WELCOME TO LITTLE HEATH TRAVEL ZONE.

 This week has been very exciting in foundation as we have changed our role play area. Following on from last weeks aeroplane making we decided to create an airport and an aeroplane which has created a real buzz. We have a check in desk, baggage handling and a security check area. The children have their own passports so they will be able to travel. Role play areas are fantastic for extending learning in a meaningful way. We look forward to enjoying a couple of weeks of first hand creativity.

It was lovely to talk to you all during parent consultations this week and I hope you found them a good source of communication. If you have any concerns throughout the year you can talk to myself or Mrs Sheehan in the mornings or after school. If you would rather have a private chat them you can contact us by email to arrange another appointment.

On Friday we enjoyed receptions first assembly. They all performed brilliantly and we enjoy joining in with their songs.

I hope you all have a great weekend.

Mrs Robinson😁

PETER PAN

 

It appears that Tinkerbell and Peter Pan came for a visit over the weekend. They left lots of pixie dust and they wrote the children a letter. This has inspired the children to be creative and use their imaginations to write stories. We created a table and gave them a magic hat to help them write stories. During child initiated learning the children wrote their own story using their writing skills. We noticed that children who would not normally gravitate to the writing activities started to join in. We allowed them to write independently and supported if they felt they couldn’t do it. The children produced amazing writing which demonstrated their phonics and fine motor skills. We are continuing corresponding with characters that visit the setting in the night. We are allowing the direction to come from the children so that it remains meaningful.

One of the phonics reading books has instructions on how to make a paper aeroplane. The children have spent lots of time this week trying to make their own aeroplanes. We created an instruction list to help them negotiate the order in which to make the plane. We are going to encourage the children to use the instructions to verbally instruct another child to follow them.

We all had a great day on Thursday with our sports day. The children really enjoyed the experience and have been practising all the activities with Mr Mills over the last few weeks.

I hope you all have a good weekend

Mrs Robinson

16.06.23

 

Hello all,

We have noticed that many children have shown an interest in singing and making music, therefore during the week, we focused on singing Nursery rhymes. We sung the ones which are well known by the children and we introduced new rhymes. We looked for the rhyming words and the children came up with ideas  of their own rhymes.  Nursery rhymes are a powerful learning source in early literacy and  enable children to develop vocabulary and language patterns. The children experimented with musical instruments in the garden by making different sounds and musical patterns. Next week, they will make their own instruments using junk modelling materials and rice.

Each morning, we found lots of fairy dust around the classroom. This is a clear sign that Tinkerbell came to visit us, and we think that this time she brought Peter Pan with her .We will see on Monday if there are any signs of visitors in our classroom over the weekend.

As we have had such amazing weather, lots of our learning took place outdoors. Next week, we will learn to follow instructions on how to make a paper aeroplane. 

Have a great weekend! 

Mrs Sheehan

Banksy

 What strange week we have had with the weather. I think I have struggled more with what to wear than anything else. Finally the sun has arrived and hopefully will be here to stay.

This week we have been learning about artists and we have focused on Banksy. The children were very excited to know that Banksy does his art when they are sleeping in  bed. We have recreated some of his simpler art and have made a display in school for the other children to see. The children drew around Chloe to recreate the painting of the child with the balloon. Another exciting thing that happened this week was that we had a visitor in the night who brought us a new bell. The children were very excited when they found out it was Tinkerbell who had been to visit. They wrote letters to thank her for our new bell and we hope she will visit again. Maybe she will bring Peter Pan!

I hope you have a great weekend.

Mrs Robinson.

RUN, RUN AS FAST AS YOU CAN

 Well I am sure you are all aware that we have had a Gingerbread Man on the loose in the unit this week. It has been quite an adventure. We mixed all the ingredients together and put him in the oven. The children kept checking to see if he was cooking. At 10.15am when he was ready to come out of the oven the children went to check and the door was open. HE HAD DONE A RUNNER!!!!!!!!!

This created an absolute buzz around the room. The children began to investigate and search for clues to find out what had happened. We decided to ring Mrs Custis to tell her and she suggested we made some lost posters to put around the school. She said she would notify the Police to see if they could help us. On Friday we interviewed some of the teachers in the school and lots of them said they had seem him. He had shouted to them "Run, run as fast as you can, you can't catch me I'm the Gingerbread Man." They told us which direction he ran and in the end we went to Mrs Cutis's office. We searched in her room and found him hiding in her cupboard. At last he was found. All the children were pleased as there only desire was to eat him.
Have a great weekend
Mrs Robinson

Here is the link to a video I took as the children decided it would be a good idea to hide from him in case he returned. 

Please take a look.

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The children have noticed that our tadpoles are not changing and have been trying to resolve the mystery. We discussed with them many options and we decided to research further what could be causing the problem. We extended the learning and understanding through research and discovered that water and light were contributing facts.  We have changed the water and position and have removed the dead tadpoles. The children are monitoring any changes that may take place and we hope that we will have a positive outcome to report next week.

Our caterpillars are now in their cocoons and we have transferred them to the butterfly tent. The children are very excited to see what happens next. Fingers crossed we have success. We have watched a very clever animated short film about the lifecycle of the butterfly. It is very good and funny with a twist at the end. Here is the link if you want to watch.   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D0a0aNqTehM 

Another great story is the caterpillars shoes.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tYa6OLQHrEc

We have been using the story of the Gingerbread man this week and the children have engaged in lots of different activities relating to this topic during CIL. We have extended the learning by providing resources for the children to make a shopping lists to buy ingredients to make gingerbread men. We have discussed the ingredients and the purpose of a recipe. We are going to make gingerbread men next week.

The children have also been using their senses to discover different things. This week they used their sense of smell to identify different foods. Next week we are going to discover the importance of hearing.

I hope you all have a great weekend.

Mrs Robinson:)

I think there has been a sight improvement with the temperature this week and we have made the most of the sunshine that we saw. the children were very excited at the beginning of the week as they had seen the Coronation and had more of an understanding of what it meant. We observed them pretending to be kings and queens walking around balancing crowns on their heads. I think they even did it better than Camilla.

After our recent planting session we are noticing that the seeds  we  planted are starting to grow little shoots. This week, to mark the coronation event we have planted  3 Wild Cherry trees in our garden. We will be looking at different types of trees and products made out of trees next week. 

The children are observing and discussing the changes that are taking place with our caterpillars and tadpoles. We used the language of size to describe the changes. We read ‘The very Hungry Caterpillar’ story and the children were engaged in retelling the story using the props. Next, the children will make life cycle books of a caterpillar and a frog.

I am hoping that the weather will continue to improve so can I remind you that we have a  sheltered garden that gets very hot. Please make sure your child has sun protection on in the mornings as they will be spending a lot of time outside.

This weekend is going to seem very short as we have got use to our long ones.

Have a great time.

Mrs Robinson

A CROWN FOR THE KING

 

The children continue to observe the tadpoles and caterpillars and we are recording our findings. We have been practising the dance for the coronation and we have looked at African music and dance. The children have been playing with the instruments and creating their own dance moves during CIL. We have researched the life cycles of the tadpoles and caterpillars using the internet and books. We watched the animated story of the caterpillar with shoes and used this story during maths to count the shoes and feet counting in 2’s. The children were then encouraged to create their own caterpillars with shoes and to label the amount of shoes that their caterpillar would wear.

The children have started to talk about the Coronation and we have supported their interest by providing resources for them to make flags, crowns and bunting. They were very interested in the event but did not have much idea what it was about. Through discussion and questioning we found out what they already understood about the event and we showed them footage of the Queen’s Coronation. We are going to be focusing on the event next week when the children have had the opportunity to experience the reality of it over the weekend. We will observe their reactions next week and plan around that. We will be making a role play area after we have discussed what the children need to extend their creativity.

I hope you all have another enjoyable long weekend.

Mrs Robinson👑👑👑👑

 

We have spent time this week looking at our garden and discussed the changes that are taking place, we talked about what needs to be done to maintain and help the plants grow throughout Spring. We planted some new seeds and we will be monitoring their growth. We took the weeds out from our garden and while doing so we looked at the roots of the plants. We planted sunflower seeds, leeks and tomatoes. We learnt about parts of the plants and we identified the important factors for the plant growth. Maybe we will plant some magic beans to see if a beanstalk will grow.

I hope you all have a great long weekend and we look forward to seeing you on Tuesday.🌞🌻

Come on sunshine

The children have settled well and we have been focusing on new life and lifecycles.

We have observed the children exploring the tadpole area and they have identified the changes that have taken place over the holidays. During discussions the children have talked about the lifecycle of a butterfly. Through discussion and discovery, the children have explored the lifecycles of different creatures. We have predicted the next steps for the tadpoles and we are waiting for our caterpillars to arrive. We have created an area for the children to observe the changes taking place.

We are hoping that the weather will start to improve. I am never sure what to wear on my feet, one day I am in boots the next I am in sandals AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH.

The warmer weather will mean that the children can explore different elements to our outdoor provision and the sand pit is the most popular. I apologise if they come home with sandy feet but think about the learning that has taken place as a result of that. Then you can hoover it all up off the carpet.

I hope you all have a good weekend.

Mrs RobinsonJ