Crofton Anne-Dane

Year R

 

Autumn 1

 Week Beginning 16th September 

Over the past few weeks the children have been finding their feet around our school. They have taken part in a range of activities in our indoor and outdoor classrooms as well as finding other areas such as our Snack bar and hall. On Friday, we ventured out on a welly walk to explore some more of our school grounds including finding the chickens in the Outdoor Classroom. 

  Week Beginning 30th September 

This week we have been exploring more of our school including finding the library, visiting the key stage one classes and even spotting Tiddles the Tortoise. Outside we have been zooming around on the body boards, using our legs and arms to pull and push ourselves.

   Week Beginning 30th September 

We have been making the most of the wet weather this week, exploring our mud kitchen. The children have been creating a range of delicious treats such as mud soup and mud cakes. We were also lucky enough to spot a rainbow which inspired us to create some of our own indoors.

Week Beginning 14th October

This week we have been learning about Harvest and in particular how to make bread. We learnt how the flour is made from starting as a seed before harvesting it and taking it to a mill to turn into flour. Today the children used their knowledge to help them to follow a recipe and were delighted to taste the bread they made.

Autumn 2

Week Beginning 4th November

This week we have been learning about Remembrance and why we wear poppies. We have been making some lovely Poppy decorations by printing using corks which will be used to make a large display.

Week Beginning 11th November

 We were very excited this week as we were introduced to our woodwork shed. We listened carefully to all of the rules to keep us and our friends safe. This half term the skill we have been practicing is using a hammer to put nails in and the claw to pull them out safely again.

Week Beginning 18th November

All of us had a great time exploring and playing in the snow when it came. We had a lovely time outside before coming in to warm up and make our own snowflakes.

Week Beginning 2nd December

This week we had a special visit from Reverend Dan from Holy Rood Church who taught us all about Christingle. He explained about each of the different parts of the Christingle orange and the importance to Christians. We then had a go at making our own Christingle orange to take home.

Week Beginning 9th December

The Penguins and Polar Bears went exploring the local community to visit Stubbington library. We met Ellie who sang some songs with us before sharing a book about a bear who escaped to find a friend. We then had to help Ellie find the rest of the bears hidden around the library.

Spring 1

 Winter

We have been learning about winter in Year R. This week we have been looking at ice and experimenting with how we could melt it. In discovery time we had a great time trying to come up with our own ideas to use to melt the ice. We then did an experiment to see whether hot or cold water would melt the ice quicker.

Stickman!

As part of our winter topic we have been looking at the book Stickman by Julia Donaldson. During our time in our Outdoor classroom we spent time looking for sticks, leaves and other natural objects which we could use to make our own. We were very pleased with our Stickmen.

 Chinese New Year

This week we have been learning about Chinese New Year and how New Year is celebrated across the world. We have take part in a range of activities such as fan making, fan dancing, making Chinese Dragons, writing Chinese letters and decorating biscuits. We have had a great time and enjoyed finding out that this year is the year of the Snake.

Spring 2

 World Book Day

Instead of doing just World Book Day this year we have been taking part in a whole World Book Week! The book we have focused on is The Tiger Who came to Tea by Judith Kerr. We have been doing a wide range of activities to celebrate all of her work ending in a tea party for a tiger, where we even made our own sandwiches!

 Pancakes!

This week we have been looking at a range stories based around pancakes such as The Runaway Pancake and Mr Wolf's pancake. We spent some time thinking about different toppings for our pancakes before designing our very own. At the end of the week we made our own pancakes, they were delicious!

 

 

Summer 1

 VE Day

This week we have been learning about VE Day and why it is an important day. As part of the celebrations we came in wearing red, white and blue and enjoyed a street party style lunch, having fish and chips with the rest of the school. 

 Minibeasts

As part of our down at the bottom of the garden topic we have been learning about minibeasts. We have learnt about some animals life cycles, being lucky enough to see caterpillars grow into butterflies. At the end of the topic we were visited by ZooLab who brought a wide range of creepy crawlies. We were all very brave and had a close up look at the animals and even managed to hold some of them!

 

Summer 2