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Category : Crew McGlone
Flower art 🌸
We have some beautiful blossom trees in our outdoor area in EYFS and we have noticed that some of the flowers had started to fall off and onto the playground. During our last expedition, we used small wooden hammers to create flower art so we decided to get them out and use the blossom to make beautiful pictures.
We added glue to our paper before choosing our flowers and using the hammers to flatten them onto our paper, making sure they were well stuck down. The final pieces looked really pretty!
Whilst we were doing this activity, we spotted a huge bee taking a break on the flowers we planted last half term. We looked carefully at how it was moving, making sure that we didn’t get too close and frighten him. We noticed that it was wiggling it’s body, trying to get lots of pollen stuck to it. We left some sugary water nearby in case it needed more energy to continue finding pollen. 🐝
What can we see in our local area?
As part of our expedition we have been observing the types of vehicles that drive past our school, as well as what buildings surround us. We used our problem solving skills to make a platform to stand on so that we could see over the wall.
Once we were on our platform we looked at the different buildings around us – we could see houses, bungalows, shops and a scout hut. There were lots of different vehicles that drove down Owston Road too – we saw lots of cars, buses, vans, bikes and even a lorry! We tried to think of reasons why those people were out and about and where they could be going. We thought lots of people might be going to the shops and we even said that some people might have been going to the seaside! We really enjoyed watching what we happening outside our school and we worked really hard to make sure that everyone was safe whilst using our platform.
Stay and engage – Crew McGlone 🚗🚚🚂
To get hooked into our new expedition, we invited our grown ups into school to help us create box models of different modes of transport. We had lots of different resources and materials to use and we used our creative skills to help us create AMAZING models that are now on display in our classroom. We will build on our skills by making lots of different box models linked to our expedition over the next few weeks. Miss McGlone was VERY impressed with what we created during our stay and engage session and she can’t wait to see what other creations we can make! Thank you to our grown ups for coming in and helping us, it was a lovely morning!
Parachute party!
In crew, we have been using our listening skills, as well as our socialising skills to play parachute games! We have absolutely LOVED our parachute crew sessions and can’t wait to play even more games when we next get the parachute out.
Busy bees in EYFS!
Since we have come back to school, we have been super busy getting hooked into our new expedition, as well as catching up with our friends.
We have LOVED being able to get outside, although we wish the weather would make it’s mind up – especially if it picks to be nice and sunny all the time!
We’ve enjoyed playing with the water tray and we have worked hard as a team to create a ramp for the boats to move from one tray to another. Using water to paint our climbing frame has also been something we have had lots of fun doing – we even worked together to make a platform to stand on so that we could reach the top of the frame.
Our new expedition is ’We’re on the move – Would you travel by wheels, wings or other things?’ and so we have been building our own buses and pretending to drive them as well as asking asking for tickets to our chosen destinations. We have also been carrying on some of our learning from our last expedition by checking in with our plants and making sure they are getting enough water. We have also really enjoyed using the new toys and jigsaws we have out in provision – the big helicopter is definitely a firm favourite!
Bye bye butterflies 🦋
Over the weekend it was time to release our butterflies! Once the net was unzipped, they did not waste any time in coming out and exploring the great outdoors. They took a fancy to the flowerbed close to where they were released and spent time familiarising themselves with the colourful flowers and grass. One butterfly decided to land on Miss McGlone’s finger and it was very happy to sit there taking in the sunshine ☀️
Now the butterflies are out in the wild, the whole life cycle process will continue and eventually begin again! 🐛🦋
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Yet another butterfly update! At last, all 5 butterflies have emerged from their cocoons and are now getting used to their new, beautiful wings. They have been enjoying the sugar water and this is giving them lots of energy to test out their new wings and also get used to their new bodies. I can tell that they are almost ready to get outside so I will be releasing them from their net into the garden tomorrow! 🦋🥰
Another update… 🐛 ➡️ 🦋
Our chrysalises are no longer chrysalises anymore… we have butterflies! At the moment, we have 3 butterflies that have emerged from their cocoons with another 2 yet to say hello! They will stay in the net for a few days before being let out into the big, wide world 🦋
Caterpillar update! 🐛
This week our caterpillars turned into chrysalises and we even caught one of the caterpillars spinning their cocoon! They will stay in their cocoons between 7-14 days before emerging so Miss McGlone has taken them home over the Easter holidays where they have settled in to their new environment well. Keep an eye out for updates when the butterflies begin to appear! 🦋
