Information for parents and families

Week Ending: 13.12.24

This week the children performed their Nativity Concert in front of all their families. After weeks of learning songs, actions and a dance routine Einstein Class wowed their audience and gained glowing praise from all who watched. Everyone had done a fantastic job.

For Drawing Club this week, we drew new bikes for The Jolly Postman. We have also had a classroom visitor from the North Pole. An Elf named Norman has been causing all sorts of mischief.

Week Ending: 6.12.24

This week, the children explored different types of materials. They worked out which materials were good to build houses from, how many puffs it took to move objects and found different ways to make the straw house stronger. The week we followed the Big Bad Wolf to the Three Little Pigs. We ended the week by being the wolf and eating our own sausage rolls. The children had a great time making their own sausage rolls and enjoyed them after PE. 

Week Ending: 29.11.24

Little Red Riding Hood came for a visit this week. The children had a great time retelling her story and looking out for the sneaky Big Bad Wolf.

At the painting easel, the children were exploring how to create different shades of grey to paint the wolf.

During outside learning, the children created their own path (assort course) to Grandma's house. They tried to move along the path in different ways, skipping like Little Red Riding Hood and sneaking like the Big Bad Wolf.

Week Ending 22.11.24

This week we have looked at the story of Jack and the beanstalk from the view of the giant. We have explored the different emotions felt by the giant and how he is misunderstood in the traditional tale. During our PE lesson this week, we also looked at different emotions as we based our dance around the seven dwarfs. The children really enjoyed creating the different emotions using their bodies, movement and facial expressions.

Week Ending 15.11.24

Mummy, Daddy and baby bear made a special trip to our classroom this week. The children have been busy making new chairs and beds for little baby bear using the building blocks and different materials. We tried porridge and different toppings, some people really enjoyed it and some were not so keen.   

Week Ending 08.11.24 

After half term, we have been looking at all things colourful this week. Beautiful patterns and colourful diva lamps to celebrate Diwali. Then we moved on to make our own edible sparklers for bonfire night. The children created their own firework pictures, using a range of multimedia and techniques.

Week Ending 01.11. 24 

Halloween week has come to Einstein class. We started the week reading “Mrs Blackhat”, a which who likes the colour black and her spells go completely wrong. The children were using their phonic knowledge of blending and segmenting sounds to help them sort out real and fake spells. We had pumpkins in the tuff tray for the children to explore. It was decided that pumpkins are smelly and slimy. The children used a range of tools to carve and scoop them out.

Week ending 18.10.24

We continued with the autumn theme this week but looked at autumnal animals and learnt all about hibernating. We made our own hedgehog bread rolls, they were delicious and warm, just perfect for a cold autumnal day. The children read the ingredients, measured and mixed to make their own hedgehog roll each.  Throughout the week, we had lots of activities based around hedgehogs, cutting spines and making a spikey hedgehog, making a perfect place for the hedgehog to hibernate and playdough hedgehogs too.

Week Ending 11.10.24 

It’s the start of our autumn topic this week. We have discussed different signs for autumn and have been outside finding them. As a result of this we have learn the words and their meanings ‘evergreen’ and ‘deciduous’. The children have created their own beautiful autumnal trees, by mixing a range of colours and choosing their own colours to create their tree.

Week Ending 4.10.24

This week the children have been exploring their emotions and feelings. We have worked hard to identify, and name our own emotions and those of the colour monsters. In Drawing club we have come up with our new colour monster and its design, colour and behaviour.

Week Ending: 25.09.24

We have stepped back in time and taken a look at ourselves as babies this week. The challenge was set to try and match baby photos with photos of the children now. Lots of similarities and differences were seen and discussed. We have looked and hygiene this week and different ways to clean ourselves. The children have been learning to wash their hands in the tuff tray, clean teeth in the water tray and to make teeth at the play dough table. All activities were inspired by our Drawing Club book this week which was "I don't want to wash my hands" by Tony Robinson.

Week Ending: 18.09.24

We have been growing and strengthening our friendships throughout Einstein Class. We have been busy outside learning and focusing on strengthening our core muscles. It has also been national first aid week, and as a result we have had various items on our exploration station linked with first aid. The children have been able to practise their bandage wrapping skills, taken temperatures and pretended to call for emergency services. 

Week Ending: 11.09.24

We have had a brilliant first week as Einstein Class. This week, we have focused on the text 'Marvellous Me' by Lisa Bullard. The children have been busy creating their houses, painting their self portraits and learning to colour mix. We have been able to explore the outside space we are so lucky to have at school. The children have worked together to create the own art work of Albert Einstein.