We have been reading a story about a cat – ‘Six Dinner Sid” and in the story Sid visits the vet for a bad cough. We have introduced a vets into our role play area. We are treating some very poorly animals…
Christmas Party
We have had lots of fun at our Christmas party, from making popcorn, to playing party games and winning prizes, meeting a very special visitor, enjoying our party food and we have even had our very own Christmas photo booth.
Christmas dinner!
Today was Christmas dinner!!!!! We pulled crackers, sang songs and enjoyed our dinner. Later we watched ‘The Gruffalo’s Child’ and ate our sweets.
A stable
Some children have been building a stable for Mary and Joseph – she looks like she needs a restful night…
Meadowhall
The children’s creative work never fails to impress me. Some children have been busy all morning building their very own Meadowhall!
Little Red Riding Hood
This week we have read Little Red Riding Hood to draw similarities between the story and Handa’s Surprise – taking food in baskets, going on a journey and visiting someone. Lots of our learning in provision has reflected our class discussions on pathways, woodland, trees and food.
Children in Need
BBC Children in Need exists to change the lives of disadvantaged children and young people across the UK. Their vision is that every child in the UK has a safe, happy and secure childhood and the chance to reach their potential.
BBC Children in Need is currently supporting over 2,800 projects in communities across the UK that are helping children and young people facing a range of disadvantages such as living in poverty, being disabled or ill, or experiencing distress, neglect or trauma. In the last grant year alone, support has helped change the lives of over 589,000 disadvantaged children and young people, right here in the UK.
Today, our children dressed up and brought in a voluntary contribution which will all be set off to Pudsey and his team. We raised a fantastic £202.10 so thank you to everybody that contributed.
Making compounds
We have been investigating what happens when you mix different substances to make compounds. This has provided a slightly different experience to painting and it has provided us with opportunities to talk about our mixtures.
“It’s like hot chocolate – it’s bubbly.”
“I’m going to mix all of them together to see what happens.”
“It’s even more sticky now!”
“I can’t get it out, it’s so gooey.”
Visitor in class
This morning we had a visit from Sister Ripley who works at Barnsley Hospital. She told us about some of the things she does in her job to help people get better. Now, we can use what we have learnt in our own doctor’s surgery.
Bridges
Yesterday some children made a bridge, however it looked more like a wall so this morning we looked at photos of lots of different bridges. We discussed how they were similar and different to each other and why the bridges were needed in the different places. This prompted lots of creative thinking in the construction area and the train track area. The children were acting as engineers – problem solving by thinking, adjusting, improving and reflecting. You can see from the photos, the processes that they worked through to reach their finished bridges!
