EYFS (F2) Reception: Gallery
EYFS - Our first week at St Basil's
Date: 12th Sep 2024 @ 8:22am
All the children have really enjoyed their first week at St Basil's.
We are so proud of how they have followed the school rules and made lots of new friends.
The children have enjoyed exploring both inside and outside.
We have spent time in the reading dens, the spaceship and Mr Bear's house!
The children have enjoyed reading our shared reading text, Whatever Next!
Sophia - Mrs Sheppard has made us a baby blanket!
Isla - I am making some cakes
Aoife - We have been playing in the doll's house
Date: 12th Sep 2024 @ 8:18am
What a fantastic afternoon we have had!
The children have enjoyed their first afternoon at St Basil's.
They have made lots of new friends and have enjoyed having some time in our outdoor area.
The children have loved playing in the role play vets and riding on the bikes.
Date: 10th Sep 2024 @ 7:56am
What a brilliant morning we have had!
The children have all settled well into life at St Basil's and have made lots of new friends.
They have enjoyed experimenting in the water and role playing in the vets.
The children have been to space in the spaceship and built towns and cities.
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 |
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Slalom run |
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Hurdles |
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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: 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
Date: 3rd Jul 2024 @ 7:24pm
Today EYFS have been learning all about capacity.
They found a magic spell book with lots of potion recipes inside.
The children carefully read the instructions and measured the amounts.
“I had to pour in the paint” – Ezra
“Mine was full” – Rosie
“The jug was half full” – Pixie
“It was bubbling” – Emily
Date: 3rd Jul 2024 @ 7:20pm
EYFS have had a great time outside today.
They have used the large rolling dice and the balls outside.
Date: 3rd Jul 2024 @ 7:19pm
Today the children used the ramps and crates to make their very own bridge routes.
The children worked collaboratively to create the route but it took lots of trial and error to get the bridges to balance.
They took it in turns to carefully move around the structure. They had to be careful not to fall in the water!
“I’m on my tip toes!” – Alba
“It took us a long time” – Ruby
“Watch me!” - Theo
Date: 3rd Jul 2024 @ 7:15pm
Wow what a fantastic time we have had outside today!
The children used the funnels and measuring jugs to talk about which were full, empty and half full.
They used the guttering to make a route for the water. The children used problem solving skills to work out how to get it from one side to the other.
“Watch out!” – Pixie
“The water is so fast” – Matthew
Date: 3rd Jul 2024 @ 7:12pm
Oh dear! Miss Roberts dropped the new beans bags and they were all in the wrong order.
The children worked carefully to sort them into the correct order. Well done!
"We had to check they were in the right order" - Jonas
"I counted to check again" - Eleanor
Date: 3rd Jul 2024 @ 7:10pm
Today we have been working hard to strengthen our finger muscles. We have been using the tweezers to pick up the rubbish from the beach.
“We had to pinch so hard” – Kasper
“The rubbish was everywhere!” – Oliver
Date: 3rd Jul 2024 @ 7:08pm
Oh no! When we went outside today we were shocked to find litter everywhere!
It was just like in our English text, Clem and Crab.
We worked hard to find tidy up the litter because we didn’t want any animals to get hurt.
“We need to look after God’s world” – Delilah
“The poor baby animals could get stuck” – Dexter
“Need to clean up” – Sophia
“It was blowing everywhere!” – Cooper
Date: 3rd Jul 2024 @ 7:04pm
Today when we came in the classroom we found a lot of rubbish! We used the recycling bins to sort the rubbish.
We realised the rubbish was made of lots of different materials. We found plastic, cardboard and tins.
We made posters to tell everyone to recycle.
“Look after the animals” – Harry
“Pick it up” – Elsie
“It was everywhere!” Rylee
Date: 3rd Jul 2024 @ 3:57pm
Today we have taken the Boom Whackers outside.
We experimented listening to the different sounds.
We then followed a music video to copy a song.
"It's so fun!" - Eleanor
"It makes a different sound" - Rosie
