EYFS News

Story Telling

We had a lady named Thea from ‘Song Box’ in school today who came to share her wonderful story about a dragon and a crocodile. The children listened really well, joined in re-telling the story and also got the chance to…

Autumn is here!

As the leaves on the trees are beginning to change colour, we have been doing lots of fun autumn themed activities. Both nursery and reception children had a ‘big’ paint afternoon with our textured sand paints that were mixed in all…

We Are Back At School!

Wow! It feels like just yesterday we had our very first day of school, and now we are three weeks in! All the adults in Early Years are so proud to see how well everyone has settled in. We have…

Outdoor Play and Den Building

We love playing outdoors! We have had lots of fun this week climbing and experimenting with water flow! This week we have also been den building! We worked well together in teams with the mission to build waterproof dens that protected us from Mr…

Life Cycles

Since half term we have been looking at the book ‘The Very Hungry Caterpillar’ by Eric Carle. We have been learning about the life cycle of a butterfly, changing from a tiny egg into a beautiful insect! We found some big fat…

Wonderful Artwork in Early Years!

[Not a valid template]The Reception class have been learning to use the school laptops!  They have made great progess with logging on independently and using the trackpad to control the mouse pointer on the screen.  Double-clicking and using ‘click and drag’ are a real test of their fine motor skills but all of the class have done brilliantly – and had great fun. We are very impressed with their beautiful pictures of our baby chicks.

Mini Beasts

Following on from our spring time observations, our topic the last couple of weeks has been mini beasts! The books we have been looking at are: ‘What the Ladybird Heard’ by Julia Donaldson ‘The Snail and the Whale’ by Julia…

St. George’s Day Celebration Week

This week we are preparing for our St. George’s Day celebration assembly on Thursday 23rd. This will be led by the whole school, family and friends are welcome. We have been making flags using a range of different  media, we used paint, crayons, collage,…