Thank you to the lovely ladies who came to read stories to our children yesterday. We can’t wait to share our stories with you as part of our final product. #LovePlover
Category : EYFS Once upon a time 2025
How can we help the Gingerbread Man?
After reading the story, the children made predictions of what might happen if the Gingerbread man fell in the river: float, break, snap, melt, turn to liquid, crumble, go soft, sink, make the water brown.
So we did a science experiment to see. We put the Gingerbread man into water and we were correct… he dissolved and went into a soggy mush. After, we thought of different ideas to help the Gingerbread Man so he didn’t fall in the water. #LovePlover
Visitors from Oaklands Care Home
We are not sure if we loved it more or if our visitors loved it more today? Residents from Oaklands Care Home came to share some stories. Some of them loved reading to the children and some of them loved hearing stories with the children. Ernest used to be a teacher and even taught Mrs Price when she went to school! We showed off our counting too to see if it helped him feel like he was back in the classroom at Hall Cross. We got lots of smiles from him, despite him missing all the skittles when he played bowling with us š
Lizzy loved reading to the children and made lots of friends- Mrs Reeve said she was after her job! There was lots of giggles and joy shared.
We hope to see our new friends at our Celebration of Learning later in the term.
Blending
Today we have been working hard on our oral blending . We had to say the sound in each hoop, before blending it together to say the whole word.
Mrs Williams
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Whoās trip trapping over my bridge?!
For case study 1 we have been looking at the key text, The 3 Billy Goats Gruff. After reading the story, we collaboratively created a story map, before acting it out ourselves in small groups.
The children showed great courage in acting out the roles infront of their peers.
Mrs Williams
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Positional Language
F1 have been learning positional language through the story of the 3 Billy Goats Gruff. We then practised understanding position through words alone, without using visual prompts. Our key words were; under, on top, over, next to, behind and infront.
Mrs Williams
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VE Day
We had a lovely day celebrating VE Day in F1. We used repeating patterns to make flags and spoke about why we celebrate VE Day. Our 30 hour children also enjoyed a picnic on the school field for their dinner.
Mrs Williams
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Tummy time
In F2BP this afternoon we did tummy time. This makes our tummy muscles stronger for writing. We listened to music and this will prepare us for re-telling our story tomorrow.
Mrs Price
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How can the goat and troll be friends?
We shared the story “The three billy goats fluff”. In this story the goats are kind to the troll and make their hooves nice and quiet so that they don’t disturb the troll. We made predictions of different materials for the hooves. We thought about what would make the hooves quiet so that the troll was happy.
Mrs Price
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Billy Goats Gruff Games
We had a team of trolls and a team of goats… who had to collect the most luscious grass (coloured balls). Then we had to fix the bridge by putting the balls into the holes! #LovePlover