Autumn 2
Friday 21st November
This week EYFS joined with the rest of the school in celebrating the people around us on Positive Noticing Day. All children and adults in the school were given colourful luggage tags and encouraged to write to or draw something for another person telling them what is special about them. It was a veyr busy day with lots of visiting other classrooms to deliver the tags to the recipients. There were so many smiles as everyone enjoyed finding out what someone else thinks is special about them. Every child also went home with a personal tag written by their teacher.
This special day was used to launch Agents of Change in EYFS. This is a school-wide scheme which helps children learn that they have agency in the world and can make positive changes to themselves and others.
In Talk for Writing this term our text is the familar tale of The Little Red Hen. After hearing the tale, the children enjoyed getting messy, making their own play dough and salt dough and having a go at kneading to better understand the text. Then they created some wornderful paintings of The Little Red Hen.
Friday 14th November
What a fantastic week we have had in Early Years! This is a special week as we got ready for a party for Pudsey! As part of our learning about celebrations, the children thought about birthdays and any parties they have been to. Then they shared their ideas of what we need to do to get ready for a party to celebrate Pudsey Bear's 5th birthday. The children made wrapping paper by printing repeating patterns of Pudsey's bandana spots. Then they used this to wrap present for Pudsey. They made their own sandwiches for party food and wrote invitations to each other and cards for Pudsey. At the end of the week we decorated the hall and played some party games then sat down together to enjoy a party feast and ....there was even an appearance by Pudsey Bear himself! What a week!
Friday 7th November
The children returned to school after their half term break full of energy and eager to see their friends again. This week we have been learning to recognise, describe and create repeating patterns using a variety of resources. We finished the week with a yummy and healthy way of celebrating this learning by making repeating pattern fruit skewers.
There has been lots of mark-making going on in EYFS as the children discover they can use all sorts of permanent and transient media. This week's activities of painting the fence, moving pebbles with pens and making tangerines into 'pumpkins' all help to develop the children's muscles for writing and give them an understanding that they can create change in the world around them.
This term we are exploring lots of celebrations and this week was all about Guy Fawkes night! The children loved hearing about the real events behind this annual celebration and were intrigued to begin thinking about events which happened in the past. The children had fun acting out the story and then made some 'sparklers' with breadsticks and sprinklers. On Friday afternoon Hazel, Holly and Maple classes made a pretend fire in our firepit in the woods and waved their sparklers and sang a bonfire song before eating their creations!
