Friday 8th March 2024

What a busy week we have had in Honeybees class as we have set our minds to all things growing related. The children have continued their growing journey with the story Jaspers Beanstalk by Nick Butterworth. In the story Jasper finds a bean, he plants it, waters it and even tends to the slugs. He then waits for his beanstalk to grow and in the end he ends up with a brilliant tall beanstalk. The children really enjoyed learning from Jasper, they chose their very own beans, planted them and watered them. They made fantastic gardeners, we can not wait to see how their beanstalks grow. The children were so engrossed with this they then worked hard to fill and empty pots with water, compost and sand using a range of equipment in our outdoor area. 

Using the sequence of the story, in math's the children have focused on ordering the days of the week. They have enjoyed singing along to the song we learnt and hope to embed this is our daily routine to help support their understanding of time. Please see the link at the end of the blog if you wish to sing along at home.

In our art sessions this week we have created beanstalks using paint on clingfilm and created giant card beanstalks all painted beautifully by the children, they are all quite the budding artists, super work Honeybees!

In our Bucket sessions the children have been captivated by squirty butterflies, feather races, mystery flour cups and colourful rain. We are very proud of how well the children participate in these sessions and it is just wonderful to see the children laugh and smile so much.

Thursday saw a class of very excited children ready for World Book Day. The children (and adults) all looked wonderful in their costumes and enjoyed a variety of different stories throughout the day, they also made fantastic story tellers. Lots of book related fun was had by all.

Well done Honeybees, what a super week you have had.

Link for days of the week song: Days of the Week | Addams family (parody) | Hands only | Fun learning action song for kids (youtube.com) 

Important information:

Friday 15th March - Red Nose Day - Wear something red and bring a donation.