Early Years Superhero’s

1st October 2024C Henderson

Our topic in EYFS at the moment is ‘Super Duper You!’

This week, we are focusing on all of the things that make us special, recognising this may be different to our friends.
We couldn’t believe that a real superhero came to see us to show us our new ‘Superhero Station’  ‍♂️

The children loved spotting a superhero on our CCTV. They have been so engaged in their new role play area: writing secret messages for their superhero friends, making their own superhero masks and using positive words of affirmation in the mirror to say what is special about themselves

Early Years Explorations!

27th March 2024C Henderson
Over the last few weeks, EYFS have been taking part in an exploration session within their local community.
This time, we visited our local library. The children had some stories shared with them from the library staff, before getting the chance to explore the library and stories 
They each used their very own library card to borrow a story from the library to enjoy at home 
They all had a wonderful time getting lost in a story 

RSPB Big Garden Bird Watch

13th February 2024Gemma Hudson

In forest school, Reception are enjoying engaging in the RSPB ‘big garden bird watch.’ We have been learning about the top ten most common garden birds. We therefore took our binoculars to forest school to see which ones we could spot. We used our tick list to identify two black birds and  a sparrow. We also made bird feeders to entice more birds into our forest school. We utilised our fine motor skills by threading cheerios onto string and then hung them from the trees to create a tasty bird treat.

Reception Church Trip

20th October 2023C Henderson

Today, reception took part in their first of three exploration sessions of their local area. The children had a wonderful time meeting Reverend Jason and visiting St Peter’s Church.

They talked about the importance of Harvest Festival within the Christian community, and how the church helps people in the local community.

The children took turns to place food on the alter, and thought about what they are thankful for. They even contributed some of their ideas onto the church’s pumpkin.

Finally, they explored key features of a Christian church as part of our religious education syllabus. The staff helped explain to the children the purpose of the alter, don’t and pulpit.

The children demonstrated outstanding behaviour throughout and they were extremely respectful. Thank you to all of the special adults who helped to make this trip possible.

Whole school STEM Spectacular

8th December 2022C Henderson

This week, the KAPLA project has given us the opportunity to develop our STEM skills.

Logical thinking – develops spatial awareness and enhances awareness of shape, volume and sense of balance whilst developing manual dexterity.

Stimulating creativity – enhances creative thinking and children to express their artisitic talents.

Concentration, patience and perseverance.

Teamwork – communication and cooperation.

We also demonstarted all of our school values- showing RESPECT to others, taking RESPONSIBILITY, demonstrating ENGAGEMENT and showing amazing RESILIENCE when the project became tricky.

We would like to thank Kapla for an amazing two day project and a massive thank you to all of our volunteer helpers who were invaluable!

 

 

Helping our Community

5th December 2022C Henderson

Today the children showed great citizenship, they wanted to help members of our community this winter so they teamed togther with local charity, Hebburn Helps.

The children collected donations of warm blankets and hot water bottles in school, the student council then delivered them to Hebburn Helps who will distribute them to families in need.

Diwali – The Festival of Lights

16th November 2022C Henderson

This week, EYFS explored the Hindu festival Diwali – the Festival of Lights. We discovered why the celebration is important to Hindu’s, how they prepare for the festival and what you might see during Diwali. We found out that they spring clean their homes in preparation, they exchange gifts and share family meals, they watch firework displays and they light up their homes to invite the Goddess Lakshmi. We enjoyed creating our own diva lamps that we decorated with our special adults at home.

Early Years Explorers

21st October 2022C Henderson
Throughout the year, EYFS will be taking part in three ‘Exploration Sessions’ to support our understanding of the world around us and our local community. We will be supporting our knowledge of our local area with first hand experiences, noticing the features of our environment as we go.
This autumn term, our first Exploration Session was called ‘The Journey to Forest School’. We were very excited to go on our first adventure and explore our school grounds! We travelled through the red door, walked next to our outdoor area, over the big bridge, through the wild willow den, around the statue, across the path and we marched past the bushes to arrive at the huge gate!
Reception used their knowledge of their journey to Forest School to create their own maps of our immediate area.

Storytime Workshop

28th September 2022C Henderson

We welcomed our wonderful reception parents/carers into school this week for a special storytime workshop. Mrs Flynn shared information about how we support children in reception with phonics and early reading/writing. Ideas were shared with parents/carers about how they can support their children at home. Our reception children then joined us to explore some of these interactive learning opportunities with their special adults. We loved having the opportunity to share our learning in school, and want to thank all of our fantastic parents/carers who were able to join us. 

Early Years Bear Hunt!

27th September 2021Gemma Hudson

We have loved reading the Bear Hunt Story in our Early Years setting. It is one of our five key texts this term and we adore it!

The children have enjoyed reciting the repetitive vocabulary and joining in with the corresponding actions. We have had fun recreating the bear hunt trail in our outdoor area! We waded through the long wavy grass, squelched through the thick oozy mud, splashed through the deep cold river and stumbled tripped through the big dark forest.

We have also enjoyed acting out the bear hunt story using the small world story props as well as sequencing key elements of the story.  Some of the language the children have used has been incredible and we are very proud of them!