Archive | Cranford Class
Bugs, bugs and more bugs!
Posted on April 24, 2024 | By soyarzabal | Leave a response
In forest school this week we went on a search for minibeasts. We made a list of the bugs we found for our writing. Today we started to design our own bug ready for us to find some interesting facts about it. Then hopefully we will be on the BBC like David Attenborough. Using our […]
Fossils
Posted on April 23, 2024 | By soyarzabal | Leave a response
Today we learnt all about fossils. Sir David loved to search out fossils in his younger days. We found out animals and insects can make fossils but also plants can make fossils. We learnt how they are formed. The animal dies, they are then covered in mud and over 1000’s of years more mud/sand covers […]
A Super Start to the Summer Term
Posted on April 22, 2024 | By soyarzabal | Leave a response
In continuous provision, we have had a great time playing to learn at the water tray. It has been fun filling jugs and watering cans with water and then pouring into tubes and down pipes. All these activities help develop our gross motor skills. We communicated with each other to find the best way to […]
Sir David Attenborough
Posted on April 16, 2024 | By soyarzabal | Leave a response
We are learning about David Attenborough as an inspirational person for our history. We learnt that it was this dream to go and see the animals in their habitat rather than bringing them into the BBC production studio. We found out that David grew up in Leicester with his two brothers. HIs father was […]
S’mores and more
Posted on March 27, 2024 | By forestschoolleader | Leave a response
We had fun this week with our last session for the term. Sunflowers and Cranford were awesome and respected the fire. We talked about fire safety and how to behave safely around fire so that we can still enjoy it. They all.had fun cooking marshmallows and eating them. They also shared their craft skills helping […]
What does a plant look like?
Posted on March 27, 2024 | By soyarzabal | Leave a response
In science this term we have been learning about plants and we have finished off our topic using our art to make a plant and label it. We know all the parts of the plant from our forest school sessions, so using that knowledge we used different materials to make our collage.
Happy Easter!
Posted on March 27, 2024 | By soyarzabal | Leave a response
In continuous provision this week we have enjoyed lots of Easter themed activities.
The Life Cycle of a Frog
Posted on March 25, 2024 | By soyarzabal | Leave a response
In continuous provision we have had the opportunity to learn about the life cycle of a frog and we now understand the key features. It has been interesting to observe the changes in the frogspawn and watch closely the tadpoles and froglets as they move around the curiosity box or outside tuff tray. We enjoyed […]
Play to Learn
Posted on March 14, 2024 | By soyarzabal | Leave a response
In continuous provision this week we have enjoyed lots of activities to strengthen our fine motor skills and improve our hand eye coordination. The activities have also encouraged us to use our imagination and communicate with each other.
So far in forest school
Posted on March 8, 2024 | By forestschoolleader | Leave a response
This half term so far we have planted seeds in egg shells, made bug hotels and cut wood with a saw and learnt about plants and planting seeds for out polytunnel.
A slow worm
Posted on March 7, 2024 | By soyarzabal | Leave a response
‘A slow worm. I can touch it’ After experiencing and seeing the Really wild man last week. This boy was brave enough to touch the slow worm today. Well done
Tennis fun with Lottie
Posted on March 6, 2024 | By soyarzabal | Leave a response
Today Lottie from tennis ARC came and taught us some skills to help us play tennis.
A morning of fun with Lego
Posted on March 4, 2024 | By soyarzabal | Leave a response
Today Nick brought his enormous collection of Lego. We talked about our learning in class and told him all about the planets. When we went off on an adventure to build some great creations . We built a rocket to get us to the moon. We built some moon buggy’s. They went fast. Thank you […]
Exploring Space
Posted on February 29, 2024 | By soyarzabal | Leave a response
In continuous provision we have enjoyed exploring lots of space themed activities which as well as being fun, developed our fine motor skills and introduced new vocabulary.
Amazing Art
Posted on February 22, 2024 | By soyarzabal | 1 response
We based our wax resistant artwork on our topic book, The Three Little Fish and the Big, Bad Shark.
Chinese New Year
Posted on February 6, 2024 | By soyarzabal
To celebrate Chinese New Year there have been lots of activities to explore in continuous provision:- Gung Hay Fat Choy! (Happy New Year!)
What can we make with a sheet of wrapping paper?
Posted on February 1, 2024 | By soyarzabal
In continuous provision this week both Cranford and Sunflowers used their imagination and decided to be creative and make a book. They used their favourite wrapping paper to wrap cardboard as a cover and then added paper for pages. A lot of time has been spent writing and drawing illustrations. They have been very proud […]
The Three Little Fish and the Big, Bad Shark
Posted on January 23, 2024 | By soyarzabal
Below are some of the fun activities in continuous provision this week:-
More Three Little Pigs Fun!
Posted on January 17, 2024 | By soyarzabal
In continuous provision this week we have been cutting and sticking to create our own puppets. It has been a challenge to use our imagination to think of a different ending for the story.
The Three Little Pigs
Posted on January 12, 2024 | By soyarzabal
Sunflowers and Cranford have enjoyed listening to this story, they can remember what happened and answer questions about the storyline or characters. In our outside construction area they had great fun working together and communicating with each other to build houses for the pigs using straw, sticks and bricks. They were able to act out […]