Foundation Stage Unit
Topic: Marvellous me
Meet our team...
Mrs Crooks
Class Teacher
Miss Brown
Nursery Nurse
Miss Mathison
Teaching Assistant
Sideoven Bakery Trip
The F2s had a fantastic trip to Sideoven Bakery! Firstly, we met the horses and they were very gentle, we really enjoyed giving them a stroke. We then learnt about how flour was milled a long time ago, then used some flour to make our very own bread which we each got to take home - it was very yummy! In the orchard we picked lots of apples from the trees, some had already fallen so we had a look at them and guessed which animals might have been having a nibble on them. We then took the apples back to the barn and used them to make apple juice - we had to work very hard as a team to break the apples up and squash them in the press to make the juice. During the walk around the farm we learnt some facts about sheep, what might live in a hedgerow and picked some pinecones, leaves and sticks for the minibeast house. We then each had a turn at sitting in a tractor! It was a super day!
October
October was a busy month in the FSU, filled with Halloween and Harvest themed activities and provision. We have spent lots of time outside, including an outdoor learning session where we fed the school's chickens, observed the changes in nature now that we are in Autumn and searched for seeds in our garden. After this, we gave our FSU outdoor area a good tidy up! During October, we also hired a dental box which allowed us to roleplay as dentists and patients; we discussed the importance of oral health and have become tooth brushing experts! We took part in some lovely Diwali activities with class 1, after listening to the Diwali story. Miss Dixon came to our class for an Art lesson all about Guiseppe Archimboldo, and we made our own vegetable faces which we all found very funny! At the end of October, we welcomed some of our parents and carers into the classroom to join us for a phonics stay and play. We enjoyed showing them our super phonics skills and then giving them an idea of what a morning in our classroom looks like! Alongside all of this, we have continued with our weekly Tigers Trust PE sessions, working on our hand-eye co-ordination and football skills. What a busy month!
September
Welcome back! Here in the FSU we have had a super busy September. We have really enjoyed catching up with our friends, as well as introducing some new children into our class! We have been working together to come up with our class 'golden rules' and adjust to our classroom routines. Since coming back to school we have had PE sessions with Tigers Trust and dance PE sessions, both of which we are fabulous at - our listening skills are fantastic. To match our books of the week, we have baked, created and linked our writing to the stories, it seems we are experts at all of those things, look at the pictures below! What a positive start to the year! We are excited to see what else is in store for us in FSU.
