This term the children have been learning lots of new skills in DT. They began by researching prehistoric homes and how they could design and make them stronger. They found out that triangulation is key to strength. During a forest school session they had loads of...
The nursery children all wore their Christmas jumpers to our Christmas crafts day. Parents / carers and grown ups all helped to make some very festive decorations with the children.
When it is a windy day nursery, we make kites to fly....
As part of our DT lessons, we had to construct a Stone Age house using natural materials. We used the mallets to hammer the solid structure into the ground, willow to create the walls and mud with straw to recreate the wattle and daub. Mrs Poad and Miss Brown were so...
Today we sang the Wheels on the bus and chose different things and actions to go on the bus. We played with some jigsaws and added different people onto the bus. We have talked about when we have been on a journey on a bus or boat during group time. We looked through...
Today we learnt the song row row your boat. We talked about what objects could sink and float, then made boats using junk materials. Some children placed their boats in the water tray to see if they would sink or float. The children from Reception came to join us and...
First we listened to the rhyme Hickory Dickory Dock, and discussed what happened. Then the children made a big clock for a mouse to run up. Everyone took turns spinning the wheel then joining in singing the rhyme it stopped on. We then made lots of little mice in the...
We celebrating Diwali throughout the week by decorating our home corner with fireworks and Rangoli patterns. We also created Rangoli patterns with paint and in rice. We did some food tasking too.
Today we explored lots of different vegetables. We tried sorting them by their shape and colour, and then used them to make vegetable soup. We all had a chance to taste it. Some of us thought it was delicious - others weren't so sure but were super brave and had a...
Our new Design Technology is all about bridges and we have got off to an exciting start. We learned about beam bridges and investigated which beams could carry the most load. With some beams carrying loads of up to 135 grams , we are starting to get an idea about...
