The lead up to Christmas was a very busy time in Beach Class.  The children worked together as a team and showed great resilience as they rehearsed their Early Years Nativity which we proudly performed to our families.  We also took part in the Christmas Tree Festival at All Saints Church.  With help from our parents on a craft afternoon, we carefully made all our decorations for our tree. After decorating the tree at church and switching the lights on we sang our Nativity songs to the congregation.

Back in class the children wrote letters to Santa, using inspiration from the story The Jolly Postman at Christmas.  We posted these in the school post box and the children were delighted when each of them received a special letter at home from Father Christmas himself!  The festive season was also the perfect time to do some cooking and woodwork.  Our woodwork reindeers were a particular delight to see when they were all lined up waiting to go home.

Since returning from the Christmas break, we have been exploring the winter weather, using ipads to capture evidence of Jack Frost – linked to our story of the week.  The children have also been busy crafting, using paper collage and painting to capture their winter images and ideas.  We look forward to seeing where the children will take our learning next.

The Autumn Term is well underway in Beach Class and we’ve welcomed 30 new children to our class.  The children have been busy making new friendships and have been getting to know their new teachers and routines of school. 

We have been having lots of fun outside in our EYFS garden, despite the soggy start to the school year.  We’ve had a bumper harvest of conkers from our Horse Chestnut Tree which the children have enjoyed gathering and using for games, construction, art and number work.  This week we hope to make some conker comets and use them to copy the shapes of letters in our names.

Inside our classroom, the children have been busy exploring a range of resources including Funky Finger activities which help to promote finger strength and dexterity in preparation for writing.  Our craft station has also proved incredibly popular as the children have explored a range of mediums to shape their masterpieces.  It has been wonderful to see the children embracing our new improved book corner and puppet theatre with many children opting to snuggle into the arm chairs to share a book with a friend.  Last week we also received a new story book, ‘Zog’ from our garden fairies and the children have been busy retelling the story with our small world resources too.

We look forward to continuing to settle the children into their new school as the Autumn Term continues and are excited to see where the children’s interests take our learning next.