The Magic Crayon

To continue the magic crayon, week two we recapped the story. The children were asked to create their own magic crayon experience using crayons and paper. We also did large-scale drawing in our outdoor area using chalk on the floor. We also used a large white board to draw different pictures related to the book. Remembrance day, we made poppy pictures using apples and paint to print a poppy.

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Our theme for PE this week was body parts. This consisted of moving at different speeds and directions, how to balance whilst moving using bean bags and how to balance whilst stationary. We also balanced walking along benches and to move around safely.

 

White Rose maths this week was "show me 1,2,3." We used the nursery rhymes: Tommy thumb, two  little dicky birds and three blind mice. We also looked at Three little bunnies by Beatrix Potter. We also did some funky finger activities to develop our fine motor skills to help support them by being able to hold up individual fingers or groups of fingers.

 

In child initiated this week, we created poppy pictures using tissue paper. We had an indoor obstacle course for the children to navigate around safely. We also had lots of other activities, such as lolly sticks and paper clips, threading pipe cleaners, trucks, tunnels and ramps, and the dolls house with wild animals was a big hit.

 

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The magic crayon is a rhyming book by Amy Sparkes. It's about a girl called Chloe whose creativity comes to life!

During our adult directed activities this week, we introduced the book, we made animal plates, each child picked what animal they would like to create. We played animal noises and the children guessed which animal the sound came from, we made a house using the wooden blocks and we introduced the golden sack which has different props in which link to a nursery rhyme. In our white rose maths session, we explored positions and space, we used different shaped cardboard boxes and we had a range of items, then the children decided which item would fit in which box. 

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During our child initiated time in Plum Trees, we explored the role play equipment alongside our small world figures and wooden people, we also used water and then cereal to investigated with measuring jugs and scoops, the train track was out all week and the children developed different learning opportunities when working together. In the sand pit, the children choose the buckets and spades and they added small world items in to dig, such as shells, cars and wooden people. 

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During child initiated in our outside area, we explored role play in the mud kitchen, painting with water colours, making potions, making marks with chalk and exploring the dinosaurs.

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Our Greenfields Greatness this week was Lily for demonstrating Aspiration.

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No matter what

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This week, we have been learning from the book, 'No matter what'. The key message behind this simple and beautiful book for small children is that the love a parent feels for a child is constant and never dies, no matter what happens. In our child initiated activities this week, we passed around a teddy to cuddle and say who we loved, decorated mini hearts with cardboard and ribbon, we sang songs around feelings and we openly spoke about our feelings.

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In P.e this week we looked at moving around with enough safe space to ensure we don't run/walk into others. The children listened beautifully and enjoyed making their safe space. We also asked the children to find a partner and move around safely with them which they also managed to do well.

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During our child ininated learning outside and in Plum Tree class this week, we made shapes in jelly, explored painting perspex material, strengthened our balancing with an obstacle course, used scoops to pour into windmills, and we made rocket ships out of the star links. This encouraged us to count backwards from 3! In Plum Tree class, we explored how many pegs go onto the number ladybirds, created marks on black paper using chalk, decorated pumpkins, and tried to find the spiders in the green pasta!

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Well done to Samuel for receiving our Greenfields Greatness this week for demonstrating all of our key values.

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My Daddies!

 

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For our final book this term, we read "My Daddies!" Plum Tree's explored lot's of different activities surrounding families. We made saltdough faces and painted faces on them, we all worked together using the white board to draw our families and we looked at the family pictures that were sent in and described how our families looked, names of family members and how not all families look the same. In white rose math's, we looked into number names. We sang nursery rhymes which had repeating patterns and numbers, we also read the three little pigs.

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In P.E this week, our them was Superhero's! We played a game called Mrs Freeze, we would run around and when Mrs Freeze would say "Freeze" we had to stop and stay still. The children worked well listening and using their physical skills to stop and go. The parachute came out this week, the children explored how to wave it up and down, move underneath and on top and run to the colour we named.

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During our learning time this week, the children have shown a real interest in our magnetic learning resources which include Manga tiles, puzzle and an old fashioned fishing game. We also had puzzles, water with different measuring equipment, chalk boards, chalk, train track, wooden cars and blocks and sticklenbricks. Outside the children used the safety knifes and peelers to cut vegetables. In the water area, the children made lemonade, and the obstacle course was still being explored!

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 We also welcomed parent's into the nursery for our parent engagement. They made sandwiches with their little one's and read them some stories. 

 

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  Percy the park keeper

Our book of the week was Percy the park keeper. We looked at the book together and discussed what we might find in the park, along with what wildlife could live there and changes in the trees going into Autumn and some animals going into hibernation. Then we went on a trip to a local park to explore and see what we could find.

 

 

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In maths this week, we did lots of singing to hear and say number names: 1,2,3,4,5. Once I caught a fish alive,5 little ducks, 5 speckled frogs are just some that we covered.

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PE this week was monster-themed. We were following pathways using benches and role-playing being monsters. We demonstrated great balancing and navigation between being big and small monsters.

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Barbara has a Wobbler week 2

This week in Plum Trees, we have continued to explore activities around Barbara throws a Wobbler. As the book is about emotions, we introduced the colour monster teddies in the form of a colour monster hunt. The children needed to look carefully around the room to spot them. Once they found them, we asked the children to let us know if the colour monster is sad, happy, angry, tec to promote expressive language. Another activity to encourage expressive language was drawing ourselves. The children looked at their reflection and once they had drawn their picture, we asked them what their emotions were in the picture. In White rose maths this week, we looked at exploring repeats through song such as the grand old Duke of York and creating patterns with the coloured blocks.   

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  In P. E this week we transformed into mythical creatures. Using bean bags, we worked on our co-ordination, imagination and gross motor skills by moving around like fairies, unicorns and dragons.  ​ ​

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   During our learning time this week, the children explored a range of books, puzzles, sticklebricks, using the white board to make marks, created Autumn pictures and cut our own fruit for snack. Whilst outside there was lots of singing, climbing, jumping, making dinner, painting, driving a bus!

 

                      Also, a huge well done to Archie who received our Greenfields Greatness this week for Teamwork!

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During the first week of Barbara throws a wobbler, we looked at the story and discussed Barbara's emotions and how she was feeling. For our adult-directed activities, the children made their own wobblers using coloured dabbers and googly eyes. We also used different coloured bean bags to represent emotions and threw them into hoops. The children also began to learn about autumn and the changes it brings.

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  In maths this week we looked at comparisons: more than, fewer than and the same as. We demonstrated this using multiline cubes.

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For PE this week it was monster-themed. We concentrated on social, emotional and thinking skills.

We were happy monsters, angry monsters and scared monsters navigating our way around the pe equipment,

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The children had a busy week this week in child-initiated, exploring the playdough, working on their scissor skills, cutting fresh herbs, spotting autumn changes to the room and exploring the outdoor area making their own assault course. 

 

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Meg and Mog

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This week, we have been exploring the book Meg and Mog in Plum Tree's. During our adult directed activities this week, we went on a spell hunt, created a sensory witch hat where we closed our eyes and felt what was in the hat and in P.E, we put on our witches hat's and explored moving around whilst being careful to create enough space and to listen to instructions, we sang hop little witches,witch statues and completed an obstacle course. 

During our child initiated time, the children explored placing pipe cleaners into wooden discs, using scissors to cut paper, dinosaurs digging through the sand, lot's of role play in the mud kitchen and using wood to make ramps for the trucks.

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During this week's adult-directed activities, we have been looking at The Three Little Pigs. We used puppets to retell the story, looked at the differences between real pigs, we also made houses from different materials. In our White Rose maths sessions, we looked at recognising 1,2,3. We ensured this was in our environment, planning to continue supporting their learning.

In P.E, we became pirates, walking the plank, listening to instructions and moving around safely in our own space.

 

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  Settling in week

This week, we have welcomed lots of new faces into Plum Trees. The children have done incredibly well, settling into their new classroom and exploring all the changes to our environment and our new routine. 

During our adult-directed activities this week, we had a dough disco. The children listened beautifully to the directions and were focused throughout. We took part in lots of music and movement this week, including a number of songs from BBC sounds and the children independently choosing their own songs with our singing spoons.

This week we have been focusing on getting to know the children, working on our fine motor skills with activities such as, puzzles, multilink cubes, linking keys and making prints in playdough. In our learning environment, the children explored cutting, sticking and creating pictures using paint dabbers. We had sticklebricks, which were used to make houses, castles and towers! Whilst exploring our outdoor learning environment this week, we practised our balancing, creating meals in our kitchen area, and digging with dinosaurs in the sand.