Settling in and having fun!

Willows and Hazels have settled in well and embraced all the fun learning. They have enjoyed getting messy with shaving foam during write dance.

They have participated enthusiastically in PE  climbing benches, under beams and jumping off boxes.

 The children went on a welly walk around the school grounds and collected lots of natural things looking for signs of Autumn.

First Week at School!!

Willows and Hazels have had an amazing first week! They have all settled so well.
The children have loved sharing their Magic Me boxes with each other and have been making lots of new friends.

This week the children played in the car wash, garage, enjoyed climbing, painted portraits, learnt the Pennington Promise and carried out tummy time plus lots of other fun activities.

We also picked some tomatoes that had grown in our garden. 

A Warm Welcome ! Hazels and Willows

The Early Years team have been getting everything ready for our new year ahead. We have enjoyed meeting you at the home visits and are looking forward to seeing you next week !

Paul The Paramedic

Today Paul the paramedic came in to talk to the children. He told the children about the things he does in his job. He bought in 'Dave the doll' on a stretcher  as a pretend patient. Paul showed us lots of his equipment and the children enjoyed asking lots of informative questions..for eg. How many people do you have in a day? " ( Tamara) "Why do you have blue flashing lights?" ( Tilly) Paul  is an ex pupil from Pennington Infants which inspired the children.

A Visit from The Police

This week we had a real life policeman to visit Foxes and Hedgehogs. We have been asking lots of questions to develop our understanding of the Police. Our writing has greatly developed this week as a result of this as well as our imaginative play!

The Police

This week we have had the exciting investigation of Evil Pea following the story of 'Supertato'. The Evil Pea caused lots of mischief in the classrooms! Superhero Supertato came to the rescue!

There were lots of fantastic police reports written!

In maths the children were learning subtraction and enjoyed being forensic detectives whilst crossing out fingerprints to help them calculate the answers to their subtraction sums. The traffic police were subtracting the number of cars with speeding tickets!

 We finished the week by listening to some of the stories that year ones had written.

Doctor's and Nurses

The  children have been learning about how to keep healthy this week. They have helped doctor Dan help his patients who have suffered burnt skin and Sun stroke, by writing some guidelines.
In maths the children have concentrated on addition problems and have enjoyed rolling the dice making towers from the bricks and adding that amount to their friends tower.

In PE the children have  been controlling a ball around their body.

People Who Help Us

This terms topic is people who help us. We have started learning about the role of the dentist. The children have been learning about the importance of looking after their teeth. They have been learning about foods that contain sugar and have been following instructions to clean their teeth.

The role play areas have been widely used in  the hedgehogs classroom there is a doctor's surgery and in the foxes room there is a fire engine.

Outside thanks to the short spell of hot weather the role play areas has been turned into an ice cream parlour which was child led.

Teacher Creatures

An exciting morning looking at the creatures that were bought in, all the children were fascinated.
They saw an owl which flew across the classroom, a bearded dragon, a ferret, a snake and a giant millipede!

Happy Easter

Hedgehogs and Foxes had their Easter celebration at St Marks  church on Tuesday morning. Thank you to Sandy Negrescu for a lovely service.  We wish you all a happy Easter and a lovely Easter break.

The children enjoyed having an easter egg hunt throughout  the school.

Spring

The children this week have been looking at signs of spring. We had a couple of little fluffy visitors (chicks) in the
class this week, which gave the children the inspiration for some super writing.

It has been lovely seeing the daffodils growing in our school grounds.