Forest School is a risky business!

A fantastic part of our forest school ethos is that children are challenged to take risks.

We support children to assess and manage these risks.

“It may be too high on this occasion. Try again next week.”

“Do you feel safe?”

“Could you adapt something to lessen the risk?”

“How could you make it trickier?”

We are settling into nursery well!

The children have been exploring their new environment, making relationships with our caring teachers and engaging with the routines of the day.

World Book Day Thursday 4th March ‘Book of Hopes’

This year World Book Day will look a little different . . . there will be no dressing up but we will still celebrate our love for books at school.

If your child is learning from home please take a look at their Seesaw account on Thursday.

If your child is at school they will engage in activities set up by their teacher.

Reading at home – free eBook library

Reading at home is the most important thing you can do for your child’s learning. Please listen to your child read daily.

You can access free online reading books (like the ones we use in school) from this website.
This way your child can access books that are matched to their phonic ability.

https://www.oxfordowl.co.uk/for-home/find-a-book/library-page/

All you need to do is register your details. Miss Reese has registered hers and got access to lots and lots of free books!

Once registered, you go to the eBook library and can browse the books.
You can select the coloured book band that your child is on. If you are unsure of which book band your child is on, please message their teacher.

Happy reading!

No Pens Day!

In year 1 we have focussed on using our fine motor skills in other ways today.

We explored design and technology and used skills such as joining, making mechanisms and using cookery tools.

We were inspired by David Attenborough’s tweet of the day about robins and we used our listening skills to gain knowledge about this animal type. We researched birds on the RSPB website by reading facts and discussed and described their habitat, diet and features. We found out that robins are omnivores!

We used this knowledge to create a rocking robin, a robin on a lever and cheese straw worms!

And guess what our theme was for our Christmas tree decorations . . . . fingerprint robins!

 

Pudsey fun!

We enjoyed lots of Pudsey activities in forest school today.

We made spotty hot chocolate!

We worked as ‘team ant’ to help our blindfolded friend get from Pudsey to Blush! We had to trust one another and show kindness to our partners.

We made clay Pudsey faces on trees using natural collage materials.

Thank you to all of our parents for donating to Children In Need.

The Big Pumpkin

In English we are learning about stories which have repeated language in them.

Here is a link to the story we are studying.

Some ideas we are exploring in class are . . .

  • Retell the story orally and write it.
  • Create character puppets and retell the story.
  • Draw the characters from the story and label them, including their features and personality traits.
  • Change the pumpkin to a different vegetable.
  • Plan a new story! Set it somewhere different; under the sea, in the forest, in dinosaur land. Once upon a time there was a whale and he planted some seaweed . . .

Watch this version.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/teach/class-clips-video/english-ks2-the-enormous-pumpkin-movement-dance/z6pyrj6

There is no narration! Can your child narrate the story?

Can you child create a dance to the story and use the music to help them?

 

In art we have been describing, sketching and making clay pumpkins!

20+ Pumpkin ideas | pumpkin drawing, pumpkin, pumpkin sketch

Home learning packs

If your child is self-isolating there is online learning on the information page that you can access.

If you are unable to access this then you can contact school and come and pick up a paper-based home learning pack.

A scarily good time reading at forest school!

Today in year 1 we were inspired by the story of Room on the Broom by Julia Donaldson.

The witch had dropped her things all over the forest! We hunted for them and wrote where they were! We hope she reads our writing back and comes to collect them!

Children also enjoyed reading a recipe and making pumpkin pizza!

They designed and made brooms! We had witches flying everywhere!

Reading at home

This year you will record your child’s reading at home on Seesaw.

Seesaw Expectations British School of Beijing, Shunyi

Seesaw is the app we use in school to help you to communicate with your child’s class teacher. Your child’s class teacher has set up your child’s account already.

Children can make the most progress if they read at home regularly.

To record your child’s reading either:

  • Upload a photograph of them reading their school book.
  • Or photograph the pages they have read.
  • Upload a video of them reading.
  • You can make a comment if you would like.

Coming soon . . . . find out how you can help your child win a fantastic reward for reading at home!

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