by Tom Walbrin | Mar 20, 2024 | News from the Rooms, Woodpeckers
In term four in Woodpeckers class we’ve been welcoming new friends, showing them all our current interests. We took a lovely trip to the icy forest, noticing the frost on the grass and collecting objects. Some of us were having conversations about length of sticks....
by Ali | Nov 22, 2023 | News from the Rooms, Woodpeckers
This term so far in Woodpeckers, we’ve been really interested in bridges, building our own using lots of positional language (under, across, over), challenging ourselves, and making higher and lower bridges to go over and under while keeping ourselves safe. ...
by Ali | Nov 21, 2023 | News from the Rooms, Woodpeckers
Woodpeckers had such a lovely time face painting for Children in Need.
by Ali | Jul 7, 2023 | News from the Rooms, Woodpeckers
Last week we continued our exploration of Jack and the Beanstalk, by working together to create a story map! We talked first about who the characters were, how the story started and how it ended. We have noticed many opportunities to talk about feelings in this story,...
by Ali | Jun 12, 2023 | News from the Rooms, Woodpeckers
Last term we planted some seeds! We talked about the different seeds’ size, pattern, colour and shapes. We noticed that the soil was soft and light. We practiced our new vocabulary and talked about what we knew about plants. Some of us knew that our seeds...
by Ali | May 4, 2023 | News from the Rooms, Woodpeckers
The children in Woodpeckers have been busy planting and caring for their own bean plants. They are amazed to see how fast they grow and how different they look each day. They have been learning about the different parts of the plant and the stages of its life cycle....
