We Are Scientists

28th February 2024Amy Wood-Samways

Today we tasted our gingerbread men that we baked yesterday. We spoke about how the state of the gingerbread changed from; being ingredients, to crumb like, to a dough, to going hard in the oven. We used our senses to explore how the cooked gingerbread felt, looked, smelt and tasted. We went on to make predications about what would happen if we was to put our gingerbread man in water. We got some excellent answers such as; go soft and change colour. We then used our senses again to explore the wet gingerbread man, and see if our predications were correct.

Miss Wood

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We are scientists

27th February 2024Josie Farrow

Today, we conducted a scientific experiment to see what sides of the magnet attract and repel each other. We also found out that Earth is one big magnet, because there is iron in the middle of Earth.

Reading for Pleasure

27th February 2024Mrs Lewis

In Crew this morning, children enjoyed sharing one of their favourite books while having a biscuit. We discussed why reading is so important and why we should read as often as we can. It was great to see children reading for pleasure and lovely to find out their reasons for choosing their book.

Crew Lewis Wacky Hair Day

27th February 2024Stuart Longley

Good evening,

As a reward for winning our crew incentive, the children in Crew Lewis have won a wacky hair day! On WEDNESDAY 6th March, they will be invited to come to school with special hair (if they choose to).
​We have attached some ideas, but we look forward to seeing their special hair creations.

The reward is for the following children only:​ Arez, Regan, Dolly, Nevaeh B, Paisley, Blake, Corben, Zuzanna, Zara, Kyryl, Ibrahim, Isla, Ines, Reign, Sergei, Evanas, Rahoz

Gingerbread Man baking

27th February 2024Mrs Price

We had 2 expert bakers to visit us to teach us how to make Gingerbread men. We learnt new words and remembered ingredients and equipment. We then had a go at baking some. We weighed the ingredients, rubbed the butter into the flour, mixed in the other ingredients and made the dough. We rolled and cut and baked. Finally, we ate them. They were delicious!

Mrs Price

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Summer Expedition

27th February 2024Amy Wood-Samways

After the Easter holidays our expedition will be based around the guiding question “what happens when the sea meets the shore?” As part of this we will be talking about children’s experiences of visiting the seaside. If you are out and about anywhere over the Easter holidays, or have any old holiday photos of your child, we would appreciate it if you could share these with your class teacher. These can be shared via Evidence Me or a printed copy, so that they can use these to support their learning.

Thank you, EYFS team

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Expert Baker

27th February 2024Amy Wood-Samways

Yesterday we had nana Bubb and grandma Sherene in as expert bakers, to show us how to bake gingerbread. They taught us lots of clever baking tips and explained the process of measuring the ingredients to us and we discussed how the ingredients changed state. We practised kneading the dough ready for making our own.

After watching nana Bubb and grandma Sherene we had a go at baking our own gingerbread men, following a recipe. We spoke about the measurements we needed and the importance of washing our hands first. We practised using our mathematical language, such as first and then, and used our senses to feel/smell/touch the ingredients.

Miss Wood

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Maths superstar

26th February 2024Josie Farrow

Shout out to Seb for completing a multiplication square as an extension task in maths today.

Crew – Motivational Monday

26th February 2024Josie Farrow

Crew Farrow completed some matchstick problem solving problems in motivational Crew today. Well done for grappling, re-arranging the patterns and following the rules.

Pond Habitats

23rd February 2024Mrs Lewis

This week the children have been enjoying finding out about the lifecycle of a frog and about the habitat they live in. The children designed some brilliant pond habitats that included food sources, protection from predators, shelter for frogspawn and tadpoles and a source of fresh water.

Here are some of the children’s ideas.