Look at Crew Chapman working hard in their P.E session with Coach this morning!
Working hard in P.E
Category : Crew Whitehead 21/22
Our amazing outdoor area!
We have had a fantastic few days exploring our new outdoor area, the children were so excited to get out there and play on all the fabulous new equipment with their friends.
Thank you to all adults who came along to our open morning/afternoon, the staff and children loved having you here to share it with us!
EYFS playground is ready!
The area is finally ready!!
We would like to invite you to a stay and explore session with your child at either 8.45am or 2.15pm on Monday 23rd May.
Feel free to attend either session with your child. Staff will be around to speak to and guide children into school in the morning and then out of school for home in the afternoon.
You will be able to look around our exciting new area and explore the wonderful equipment with your child. We will be greeting all parents and children at the normal blue gates (front of school) at both times, where the ribbon will be cut and the area will be open for the children to explore.
The children will then be dropped off and picked up from the main blue gates after the opening.
Important information
The new equipment installed is specifically designed for children working in the EYFS (between 3 and 6 years of age). This means that unfortunately, older children are not permitted to use the equipment due to height and weight restrictions. We kindly ask that when dropping off and collecting your child from the EYFS, older siblings DO NOT climb or play on the equipment due to health and safety reasons. We also ask that EYFS children do not play on the equipment before or after school. The local park is a short walk away if your child would like to play on park equipment out of school hours. To ensure that the new equipment is only used during school hours by EYFS children, members of school staff will monitor the playground and ask children to come off the playground equipment if they are seen playing on it. We thank you for your cooperation on this matter.
Thank you for your support, we look forward to seeing you on Monday!
The EYFS Staff Crew
What’s all the commotion in Crew Nursery?
Our new topic book is called ‘Commotion in the Ocean’, we have enjoyed reading the story and seeing if we can make different movements like the sea creatures in the book.
Our focus this week is rock pools, during morning crew we looked at different types of rocks and talked about how they look and feel.
In provision we explored how rocks change when they get wet, in the tough tray we played ‘I spy’ using magnifying glasses and in the playdough we created rockpool creatures.
We also has lots of fun recreating the ‘Punch and Judy’ puppet show we watched last week, the children did a great job of remembering all the different parts.
What a tasty Tuesday!
This morning in Crew Nursery we talked about different foods that we might take on a picnic, we all agreed that the most important part of a picnic are the sandwiches! 🥪
We then explored making sandwiches ourselves and enjoyed eating them in a Crew picnic at snack time.
We worked really hard to make our patterns and enjoyed eating our special fruit kebabs for afternoon snack 🍏.
Hook Week – We Found a Time Capsule!
Last week, Crew Nursery were given a letter and a treasure map from a child, Tom, who attended Carcroft School a long time ago! They followed the map to the forest school and found a time capsule! In the time capsule, Tom had put things inside to remind him of his family holiday to Cleethorpes. Crew Nursery loved exploring the objects and looking at Tom’s photographs! They are excited to learn about Tom and what seasides were like in the past!
EYFS Summer Expedition
This week, the children in EYFS started their new expedition! Their expedition title is ‘Early Years Explorers’ and their guiding question is ‘What happens where the sea meets the shore?’
As part of their expedition this term, the children will be completing three case studies and answering some questions as part of these case studies:
- Case Study 1: Why is the seaside a special place? (Understanding the World: Past and Present)
- Case Study 2: What’s all the commotion at the ocean? (Understanding the World: The Natural World)
- Case Study 3 : Where does your seaside adventure take you? (Expressive Arts and Design: Being Imaginative)
Throughout the expedition, a range of texts will be used to inspire, shape and lead the children’s learning:
- Case Study 1: Lucy and Tom at the Seaside
- Case Study 2: Commotion in the Ocean
- Case Study 3 : Billy’s Bucket
Over the course of the term, we will blog about what the children have learnt and experienced as part of their expedition on our individual crew pages. We will also upload photographs of the children’s learning and share their completed work on our expedition website.
What a busy week in Crew Nursery! 🌻
This week we have been exploring Spring, we have made some chicks in the playdough 🐥, we have done beautiful daffodil art and used scissors to carefully cut leaves 🌿.
We have made the most of the lovely sunshine and spent lots of time outside playing in the water, making chalk pictures and playing with our friends – we even found a ladybird! 🐞
Spring is here!
Crew nursery have been looking for signs of spring this week! They have noticed that the weather is much warmer and that the sun is shining. The children have been discussing the animals, plants and insects that they might see in spring. They have planted their own sunflower seeds and they went on an exciting bug hunt! They found snails and ladybirds in Carcroft’s ‘Bugingham Palace’. The children used the play dough to create spring chicks and they used their building skills to design and make safe houses for chicks in the construction area.
Marvellous Monday!
What a busy morning in Crew Nursery! We have been working hard to make some super special surprises to bring home for the important people in our lives. We can’t wait for you to see what we have made.
