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Chinese Dragon Dance, by Mrs Burgess
Date: 31st Jan 2025 @ 8:34am
The children made their own dragon and used it for a Chinese Dragon Dance.
Lunar New Year, by Mrs Burgess
Date: 29th Jan 2025 @ 4:12pm
EYFS have been learning all about the festival of Lunar New Year. We discovered that some of the children in Beesley class were born in the year of the pig (children born in 2019) and some were born in the year of the rat (children born in 2020) Although this year is the year of the snake! The children have been creating snakes by threading materials onto string and developed their cutting skills to cut along the line of a snake. The children then used their fingers to create repeating patterns. The children have been learning how people get ready to celebrate Lunar New Year including cleaning and decorating their houses. The children have been making their own lantern to decorate the classroom. Outside the children have been mark marking using chalk to create their own snakes.
In Drawing Club we read The Great Race and the children have been designing a new character to join the race. The children used the puppets to role-play and act out the story.
Throughout the continuous provision the children have also been exploring mark making their age by copying their age and writing numerals 0-10 in Mandarin writing.
Counting, cardinality and ordinality up to 5., by Mrs Burgess
Date: 29th Jan 2025 @ 4:03pm
The children in Reception have been exploring representing numerals 1-5 and how they show a 'staircase pattern' using lots of different resources. The children have been ordering numerals 1-5 and creating their own numberlines using the same colours as Numberblocks.
EYFS explore the Book Bus, by Mrs Burgess
Date: 29th Jan 2025 @ 3:34pm
Book Bus, by Ms Patel
Date: 29th Jan 2025 @ 2:02pm
The children had the exciting opportunity to visit the book bus sent by the Lancashire School Library service and choose new books for their class.
Discovering tints and shades, by Ms Patel
Date: 29th Jan 2025 @ 6:32am
As part of their art topic the children learnt about tints and shades and experimented with colours.
Super Duper Penguin Slide, by Mrs Burgess
Date: 24th Jan 2025 @ 2:55pm
Today we read the story Super Duper Penguin Slide by Leonie Lord. The children explored working together to create their own slides in the water area using different parts of pipes and stands for the penguins to slide down or to move using their fronts called tobogganing (one of our new vocabulary words of the week)
The children then had a go at drawing their own Super Duper Slide and added on their own penguins. Some of the children had a go at moving along the slide like a penguin to develop their gross motor skills.
National Penguin Day, by Mrs Burgess
Date: 23rd Jan 2025 @ 2:37pm
On Monday it was National Penguin Day. The children have been learning lots of facts about penguins including; how penguins move, where penguins live (using our class globes and Google Maps), the cycle of a penguin and how many different species of penguins there are. The children have taken parts in lots of different activities in the continuous provision throughout the week such as observational drawings of penguins, played feed the penguin subitising game, penguin bingo and created finger printed penguins. They have also been exploring moving like a penguin whilst learning new vocabulary such as 'tobogganing' and 'waddling'
In Drawing Club this week the children have been looking at the book Penguin by Polly Dunbar. The children have been trying to create a special hiding place for the penguin and Ben to keep them safe from the lion.
Recipe for a friend, by Mrs Burgess
Date: 23rd Jan 2025 @ 2:24pm
In PSED this week the children in Beesley Class have been exploring the qualities that make a good friend. Ths children decided that a good friend is-loyal, patient, respectful, trusting and forgiving. The children had a go at showing these qualities whilst working in the continuous provision.
Tots on Tyres, by Mrs Burgess
Date: 23rd Jan 2025 @ 2:18pm
A rockin' experiment!, by Miss Ward
Date: 19th Jan 2025 @ 2:00pm
In Science, Marsden class have been learning all about rocks! We conducted an experiment into the properties of rocks, where we tested:
- How hard the rocks are
- Whether they absorbed water
- Whether they fizzed when coming into contact with an acidic substance
- We also observed them closely
We then considered what the results meant, in relation to whether the rocks were Sedimentary, Metamorphic or Igneous.
Scooter Safety, by Miss Ward
Date: 19th Jan 2025 @ 1:49pm
The Year 3 children enjoyed spending Wednesday afternoon with the 'Scoot Safety' team! They learnt about how to maintain their scooters, how to correctly fit their helmets and all about making safe choices when they're scooting!
A special delivery for EYFS!, by Mrs Burgess
Date: 10th Jan 2025 @ 11:34am
We had a special delivery in EYFS this morning~ a box from the Lancashire School Library Service. Inside we discovered (one of our new vocabulary words of the week from Drawing Club) some books related to our new topic~ Frozen Planet. We had a quick look at some of the new books. The new books have been put into our class libraries and around the continuous provision.
Exploring the snow!, by Mrs Burgess
Date: 9th Jan 2025 @ 11:06am
The children in Beesley class have been making the most out of the weather today on their Winter Walk!
Before going outside we discussed the type of clothing that we needed to wear today to stay warm so got ourselves ready by putting on our coats, hats,gloves and scarves. Once outside the children have been exploring the world around us by looking at the changes to the school environment and making observations of our class tree discussing changes they noticed since Autumn (UTW: The Natural World/ Past and Present) The children also had a go at mark making in the snow (PD)
As you can see we had lots of fun exploring the snow!
Forming numerals, by Mrs Burgess
Date: 9th Jan 2025 @ 10:56am
The children have been learning the numeral formation rhymes to help them form the numerals 1-4. The children have been forming the numerals using different materials including paint, pencils, chalk and using their fingers/paintbrushes in sand.
Tots on Tyres, by Mrs Burgess
Date: 9th Jan 2025 @ 10:42am
The children in Reception have started their 'Tots on Tyres' course coached by South Ribble Council. This week the children have been learning about using brakes correctly, the correct way to put on and wear a helmet and have been learning the first steps of sitting on and manovering a bike.
Stone Age Timeline, by Ms Patel
Date: 9th Jan 2025 @ 7:49am
The children worked in pairs to put events that occured during the Stone Age in chronological order.
Swimming 25 metres, by Ms Patel
Date: 20th Dec 2024 @ 12:37pm
Well done to the children who have been able to swim 25 metres!
Polar Express Day, by Mrs Burgess
Date: 20th Dec 2024 @ 9:19am
Getting ready for Christmas, by Mrs Burgess
Date: 19th Dec 2024 @ 11:09am
Sam's Snowflake, by Mrs Burgess
Date: 19th Dec 2024 @ 10:59am
We read the story Sam's Snowflake and made our own snowflakes.
Christmas Jumper Day & Christmas Lunch, by Mrs Burgess
Date: 19th Dec 2024 @ 10:38am
Christmas jumper day!, by Miss Palacio
Date: 18th Dec 2024 @ 3:50pm
Mary class have enjoyed wearing their christmas jumpers today and eating their christmas dinners with their teachers. They all looked lovely in their fabulous jumpers!
EYFS Christmas Party, by Mrs Burgess
Date: 16th Dec 2024 @ 3:39pm
The children in Barlow and Beesley Class has lots of fun at their Christmas party this afternoon. They played lots of games, danced and even had a special visitor!
Making seasonal tarts, by Ms Patel
Date: 16th Dec 2024 @ 6:42am
The children used their cutting and peeling skills to make seasonal tarts. They chose seasonal vegetables from their food tasting session to design a seasonal tart and they evaluated it to decide if the flavours complimented each other.
