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Drawing Club and DT
Posted on March 14, 2025 | By soyarzabal
In DT this week we looked at sliders. We wanted Jack to be able to climb up and down the beanstalk. The children drew their beanstalks and cut a slit along the stem. They then drew Jack and stuck him to the arm which would slide. The children drew were really engaged and spent time […]
Love of Reading : Monster Clothes (3)
Posted on March 13, 2025 | By soyarzabal
In order to explore the sensory aspects of the story, we used our eyes to look at a tomato, ears to listen to a tomato, hands to feel and our mouth to taste a tomato.
DT sliders and levers
Posted on March 12, 2025 | By soyarzabal
We learnt about sliders and how to make them next we are going to try ! Flaps are also a type of lever We have made our slider pictures
DT what is a mechanism ?
Posted on March 12, 2025 | By soyarzabal
We learnt that a mechanism is something that lets us open and close things or helps things move .
Love of Reading : Monster Clothes (2)
Posted on March 11, 2025 | By soyarzabal
In order to connect to this Love of Reading Book, Sunflowers were very creative and designed their own clothes. We used our scissor skills to cut fabric and add them to our designs.
Clovelly and marshmallows
Posted on March 10, 2025 | By soyarzabal
Today we noticed the tide was in. This really amazed the children. They remembered how the moon affected the tides. We went for an explore and had s’mores on the beach. A perfect end to our coastal school sessions. We are so lucky to live here! Thank you Lou.
World book day.
Posted on March 6, 2025 | By soyarzabal
Today on world book day the children came dressed in their P.J’s, brought in their favourite bedtime story and joined classes to share their books together.
RE PALM SUNDAY
Posted on March 6, 2025 | By soyarzabal
We learnt about Jesus as a baby at Christmas and now as a man he rode on a donkey on a bed of palm leaves ,we learnt the song Sing Hosanna and painted and decorated palm leaves over the last 2 weeks.
Love of Reading : Monster Clothes (1)
Posted on March 6, 2025 | By soyarzabal
“What do monsters like to wear? Socks, T-shirts and … tomatoes?” We have enjoyed listening to this Love of Reading book about monsters and what they like to wear. Our first challenge was to design our own monster and Sunflowers achieved some brilliant results.
Playing to Learn
Posted on March 6, 2025 | By soyarzabal
We have had a great time exploring continuous provision in play to learn time.
Pancake day.
Posted on March 4, 2025 | By soyarzabal
Today the children made some pancakes in Sunflowers and got to add some delicious toppings.
Clovelly tides
Posted on March 3, 2025 | By soyarzabal
Today Cranford Class learnt about how the moon and sun affect the tides each day. We then went for an explore while the tide was right out. Found lots of crabs and got wet feet. A great afternoon.
D.T Leavers and sliders.
Posted on February 28, 2025 | By soyarzabal
Our D.T is linked to Jack and the Beanstalk. The first key question was “ What is a mechanism?” First we talked about the word “ mechanism” this describes a device that is used to create movement. We then went onto explore and take photos of different mechanisms.
Drawing club.
Posted on February 28, 2025 | By soyarzabal
In drawing club this week the children started off by drawing a giant, then they went onto drawing their castle the next day they added some decoration using different mediums. It was Cranford Classes turn to share their amazing work with the school in assembly.
Continuous Provision This Week
Posted on February 28, 2025 | By soyarzabal
PE Sticky kids Core strength
Posted on February 26, 2025 | By soyarzabal
We began our core strength PE with sticky kids …… ask your children to show you the exercises
Science Animals and where they live
Posted on February 26, 2025 | By soyarzabal
Today we began to discover where animals live .
Love of Reading : Where’s Lenny? (3)
Posted on February 26, 2025 | By soyarzabal
In order to connect further to this Love of Reading book we played hide and seek like the characters in the story. We took it in turns to sing 12345 Once I Caught a Fish Alive whilst our friends hid. We found some good hiding places. In order to connect to the book we used […]
Cranford’s trip to Clovelly
Posted on February 24, 2025 | By soyarzabal
A wonderful afternoon in the sunshine down in Clovelly harbour. We first met Andy in the lifeboat house. He talked to us about staying safe on the beach then told us about the role of the lifeboat and the crew. We then had some time on the beach before we ran back up the hill. […]
It’s Nearly Half Term!
Posted on February 13, 2025 | By soyarzabal
We have enjoyed exploring outside continuous provision this week and especially liked running, kicking a ball and climbing in the school field. All these activities help develop our gross motor skills. We have also enjoyed filling, pouring and tipping at the water tray. There was great excitement – “ the water is red”
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