Turtles & Dolphins (Foundation Stage Unit)

Please click for here our Dolphins Planning and here for our Turtles Planning.

Please click here to read our letter about children applying sun cream

Please click here to read the transcript for the reading videos.

We have been testing 3D shapes to see which ones would roll or not. We came up with reasons as to why some shapes roll better than others.

We went to the woods to make a bridge for the Billy Goats to cross.

We have been making the most of this lovely weather!

We have been reading the fairy tale ‘The Ugly Duckling’. We had a go waddling like a duck!

We were set the challenge of making a 10s frame using resources from the classroom. Here are some of them.

We had a letter from the Easter bunny. He sent us on an Easter egg hunt. We had to complete challenges at each stop and at the end there were some chocolate eggs for us.

We are learning about Spring. We went into groups and we were set the challenge of making a daffodil using only one type of material. We could use either straws, paper, tubes or paper plates. What do you think?

We have been learning about homes around the world so we decided to make our own houses using different materials.

We had great fun celebrating Pancake Day by making pancakes and having some pancake races.

We have been celebrating Chinese New Year.

This term we are learning about the world around us. Our first stop has been The Arctic. After watching a video about building an igloo we had great fun building our own.

We read the story ‘A Christmas Wish’. We then decided to go down to the Jungle to decorate the trees for the woodland creatures.

We made a Christingle to represent the start of Advent.

We went down to the Woods to make Stick Man.

We have been celebrating ‘Diwali’, the festival of light. We have acted out the story of Rama and Sita. We made rangoli patterns and little diva lamps from clay. We also tasted some Indian food.

We walked to St Mary’s Church where we met Sue. She spoke to us about Remembrance Day. Afterwards, we paid our respects at the anchor.

We finished off our learning about Guy Fawkes by toasting some marshmallows in the woods.

We had a great time at our annual firework party.

We have been celebrating fireworks night. We printed pictures of bonfires and fireworks. We have also made sparklers using breadsticks, sprinkles and chocolate.