The weather keeps getting better and better…and we are loving it! Whenever possible we have chosen to do our learning outdoors. Our tadpoles are getting bigger and bigger, no back legs yet though. On Wednesday Mrs. Tierney took some of the tadpoles to a new home in the forest school garden pond. they all look happy and settled in their new environment.!
The meadow seeds we planted a few weeks ago have germinated and started to grow. The children have been popping to the poly tunnel each day to water the veggies…not shooting yet.
Worship
This week in prayer and liturgy Mrs. Gregan told the story of doubting Thomas. In the Bible, the apostle Thomas initially doubted the accounts of Jesus' resurrection from the other disciples. This story is often used to teach us about faith, trust, and the importance of having a belief system, while also acknowledging that some people may have doubts. We discussed "What do you think it would be like to be Doubting Thomas? Why might he have felt that way?" or "How do we show trust in others in our daily lives?". Click here to watch a short video about doubting Thomas.
Emma’s Blog
Hello everyone
We have really enjoyed being outside this week in the sunshine. The sun makes everyone feel so happy, including our tadpoles, which are growing really big now. The children can't wait to see their legs start to grow.
We read a story called Rapunzel as part of our ‘Once Upon a Time’ learning thread. Rapunzel had very long hair in the story, so we thought we could grow our own Rapunzel ‘hair’ from cress. The children used a plastic see-through cup so they could see when the seeds started to geminate…it didn’t take long. We put cotton wool inside the cup to make a cosy bed for the seeds, gave them a drink of water and put them where it was light and bright. We waited. The children drew Rapunzel’s face on the cup so the cress would represent her hair. Everyday we checked to see if the seeds had germinated, and within 6 days, the children’s Rapunzels all had cress hair! The children used a ruler to see how long the cress had grown. Some of the childrens cress had grown to 12cm long. Here is a video of the story Rapunzel. Enjoy.
Click here to watch how to grow cress at home.
Have a wonderful weekend everyone, and enjoy the sunshine.
Emma
Michelle’s blog
Hello everyone and welcome to this week's blog.
We have had glorious weather this week and we have made the most of it as we continue to watch the tadpoles grow bigger. We are still waiting for them to start growing legs but they are getting much bigger now.
We have started our research about all things ‘creepy crawlie’ as we set off on a bug hunt. We found woodlice, slugs, spiders and ants. We hope to find many more. Why don't you go on your own bug hunt? Click here.
We have been practising our positional language skills and checked our learning by having a quiz at home. Click here.
Have a lovely weekend and enjoy the weather
Michelle
VE Day celebrations
Next Thursday nursery will be joining the whole school for a picnic lunch on the field. If your child is present on that day we are asking if they could wear red, white and blue coloured clothing!!! Let’s hope the sun continues to shine!
Have a fabulous Bank Holiday weekend everyone. I have lots of gardening planned in the sunshine, maybe followed by a little snooze!
See you on Tuesday
Stay safe and God Bless
Barbara