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Spring 1, Week 4

Science – Everyday Materials

This week in Science, Foxes have learnt about the differences between an absorbent material and a waterproof material. Focussing on absorbent materials and how they can react differently to liquids, the children put this to the test by planning…

This week, for our Understanding of the World focus, Nursery Mice have been celebrating Chinese New Year. Children have explored the story ‘Mr. Men Little Miss Chinese New Year' by Roger Hargreaves.

The small world area has been a jungle to relate to "The Year of the…

This week in Reception Rabbits the children have been preparing for Chinese New Year.

In order to do this, in Geography, they learned about traditions in China and all over the world- for how people prepare for and celebrate the wonderful 15-day festival.

Children cleaned the classroom and…

In Geography this week, Foxes class have been learning about the continent of South America. The children enjoyed exploring the different physical and human features that can be found in the beautiful country of Brazil. They were able to discuss the features and history behind three well-known…

This week in Badgers class, the children have loved reading all about river poems our favourite one was by Valerie Bloom: The river (https://childrens.poetryarchive.org/teach/resources/valerie-bloom-the-river/).

The children have loved exploring the vocab used and even got to perform it using…

This week, for our Understanding the World focus, Nursery Mice have been learning about "Brrr, its chilly." Children have explored the story text ‘Stick Man’ by Julia Donaldson and Axel Scheffler.

Using their Communication and Language, the children made a prediction about the story…

This week, Squirrels have had another busy week and explored a variety of topics across different subjects. Here is a look into our learning journey:

Writing: The Dragon Machine 

In writing, the children continued their learning based on their whole class story 'The Dragon Machine'. This…

This week, for our Understanding the world focus, Reception Rabbits have been learning about the polar regions.

Children have explored the story texts ‘Poles Apart’ by Jeanne Willis and Jarvis and ‘Lost and Found ‘ by Oliver Jeffers.

Using their Communication and…

In Geography, Owls class are studying coastal processes and landforms.

We have learned how erosion shapes are coastline through the processes of transportation and deposition. Four main landforms have been studied and annotated diagrams drawn to enhance our learning. These are bays,…