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Date: 23rd Jul 2024 @ 8:13am
This week we have concentrated on settling back in to our school routines and rules. This has taken a few days but the children have remembered most of our objects of reference and have especially remembered where to sit when it is snack time!
We have started our topic on animals this week and the children have been playing with new animal jigsaws and their pieces as well as animal puppets! The children have enjoyed watching the adults wearing the puppets and it has made them giggle a lot- even giving the puppets some kisses! Some children have been been observed wearing the puppets themselves which is very clever!
The children have loved the outdoors this week, rain or shine! Particularly loved having a go on the whizz dizzy which we introduced last half term and balancing on the river stones!
We have listened a lot to number songs to 5, played with the number jigsaw and built using cubes. We have also done some painting!
If you have taken any photographs over half term then please send them over to us and we can add them into their social story, we would love to see what you all got up to 😊
Date: 23rd Jul 2024 @ 8:13am
The children have had another lovely week. This week, we have been able to use our new outdoor area. All of the children have loved being outside playing with some of our new sensory toys. One of the favourites has been the 'wizzy dizzy'. This has been something that all of the children have had a little go on and we have heard lots of giggle from them when they have been playing on this.
We have continued using our creative area and some of the children have been doing some mark making using chalk. We have introduced some funnels and beakers into our water area and the children have been using these to pour over the boats.
To end our healthy me topic, we have explored the different textures of fruits. All of the children explored how the different fruit felt with their hands and some of them had a little taste of the more familiar fruit.
Date: 23rd Jul 2024 @ 8:12am
This week as part of our ‘Healthy Me’ topic, we have been looking at some body parts, particularly teeth and eyes and using the mirrors! We watched an episode on the screen to do with visiting the dentist. We paused the screen when you could very clearly see teeth on the screen and said “teeth” and we indicated our own teeth and then the children’s teeth. Ask the children, “where are your teeth?” See if they can indicate this! We have also been looking at eyes, their eyes and our eyes too!
The children have enjoyed some new vestibular movements this week! They have liked being wrapped in a blanket or being swung safely whilst in the blanket. It has been so lovely to see them laughing and enjoying the movement!
We have a brand new train track in our room, and the children have enjoyed putting the cars on the track! The children have also visited the creative area in the resource base with sand and lots of space to run in!
Date: 23rd Jul 2024 @ 8:11am
This week has been a special week- we’ve moved into our new classroom!
The girls have loved it and settled in so well. They have both been so vocal in their new classroom, which has been so lovely to hear! Adults have been taking part in intensive interactions with the children and have observed the children a lot. It has been really nice to see how much Rosie and Tilly are acknowledging each other and have been holding hands frequently and running around the room together! They have been giggling together too!
We have introduced some new toys into the classroom, including new gym apparatus for vestibular movements, lots of sensory toys, the dark den has been re-introduced and new cause and effect toys.
We have been encouraging the girls to sit down for both snack and lunch at a table on a chair, this has worked well so far. During snack time, we have been showing the children the different options that they have and they have been choosing what they want to eat first. This has been a success and made snack times calmer, and the core board has consistently been used at these times too.
Another new experience- Rosie and Tilly went on the front big playground with the rest of the children in KS1, both girls coped very well and were happily running alongside the other children!
Date: 23rd Jul 2024 @ 8:10am
This week we have continued to work with the core board with the children. At snack times, this is becoming very successful when requesting more. We have tried to use the core board in ways with do not involve snack, this is a working progress.
Adults have sang various nursery rhymes with props to the children, and stories that involve puppets. We feel the children’s favourite nursery rhyme this week has been “5 little monkeys”.
As well as the core board we have been working on some other speech and language targets, we have been asking the children to make a choice. We are assessing whether the children are able to make a choice between something they like and something they dislike. Again, we have introduced this with food, and this has been successful so far. After half term, we will continue this using different objects.
We have had a lot of fun this week with vestibular movements from adults e.g. bouncing on knees, and alerting activities like tickling! We have heard lots of giggles from the children!
As it is Shove Tuesday next week, we have tasted some pancakes this week, surprisingly these were not a hit!
The children have loved looking through their social stories, these are books we make using all of the photos that you send to us. Could you please send some more photos over half term so we can add some more to their books.
Date: 23rd Jul 2024 @ 8:08am
This week has been another very busy week for the children. We have enjoyed using the musical instruments and all of the children have shown an interest in the different sounds that they have been able to make. We have continued to sing ‘5 speckled frogs’ and ‘5 little ducks’ each day and some of the children are showing a progression with their attention as they are looking for longer periods of time at the singer. The children have loved being outside this week in our outdoor area and have continued to explore their setting. We have been putting our wellies on to jump in puddles and squelch in the mud. One of our main focuses this week has been continuing to use the core boards when requesting more snack. Some children are consistently doing this independently now and are showing an awareness of the ‘stop/finished’ symbol which we use at the end of snack time. The children are doing really well in accepting that snack is finished when we point to this.
Date: 23rd Jul 2024 @ 8:08am
What a lovely week we have had this week. The children have enjoyed using the new slide that we have in our sensory room. They have been exploring different ways to use it, they have been sliding down it, climbing up it, sliding down on the tummies and of course, balancing things in it. During our morning session, we have started using hand puppets and singing some counting songs such as 5 little ducks and 5 speckled frogs. Some of the children have taken an interest in this activity, they have come over and at times even touched the glove. We have continued to explore looking at ourselves using various mirrors and the children are noticing different parts of their bodies, such as their eyes and their feet. During our afternoon session we explored our senses using sticky, edible mud. All of the children were curious by this and each of them all came over to look it and even had a little touch. This week, we have seen amazing progress during snack time as some of the children are now using the core board to request more snack. This is something that we are incredibly proud of the children for doing as it is new way that they are communicating their needs to us.
Date: 23rd Jul 2024 @ 8:06am
This week has been an enjoyable week with the snow and ice (not so fun for the grown-ups!)
All of the children have enjoyed exploring the snow. We even made a few snowballs. We have been working on our independence skills by finding our wellies/coats for when it is time to go outside. This week the children have continued to show an awareness of our good morning and good afternoon song, there have been some occasions where they have come over to use whilst we have been singing which is wonderful progress. We have introduced some gym equipment into the sensory room and the children have been exploring this safely and even balancing other objects on top of it. As part of our understanding the world, we have offered the children the opportunity to explore their senses using safe sand and a sensory farmyard. We have noticed that some of the children have enjoyed tasting the safe sand, this is really easy to make... it's just crushed up Rice Krispies .
Date: 12th Jul 2024 @ 8:06am
Children from Years 4, 5 and 6 competed in the town sports and did our school proud. Their behaviour was exemplary and they competed hard. We had numerous children in the finals competing against the best athletes in the town, well done to you all.
Date: 11th Jul 2024 @ 12:21pm
This morning the children enjoyed a workshop led by Jim from CAFOD.
Date: 9th Jul 2024 @ 11:59am
Today as part of our music lesson we consolidated all we had learnt in Music this year.
We created posters of the notes we know, the symbols on the stave and other symbols we have come across.
"Now I know 5 notes on the stave, I can play them all on my recorder" - Joel
"Music is really nice, you really get to listen and see what it is about. We've learn recorder, b, c, d, g, and a" - Sophie
Date: 9th Jul 2024 @ 8:34am
After our success in market place last week, the children wanted to continue playing our 'Hook a Duck' game.
"Quick before the timer runs out" - Meredith
"Ahhh get the ducks" - Gracie
"Quick!!" - Tommy
EYFS - RE Collective Worship and Stay and Play
Date: 9th Jul 2024 @ 8:28am
This week we celebrated our Collective Worship on 'Friends' with our parents and carers. After the worship we asked parents to stay for a Stay and Play focused on RE.
The children and parents could choose from a range of activities.
These included:
Design a wooden cross
Sunset cross painting
Marble cross cards
Peace Doves
Thankful tags
Noah’s Ark small world
Build a church construction
Investigation tuff tray
Mindfulness colouring
Painted rocks
Friendship paperchains
Date: 8th Jul 2024 @ 2:54pm
Finally, we have had some luck with the weather and we have been able to get all of the children out to enjoy an afternoon competing in their houses. All of the children really hard and displayed great sportsmanship qualities. Below is a list of the events the children took part in;
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Shot putt |
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Javelin |
Javelin |
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Slalom run |
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Hurdles |
Hurdles |
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50m sprint |
100m sprint |
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Assault course |
Assault coursde |
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Whole School - St Basil's Marketplace
Date: 5th Jul 2024 @ 10:56am
We all had a chance on Friday afternoon to visit our annual St Basil's Marketplace
Throughout the week, we have been creating, budgeting and presenting our items in year groups to sell.
There are activities to try our luck at, such as sweets in the jar, guess the name of the teddy and coordinate treasure maps
We also have a chance to play some carnival games to win prizes, including hook a duck, tombola, penalty shoot outs and a coconut shy.
This year our MartketPlace has raised ...
Date: 5th Jul 2024 @ 9:30am
This morning, we spent our Maths lesson budgeting our Marketplace products.
We calculated what we had spent,
"The seed cost us £3.27, and the gelatine cost us £3, so altogether we spent £6.27" - Teddy
Then we decided what we should charge for each product. We decided our bird feeders could be between 50p and £2, and the seed packets we made should be cheaper, 10p to £1.
Each group decided what we wanted to charge and worked out our profit.
"I think we should charge in the middle, so that it is not too expensive, but we make a good amount. So £1 for the feeders and 50p for the packets" - Henry M
Date: 4th Jul 2024 @ 3:57pm
This term we have opened our own St Basil’s Beach Shop.
We have been selling spades, towels, shells and ice cream.
The ice cream shop has been very popular and the children have been making ice cream in the kitchen.
“Mint ice cream please” – Kit
“Sprinkles on mine please” – Joel
“Ice cream” – Scarlett
Date: 4th Jul 2024 @ 3:51pm
Today we used balloons in PE.
We used different body parts to keep the balloons up.
"Let's keep them up!" - Tommy
Date: 4th Jul 2024 @ 3:47pm
This term we have opened our new outdoor kitchen. We have been making ice cream for the beach shop.
“Mix, mix, mix” – Elsie
“I need to make my chocolate ice cream” – Cooper
“I am going to sell all of the ice cream” - Tommy
Date: 4th Jul 2024 @ 3:45pm
At the Car Wash! This term we have opened our very own Car Wash.
We have been using the sponges to clean the dirty wheels
“Get your car washed!” – Rosie
“Let’s clean the wheels” – Ruby
“Oh it is so dirty!” – Meredith
EYFS - People Who Help Us Bikes
Date: 3rd Jul 2024 @ 7:40pm
How lucky are we! This week we have had all new bikes delivered. We now have a police car, ambulance and fire engine.
The children have loved pedalling around the track and dressing up.
“Watch out there is a fire!” – Harry
“We’ve been called to a robbery!” – Grace
“The doctor is on his way!” – Ezra
Date: 3rd Jul 2024 @ 7:36pm
What lovely weather we have had! This week we have loved being outside in the sunshine.
We have worked together to make dens and hammocks to relax in.
We talked about sun safety as a class and how we keep our bodies healthy.
“I love the swing” – Harry
“I’m in the den” – Elliott
“It’s so nice outside” – Sophia
Date: 3rd Jul 2024 @ 7:33pm
We have worked so hard in PE today! Mr Ward split us into groups to collect coloured cones. We focused on moving in lots of different ways.
“I walked backwards” – Roman
“I walked stretching up tall” – Joel
Date: 3rd Jul 2024 @ 7:29pm
We have been learning all about teen numbers. We have met the numberblocks for each number too.
We used tens frames to make the numbers.
We also made the numbers with cubes, part whole models and found them on a number line.
Date: 3rd Jul 2024 @ 7:26pm
Today we had a visit from the dental nurses.
They told us all about how to care for our teeth and how to clean them. We talked about how important it is to keep ourselves healthy.
“We used the toothbrushes” – Ella
“We got new toothbrushes to take home” – Hallie
“We had to clean” – Zach
