People who help us (Foundation 2)

We have been learning about people who help us and we have been visited by a firefighter and police officers. We have been talking about keeping ourselves safe, always doing the right thing and listening to adults. 

Thursday and Friday at Malham Tarn

Maps and geometry, compass orienteering, climbing mountains and mammal trappings! It has been a very busy time at Malham Tarn this year, the children have had a fantastic time. 

Our turn now, 5 blue and the rest of 5 purple have just arrived. Having lunch in the common room before starting our afternoon activities. 

Year 5 Malham Tarn (Group 1)

Year 5 Red/Purple have had a fantastic first day at Malham Tarn. After arriving and having lunch, we headed out to make our own dens using only resources we could find in the surroundings. After dinner, we headed back out to have a bonfire, where we sang songs and made our own popcorn. Finally, we made our own fire using flint and steel. Phew! What a busy day! 

Year 3 Stone Age Day

Year 3 had a special visitor today who came to teach us about the Stone Age.

Baking Gingerbread Men in Foundation 1

In Foundation one the story we are leaning is the Gingerbread Man. This week the children helped to measure the ingredients, mix the mixture, roll out the dough and use the cutters to cut out the gingerbread men. When they had baked the children tasted them and really enjoyed them. 

Here is the recipe for you to try at home with your child. We would love to see photos of you doing this, please upload these to your child’s tapestry journal.

Ingredients 

60g brown sugar

300g self raising flour

2 teaspoons ginger

1 egg

125g butter

90g golden syrup.

Making the gingerbread men

1. Beat the sugar, butter and syrup together, then add egg.

2. Sieve the flour and ginger together.

3. Mix the ingredients in the bowl.

4. Knead the mixture

5. Flatten dough and cling-wrap. Then put in fridge for 15-20 minutes.

6. Roll dough between grease proof paper

7. Cut out the men.

8. Heat an oven to 180 oC or gas mark 4 and bake for 8 minutes until brown.

9. Decorate and add eyes if you wish to let cool and eat before they run away.

TT Rock Stars ✨

Check out this weeks TT Rock Star Champions 🎸🎷⭐️

TT Rock Star ✨

Check out this weeks TT Rock Star Champions 🎷🎤🥁

NAO Robot

NAO Robot visited Grange Farm last week and introduced the exciting world of robotics and coding to our children. NAO has put on some fantastic demonstrations and children have had the chance to hold conversations, program and interact with him.

Outdoor Learning in Foundation 1

The children in Foundation stage spend a huge part of their day in our outdoor area. 
When outdoors the children are learning the following:-
*Personal, Social and Emotional development. Making frienships, sharing and turn taking, role play 
*knowledge and Understanding the world . Exploring the changes in seasons, weather, life cycles of mini beasts.
*Physical development. Peddling bikes, climbing, balancing, mark making, moving safely and in different ways.
*Communication and language. Developing listening skills by learning to distinguishing between the different sounds you can hear outside. Providing a language rich environment.

We are very lucky to have a great outdoor area with climbing equipment, the mud kitchen, outdoor book area, large trays to explore oats, flour, pasta, jelly and other sensory materials. The scrap area is very popular and the children use creative critial thinking to construct various things to support their role play.