Look What We've Been Doing!

In Foundation Stage One this week, we have been looking at colours and finding out what happens when we mix them together. We used powder paints (blue, red and white) to make new colours as well as different shades of the same colour.

Can you remember how to make colours lighter and darker?
What happened when we mixed the blue and the red paints together?

Here are some of you finding out the answers to these questions:

Look at the different shades of blue I have made!

Lots of different shades here. I can also see pink and purple. How did you do that?

We had to mix the paint in the same order each time: Water, sponge, powder, pallette. The left to right sequence will also help us when we learn to write.

Did you enjoy our paint mixing focus this week? It doesn't have to be just powder paints that you use for mixing colours. Have a try at mixing colours using the poster paints and block paints too. See how many different colours you can make.

Here's a colour mixing game for you to play. Just click on the picture below to take you to the game. You might need a grown up to help you to select 'Mixing Room' once you're inside the colour mix cottage.

Fun In The Snow!!

When the snow fell last week, we grabbed the opportunity to make the most of it. Mrs Winstanley brought sledges in for us to take turns riding, we made snow angels and snowmen and threw snowballs at the metal shed, enjoying the sound they made as they landed. We had lots of opportunities to talk to the children about the properties of snow (cold, wet, fluffy, white, soft) and looked at what happens when snow is held in a warm hand. We all had a ball! Take a look at what we got up to.

Watching what happens when we skim the snow off surfaces.

It might be snowy but we're still brave enough to try out the wobble board!

Perfect outfit for creating snow angels in!

Sledge rides!

We all literally pulled together to ensure everybody had a good time.

Going solo down the slope.

Wheeeeee!!

A pull and a push. This must have been an extra fast ride!

How could any of us feel the cold putting in all this effort?

Super fast down the slippery slope!

Adding a hat and scarf to our snowman.

We found some playground chalk and gave him a happy face.

If you're missing the snow, why don't you have a go of this fun snow race game? Click on the picture below and it will take you directly to the game.

I hope you have had the chance to have a look around our nursery to see all the festive changes that have taken place. We have a fantastic Christmas Gallery with lots of themed paintings from the children. Our construction area has been transformed into a scene of the stable in Bethlehem and we all had lots of fun decorating the classroom and putting up the tree!

It was lovely to see so many of you turn up to write letters to Santa with your children. Here are some pictures of you all thinking hard about what you would like to see under your trees this year.

Double the fun!! Two brothers write two wish lists.

Getting some inspiration from catalogues.

Discussing and writing down our ideas.

That looks like a big list!!

We enlisted the help of some friendly postal workers.

First or second class?

The queue for the Post Office.



We hope you enjoyed listening to what your children would like for Christmas. Keep looking out for a reply from the man himself!

We look forward to seeing you all again next week for our Christmas show (10.30am on Friday 14th December)

Look At Our New Role Play Area!

We have transformed the role play area into a Post Office for this half term. Working in a Post Ofiice gives our children the opportunity to develop their communication, literacy and numeracy skills as well as enhance their knowledge and understanding of the world through fun and imaginative role play.

We can...

Take the role of Post Office staff/customer.



Take the role of a Postie.

Complete passport applications.

Send letters to friends.

Discover the world. Where can we send letters
and parcels to?

Weigh letters and parcels.



Talk about what happens to a letter after
it's been posted.



Handle and sort money.
 

Learn all about tessellation.
"It's not fitting!"



The children are encouraged to talk about the various services which are available in a Post Office. Here are some of the fantastic responses we received during a Q & A session on the carpet:

"You can post letters....or you can email" - Tallulah 

 

"The postman brings the letters and puts it in the letterbox" - Olivia

 

"You can buy white cards (envelopes) write a letter, put it in and put a stamp on it." - Elise

 

"Postman Pat wears the uniform" - Elyse

 

(Talking about needing a passport)...

..."You need one to go on an aeroplane" - Alfie C

 

(Talking about car tax discs)...

"My Mummy has one of those...she has a white Mini....stick it on the car." - Elise

 

"I've been stamping and put it in the post thing." - Mason

 



 



 

Investors In Pupils

All classes at Fieldhead Carr have an 'Investors in Pupils' target. Older children in school set their own targets to achieve personal success in a specific area of the curriculum. In FS1, we agree on a whole class target for all of the children to aim for. All the children who achieve this target are rewarded with stickers and certificates. Our first target was to 'Tidy away our toys' which many children are now achieving. Our new target is 'To put our own coats on'

Here is one of our children demonstrating how it can be done.



It's easier if you've got a hood. You can put it on your head while you get your arms in.
Once you've got one arm in, hold on to your coat while you get your other arm in.

Once both arms are in your sleeves, you can then have a try at doing up your zip or buttons.



Hey Presto!! Expertly done. "I did it all by myself"

A special certificate to take home to show my family.

FS1's 'Investors In Pupils' display. When you've achieved your target, you get to put your busy bee in the honey pot!
Look how many children are in there already after just one day!

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Target achieved. Well done!!

 



Keep practising over half term. Let's see how many busy bees can jump into the honey pot when we come back.

Practising Our Writing Skills

FS1 have been busy practising their writing skills. Mark-making is available in all our areas of provision around the nursery to allow the children the opportunity to role-play (writing telephone notes in the home corner) plan designs in the model-making and construction, or just simply to assign their name to a painting or drawing.

Here's our future authors, journalists or maybe even teachers hard at work.

Concentrating hard and using a firm tripod grip.

Using chunky chalks outside to make marks.

Dry-wipe pens are colourful and fun!

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Practise makes perfect!

Assigning meaning to the marks.