Beesley- EYFS Unit: Gallery
Lancashire Fire and Rescue visit EYFS, by Mrs Burgess
Date: 25th Sep 2024 @ 3:48pm
The children in Barlow and Beesley class had a special visit from Lancashire Fire and Rescue Service this afternoon. The children enjoyed listening to the sirens and looking inside the fire engine. The firefighters even let us have a go at sitting in the fire engine! Just before the fire fighters left they showed the children how they use the hoses to put out fires. We had lots of fun and it was nice to see our real life superheroes in action!
Firefighters at the ready in Beesley Class!, by Mrs Burgess
Date: 20th Sep 2024 @ 4:14pm
What an exciting morning in Beesley Class! When the children arrived at school this morning the children noticed the large red box. We opened the box and had a look inside. It was from Lancashire Fire and Rescue Service ahead of their visit on Wednesday 25th September. The children had lots of fun exploring what resources were in the box and are looking forward to using them before our visit.
The children explored mark-making fires to place around in our outdoor area and have been role-playing taking on the role of being a firefighter to extinguish them. We are looking forward to our visit from Lancashire Fire and Rescue service on Wednesday.
Circle Games, by Mrs Burgess
Date: 20th Sep 2024 @ 12:12pm
Super listening and turn taking during our circle games this week. A particular favourite was Doggy Doggy where's your bone?
Roald Dahl Day- 13th September 2024, by Mrs Burgess
Date: 17th Sep 2024 @ 5:15pm
Roald Dahl Day- 13th September 2024
To celebrate Roald Dahl Day the children in Beesley Class listened to the story of 'The Enormous Crocodile' and took part in a range of different activities within the continuous provision. These included- counting the teeth in the crocodile's mouth and matching the correct numeral, chalking/mark-making different sized crocodiles on the floor in our outdoor area, taking turns to play the crocodile tooth game in the fine motor area, role-playing the story in the story-telling area and using scissors to cut teeth out to stick onto the crocodile in the creative area. The children also created their own 'Wanted' posters to display around the environment to warn others about 'The Enormous Crocodile'.
First week in Beesley Class!, by Mrs Burgess
Date: 17th Sep 2024 @ 5:06pm
Beesley Class First Day at School, by Mrs Burgess
Date: 13th Sep 2024 @ 12:08pm
Reconciliation, by Miss Fann
Date: 5th Jun 2024 @ 2:37pm
Today as part of RE we read the story 'Goat's coat' and discussed how kind the goat was to all his friends. We explored what does it mean to be a good friend? How do we make friends? What do friends do together? Afterwards the children made friendship bracelets to give to their friends.
Forest School, by Miss Fann
Date: 5th Jun 2024 @ 2:29pm
Elmer Day!, by Miss Fann
Date: 5th Jun 2024 @ 2:24pm
The children in Barlow and Beesley had a fantastic day celebrating Elmer Day. The children enjoyed taking part in a range of different activities including making their own Elmers out of milk bottles, peg board Elmers, larger scale Elmers, Elmer jigsaws, rainbows using oil pastels and creating their own Elmer ears. Throughout the week the children read lots of different Elmer stories.
World Bee Day, by Miss Fann
Date: 20th May 2024 @ 3:00pm
The children in Beesley Class have been learning all about bees. We read the story Omar, the bees and me. In drawing club the children drew the character Maisy and Grandpa's garden. The children then went on to learn and write facts about bees. The children took part in various activities in the continuous provision including printing beehives and making 3D bees (in Forest School)
Exciting news in Beesley Class!, by Miss Fann
Date: 20th May 2024 @ 2:56pm
It was a very exciting morning in Beesley Class this morning! After many weeks of caring for and observing the various changes, some of our froglets have now grown into frogs! Over the next few days we will be releasing our frogs into the pond in Forest School.
Faith week-Islam, by Miss Fann
Date: 20th May 2024 @ 2:51pm
During our Faith Week the children have been learning about the religion of Islam. The children explored many artefacts including a prayer mat with a compass and had a go at designing their own prayer mats.
Spring Scavenger hunt, by Miss Fann
Date: 19th May 2024 @ 7:57pm
The children in Beesley Class have been exploring nature through a scavenger hunt around our school environment. The children made their own nature wristbands with a variety of different things they found on the walk.
Forest School, by Miss Fann
Date: 19th May 2024 @ 7:49pm
Beesley class had lots of fun at Forest School on Friday!
Tots on tyres, by Miss Fann
Date: 12th May 2024 @ 10:23am
The children in Beesley Class have been taking part in Tots on Tyres training led by South Ribble Council. This week the children had their second session with the South Ribble coaches. The children have worked hard and showed great 'perseverance' (our Gospel Value for the month of May) Well done Beesley class!
Maths in EYFS, by Miss Fann
Date: 6th May 2024 @ 5:24pm
This week the children have been working on developing their counting skills by organising and counting larger sets of a wide range of objects. They have been exploring using their counting skills in a range of different contexts, including counting things that cannot be seen for example counting the number of beats on a drum or using counting to measure time when playing hide-and-seek. The children have been practising counting strategies that involve moving the objects. These included placing the objects in a line and counting along the line, or arranging them in rows and counting along each row. The children have been using the term 'touch counting' to ensure they keep track of which objects they have counted.
Pentecost, by Miss Fann
Date: 6th May 2024 @ 4:59pm
This week the children in Beesley Class have been learning about Pentecost being the feast to celebrate the coming of the Holy Spirit to the disciples. The children made streamers to 'Share the Good News of Jesus with everyone' The children used the streamers to create a dance of sharing the Good News.
The Very Busy Spider, by Miss Fann
Date: 25th Apr 2024 @ 9:24pm
This week the children in Beesley class have been learning the story The Very Busy Spider by Eric Carle. In 'Drawing Club' the children created their own version of the main character, the spider. The children then went on to think if there was another animal in the story who would they like the spider to meet? During our final 'Drawing Club' the children created their own version of somewhere for the spider to live instead of the web from the story. We had some fantastic ideas! One idea including having a Venus flytrap inside the spider's house.
Throughout the week the children have had the opportunity to explore other activities within the continuous provision. Activities included; creating their own spider webs using chalk to mark make and learning how to use a hole punch to create their own holes in card to make webs by threading string or wool for their own playdough spiders. The children have all had a go at following the step by step instructions of how to draw a spider paying close attention to detail. Just like the spider, we have had a very busy week in Beesley Class!
The Pentecost, by Miss Fann
Date: 25th Apr 2024 @ 9:08pm
In RE this week the children in Beesley class have been learning The Pentecost story. After listening to the story the children worked together to sequence the events.
EYFS visit to Smithills Open Farm, by Miss Fann
Date: 11th Apr 2024 @ 11:25am
EYFS visited Smithills Farm on Wednesday 27th March 2024. The children took part in a range of activities including; a donkey ride, a tractor and trailor ride to see and feed the horses and donkeys, watching the cows being milked, feeding the animals and the opportunitiy to hold some new born animals including chicks, guinea pigs, lambs, rabbits and stroke other animals such as as an alpaca, a lamb and a goat. The children had a great time and listened well to Farmer Carl and our guides Gabby and Emma. We had a fantastic day!
We now have tadpoles in Beesley Class!, by Miss Fann
Date: 8th Mar 2024 @ 4:14pm
Exciting news in Beesley Class.... the frogspawn has now hatched into tadpoles! The children are enjoying watching the tadpoles move around the tank and have been learning that the tadpoles who stay at the bottom of the tank have not yet developed their lungs and the ones who are near the surface of the water have. The children are now looking to see if they can see any legs growing.
Beesley Class World Book Day 2024, by Miss Fann
Date: 8th Mar 2024 @ 4:03pm
Beesley Class had a fantastic day dressing up for World Book Day. The children also took part in a live zoom with the author of the JoJo and Gran Gran books- Laura Henry-Allain. Laura read her story JoJo and Gran Gran visit the farm.
National Tell a Fairy Tale Day, by Miss Fann
Date: 28th Feb 2024 @ 1:53pm
The children in Beesley class enjoyed celebrating National Tell a Fairy Tale Day. The children have been looking at the stories The Three Little Pigs and The Little Red Hen and have been taking part in activities such as; building a new house for the three little pigs, following instructions to draw pigs and created their own puppets to retell the stories in the puppet theatre.
During 'Drawing Club' the children created their own version of The Little Red Hen, drew a map of the farm and created recipes for some magic bread (baked by The Little Red Hen).
We also read the stories of Jack and the Beanstalk and Goldilocks and the Three Bears.
The arrival of frogspawn in EYFS!, by Miss Fann
Date: 27th Feb 2024 @ 8:23am
The children in Barlow and Beesley class had a nice surprise when they arrived at school yesterday- the arrival of some frogspawn! The children are very excited about having them and so far have enjoyed observing the frogspawn in the tank. We have been talking about the different stages of the life cycle of a frog and went to our school library to find lots of books about frogs for us to look at. Some children have noticed some tails growing and moving already. We can't wait to see some more changes over the next few weeks...
Chinese New Year, by Miss Fann
Date: 9th Feb 2024 @ 12:17pm
This week the children in Beesley Class have been learning all about Chinese New Year. During 'Drawing Club' the children have been learning the Zodiac story and have created their own animal to take part in The Great Race. The children then went on to design a different race and finally created a potion to wake up the cat.
2024 is the year of the dragon.Throughout the week the children have taken part in a range of different activities including; Mandarin number writing, creating their own individual dragons, making a class dragon from their handprints, junk modelling dragons and food tasting. We have had lots of fun learning all about Chinese New Year!
