Bears
- 08/06/25
The Enormous Turnip
We began our new topic, All Creatures Great and Small, with the Russian folk tale The Enormous Turnip. In role play, we shopped and worked in a farm shop, learning about vegetables and farm shop products while developing our concept of money, creating price labels and working a cash till. On small w...Read Full Story - 27/05/25
Come Outside - The Tiny Seed
The Bears were introduced to the story of The Tiny Seed written by Eric Carle. The Tiny Seed is a beautifully descriptive book that describes the journey of a seed as it survives through the seasons, to grow into a giant flower. In our small world, we retold the journey of the tiny seed as it moved...Read Full Story - 10/05/25
Come Outside - Jasper's Beanstalk
A new topic as we start our summer term - Come Outside! Our classroom is now decorated with lush green beanstalks and beautiful blossom trees. Inspired by the blossom trees around us, we painted trees with pink and white fingerprinted blossoms, and created chocolate playdough bloss...Read Full Story - 02/05/25
Traditional Tales - Little Red Riding Hood
The Big Bad Wolf is back in our last traditional tale, Little Red Riding Hood. Our role play transformed into Granny's cottage, and we played the character roles of Little Red Riding Hood, Granny, and the Wolf. On small world we retold the traditional tale using a forest scene, Granny...Read Full Story - 26/04/25
Traditional Tales - Goldilocks and the Three Bears
No Big Bad Wolf in our new traditional tale. Instead, we have a golden-haired girl on the rampage, breaking furniture and eating other people's food - welcome Goldilocks and the Three Bears. Our role-play transformed into Three Bears cottage. Then one morning, the Bears arrived...Read Full Story - 26/04/25
Traditional Tales - The Three Little Pigs
It is the second half of our Spring term and a new Traditional Tales topic. Our first traditional tale is the story of The Three Little Pigs. We discussed how a traditional tale is usually an old story that has been passed down for many years. There can be different versions, but usually some d...Read Full Story - 17/02/25
Colour and Pattern with Aliens Love Underpants
Aliens who love stealing pants landed in our Bears class, as we explored the Aliens Love Underpants story written by Clare Freedman and Ben Cort. We took a small step into space to play and build our understanding through a space station role-play experience and our small world helped us to ret...Read Full Story - 24/06/23
Our Trip to the Farm
On a hot sunny day, filled with excitement, the Bears boarded the coach to take us to Barleylands Farm. We were off on our first school trip. On arrival, we set down our packed lunches in the large Barleylands Barn where we would eat lunch. Then we began the general...Read Full Story - 13/05/23
Celebrating the King's Coronation
It is the King's coronation day and while the King is feeling rather nervous, Colin the king's dog, grabs the crown and runs away. The Bears have enjoyed learning about our coronation history and traditions, our royal family and the London landmarks, through the coronation caper - The K...Read Full Story - 05/03/23
World Book Day
On Monday, we received a visit from author and illustrator Emma Lazell. We started the day with an assembly. Emma shared her love for books, her journey to become an author and illustrator and the stories she has created. Later in the classroom, we watched, listened and drew along as Emma showe...Read Full Story - 30/05/22
Celebrating the Queen's Platinum Jubilee
This week, the Bears went on a London adventure with our story of the week, The Queen's Hat, written by Steve Antony. On our small world, the Queen, her guards and a corgi chased the Queen's hat around the London landmarks. In the Queen's Hat, the wind went swish and blew the Que...Read Full Story