It has been a very exciting and busy week in The Meadow! We have been preparing for the holidays and using our creative skills to make our Christmas themed things. We have made Christmas cards, Christmas decorations, decorated biscuits, made white chocolate snowballs and made...
In our Talk for Writing lessons this week, we tried using role play to explore the characters from the story - Farmer Duck. Children enjoyed copying the adults actions and voices of each animal. [gallery ids="18589,18590,18591,18592,18593,18594"]...
It has been a busy week in The Meadow! Our Talk for Writing lessons have explored through sensory, the smells and feel of the farm. We have created the main character in clay and used our maths learning to count the legs. We have also...
In Meadow, this week, we have been using our cutting skills to make pizzas. Children are also trying to use these skills to cut their own school dinner. Are they trying this at home? [gallery ids="18307,18308,18309,18310,18311,18312,18313,18314,18315"]...
Understanding the World - Cutting Skills This week in Meadow we have been practising using a knife to cut food. Last week we were cutting playdough and this week we made a fruit salad. Children were taught how to hold the knife and the food they...
The Very Busy Spider- Talk for Writing This week we used the tuff tray to bring The Very Busy Spider to life, with a sensory story. Children were really curious to explore the tray and they enjoyed the music and animal sounds that made this story...
Last Friday, the ARP and Meadow Room joined forces to take part in the House Challenge for the launch of the Junior Duke Award. We completed an assault course and tested our fitness skills: balancing on benches, throwing bean bags and jumping on trampolines to...
This week we were learning Incy Wincy Spider with actions and made our own spiders from playdough and pipe cleaners. [gallery ids="17702,17703,17704,17705,17706,17707,17708,17709,17710,17711"]...
Marvellous Me - Creativity We continued to add to our diorama this week, each child has a mirror to see their reflections, decorated with their favourite colour foam, gems and feathers. Marvellous Me- Maths - Measures This week we have been working on the measures of weight and...
This week we have started to make a diarama each. First choosing our favourite colour to decorate it with and using a range of tools to spread the paint. Next week we will continue to build these up with our favourite things and a lovely...