Bears
- 21/07/26
Mad About Dinosaurs
Inspired by the colourful, rhyming picture book Mad About Dinosaurs, the Bears finished their first year in school, discovering dinosaur fossils and identifying dinosaurs. We played in a dinosaur museum role-play and ventured into a dinosaur habitat on small world. We pra...Read Full Story - 04/07/26
Sports Day 2026
After rain and heatwave cancellations, the day of our EYFS Sports Day finally arrived. We gathered in our coloured teams of red – Oak, blue – Beech, yellow – Ash and green – Sycamore. Then we paraded excitedly around the field in front of our families. Over th...Read Full Story - 04/07/26
The Very Hungry Caterpillar
We began our All Creatures Great and Small topic with a colourful but very hungry caterpillar. On small world, we sequenced the story of The Very Hungry Caterpillar. Oral retelling of a story is important for our reading and writing development. In role play, we were scientists...Read Full Story - 14/06/26
Our Farm Trip
The Bears visited Boydells Farm on a wet June day. We had a guided tour by Farmer Finn with lots of opportunities for hands-on experiences. First, we watched Farmer Finn milk Matilda the cow. Then it was our turn to have a try. Farmer Fin talked to us about the different milks that Boydells...Read Full Story - 14/06/26
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 - 31/05/26
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 - 17/05/26
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...Read Full Story - 10/05/26
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 smallworld, we retold the traditional tale using a forest scene, Granny...Read Full Story - 02/04/26
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 ar...Read Full Story - 07/03/26
World Book Day
To celebrate World Book Day, we came to school dressed as our favourite story characters – and what a fantastic effort everyone made. Thank you for helping the children look amazing and bringing the joy of stories to life! At Beckers Green, our focus for World Book Day was reading for ple...Read Full Story - 07/03/26
Traditional Tales - The Three Little Pigs
It is the second half of our Spring term, and we have 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 usual...Read Full Story - 18/02/26
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
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