Friday 15th July

This week Fox Class have thoroughly enjoyed learning and exploring our theme of Pirates. We had a wonderful Pirate Day where we were able to become explorers and learnt so much about Pirates and carried out many activities that enhanced their learning such as;

- Counting and learning about doubling with Pirate Coins

-Using our fine motor skills by using tweezers to fish out gems from the water

-Creating our very own treasure maps 

-Using various materials by making props to support role play

-Taking part in treasure hunts

-Excelling in our gross motor skills by building our own Pirate ship!

- Discussed how pirates lived and learnt about some famous pirates!

- Drew and labelled our very own pirate pictures. 

Friday 8th July 2022

Fox class has had a fantastic start to the week. During their Forest School session on Monday, the children were very busy working as a team to hunt for different types of seeds. There was also some potion and cake making at the mud kitchen, den building and digging using brand new spades! The children really enjoy circle time during Forest School. They have an opportunity to talk about all the natural objects they have found and enjoy comparing their findings with their friends. We have also introduced our new theme which is Pirates! The children have been extremely excited and have been learning through play by carrying out the following activities;

- Using their fine motor skills to create telescopes

- Exploring with a variety of materials to create eye patches

- Doubling gold coins in Maths

- Using their gross motor skills to create ships and boats using the planks 

- Writing and drawing about famous pirates!

We are very much looking forward to our Pirate Day next week! 

Friday 1st July 2022

This week in Fox class the children had so much fun at Forest School in the rain! Children were making potions and cooking in the mud kitchen. We spoke about different textures of mud and the language that we received from the children was brilliant. It is clear to see that Fox class can articulate their ideas so well and are always engaged in their learning. 

24th June 2022

Fox class have had another brilliant week. We have been learning about measuring weight, creating starfish biscuits and also reading our new book of the week 'A fish with a Wish'. This book has a big focus on how water pollution and how this affects marine life. The children were able to discuss their ideas and thoughts which was really wonderful to see. Mrs Finn taught the children about different kinds of seeds that could be found during our Forest School session. Fox class found many types of seeds and also created delicious mud potions!

Well done Fox Class!

17th June 2022

Fox class has been on quite an adventure this week! We started off by having our first Forest School session on Monday afternoon with Mrs Finn. The children were very busy learning how to keep safe outside and were trying to spot any signs of danger in our outside area. Fox Class were able to articulate their thoughts and ideas on keeping safe outdoors.  On Tuesday went to Bekonscot Villiage which the children thoroughly enjoyed. We learnt so much about the town of Beaconsfield, structures and towns. The miniture funfair was a personal favourite of ours! We even managed to see some tadpoles in the water! There was also a workshop that we attended during our trip. Some of the children got the chance to dress up in clothing from the past and we learnt so much about how people lived in the past. We have also had a busy week building our Aquarium role play area which the children are really excited about. The weather has been extremely hot so we all decided to dip our feet in the water trays in our outdoor area! A truly magical week at Fox Class. 

10th June 2022

It has been wonderful to see all the children back after half term. This final half term is linked to the Topic of Sea Creatures and Pirates. The children have been extremely busy building our very own Aquarium role play in the classroom. They have been developing their fine motor skills by creating paper chains to imitate seaweed! We have also been learning about capacity and developing their mathematical vocabulary. Fox class have also been reading sentences and matching the corresponding pictures linked our Literacy focus. Mrs Swain visited our class this week and opened all the remaining Thank You letters that she had received this week. The children were so excited to talk about what they had written and Mrs Swain was very touched by them. We have also been learning through play by carrying out the following activities;

-Reading and understanding sentences

-Exploring the marine life tuff tray

- Painting marine scenes

-Ordering numbers to 100! Yes 100!

-Using our skills of throwing and running in prep for Sports Day

Friday 27th May 2022

What a fun filled week Foxes have had! Firstly, the children worked tremendously hard on writing their thank you letters to Mrs Swain. The children were excited to learn how to put letters into envelopes, use stamps and understand the concept of addresses and post codes! We then had an exciting opportunity to walk to the local village shop where the children were able to post their letters personally. This gave the children so much pride in their hard work. We are very much looking forward to Mrs Swain's response. Foxes were very lucky to have our local postal worker Dave to come and talk to us about his job. The children were able to discuss and talk about their experiences of the post office and were also lucky enough to wear Dave's post bag! On Thursday, the children were all looking wonderful in their 'Any Decade' clothing. All the children enjoyed the activities that were set for them throughout the day and had a wonderful 'Fish and Chips' lunch followed by cake and squash. It has been a wonderful to see Fox class growing and making so much progress.  We are very much looking forward to a new exciting topic after half term linked to Oceans, Marine life and Pirates!

Friday 20th May 2022

This week Fox Class have been learning about writing letters and postal workers. The children have been applying their phonics skills and have worked really hard at writing letters which they will be posting next week! We also had activities to develop our fine motor skills such as cutting around printed stamps, wrapping pretend parcels and much more! 'Show and Tell' was a big hit this week which usually happens every Monday. Children have the opportunity to talk about something that is precious to them, for example; something that they have recently bought on holiday, presents, postcards, artifacts, pictures etc. some Shapes and patterns have been a big focus over the last few weeks. Fox class have been discussing the properties of shape and have also been learning the names of some 3D shapes too! The children enjoyed working as a team and constructed some wonderful 2D shape images of rockets, trains and so much more! Well done Fox class! 

Friday 13th May 2022

The children are continuing to learn about how people help us and what to do in an emergency. The children have really enjoyed learning about firefighters and how we can keep ourselves safe. We were very fortunate to have Mrs Wilson, a parent of of one of our children, to come and talk to us about their job of a radiographer. Mr Bones paid us a visit with Mrs Wilson and we learnt so much about bones and X ray scans! The children were very excited and were eager to talk about their niggling ailments! We have also been exploring indoors and outdoors by carrying out the following activities;

- Exploring bones and creating a skeleton picture 

- Creating emergency service vehicles using 2D shapes

-Pretending to be firefighters whilst shooting water and learning about numbers

-Building models using 2D magnetic shapes and 3D blocks

-Having a class discussion about the role of a firefighter

-Expressing our thoughts and feelings about what we aspire to be when we grow up

Friday 6th May 2022

Nee nawwwww....watch out, it is Police week! This week Fox class has been super busy learning about the Police force and how they help us when we need them. Fox class have become masters in performing their duties in our Police station role play area. The Fox team have worked really hard in setting up the following activities and making sure that the children are receiving an enriched curriculum in order to enhance their learning in all areas;

-We drew around a pupil in our lesson and turned the drawing into a police officer! Some children got a chance to label what a police officer might need as part of their uniform!

-Created 'People Who Help Us' puppets.

-Explored patterns through thumb printing (watch out criminals!)

-Had fun working in teams in our very own Jordans Car Wash!

-Our cricketers practiced their rolling and throwing skills in P.E. 

Friday 29th April 2022

What a fantastic start to the term! It has been so wonderful to see all the children back to school happy and healthy. Fox class have been very busy learning about the story of 'Superworm' by Julia Donaldson, which closely links to this half term's topic 'People Who Help Us'. We have been discussing how Superworm helps his friends and how we can help others. Fox class have been learning through play by carrying out the following activities;

-Going on a bug hunt around Jordans school

-Creating models using shapes

-Taking the role of a Police Officer in our new role play area

-Developing our ball skills in P.E

Friday 8th April 2022

What an amazing end to a term! Fox class were absolutely brilliant in their Easter assembly. It was clear to see that they all worked so hard remembering the Easter songs. We are very proud of the children and how much they have achieved this term. This week, we read and learnt about the Easter story and why people celebrate Easter. We also researched how Easter is celebrated throughout the world! The children have been very busy and learning through activities such as;

-Making Easter egg nests and measuring.

-Using a range of materials to design an Easter egg picture.

-Had a class discussion about birds and if we could remember any names.

-Number formation.

-Designing and creating our Easter baskets. 

Friday 1st April 2022

This week in Fox Class we have been learning about Spring. Children have been discussing and consolidating ideas about Spring including animals, weather and plants. Through our topic of Spring we have been learning through play by carrying out specific activities such as; 

-Creating portraits of Spring flowers using paint/colouring pencils

-Planting red cabbage, chickpea and alfalfa seeds

-Spring cleaning our pots and pans 

-Going for a Spring walk through our school grounds

-Exploring and developing our fine motor skills using playdough

-Finding out what is more or fewer than a given number

-Writing captions linked to Spring

Friday 25th March 2022

Another glorious week has flown by in Fox class. What a week we have had! This week we were super lucky with the weather and had an awesome learning experience on our trip at Dragon Eco Farm. We were lucky enough to stroke a guinea pig called Patches and a new born kid goat called Olly! Farmer Phil was very friendly and allowed the children to pet and feed the animals too, which the children thoroughly enjoyed. We also had great fun in and outside class by doing the following; 

-Creating leaflets for Dragon Eco Farm

-Designing Mother's Day Cards (sssh!)

-Hand printing

-Exploring our farm animal tuff tray

-Drawing animals and labelling parts of the body

Friday 18th March 2022

What an amazing week we have had in Reception! Our book of the week 'Mr Gumpy's Outing' was thoroughly enjoyed by Fox class. This was based on farm animals which was our focus this week. We learnt different facts about farm animals and trying to remember the names of their young. We also had an amazing Science day where we all got to go to different year groups to experiment with all sorts of things! In Reception, our experiment was to create our very own lava lamp! We also got busy learning through play by the following activities;

-Learning new hockey skills in P.E including dribbling

-Exploring with magnetic 2D shapes to build models

-Created tractor tracks using paint and in the sand

-Taking part in a class farm animal memory games

-Developing our gross motor skills by making a boat for Mr Gumpy in our outdoor area!

Friday 11th March 2022

Another fantastic week has flown by in Fox class. This week our focus was based on the book 'Dear Zoo' in conjunction with our animal theme! We have been very busy learning through play and carrying out activities such as;

-Role play activities in our new Vet Clinic role play area

-Ordering numbers to 20 and beyond

-Creating animal masks 

-Sequencing pictures 

-Creating dens for animals outside

-Writing animal names

-Using our fine motor skills effectively

-Hockey training during our P.E lessons

Friday 4th March 2022

We have had a brilliant first week back enjoying and getting creative through many celebrations, including learning about our book of the week 'The Gruffalo'. Linked to our topics of the week we have been carrying out many activities such as:

- Pancake making using different malleable materials

-Acting out and enjoying role plays through 'The Gruffalo'

-Using our fine motor skills using the hammer and nail sets

-Creating woodland collages 

-Learning how to to make 10 in different ways

-Enjoying a range of books linked to 'World Book Day'