In the Meadow this week, we have been cooking. We learned how to knead dough and each child made a roll. Some children took a bit of time to come to terms with their hands being dirty, but enjoyed experiencing kneading. All children enjoyed eating...
In the Meadow this week, we have been making papier-mâché dinosaur eggs. Children used balloons to layer newspaper covered in PVA glue and smoothed it out with their fingers or a brush. Some, children did not like their hands being dirty and were constantly washing...
In the Meadow this week, we have been looking at solid and liquids and explored melting. Children used different tools to get the dinosaur frozen in the ice out. We learned the vocabulary of solid, liquid and melting and we will continue to practise this...
In the Meadow this week, we have practised the skill of combining ingredients in our cooking session and made biscuits with dinosaur foot prints. Children enjoyed filling the footprints with coloured icing, but eating them was their absolute favourite part. [gallery ids="20605,20606,20607"]...
In the Meadow we have been very busy learning about dinosaurs! We have found footprints and become palaeontologists studying fossils and skeletons that we have discovered in the sand pit. We have enjoyed a dinosaur hunt and listening to the story of the Ten Little...
This week in the Meadow we have been exploring what different wild animals fur or skin might feel like and what it looks like. Children have enjoyed the sensory element of exploring the fur and skins of different animals (all synthetic). We have also enjoyed...
This week, in Meadow we have been working hard on understanding that sometimes we do not need to count to 5, we just know it is 5. Children now understand that they have 5 fingers on one hand, and when ask to show 5 fingers...
As part of the VE Day celebrations we took part in a whole school picnic. We wore red, white and blue and we joined our classes in the playground and ate a picnic lunch together. Our families also came and we were able to enjoy...
This week we have been learning about the concept of ‘more’ in maths. Using two characters we gave them each some items and the children needed to point to the character who had ‘more’. The children then explained how they knew the answer, many children...
Children in the Meadow class have settled back into routine really well, since the Easter break. This week we have practised the skill of using cookie cutters and spreading. Children cut shapes out of pancakes and used their spreading skills to apply butter. Obviously all...