What have we been up to in Larch Class? (Nursery and Reception)

We learnt about toys from the past

We compared Newcastle to Slaley.

Nursery made some gingerbread men

We have been learning about our feelings using art and the Colour monster story.

We've been learning how to program Beebot

Singing 5 little monkeys jumping on the bed in music

Colour matching in the maths area.

Sorting shoes by size in maths.

Making our class charter cake.

Reception have started word building in phonics.

Phonics fun in the water tray.

Colour mixing

Making magic porridge in our sensory tray. Responding to our 'Magic Porridge Pot' Drawing Club stimulus.

We built this city on junk and oats! Responding to our 'Magic Porridge Pot' Drawing Club stimulus.

Digging for dinosaur bones - how did they get there?

Expressing different emotions through music.

Building with large stones

Threading practice

Constructing with the large blocks.

Planting Sunflower seeds.

Practicing different ways of moving.

Practicing our balancing in PE.

Enjoying our s'mores

Toasting marshmallows over the fire.

Making natural art after looking at the work of Andy Goldsworthy.

Ticking off each bird as we see it

Using the bird identifier window

Checking which birds we can see

Making bird seed biscuits to attract birds to our garden

Printing repeating patterns with apples from the garden.

Nature patterns

Using the phone book to choose who to call.

Open wide and say aaaah.

We have been learning all about Doctors. We had fun using the bandages and learning about the equipment a Doctor uses.

We learnt that candles are lit during a baptism. We loved looking at the candles on the Alter.

Early Years enjoyed a trip to St Marys Church to learn all out Baptism.

Reverend Helen told us all about Baptisms at St Mary's church.

We love being imaginative in the construction area. This model out of wooden blocks is Jurassic Park.

Retelling one of our core books using the story spoons.

Making our fingers strong.

Painting with some of our Autumn collection.

Exploring floating and sinking in the water tray.

Apple printing with apples from the garden.

Exploring rolling, sliding, scooping and tipping in our apple sensory tray.

Enjoying our Autumn playdough area.

Exploring magnets.

Exploring colour mixing.

We built an obstacle course with large construction.

Having fun at the car wash

Making music and having a little boogie.

Bug hunting.

We're loving reading in our outdoor reading area in the sunshine.

Identifying trees by their leaves.

Dandelion clocks

Exploring Lavender playdough

Monet inspired painting

Observational daffodil painting

Love potions.

Clearing up the field after the wind and collecting the sticks to dry out to use in our forest school cooking sessions.

Exploring cornflour gloop

Making a Chinese stir fry on the fire in Outdoor Education.

After reading the book Dinosaur Roar we compared different dinosaurs, including clean dinosaurs with dirty dinosaurs.

Mark making with chalks.

In Outdoor Education this half term we are learning how to use a saw safely.

We've learnt about rectangles and squares.

Exploring the small world area

We are independent investigators and we know where go to help us explore further.

We love dressing up in our home and it's lovely to share a cup of tea and talk with our friends.

We enjoy being able to show what we can do with a bit of playdough and a lot of imagination!

We can serve ourselves milk and fruit during snack time.

Discovering creatures

Fenwicks Window

Noticing small details

So many things to see at the Great North Museum!

What can you hear?

Ahhhh! Shark!

Some animal yoga

What does a snake skin feel like?