We were so lucky with the weather today for our second Forest School session and as we walked down to our shed we sang our special song. We showed great independence skills putting on our own puddle suits today and Miss Gerrard and Miss Ford were very proud. Today was all about making shelters and practising knots which are great skills to learn. Some of us thought about how we could use sticks to hold up the tarpaulins and Christopher said we could tie two ropes together to make them longer when fastening them to tree branches. We showed fantastic team work and resilience. When we had finished, it was great fun sitting under our shelters eating juicy apples and being with our friends. There was lots of time to explore too: some of did some bark rubbings, drew pictures, climbed trees, ran up and down the slope, made a pile of sticks and tried to light it by rubbing sticks together. There is lots to do in our woods. At the end of the session we all thought about what we had enjoyed the most and took it in turns sharing.

This afternoon, the children in Miss Hodgson’s class went pond dipping. We had a fantastic time and the children were so sensible around the pond. We were all fascinated by the creatures we found including a newt, dragonfly nymph, lots of tadpoles and pond snails. What a lovely afternoon!

This week in Maths, Reception are learning to name and describe shapes. Yesterday we recapped our learning on the 2D shapes. The children used the 2D shapes to create pictures, build models and printed them in playdough so we could explore the properties. We have been using the mathematical vocabulary – side, corner, straight and curved. Super work everybody!