Welcome to Foundation
The children in Foundation have settled in beautifully and have made an excellent start to the new term. They are joining in with lots of exciting activities and are getting used to the routines very quickly.
We learn outside on a Tuesday and this is called 'Trekking'. When we go trekking, we care for our chickens, have a go at balancing on the trim trail, make pictures out of natural objects that we find, play games, go on minibeast hunts and get involved in other things that we would not usually do inside of the classroom. On Fridays, we visit Ravenshead Library where we change our books and listen to a story read by the Librarian.
In Foundation, we mostly learn through play, and fun, hands on, real life experiences. We are currently working on our fine motor skills, relationships with other people, sharing, speaking and listening.
Class Updates
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Pond Dipping
During trekking this week we used the nets and tanks to see what we could find in our pond. We were so excited to find lots of frogspawn which we looked closely at back in the classroom. We even got to see some very tiny tadpoles!
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Fireman Visit
Today Foundation were very lucky to have a visit from the Fire Service. We learnt all about fire safety, looked inside a fire engine and had a go at using the hose!
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The Three Little Pigs
Foundation are loving their 'Fantastic Fairytales' topic. We launched it with a dress up day and since then have been busy designing houses, retelling stories and building dens.
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Craters on the Moon!
F1 learnt all about how craters on the moon are made during a very frosty Trekkng today. They were very excited to have a go at making their very own 'bumpy moon'. They collected different sized stones and made a guess at the size of crater they would make. They...
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Hinduism Experience
The children took part in a Hinduism experience on Tuesday morning. We had to take our shoes off, wash our hands and ring a bell when we entered the mock temple and we found out about Divali and lots of Hindu gods.
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Yorkshire Wildlife Park
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Chinese New Year
This week we have been learning about Chinese New Year. We read the story of the great race, discovered which animal year we were born in and tasted some yummy Chinese food. We were especially lucky to have a visit from one of our parents who read a dual language...
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Up, Up and Away!
This week we have been learning about things that float in the air. Today we took balloons outside....some filled with air, some with water and others with half water and half air. We discussed what we thought would happen....some children thought that the balloons full of water would...
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Chameleons everywhere!
When we came into our classroom today we were very excited to find lots of chameleons hiding! We talked about how they were camouflaged and went on a chameleon hunt to see what colours they had changed into.
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Under the sea dancing
Last week we were really lucky to have a special visitor that taught us a wonderful under the sea dance. We watched a clip from the little mermaid and spoke about the creatures that we could see. We then moved around the room as the different animals and put movements...