Helping Fairy Kingdom

Last  week there was a bit of trouble happening down in Fairy Kingdom!

We got a letter explaining that the evil wizard had put a spell on Fairy Kingdom and taken all of their power and they needed our help getting it back.

The only way we could get the power back was by making a power potion for them! But there were a lot of very mystical ingredients.

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IMG_7723After we had collected all the ingredients for the potion we mixed it in a beaker and left it for the fairies and elves …

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When we got back to school there was a thank you letter waiting for us in the tadpole tank! We had done it! The fairies had got their power back, phew!

But we still don’t know what the key is for? Maybe we will find out soon.

Miss M x

Animals of Fishponds Wood

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We had all our equipment, we were ready to be animal detectives…

Mr Kern had kindly offered to come and help be our animal guide this morning so as we trudged down we asked him every animal question we could possibly think of.

We got into our groups and set off to see what we could find…

 

IMG_0093We saw lots of mole hills.

 

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We found some poo and decided it must belong to a rabbit. Charlie crushed it up to see if he could work out what the rabbit had been eating.

 

 

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Two frogs came to say hello. They were hiding in the damp leaves next to the pond.

 

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One of the most exciting places to look was underneath logs. You have got to be quick though, before they all scamper away!

 

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We had great adventures hunting for animals…

 

IMG_0136 but it was quite a tiring morning for some!

 

Miss M x

Signs of Spring

Spring Officially started on the 20th March, but we headed into the woods before then to see what signs of spring were already there!

IMG_7599We looked carefully at branches and saw that buds had started to grow.

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Catkins hung from the trees, Ryan thought they looked like caterpillars.

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We saw daffodils in lots of places. Seeing daffodils really brightened up our day! Sam and Theo even gave us a plant for the classroom. Thank you!

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We got to Fishponds Wood quite early and found that dew was still on the ground. Eliza thought the dew made the grass sparkle.

We found many more signs of spring, I think our favourite was hearing the woodpecker tapping as we arrived at the woods. We couldn’t see it but we sure heard it! IMG_7609

After our snack we each had a Spring poem that we had to share with the class. The sun shone so we all took off our coats as we performed the poems. It really did feel like spring was on its way!

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Miss M  x

Woodland Explorers

Finding a Special Place

This week was the first of our woodland adventures and what a windy start it was!
The first thing we had do to in our groups was discover a special place and have it ready for story time. We all had such different ideas about how to make each place unique from fires for cooking, ornaments for decoration and even insect rooms! Here are some of our special places...

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After a woodland story in our dens we then all met up at 'basecamp' for snack time and a chance to warm up with some warm milk.

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The second part of the morning was all about TREES and we learnt two very big words; Deciduous and Evergreen. We ran around the woods spotting deciduous and evergreen trees. Some of us even managed to work out what type of trees they were by looking at the leaves.

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SAM_1241This is an evergreen tree. We know this because even in Winter the tree still has leaves on its branches. Evergreen trees keep leaves all year round.





This is a deciduoIMG_7349us tree , can you see all the leaves that have fallen to the ground? Most deciduous trees lose their leaves in Autumn when they change colour and then fall to the ground.

When we got back to school we had lots more investigating to do, plus we had to get everything we had discovered down in our new woodland scrapbooks!

See you next week for some woodland shopping.

From Miss M and The Woodland Explorers x

Welcome :-)

Hello and Welcome to Year One!

Mrs Killy and I are very happy to have you here. You have settled in fantastically!

We have had a super first couple of days and have even started work in our brand new topic and maths books.

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Please find a copy of our class timetable for this term.

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Mrs Wheatley will be teaching the children on a Monday afternoon when Miss Manhire has her ‘teacher preparation time.’

Our adventures into the intergalactic world begin next week (Monday 12th September) and I am excited to see what weird and wonderful things we will discover.

Miss M x