soft play for their efforts. Well done Maples.
This week Maples got to enjoy a stay and play session at the local Gymnastics gym. They bounced, balanced, jumped and rolled on the fantastic gym equipment. They also got to play on a variety of toy vehicles and scooters. The children thoroughly enjoyed themselves and look forward to our next session in a few weeks!!
This week the children in Hawthorns and Maples had a visit from Phillipa and her robot gang. The children became computer programmers and learned how to control each sphero. We had lots of fun and completed some tricky challenges.
In art this week we looked at portraits of past Monarchs. We discussed how the Monarchs may have posed and talked about objects we could see in their portraits such as crowns, swords and a sceptre. We then took photos of the children posing just like a Monarch of their choice.
This week the children have worked really hard to recognize words that rhyme. We read together silly rhyming stories that made the children giggle such as ‘Oi dog’ then we have completed interactive rhyming games, puzzles and worksheets. We also looked at Monarchs in history which they all found very interesting when placing them on a timeline.
Maples have had a brilliant first week back and as a reward for their hard work the children got to take part in some sensory/messy play which they thoroughly enjoyed. Throughout the week the children have completed phonic and math’s jobs as well as starting our new topic Magnificent Monarchs.
In Maples this week we have been super busy building our very own beach hut in DT for our topic Coastlines. The children really enjoyed chopping the wood and assembling the hut safely with an adult. To end the week the children got a little treat and made their own fairy cakes and got to play with and share their own toys they brought from home.
The children in Maples had the best time on World book day, they came in dressed as their favorite characters such as Horrid Henry, stickman and Elsa from frozen. We had a lovely time visiting our friends in Chestnuts who read with us and told us some brilliant jokes from the children’s joke books. We ended the day with a trip to Hawthorns and a short story from Mrs. Kincaid.
