Archive | Cranford Class
Ups, downs unders and overs
Posted on November 21, 2023 | By forestschoolleader
Today the class explored the woods with an obstacle course. They laughed and giggled as they had to navigate their way through the trees. They had to wait their turn which they did so well. But as soon as they were free to go they were off.
Children In Need
Posted on November 17, 2023 | By soyarzabal
For Children in Need we have enjoyed some SPOTacular activities in continuous provision which all help us develop our fine and gross motor skills.
Windy and fun
Posted on November 14, 2023 | By forestschoolleader | 1 response
Today Cranford and Sunflowers did an amazing job today in the windy. They were super busy making flags with the cloth they dyed last week. Then they made tealight holders for Diwali with a forest twist. We had a quiet spot time, they had to focus on the sense of sight and what they could […]
Remembrance
Posted on November 9, 2023 | By soyarzabal
We have talked about and watched a short, animated film to help us apppreciate the significance of wearing a poppy. This has helped us to understand the world and make links to our history. We have practised being silent for two minutes ready for 11 o’clock on the 11th November to show respect for those […]
Colourful Continuous Provision
Posted on November 9, 2023 | By soyarzabal
Bonfire night and Diwali has produced colourful and sparkly expressive art activities to enjoy. These activities have also meant we can use our imagination and develop our fine motor skills.
Play to Learn
Posted on November 7, 2023 | By soyarzabal
A lot of imagination has been used at our loose parts table enabling the children to arrange and rearrange small parts to create their own designs. Fine motor skills are developed and strengthened when children grasp and pick up small objects. In our construction area we have been very creative. We have used our imagination […]
Our first forest school session this year.
Posted on November 7, 2023 | By forestschoolleader
Today was our first forest school session we explored our forest school area, created our own forest school names and used natural dyes to dye some fabric for our project next week. They were amazing at being creative with some planks and branches creating a see saw which was lived by all even the teachers! […]
Room on the Broom
Posted on November 6, 2023 | By soyarzabal
We enjoy listening to Room on the Broom, making comments and answering questions about the story and characters. We can repeat words and phrases and thereby learn new vocabulary.
More mud
Posted on October 30, 2023 | By soyarzabal
Forest School at Burford woods
Posted on October 30, 2023 | By soyarzabal
A muddy day in the woods. We all had fun!
Mud glorious mud!
Posted on October 30, 2023 | By soyarzabal
Happy Halloween
Posted on October 18, 2023 | By soyarzabal
We have enjoyed lots of Halloween themed activities in continuous provision this week. Whilst having fun, the activities help us develop our fine motor skills, imagination and communication.
Great Gravel Pit
Posted on October 12, 2023 | By soyarzabal
The EYFS team are always looking for ways to enhance our continuous provision areas. This week we added natural loose parts to our small world construction site. Sunflowers and Cranford had great fun using wooden planks, pebbles and logs to extend their play by building roads, bridges and buildings. The gravel pit inspired creativity, storytelling […]
Fruit patterns
Posted on October 11, 2023 | By soyarzabal
As part of our maths this week we have been making patterns. We used our school fruit to make a simple repeating 2 pattern.
Autumnal Activities
Posted on October 9, 2023 | By soyarzabal
In continuous provision we have been busy playing to learn with fun autumnal activities. When using a rolling pin, we like to see the leaf prints left in the play dough. This activity is good for our gross motor skills.
SCARF- All about me.
Posted on September 28, 2023 | By soyarzabal
Helen came into school to talk to Cranford all about me, the children learned about body parts, looking after ourselves and having help from our adults.
Tractor and trailer
Posted on September 28, 2023 | By soyarzabal
Outside construction started with building a tractor and trailer then developed into a bus and wherever their imagination took them.
Autumn Storms
Posted on September 27, 2023 | By soyarzabal
Storm Agnes arrived perfectly for our PE lesson today. The children made kites and took them for a good run around the field. Amazing fun!
Amazing Autumn
Posted on September 26, 2023 | By soyarzabal
We have introduced some Autumn resources and colours to different areas of continuous provision which has been inspired by the children’s interest in this season. The photos show our playdough hedgehog making, using different utensils to paint leaves and our Curiosity Cube.
Our trip to the new library
Posted on September 23, 2023 | By soyarzabal | 3 responses
We went to the new library in Bideford. We caught the 319 in. Katie read us some stories. We had a look around then visited the park for lunch. We had a fantastic time!