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W/B 16th March 2026

This morning we have been on a bear hunt - we went stumble trip through the grass, squelch through the mud until we found a bear hiding in a cave!

We have enjoyed the lovely sunshine this week!

W/B 9th March 2026

This week the children in The Woodlands joined Year 1 for their Science lesson. We went to the Forest school to look for different types of birds and insects. The children really enjoyed exploring.

W/B 2nd March 2026

In The Woodlands this week we have celebrated World Book Day by listening to some of the children's favourite stories at snack time, getting creative with some of the children's favourite characters.

We have been looking at numbers this week and the connection between a number and it's quantity.

We have been learning the sign 'more' this week, we will continue to use this and will introduce 'help.

W/B 23rd February 2026

This week in The Woodlands we have visited the forest school and went looking for bugs. We have been talking about emotions and recognising different facial expressions. We have been mark making in art, exploring different marks using different tools and different parts of our bodies.

Next week we will be focussing on the makaton sign 'more and continuing to explore different emotions.

W/B 9th February 2026

This week in The Woodlands we have been talking about Chinese Dragons and Chinese New Year. We invited some children from Puffins to come and help us with our Chinese Dragon. We made Dragon masks, put on some Chinese Dragon music and took it in turns to lead the Dragon around the classroom as the Puffins children made the Dragon's body.

W/B 2nd February 2026

This week in The Woodlands we have made cakes and patiently waited our turn to mix the cake mixture. We have been talking about shapes and organising them by their properties (big, small, colour etc).

The children's artwork is displayed at The Burton Art Gallery. They worked hard to create a tea party!

W/B 26th January 2026

This week in The Woodlands we have been organising shapes by their properties and practising letter formation.

W/B 19th January 2026

This week in The Woodlands we have been making patterns using lots of different resources.

We have made a 3D tea party which will be displayed at The Burton Art Gallery.

W/B 12th January 2026

It has all been about baking this week in The Woodlands. We have been mixing, making and baking. We have made some salt dough cakes and linked our baking theme to our phonics learning.

In Maths we have been talking about bigger and small and more.

Next week our theme will be digging and planting.

W/B 5th January 2026

The children have settled back into school really well. We have been to the park lots and have started to make some artwork to decorate the classroom.