Bears
- 31/05/23
Come Outside - The Tiny Seed
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. It was the perfect finale for our Come Outside topic. Inspired by Eric Carle's front cover illustration, we recreated our own tiny se...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 - 30/04/23
Come Outside - Jasper's Beanstalk
We start our summer term with a new topic - Come Outside. Our classroom is looking lush and green with leaves, beanstalks and beautiful blossom trees. Our first story to explore is Jasper's Beanstalk written by Nick Butterworth and Mick Inkpen. Jasper is a frustrated garde...Read Full Story - 01/04/23
Traditional Tales - Little Red Riding Hood
The Big Bad Wolf is back in our last traditional tale Little Red Riding Hood. Our role-play became Granny's cottage as we took on the character roles of Little Red Riding Hood, Granny, the Wolf and the Woodcutter. On small world we retold the traditional tale using a forest scene, Granny's c...Read Full Story - 01/04/23
Traditional Tales - Goldilocks and the Three Bears
No Big Bad Wolf in our next traditional tale, instead we have a golden haired girl on the rampage, breaking furniture and eating other people's food. Enter Goldilocks and the Three Bears. Our role-play area transformed into Three Bears cottage. Then one morning, our Bears arrived to scho...Read Full Story - 08/03/23
Traditional Tales - The Three Little Pigs
We started our Traditional Tales topic with 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 details remain the same, and there are often good and bad characters...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 - 12/02/23
Colour and pattern - 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 - 04/02/23
Colour and Pattern - Elmer
A parade of patchwork elephants exploded into the Bears class to make it bright, colourful and elephant themed. On small world we set an Elmer scene for the children to create adventures for Elmer, the other elephants and the jungle animals. We created 3D puffy Elmers with a lot of patient...Read Full Story - 15/01/23
Colour and Pattern - The Rainbow Fish
We welcomed the Bears back to school with the Rainbow Fish story and a new Colour and Pattern topic. Rainbow Fish is a beautiful story written by Marcus Pfister, about a gorgeous, shiny, shimmering fish that discovers the joy of sharing. The children worked together to create a Rainb...Read Full Story - 29/12/22
Let's Celebrate - Christmas
The Bears celebrated Christmas with the help of The Jolly Christmas Postman, written by Janet and Allan Ahlberg. In role-play, we were busy in our Christmas post office writing and posting cards, and sorting letters and parcels. The Jolly Christmas Postman sent a letter to the Bears as...Read Full Story - 27/11/22
Let's Celebrate - Weddings
This week, we celebrated the wedding of Harry O' Hay and Betty O'Barley, with the story of The Scarecrows' Wedding written by Julia Donaldson. We retold their story on our small world using the characters and some props to help us. In our role-play, we attended a wedding celebration w...Read Full Story