Welcome to Giraffe Class! This year Giraffes is made up of 10 Foundation Stage children. Our teacher is Mr Jones.
In Giraffes we love learning outside and have a lovely outdoor area where we can; climb, swing and explore. We also take part in regular Forest School sessions where we use the nature areas on our school’s field to learn about; the natural world, bush craft skills, team building activities and how to use natural materials to create imaginative designs.
In our recent Forest School sessions we have;
- created our own tree sprites out of clay and natural materials
- planted acorns
- enjoyed going on a minibeast hunt
- learnt about worms and made our own wormery
- searched for different leaves and made leaf rubbings
- enjoyed playing in the fallen leaves!
We love staying active and especially enjoy zooming around the bike track at school! Our school hall is another favourite space, where we’re currently taking part in a fun and energetic Football FUNS topic. While we haven’t had the chance to use the school pool just yet, we’re really looking forward to starting our swimming lessons soon! We are also excited about our upcoming rugby sessions with Neil, a coach from the Cornish Pirates, and can’t wait to take part in our Balancability lessons using the school’s balance bikes.
Phonics and reading are at the heart of everything we do. We regularly read with our Year 6 Buddies and love visiting both our school library and the library in St Austell whenever we can. In class, we follow the ELS synthetic phonics scheme, and we really enjoy listening to stories and sharing books together.
This term our topic is, Let’s Explore. This project teaches us about the environments that we live in and share with others, including our homes, school and places in the local community.
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