Blog Category: Early Years

What a fantastic last few weeks we have had in school! From sports day races to making and eating our own ice-creams... yum! Sadly, we were unable to have parents at our sports day but we did have an audience from the rest of the school; our children loved competing in the races and having fun. It…

In Reception, we love playing and learning outside... especially in this lovely weather. The children have really enjoyed using the new resources to extend their learning and think critically in their play. 

Our reception children have been showing everyone how fun Phonics and Maths can be! They have enjoyed thinking of their own games linked to our current learning objectives, in their own free play time. This has included: tricky word hunt and sorting the tricky words; using the outdoor number line…

Our reception children have been showing everyone how fun Phonics and Maths can be! They have enjoyed thinking of their own games linked to our current learning objectives, in their own free play time. This has included: tricky word hunt and sorting the tricky words; using the outdoor number line…

In EYFS we have started our new topic on animals. To introduce our topic, the children arrived to school to be greeted by some mystery footprints in our outdoor area... plus other signs of bear activity. We then read 'We're Going on a Bear Hunt' and followed the story map to find the cuddly bear…

To begin our new topic on animals; the children came into school to discover some footprints and other signs of bear activity in our outdoor areas. We followed the outdoor story map to find a lovely little cuddly bear who was hiding in one of our trees. The children have really enjoyed lots of…

We have been making the most of the lovely weather and beautiful blossom trees. The children love to sit underneath the blossom tree for story time. They have also enjoyed going on spring hunts and finding other signs of spring.

On St. George's Day, EYFS raised the flag together to start our St. George's Day celebrations. The children really enjoyed this special moment as we all smiled at each other and sang some of our favourite songs. 

This half term, Reception have been using their phonic skills to write words and sentences. The children have been using the clipboards in their play to write shopping lists, design buildings and create their own recipes in the messy play area. Reception children have also been working on their…

This half term in EYFS we have been looking for signs of Spring. We have painted beautiful pictures and went on a Spring walk around school. We have also been thinking about getting ready for Easter; some children decided to make cards and some decorated eggs. 

Our EYFS children put on a wonderful Nativity. Please watch the video and sing along!

Here are the stars of our show!

We had a very special visitor at our Early Years Christmas breakfast this morning.... Father Christmas! He came to see all the children and we sang a lovely song for him from our Nativity. The children, parents and teachers had a fantastic morning.