Curriculum
In reception we do response planning on a weekly basis meaning our activities are based on the previous weeks assessment.
In Foundation Stage and Key Stage 1 (Reception to Year 2) our reading scheme is the Oxford Reading Tree from Oxford University Press, supplemented with the “Floppy’s Phonics” scheme.
Recent updates from Bumblebee class
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Giraffes Can’t Dance!
This week we have listened to the story ‘Giraffes Can’t Dance’. The children researched facts about the jungle and then drew a picture and labelled it. We then made sock puppets of animals you might find in the jungle. We wrote a materials list and sentences about how we made the sock puppets.
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Story of the Week – “The Gruffalo”
In Ladybirds and Bumblebees we enjoyed listening to our story of the week, The Gruffalo! The children created their own Monsters and labelled them. They also enjoyed making Gruffalo Krispie cakes!
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Ladybirds & Bumblebees – “Whatever Next”
We enjoyed listening to our story of the week, Whatever Next! The children created story maps of the story, wrote a list of things they would take to space and created their own rockets.
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Our first few weeks in Bumblebees and Ladybirds
We have been very busy in Bumblebees and Ladybirds learning lots of new skills. We have been practising writing our names independently. We have also sorted the letters from our names into the right order. We have enjoyed doing ‘Squiggle Whilst you Wiggle’. The children learn new gross motor movements to music. They will dance using the movements and then mark large gross motor marks. This supports the children to become confident mark makers. We have enjoyed starting PE and…
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Balanceability
The first 16 Ladybird and Bumblebee children have now completed their Balanceability lessons after school. They have learnt all the skills to ride a balance bike and then to use those skills to ride a pedal bike. All the children were amazing and enjoyed the experience. Thank you to the fantastic Year 6 helpers who help Miss Burrows and the younger children with their Balanceability lessons.
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Kung Hei Fat Choy!
Kung Hei Fat Choy! Happy Chinese New Year! In Foundation Stage, we have been celebrating Chinese New Year this week. We have made Chinese lanterns, lucky red envelopes filled with Yuan, Chinese dragons, built Chinese houses and chopped vegetables to go into our Chinese stir fry which we ate with our chopsticks!). It’s been a fantastic week! (