Look at some of the fantastic work that the Reception children have been doing on repeating patterns in Maths this week! What little superstars they are!
Author: Mrs Farmer
Habitats and micro habitats
Yesterday, the Reception, Year 1 and 2 children were learning about habitats. On the way to forest school, Kris asked us to look out for lions in peoples gardens and for fish in the trees. None of us spotted any which led to a great discussion about why we didn’t see either of those animals in either of those places; they are the wrong habitats for those animals!
We talked about various habitats and which animals we might find living in those habitats. We know now that the forest school site is a woodland habitat. Kris gave the Reception and Year 1 children a woodland animal soft toy and in groups, they were challenged to make a habitat for that animal to live in. They thought really hard about what each animal would need. They all made sure that their habitat was safe and warm and some of them even put a drink of water for them!
To extend the Year 2 children’s learning, they learnt about micro habitats. First they were split into two groups. They had to see what they could find in two different micro habitats; under logs and in trees.
While they were searching, they found evidence of another animal that lived in the woodland area. They found some feathers that were probably from a wood pidgeon.
After that, the children put stones into a net bag. Kris carefully put this in the river, tying it to the fence so that it wouldn’t float away. We’re going to leave it there for a few weeks and see what animals start to make a micro habitat in there. We can’t wait to see the results!
Pizza Making
After weeks of learning about vegetables and doing some fantastic pizza research and designing, today was the day that the Year 1 & 2 children got to make their vegetable pizzas! I hope that they all enjoyed eating them as much as they did making them!
Forest School Science!
The Year 2 children had a fantastic time back up at forest school this week! And the Reception and Year 1 children enjoyed themselves as always! This week, we had a science aspect to our forest school session. The children were set the challenge of finding lots of different objects in the forest school site. They then had to sort them into things that are alive, things that were alive and things that had never been alive. At first, it seemed quite easy but then the children started having lots of debates about whether a leaf that had fallen off a tree was still alive or not even though it was still green in colour. We had some super discussions and the children were using some great vocabulary! Well done all!
Firework Science!
Yesterday afternoon, the Early Years children were asked to draw lots of beautiful patterns in bright colours on some filter paper. Then they folded the points of the star into the middle of the paper. After that, they put it in the water that was coloured with black food colouring. The firework then exploded open and we could see all of their beautiful firework designs! We learnt that if we didn’t fold the stars up quite right, the water would get on top of the paper and then it would sink!
Chester Zoo!
Reception, Year 1 & 2 had an absolutely fantastic day at Chester Zoo today! We got to see lots of the animals in their habitats and the children were interested to find out what each animal needed in their habitat to survive. We talked about which animals belonged to each animal group (reptiles, amphibians, mammals, fish, birds and invertebrates). It was brilliant to be able to see the animals in real life as we talked about them. We did a lovely workshop where the children found out about the rainforest habitat and we even introduced the word “micro habitat”. It was amazing to be able to go out on a school trip again to do some learning! The children were brilliantly behaved and we were all really proud of them! ⭐️
Hedgehog Class Homework 16.09.21
Visitors in Hedgehog Class!
We’ve had some visitors arrive in Hedgehog Class today! 🐛 Over the next few weeks, the children will be keeping a really close eye on our caterpillars to see what will happen to them. They’ll be making regular observations as well as helping them to grow 🦋
Forest School Fun
Look at how much fun the Reception, Year 1 and Year 2 children had at forest school last week! While the new Reception children familiarised themselves with the site with the Year 1 children’s help, the Year 2 children took some time to observe what the site currently looks like. They will compare what the site looks like now with what it looks like later in the season when they visit again after half term.
Food Glorious Food!
This week, the Year 1 & 2 children started their Design and Technology topic for this term – “Food Glorious Food!”. We kicked it off by having a really close look at some different vegetables in class. The children had to make some careful sketches of the vegetables. Then I cut them in half so that the children could see what the vegetables looked like inside. We also spent some time using our senses to explore the vegetables.
Over the next few weeks, the children will learn lots of cookery skills including peeling, cutting and grating. They will also do some tasting of different vegetable products followed by some research to find out which foods are the most popular. Based on all of this information, they will then use everything that they have learnt to design, make and eat their own product! We can’t wait to see the final results already! 😋