Exploring Autumn 21.11.25

This week we have been very arty as we continued exploring autumn. We went on an autumn hunt to collect leaves to make our own Leaf Man for our display. They all look amazing and are unique in every way!

Some of us used the leaves for leaf rubbings. We felt the leaf first to find the raised, bumpy side so we knew which way to place it under the paper. Then we used crayons to rub over the top, we loved watching the leaf appear like magic!

Over in the playdough area, we pressed leaves into the dough and used rolling pins to create leaf patterns. We then used conkers and twigs to make our own Leaf Men.

Bonfire 07.11.25

This week, we have been learning all about Bonfire Night and why we celebrate it. The children have enjoyed exploring a non-fiction book all about the story behind Bonfire Night. We discovered who Guy Fawkes was and how he and his friends planned a plot to blow up the Houses of Parliament with the king inside! Thankfully, the plot was stopped, and the king was saved.
We learned lots of exciting new words this week, including gunpowder, parliament, plot, and explosives!
The children have been very creative with their Bonfire Night crafts. They made rockets using cardboard rolls,decorating them with bright pieces of paper. We also created fireworks by folding colourful paper back and forth so they popped out, painted beautiful firework pictures, and even made stick sparklers.
To finish off our week, we watched a firework display on the whiteboard and talked about all the different colours, lights, and sounds we could see and hear. The children loved describing the “bangs,” “whizzes,” and “crackles” as the fireworks lit up the night sky!

Diwali 24.10.25

This week we have been Looking at the book Binny’s Diwali, a story about a school girl called Binny who shares with her class what Diwali is and how they celebrate. We learnt how it is the festival of light and they light lamps called Diyas to guide good luck into their homes and chase away the darkness. We made our own Diya's out of clay, it felt cold and hard at first but until we rolled it between our hands into a ball using our fingers to pinch and squish it into a bowl shape, we used sequins to decorate it. 
Miss Denney decorated our hands with Mehndi patterns, these signify good luck and prosperity.
Some of us made rangoli patterns these consist of bright colours and intricate patterns and motifs.
we decorated some of the paving slabs out side the class room using brightly coloured chalks we also used pegs and boards and coloured rice on the large tuff tray inside to make even more lovely designs. 
We have really enjoyed learning about a different celebration and discovering the wonderful traditions of Diwali. 

Funnybones 10.10.25

This week we have been looking at the book Funnybones, we’ve looked at how we can’t see our bones under our skin and we need a special camera to take a picture called an X-ray. It uses a special light to help see our bones. We have learnt the word skeleton and how it holds us up otherwise we would be like jelly! We met Dave the skeleton and enjoyed looking at all the bones in his body and learning some of the names We all tried to remember the name for the bones in our fingers as it sounded sooo funny, phalanges! We watched a funny skeleton dance and joined in  https://youtu.be/e54m6XOpRgU?feature=shared  Mrs Neath hid some skeletons in jelly, it was great fun exploring the texture and talking about how it felt.

Marvellous Me 28.09.25

We have settled well into Ducklings and have enjoyed looking at our topic Marvellous me.

We  have been looking at our faces and the different features which we have that make each of us UNIQUE. We then tried to paint our faces, we used mirrors to look at the shape of our faces, colour of our skin, eye and hair colour.
I have to say I think we all did a pretty good job.

Our first week 08.09.25