A busy short week!

This week in EYFS, we have been busy exploring and learning across our environment. The children have particularly enjoyed spending time outdoors, where they used their imagination and curiosity to create homes for small creatures, developing both their creativity and understanding of the natural world.

We have continued our learning based on the story Handa’s Surprise. In Ash class, the children explored the meaning of happiness by learning a range of synonyms. They had great fun thinking of different ways to describe how they feel, using words such as “delighted” and “overjoyed.” In Saplings, the children expressed their own experiences of happiness through drawing, creating thoughtful pictures of things that make them feel happy, such as spending time with their families.

In maths, Ash class have been developing their understanding of addition and the concept of ‘more’. They have been using the language of “first,” “then,” and “now” to create simple addition stories, helping to build strong foundations for more formal written methods. The children absolutely loved developing their own “first”, “then” and “now” stories! We enjoyed hearing about how there were first two dinosaurs playing together, then three more came along, which meant now there were five dinosaurs in a big muddy puddle! Saplings have been consolidating their knowledge of patterns by creating repeating ABAB sequences, demonstrating growing confidence in recognising and continuing patterns.

We also enjoyed listening to the story Worrysaurus with Harold, helping us to reflect upon out own wellbeing and how we can support it. We looked at the Wellbeing Wheel, and thought about tools such as physical exercise, mindfulness and connection to help boost our wellbeing.