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Miss Firth, Mrs Leiper and the children of Class 1 welcome you to our class page.
We are proud to show you our learning journey which showcases the ways in which we learn, through carefully planned play opportunities based on a range of themes and also the ongoing interests of the children. Come and take a look!
Class Timetables 2024-2025
What we are learning this half term...
Our EYFS Curriculum
Knowledge Organisers
Forest School & Swimming 2024-2025
Phonics Information
EYFS 2024-2025
Matlock Farm Park 22.04.25
To finish our learning on 'Spring time on the Farm' we went on a trip to Matlock Farm Park. We had a wonderful day learning more about the different animals there. A fantastic day had by all!
Easter
We have had a lovely week learning all about the meaning of Easter. We read and retold the Easter story from the Bible and looked at many symbols that represent Easter such as; the crucifix, chocolate eggs, rabbits, chicks and hot cross buns.
Keeping Healthy
We have been thinking about how we can keep ourselves healthy. The children suggested many ways such as eating a balanced diet, washing hands, brushing teeth twice a day, having a bath, exercising often and having plenty of sleep.
Spring time on the Farm
We have seen many signs of Spring on our Spring walk! As part of our topic Spring time on the Farm we have been reading and reciting Traditional Tales, The Enormous Turnip, The Three Billy Goats Gruff and The Three Little Pigs.
We enjoyed finding out about farms and where our food comes from. We learnt all about animals and their babies and visited a local farm where we saw and bottle fed lots of baby lambs.
Small World Creations
We love making our own stories up in our small world area! Look at our creations.
Mr Wolf's Pancakes
In Class 1 this week we read the story of 'Mr Wolf's Pancakes' then we read and used a simple recipe to make our own pancakes! They were delicious!
Valentine's Week
Love is in the air! From secret phonics, love potions and heart crafts to chocolate box playdough, class 1 have had a great Valentines week.
Transport survey
As part of our Journey's topic we have been learning about transport. We took the opportunity to see what types of transport we could see in our local area.
Chinese New Year 2025- The Year of the Snake
The children in Class 1 have enjoyed learning about Chinese New Year and the Chinese culture. They have compared similarities and differences to their own New Year celebration. We began by using Google Earth and atlases to locate China and coloured the Chinese flag. We then went on to make lanterns and paint blossom followed by tasting Chinese food and learning about the dragon dance. What fun we all had!
The Big Garden Bird Watch 2025
This week we have been taking part in the Big Garden Bird Watch. We started by making bird feeders to attract the birds and we also made binoculars. Then we observed and recording our findings using a tally chart. We enjoyed a variety of bird crafts including observational drawings! We also made some information posters about our three favourite British birds.
Winter and Journeys to Arctic Environments
After a very snowy start to the New Year we started off thinking about how the seasons and weather had changed. We talked about the clothing we needed to wear to keep warm and then explored the snow and ice outside talking about how it felt to touch! We then started to think about the animals in our local environment and we talked about those that would still be hibernating and what might be happening to those that don't. This led us to think about the birds and migration! We made bird feeders to help the birds which stay in the UK. We made some beautiful Winter art work using blue water colour paint where the children mixed their colours using white to lighten the tone.
We then began to learn about arctic environments and the animals that live there. We considered how they might survive in such cold places! Our learning will continue in the coming weeks.
Letters to Santa
The children wrote letters to Santa this week and posted them in the local post box!
Christmas 2024
Light and Dark: Space week
The children had a lovely week finding out about Space. We investigated why it might be dark in space and the children decided it was because Space is so big! The children enjoyed dressing up as astronauts, space subitising and painting planets.
Light and Dark: Owl Babies and Nocturnal Animals
This week we read the story of 'Owl babies' and re-told the story using Pie Corbett's 'Talk for Writing'. We learnt that owls are 'nocturnal' and we researched other creatures that also like the dark. We painted pictures of them and made silhouette puppets for our light box along with using clay to make hedgehogs!
Finally we had a special visitor from Becky at 'Animal Encounters' who kindly showed us Hattie the hedgehog and some other nocturnal friends of hers.
Children in Need 2024: Superhero PE- Under and over, balancing and climbing
Artist Study- Jackson Pollock
We have been learning about the famous artist Jackson Pollock and we thought his paintings looked like fireworks! We decided to make our own.
Light and Dark: Diwali the Festival of Light
This week the children learnt that fireworks are used in many festivals and celebrations around the world such as Diwali. We read the text 'Depal's Diwali' and talked about how the Hindu and Sikh faith along with others prepare for their festival and why they celebrate. We observed artefacts, made Diya lamp suncatchers and clay models. In our maths, creative and loose parts areas the children enjoyed making their own beautiful Rangoli patterns. Later we made special Indian Diwali sweets called Coconut Ladoo. We then studied India in more detail and located it on a map. We found many similarities and differences between our cultures such as the weather and the clothes that we wear. Our role play area was transformed into an Indian Market which we had great fun playing in.
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