Beesley- EYFS Unit: Gallery
Learning how to look after our teeth, by Mrs Burgess
Date: 12th Nov 2024 @ 5:51pm
During our topic of Celebrations we have been looking at lots of special food that people might eat during celebrations. We have also been talking about the importance of how to take care of our teeth. The children have been learning a song about taking care of their teeth and brushing them twice a day. We will be sending over useful information on oral health (provided by DfE) on Seesaw.
Whilst exploring the continuous provision the children have enjoyed learning how to brush their teeth properly.
Nursery Rhyme Week, by Mrs Burgess
Date: 12th Nov 2024 @ 5:43pm
Todays Nursery Rhyme of the day was Old Macdonald had a farm. The children have been learning the song using Makaton actions.
During Drawing Club the children have been drawing the animals in the song and had a go at segmenting the sounds in words and forming the letters to represent those sounds.
Odd sock day for anti-bullying week., by Mrs Burgess
Date: 12th Nov 2024 @ 10:24am
Nursery Rhyme Week, by Mrs Burgess
Date: 11th Nov 2024 @ 7:49pm
Today was the start of World Nursery Rhyme Week 2024. The Nursery Rhyme of the day today was Twinkle Twinkle Little Star.
The children have been learning the rhyme using Makaton actions. Whilst in the continuous provision the children have created their own star wands by practising their cutting skills taking care to follow the lines and explored a variety of joining materials including using PVA glue and sellotape to join the sticks onto their wands.
Remembrance Day, by Mrs Burgess
Date: 11th Nov 2024 @ 7:38pm
Baptism, by Mrs Burgess
Date: 11th Nov 2024 @ 7:31pm
The children have been learning all about Baptism in RE and following our visit from Father Mark have created our own area within the continuous provision to role-play a Baptism.
Bonfire Night, by Mrs Burgess
Date: 5th Nov 2024 @ 8:44pm
The children have been learning all about Bonfire Night. Firstly we explored watching fireworks and described the noises that we can hear and what we could see. The children then explored a range of different mark making to represent fireworks.
We have also been talking about how to stay safe on Bonfire Night.
Father Mark visits Beesley Class, by Mrs Burgess
Date: 5th Nov 2024 @ 8:41pm
The children in Beesley Class enjoyed a visit from our Parish Priest, Father Mark this afternoon. Father Mark brought his guitar with him and taught the children some new songs. The children in Beesley Class shared their song which they have been learning in Collective Worship 'I can pray'.
Diwali, by Mrs Burgess
Date: 4th Nov 2024 @ 7:28pm
The children in Beesley Class have been learning about the festival of Diwali. The children explored how families celebrate the festival of Diwali.
In 'Drawing Club' the children have been using the book The Very Best Diwali and the story of Rama and Sita. The children then used the puppets to retell the story of Rama and Sita. Outside the children have been been exploring mark making using chalk to create their own Rangoli Patterns.
This afternoon the children followed the instructions to make salt dough to make their own Diva Lamps. As the children made the dough they explored the different consistencies of the dough and what happened when we poured too much water into the mixture. Once the dough was ready the children explored different techniques to shape the dough including rolling it into a ball and flattening it with their hands. Once the Diva Lamps have dried the children will be painting and decorating them.
Autumn Walk, by Mrs Burgess
Date: 30th Oct 2024 @ 3:53pm
The children in Beesley Class have been exploring the seasonal changes of Autumn. The children went on an Autumn walk around the school environment to look for signs of Autumn. Before we went on our walk we had to get ready by putting our coats on. We then explored around and found lots of leaves on the ground, some acorns and some berries on bushes near Forest School. We had a photograph infront of our class tree (something which we will be doing across all the seasons to look closely at the changes).
After our Autumn walk the children used some of the Autumn treasures we collected to make some Autumnal Artwork including; leaf printing, leaf rubbing and transient art. We had lots of fun!
Judaism Week, by Mrs Burgess
Date: 11th Oct 2024 @ 12:26pm
The week the children have been learning about the religion of Judaism. The children followed the instructions to make Challah bread and played the game of Dreidel. The home corner was enhanced to celebrate Hanukkah.
At the end of the day the children tried the Challah bread.
Wonderful worms!, by Mrs Burgess
Date: 8th Oct 2024 @ 5:19pm
This week in 'Drawing Club' we have been looking at the story 'Superworm'. This has inspired us to explore worms around our school environment and some children wanted to look after some worms in our classroom. After much discussion about where is best to look after worms- we decided to create our own wormery as a class. The children explored the Forest School area and used a range of different tools to dig and find some worms for our wormey. We currently have 10 worms in our wormery.
Marvellous Marks in EYFS, by Mrs Burgess
Date: 8th Oct 2024 @ 5:05pm
As part of Expressive Arts and Design the children have been exploring making marks using a range of different media. At first the children explored making marks with wax crayons, then felt tips and today they have explored with chalk. The children talked about creating different patterns using the new vocabulary curved, line, long,short, squiggly, straight and zig-zag.
Aspirations in Beesley Class, by Mrs Burgess
Date: 8th Oct 2024 @ 12:36pm
In 'Understand the World' we have been looking at and discussing many different occupations. The children were asked what occupation would they would like to have when they grow up? A few children in the class have been inspired by the recent visit from Lancashire Fire and Rescue.
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.
