Autumn all around us

On Friday afternoon Butterflies went for an Autumn walk and found lots of lovely objects that let us know the seasons have definitely changed!  We foraged on the floor and in the hedgerow, and were very careful to only pick up things that had already fallen off trees and bushes.  We found some lovely seeds, leaves, flowers, twigs and grasses, and added them to our nature sticks to make a record of our walk.  We talked about the diffent colours and textures of the objects on our sticks, and compared how different they all were.

Oh no! A Gruffalo!

In Foundation we have been learning about Autumn and meeting The Gruffalo.

Nursery have been on an Autumn walk and found Autumn leaves of different colours.

We used our finds to make collages.

We have used puppets and masks to retell The Gruffalo story.

 

We even used our very own stage!

We used Autumn objects to help us with our Maths.

If you are out on a walk please bring us any Autumn objects you find. We can use them in our Autumn shop, in our leaf printing, in our counting games and on our investigation table. Happy Hunting... oh and make sure you don't bump into a Gruffalo!

Our First weeks at Sandridge school!

 

 

We have been settling in at Sandridge.

 

 Having fun

 

 

 

Making Friends 

 

 

Learning new things

 

 

 

 

 

Learning routines and rules

 

 

 

Learning where to find the things we need and how to put them away

 

 

Our skills focus next week is learning how we are the same and different from others.

Come and visit our blog soon to see how we get on!

 

 

 

 

A hopping good time!

We finished off our maths work today with a song about 5 little speckled frogs.  There is a link to the song here if you would like to sing it at home, the children can show you the actions:

http://www.topmarks.co.uk/Flash.aspx?bbc=fivelittlespeckledfrogs

Mrs Woolard reminded us that there were some frogs living in our bee garden.  The children were very excited to see the frogs, and went round in small groups so that we could be very quiet, and not frightem them away.  It was very interesting to observe the frogs and their speckles!

Fun in the sun!

The butterflies and caterpillars have had a fantastic first week at school. All the children are settling in brilliantly, and the mums and dads didn't shed too many tears either! The children are enjoying getting to know each other, and making new friends. Here are some of the things your little wonders have been getting up to...

Every day we enjoy a healthy snack, and it's a nice time to talk to our friends.

Exploring a watery world.

Keeping fit (and being very brave) on the climbing frame.

Working together to build and construct.

Being very busy practising our writing.

Getting our bodies moving on the bikes and scooters.

The car wash was open today...although apparently there was no room for Mrs Ledger's car!

Enjoying a game of football.

Swap Day

It was very exciting to meet the new a Reception intake, and they worked incredibly hard doing some drama based on Michael Rosen's 'We're Going On A Bearhunt' story. Six new children joined the class later on and we had fun introducing ourselves, and completing some beautiful butterfly pictures - they are all ready to decorate the classroom in September!  We then enjoyed lunch in the dining hall with a grown-up...we finished the morning feeling very grown-up ourselves!

Miss Jones and Anna enjoy sharing some stories and roleplay with one of our new children.

Beaumont Book Project...the return visit!

The children had a super time visiting their buddies, and collecting their stories today. We spent some time in the library, and were even treated to squash and biscuits! The children's books are very impressive, and some also contain games, puzzles and colouring in.

The stories are based on each child's interests and contain some wonderful characters and illustrations. We've written thank you cards to our buddies this afternoon, and Mrs Ledger will deliver them to Beaumont next week.