This half term we are learning all about Spring and Growth. We are going to be learning lots about the growth of plants and the growth of animals and different creatures. 

Our core texts are: Sam Plants a Sunflower and Jack and the Beanstalk.

Growing Sunflowers!

Following on from reading Sam Plants a Sunflower, the children wanted to grow their own sunflowers. We talked about what we would need to grow sunflowers and how we would look after them so that they would grow as big and beautiful as the ones in the story. 

Life Cycle of a Frog

This week we have been learning about the life cycle of a frog. We have visited the pond at forest school to look for frogspawn and tadpoles. We have brought the tadpoles back into our classroom to observe them change into froglets and hopefully little frogs! On returning from exploring the pond and catching tadpoles some children choose draw and paint the parts of the frog life cycle and others created a pond using reggio materials and loose parts from our classroom.

A Visit from a Scientist!

What an amazing experience we had this week at school - we were lucky enough to have a visit from Steven Lewis-Neill, a scientist who loves the great outdoors and minibeasts! He brought many minibeasts in to show us including snails, spiders, woodlice and slugs! Some of us were brave enough to hold them in our hands! We even got to meet his pet toad too!

Sports Day Fun!

We had lots of fun at our Sports Day! The children took part in lots of different sports activities and tried so hard! They also loved watching the Mummy's and Daddy's getting up and having a go!