Today the children have celebrated the coronation of King Charles III with an afternoon tea party. The children have been planning the party for the last couple of weeks; writing lists, writing invitations, writing recipes for cakes, making cakes and biscuits.

The children came to school this morning dressed in red, white and blue clothes.

Then this morning the children set to making the sandwiches, jelly, fruit salad and decorating the classroom ready for our party visitors!

Then it was time to celebrate….the children had invited their parents to come along to their party. We started with a Coronation Scavenger Hunt in our outdoor area.

Then we all enjoyed our afternoon tea.

The children finished by enjoying their special Crown Cake they made for the King!

This week in our Early Years PE session we practiced making shapes with our bodies. The children explored making stretched shapes and curled shapes. The children then had to balance along a bench in a stretched shape or in a curled shape.

The children in Early Years came into school dressed as their favourite book characters. We started our day by sharing our costumes with each other and talking about their favourite books.

The grown ups even joined in with the dressing up fun. The children had to look at each character and work out which story we were all from….it was Little Red Riding Hood.

Our day was based around the story of Little Red Riding Hood.

In the afternoon, we went on a woodland trail just like Little Red Riding Hood went through the woods to visit Grandma. We had to use our gross motor skills to negotiate the different spaces and obstacles.

This week as part of our World Book Day celebrations the children in Early Years took part in a dance workshop based around the story of The Enormous Crocodile. The children used dance movements to retell the key parts of the story.

This week in Early Years we have been looking at the story of The Naughty Bus. The children have been developing storylines in their pretend play with our role play bus station and bus.

Then today we have had a very exciting Welly Walk to find buses in our local town. We even found red buses just like The Naughty Bus.

The children have had a great day in Early Years experiencing the snow.

This week in Early Years it was our first Friday Footstep Walk. The children have enjoyed the story of Rosie’s Walk this week in class and made story maps to help them retell the story in the correct order. Rosie went for a walk on a farm and used lots of positional language, we went on a walk in our town to see what positional language we could use.

On Thursday the children enjoyed a lovely Christmas lunch followed by Christmas Party games to celebrate Christmas with their friends.

On Wednesday, the children created a fantastic production based around the story of Little Owl and The Christmas Star.

In Early Years today we had some very exciting visitors…. Owls! The children have been learning about Owls using the story of Owl Babies. To finish our topic we arranged ‘The Feathery Folk’ to come into school so we could meet some real owls.

Today we went on our first Welly Walk. We went to look at different houses in our local community. We found flats, bungalows, terraced houses, detached houses, semi detached houses and even a house on wheels – campervan!

This week we have had an exciting week. We have had sand put into our sandpit! The children have loved it!

Every morning we start our day with a ‘Wake Up Shake Up’ dance. This week we have learnt the Pizza Dance. The children have learnt the moves really well and have loved dancing to the song every morning. So we have finished the week by making Pizzas!

The children also learnt what happens to cheese when it goes into a hot oven and how it changes.

The children in Foundation Stage made a Poppy Wreath to help them remember all those who fought for us in World Wars.

This week the children have learnt about the Hindu celebration of Diwali.

We started by learning about Diwali using the story – Dipal’s Diwali. The children learnt that people who celebrate Diwali buy new clothes, decorate their homes with; flowers, Rangoli patterns, and Diva Lights, and enjoy a feast with friends and family at the temple.

The children have a range of learning opportunities linked to the theme of Diwali.

The children took part in adult led activities; making 2D shape Rangoli patterns, making Diva Lights, and making Vegetable Curry.

Once the vegetable curry was ready the children tried what they had made…

The children in EYFS have been very lucky this week they have had a brand new climbing frame built. The children love it and want to say a very big thank you to Mrs Isherwood and The Governors.