Acorns: Blog items
Date: 4th Oct 2024 @ 2:21pm
Acorns have enjoyed exploring and learning about Harvest this week. We have learnt about the different crops we can harvest and the role of the farmer.
We enjoyed using our tractor in the sensory tray and digging for different vegetables. We loved using the vegetables to print and mark make with.
Date: 3rd Oct 2024 @ 12:41pm
This week Acorns have been learning about people who help us in the community.
We have had lots of fun exploring through our sensory trays, puzzle matching, stories and songs and rhymes.
We especially loved dressing up and the puppets.
Date: 29th Sep 2024 @ 10:36am
Acorns have been exploring PE on a Thursday afternoon. We have been developing our transitions to and from the dance studio for a new activity and continuing to build our weekly routines.
This term's PE focus is exploring and developing our throwing, catching and kicking skills. We also incorporate gross motor skill development and opportunities to develop turn taking skills.
We have had lots of fun exploring our new activities in the dance studio.
Date: 23rd Sep 2024 @ 9:10pm
Bailey is our school therapy dog. She will be visiting Acorns weekly to spend some time with the children.
Some of our pupils already know Bailey from last year, our new pupils will be able to get to know her over the coming weeks.
We enjoyed catching up with Bailey and are looking forward to spending time with her weekly.
Date: 20th Sep 2024 @ 1:28pm
Acorns have been busy learning all about me, over the last couple of weeks.
We have been reading This is me and From Head to Toe.
We have had lots of fun developing our understanding through music and exploring our faces and how our bodies move with mirrors.
We have been exploring mark making and making faces during arts and crafts.
Using visuals and Makaton to support our understanding.
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Date: 4th Sep 2024 @ 5:13pm
Acorns have enjoyed their first few days settling into their new learning environment and meeting new peers and staff.
We have been busy exploring lots of different areas and resources as well as beginning to establish our daily routines.
Acorns - Visit to Farmer Parrs
Date: 16th Jul 2024 @ 1:11pm
This term Acorns have been exploring growth on the farm. We have been learning about different animals and the habitats on the farm.
Acorns have enjoyed their trip out to experience the farm first hand. Acorns enjoyed seeing the variety of animals on the farm, watching them eating and seeing where they lived.
We found the animals a little noisy but loved the opportunity to copy them too!
We even saw some alpacas and deer. What a great day!
Date: 5th Jul 2024 @ 4:23pm
This week Acorns have been exploring the seaside.
We have had lots of fun sensory experiences including splat the sandcastle, underwater tuff trays and our sensory story, 'What the ladybird heard at the seaside'.
We also read Billy's Bucket and enjoyed choosing what we would put in our own buckets. We even created our own seaside scene.
Acorns - A visit from the Naughty Bus
Date: 2nd Jul 2024 @ 2:27pm
Acorns have been celebrating Geography day with a visit from the Naughty Bus.
We enjoyed reading the story about the naughty bus and its journey.
Acorns then went on their own journey to explore our school community. Soon the naughty bus was popping up everywhere!! We found he had been to reception class, he had visited Mrs Bunday's office, Year 1, Elmer, the reading tree and Miss Moyes office. We had great fun exploring the school and finally found the bus un the sensory room where we enjoyed spending some time.
We can't wait for the naughty bus to come and visit again to see what our next journey could be!!!
Acorns - Supertato and Health week
Date: 30th Jun 2024 @ 5:40pm
Acorns have been celebrating Health & Well-Being week this week through a variety of activities. Firstly, our very successful interactive sports session which we all loved. Our sensory story was Supertato. We loved listening to the story and exploring the Superveggies!! We had a selection of vegetables to touch, smell and taste before matching them to the correct cards. We also made fruit kebabs and loved tasting a variety of fruit and strengthening our fine motor skills, threading the fruit onto skewers. We counted potatoes and vegetables during maths and even made our own Supertato art work. We finished the week off wearing bright and sporty outfits and developing some turn taking skills during our activities.
Acorns - Interactive Sports Session
Date: 25th Jun 2024 @ 2:07pm
Acorns had a fantastic interactive sports session.
We enjoyed welcoming our parents into our interactive session in the hall and had so much fun climbing, jumping, throwing and running.
Thank you to all the parents supporting us and we can't wait to do it again.
Date: 25th Jun 2024 @ 1:55pm
Acorns have enjoyed meeting the ducklings and learning about their growth and life cycle.
We have incorporated lots of eggciting activities into our learning this week.
We loved our sensory duck themed tuff trays, maths activities and writing activities.
We have been reading Oh Dear and looking for the eggs and enjoyed matching the animals during our sensory story and using the correct noises of the animals.
Acorns have also been busy making ducks during art.
Our highlight was watching the ducks take a paddle in the reception play area before we said good bye.
Date: 25th Jun 2024 @ 1:47pm
Acorns have been exploring the frog life cycle.
To support our learning, we have been reading The Perfect Ribbit and signing the frog life cycle song.
We have enjoyed listening to the story, practicing frogs sounds, singing and using the sensory animals to support our understanding.
We even had a visit from the tadpoles in our pond.
We looked at how they have changed from the last time we saw them and noticed they had grown some back legs.
We are looking forward to their next visit when they become froglets and then frogs.
Date: 16th Jun 2024 @ 7:28pm
This week the children in Reception received a very special delivery - 5 duck eggs. The duck eggs warm in the incubator until they were ready to hatch, we even saw one hatching. The children enjoyed visiting the ducks in reception, but were even more excited when they visited Acorn class. We enjoyed looking at the chicks and listening to how the ducks lay eggs and then hatch into ducklings. Then we had an opportunity to touch them and feel how soft they were.
"Ducks" said Krithik
"Quack" said Omer
"So cute" Amelia
Acorns - Sam plants a sunflower
Date: 17th May 2024 @ 4:42pm
This week Acorns have been reading Sam plants a Sunflower, as our class story.
We have enjoyed learning about how plants grow and what they need, including soil, water and sunlight.
We have been developing our focus and attention, taking part in small adult led group activities based around our story.
Acorns have enjoyed the immersive sensory story, especially being sprayed with the water spray when Sam plants his seeds and waters them.
Acorns have experienced planting their very own sunflowers and can't wait to see them grow.
Date: 17th May 2024 @ 4:33pm
Acorns have been watching and waiting patiently for our caterpillars to change into butterflies. On Wednesday, we were excited to see our first butterfly leave its chrysalis.
We waited patiently for all 5 butterflies to appear and then enjoyed watching them fluttering around and drinking from some oranges and flowers.
Today, we released them back into the wild so the life cycle can begin again.
We have really enjoy watching our caterpillars grow and change.
Acorns - Ben plants a Butterfly Garden
Date: 12th May 2024 @ 6:25pm
This week Acorns have been exploring the story Ben plants a Butterfly Garden.
We are continuing to develop our understanding of the butterfly life cycle.
We have enjoyed a variety of sensory tuff tray experiences as well as the sensory story.
We have also noticed the change in our caterpillars, which a now chrysalis.
We have engaged well in lots of different literacy and numeracy activities, developing our overwriting skills and number knowledge. We are continuing to develop our engagement in adult-led activities alongside our peers.
What a busy week.
Date: 12th May 2024 @ 5:48pm
Acorns have been listening to our adults talk about new life spring brings and this week we went on a spring walk.
Acorns had lots of fun exploring our forest school area and looking at all the different flora and fauna around us.
We enjoyed using visuals to find different plants and tick them of our checklist.
Acorns were excited to see tadpoles from our little pond and enjoyed watching them swim in the bucket.
We are curious to see what they grow up to become and are looking forward to learn about their life cycle next term.
We were excited to spot some butterflies and collected some natural materials to create our very own natural art butterflies after learning about the butterfly lifecycle this term.
Date: 3rd May 2024 @ 9:54pm
Acorns have been learning about the life cycle of butterflies. We have enjoyed singing the life cycle rhyme to support our understanding and even had tiny little caterpillars come to live in class with us. We have been very curious over the last two weeks, watching them growing. We now have 5 very big caterpillars who are just turning into their chrysalis. It has been very exciting watching the caterpillars get bigger every day and we can’t wait to see what emerges from their cocoons.
Acorns - The Hungry Caterpillar
Date: 3rd May 2024 @ 9:36pm
This week Acorns have been reading the Hungry Caterpillar. We have engaged in a variety of learning activities and experiences to support our understanding of the world around us and the life cycles of butterflies. We have enjoyed making hungry caterpillars in Art and even feeding our very own hungry caterpillar. We found caterpillars and butterflies everywhere, including in our tuff tray and our 'Bucket'. We even had our very own caterpillars come to live in Acorns! We can't wait to see what happens.
Date: 3rd May 2024 @ 9:18pm
Acorns have been developing an understanding about how plants grow. We have explored the need for sunlight, water and soil to be able to grow. Acorns have planted their own beanstalks and cress. We enjoyed filling the plant pots and planting the big seed (bean) and the smaller seeds (cress) and listening to an adult talking about these. We have had fun watering them and checking to see how they have been growing over the last two weeks. We are excited to see the beans beginning to grow taller!!
Date: 3rd May 2024 @ 9:00pm
We have enjoyed our sensory story this week all about Jaspers Beanstalk. We have been engaging in small adult led activities to support our understanding, learning and developing our focus and concentration. We have loved copying the actions from the book, planting, digging, watering and watching to see what grows. We have enjoyed exploring a variety of vegetables through touch, smell and taste if we were brave enough. We also enjoyed counting vegetables and trying to order beanstalks from smallest to biggest. For some of us we counted to 10 and others showed great listening skills and engagement. What a busy week.
Date: 3rd May 2024 @ 8:41pm
Over the last few weeks Acorns have been exploring how our bodies can move. We have enjoyed rolling over yoga balls and trying out yoga, kicking and throwing a variety of equipment and running and jumping. Our most enjoyable moments are when we are watching ourselves move in the large mirrors. We also had lots of fun taking part in some turn taking activities, including rolling the balls to our peers. Through PE, Acorns are developing their gross motor skills and social interactions with others. We are also exploring healthy bodies leading to happy minds and we certainly have lots of fun!
Acorns - Healthy Eating & Lifestyles
Date: 19th Apr 2024 @ 2:44pm
This week Acorns have been exploring how to keep ourselves healthy. We have experienced lots of fun sensory activities to learn about healthy eating and keeping our bodies healthy. We even found giant grapes in our 'Bucket' activity. We particularly enjoyed making and trying fruit kebabs. Strawberries were a definite favourite and we loved watching ourselves move in the big mirrors.
Date: 19th Apr 2024 @ 2:30pm
This term Acorns topic is Let's Grow. We will be looking at the growth of plants, flowers, fruit and vegetables as well as the life cycles of butterflies and frogs. We will be exploring spring as we see the new growth all around us. This week we have incorportated the story Jack and the Beanstalk and Jasper's Beanstalk in our learning and learnt about planting and growing. We planted our very own beans and are excited to watch them grow.
