By the sea!

Over the last two weeks we have been by the seaside!

We have looked at the seaside environment and creatures that live there.  Butterflies also thought about how we have an impact on our environment and what we can do to look after it.  Well done to those of you that did some super homework!

This week we have become pirates!

Counting our treasure is great for our maths!   

We have had lots of fun dressing up as pirate scallywags  and building our pirate ship!

 

 

 

We have been investigating floating and sinking.  We tested out our lego boats to see if they were seaworthy!

The Butterflies have been using adjectives to make our sentences about pirates more interesting

"Once there was an angry, naughty, scary pirate with a fluffy red beard, a shiny sharp hook and a golden cutlass!"

 Today we turned Mr Sherwood into a pirate by drawing what we had come up with - Mr Sherwood was most impressed!

The Enormous Turnip

This week we have continued our farm theme, with a focus on the traditional tale “The Enormous Turnip”. We have had the chance to look closely at some real root vegetables and have created some fantastic observational drawings. Some of us have used our excellent literacy skills to label our drawings. We have also made our own little books based on the story of The Enormous Turnip.

In maths, we have explored the weights of different vegetables, measuring them to compare which ones are the heaviest.
 

We have been investigating different foods and we have talked about special meals that we have with our families. Can you remember a special time with your family? What family customs and routines do you have? We would welcome any Wow! moments talking about these.

Caterpillars have been singing the rhyme “Oats and Beans and Barley Grow” and listening carefully to which words rhyme. We have thought of other words that rhyme with know and grow. Can you remember any?

Next week we will be beginning a Sea theme, starting with the story “Sally and the Limpet” and the rhyme “A Sailor went to Sea Sea Sea”.

Lots of fun down on the farm!

Just a few more photos of our trip to Willows farm. The children were beautifully behaved and made us very proud! We learned about what the animals ate, where they lived, why pigs like mud, what the word for the noises donkeys make is, how our food is grown, what plant makes flour for bread as well as having lots of fun!

Off our trip!

Our tractor ride.

Meeting Daisy the cow and learning about how they get milked.

Feeding the cows

 Feeding the donkey

Stroking the guinea pigs

Joining in with the show!!

 

 

Riding the JCBs

 No wonder we were all completely exhausted!

A wonderful time at Willows!

What a great day we have had today!


In spite of the rain we managed to fit in a lot of exciting activities.


First, we went on a ride on Tristan the Tractor, we saw lots of different animals from the tractor and we sang some farm themed songs. What animals can you see in the photos?

After this we had a chance to explore the outside areas of the farm, and we saw lots more animals up close. We learnt the name for a daddy pig, a mummy and daddy chicken, and a daddy goat. Can you remember them? How could we find out?

It started to rain, but luckily we had a fantastic guide who took us the indoor petting farm, where we all had a chance to feed some animals and cuddle some guinea pigs. What do we need to do after we have touched animals? Why?

We saw a fun show with Lily Rabbit, who taught us a song about 5 radishes.

We all enjoyed our delicious packed lunches - thank you parents and carers!


After lunch we saw another show, this time Peter Rabbit taught us some songs.

Then we watched a sheep race, there were sheep with different numbers and colours on. Can you remember which one won?

Some of us went to see the growing patch and the pigs, and we learnt a very interesting fact about pigs: they chew stones to clean their own teeth!


Finally, after being really beautifully behaved all day, we were ready for a run around! We had a chance to play either in Toddler Town or on the diggers.

It was a great day, and the children were fantastic - well done!


Thank you so much for all of our wonderful parent helpers - we couldn't have done it without you!


The EYFS team