Author: Crocodiles

This week our learning has been based around the story of Owl Babies by Martin Wadell. The children have enjoyed retelling the story, acting out the story with props, sequencing the story, writing initial sounds for objects/characters in the story […]

Yesterday all of the children in school had the opportunity to play glow in the dark dodgeball! The hall was in darkness. We had special black lighting lamps and fluorescent jackets. The children were put into teams and had to […]

This week the children have been learning about their Right to a safe and healthy environment. We have spoken about re-cycling and spotted that the things we can recycle have a green set of arrows on them. We re-used our […]

This week in a build up to World Children’s Day, in Reception we have been learning about air pollution and how it effects us. In the outdoor learning area we all took part in a leaf experiment. Our first job […]

This week we have been learning about the famous artist Jackson Pollock. Jackson Pollock used all sorts of things to drip, splash, splatter and throw paint!We looked at his work and what talked about what we liked about it.Then, in […]

Last week we started our Guided Reading sessions with the children.The children read with an adult in a small group three times per week.We are currently looking at books with no words, asking the children to talk about what they […]

At Beeches we use music planning from Charanga Music School. In our music lessons this term, we have been learning about pulse. The pulse is like a heartbeat and stays the same throughout a piece of music. We practise finding […]

This week the Crocodiles have been learning about Autumn and exploring some of the things we can see, hear and feel. We have collected leaves and made some beautiful leaf rubbing pictures with crayons. We have also been examining pumpkins. […]

The children enjoyed taking part in their first ever PE lesson today. First we had a warm up game of ‘Simon Says’ to get our muscles warm and our hearts pumping. Next we experimented with the beanbags, moving with them […]

This week we have been continuing our learning around our topic of Goldilocks and the Three Bears by taste testing some porridge! There was a slightly mixed response from the children but everybody had a go and tried it – […]