Beesley- EYFS Unit: Gallery
Polar Express Day, by Mrs Burgess
Date: 20th Dec 2024 @ 9:19am
Getting ready for Christmas, by Mrs Burgess
Date: 19th Dec 2024 @ 11:09am
Sam's Snowflake, by Mrs Burgess
Date: 19th Dec 2024 @ 10:59am
We read the story Sam's Snowflake and made our own snowflakes.
Christmas Jumper Day & Christmas Lunch, by Mrs Burgess
Date: 19th Dec 2024 @ 10:38am
EYFS Christmas Party, by Mrs Burgess
Date: 16th Dec 2024 @ 3:39pm
The children in Barlow and Beesley Class has lots of fun at their Christmas party this afternoon. They played lots of games, danced and even had a special visitor!
Exploring sound, by Mrs Burgess
Date: 4th Dec 2024 @ 4:17pm
The children in Beesley class have been exploring sound around our school environment on a sound walk. The children have been finding ways to make sound using their bodies and objects around our classroom. The children then worked together to make their own windchimes to hang in our outdoor area.
Advent, by Mrs Burgess
Date: 4th Dec 2024 @ 4:14pm
The children have been getting ready for Advent by helping to make our own class Advent Calendar. Each day a name will be pulled out from the special box to find out who will open the door for that day.
Bronze Reading Awards, by Mrs Burgess
Date: 4th Dec 2024 @ 4:11pm
Stanley's Stick, by Mrs Burgess
Date: 4th Dec 2024 @ 4:08pm
Last week the children looked at the story of Stanley's Stick in Drawing Club. The children drew Stanley and on Wednesday the children went on an adventure in forest school to find their own stick and transform it into something magical! The children then used their sticks to role play their own version of the story.
Composition in maths, by Mrs Burgess
Date: 25th Nov 2024 @ 4:28pm
This week, the children have started to explore composition by focusing on the preliminary skills: the concept of ‘wholes’ and ‘parts’.
The children have been looking at familiar foods and moving the parts together to make a whole. The children have been using actions to explore was is meant by part and part together makes a whole. We have been talking about parts being smaller and the whole is therefore bigger.
Nursery Rhyme Week 2024, by Mrs Burgess
Date: 25th Nov 2024 @ 4:16pm
At the end of Nursery Rhyme week the children decided they wanted to put on a show for Miss Mercer. The children made invitations for Miss Mercer. Miss Mercer watched all the nursery rhymes the children have been learning this week. Miss Mercer was very impressed and gave each child a certificate.
Super subitising, by Mrs Burgess
Date: 25th Nov 2024 @ 4:05pm
The children in Beesley class have been subitising and taking about what they can see.
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.
