Archive | Cranford Class
Thaumatrope toy
Posted on September 21, 2023 | By soyarzabal
Today we made a toy from the past. We span the two pieces of string and when we let go the bird went in the cage.
Healthy eating
Posted on September 21, 2023 | By soyarzabal
As part of our topic ‘all about me’ we had the Asda man into school today to visit Cranford class and Sunflowers. We got to taste different fruits and learnt that we must eat 7 pieces of fruit and veg a day.
Our Autumn walk
Posted on September 18, 2023 | By soyarzabal
Today we went on an Autumn walk around ‘muddy lane’. We saw sheep grazing, cows a very long way away, a tractor cutting a hedge, a tractor going down the road, lots and lots of muddy puddles and lots of signs of Autumn. The best part was that the sun shone for us!
Patterns, patterns, patterns
Posted on September 14, 2023 | By soyarzabal
Yesterday as part of our maths we needed to copy a pattern and then have a go at making our own.
Toys from the past
Posted on September 14, 2023 | By soyarzabal
For our history this term we looking at ‘Things from the past’. We have borrowed at box from Barnstaple museum and today we looked to see what we recognised.
Playing to Learn
Posted on September 12, 2023 | By soyarzabal
Sunflowers and Cranford have used their imagination and created a ‘storm’ by building a circle of wooden blocks and a brick ‘mountain’ to climb over. They demonstrated careful balancing skills and great communication in this activity.
Our fantastic bodies
Posted on September 7, 2023 | By soyarzabal
We have started the year off learning all about ourselves. We have been learning the names of different parts of our bodies. We were then given a sticker to place on our bodies. We did a great job!
Welcome to the Autumn Term!
Posted on September 6, 2023 | By soyarzabal
It has been lovely exploring our continuous provision and getting to know our new friends who have joined us.
End of Term Party
Posted on July 21, 2023 | By soyarzabal
Sunflowers and Cranford Class had a lovely end of term party. There was lots of fun with dancing, games and party food to enjoy. The EYFS team would like to wish you all a lovely summer!
Painting Pots
Posted on July 14, 2023 | By soyarzabal
Further to our earlier blog titled “Moulding Clay Pots”, we have taken a lot of care and attention decorating our pots.
There’s a Shark in the Classroom!
Posted on July 7, 2023 | By soyarzabal
This morning we had the opportunity to study closely a smooth-hound (part of the shark family), a sea bass and a crab. We were able to touch if we wanted and were able to use words to describe how they felt; ‘smooth’, ‘soft’ and ‘squishy’. We were also able to use sentences to express our […]
Moulding Clay Pots
Posted on July 6, 2023 | By soyarzabal
In creative arts and design we have used different techniques to model clay to make a pot; squeezing, pulling and pinching. These movements all help to develop our fine motor skills. Cranford Class had the challenge of making a coil pot.
Cricket festival at Westward Ho!
Posted on July 5, 2023 | By cfarmerwoolsery
We had a great time this morning at the cricket festival. And we didn’t get wet!!!
The Deep, Blue Sea
Posted on July 4, 2023 | By soyarzabal
At our funky fingers tuff tray, we had a challenge to thread hooped cereal up pipe cleaners. This activity is good for developing fine motor skills as well as being a lot of fun. We enjoyed rolling, squishing and moulding play dough shapes to place on sea pictures. This helps develop muscles used for fine […]
Baby Bathtime
Posted on June 20, 2023 | By soyarzabal
Great fun has been had with this caring, role play activity and it was a good way to keep cool whilst having a bit of a splash with the babies. There has been lots of communication between each other and the use of gross and fine motor skills. The babies were bathed carefully, hair washed, […]
It’s Showtime!
Posted on June 15, 2023 | By soyarzabal | 2 responses
We are always endeavouring to enhance our continuous provision. Our new stage in our Welly Garden has allowed dress-up playing to learn and lovely dancing. There has been lots of imagination building up storylines and singing favourite songs.
Westward Ho!
Posted on June 13, 2023 | By soyarzabal
A Wonderful day
Countdown to Half Term
Posted on May 24, 2023 | By soyarzabal
This week in continuous provision, we have enjoyed playing to learn with our friends. We have used our imagination in role play, practised our ball skills and had lots of fun!
Burford Woods 21/5/2023
Posted on May 23, 2023 | By cfarmerwoolsery
Cranford and Burscott classes had a great day at Forest School in Burford Woods yesterday.
String telephones
Posted on May 19, 2023 | By soyarzabal
Today we made string telephones. The tighter the string the more you could hear the other person.