Michael Rosen Chocolate cake

Children listening attentively to Michael Rosen telling his poem, chocolate cake. We used our technology skills by searching the Internet for Michael’s poem.    Children listen attentively in a range of situations. They… Continue reading

Wednesday music session

Today the children met Hannah our music teacher and she introduced us to two mice called Peter and Paul.

Fun with dough

Yesterday the children were keen to make some dough so we mixed some flour and salt together. Despite lots of mixing and and feeling of the ingredients the mixture just would’t change until… Continue reading

Floating and sinking

Today two of our children kept finding buried treasure in the sand pit. Together they decided to put the objects in some water to rid them of sand. On doing this they exclaimed,… Continue reading

The class is up and ready.

Can’t wait to see you all this morning.                     

On Sudden Hill

During this week we have been reading On Sudden Hill. We have been talking about feelings and how the characters in the story behaved. We also discussed how the characters might have felt.… Continue reading

Understanding of the world

The children in Trotwood have been busy today exploring their environment. Children showing an interest in technological toys with knobs or pulleys, or real objects such as cameras or mobile phones. • Showing… Continue reading

Shape hunt

An amazing adventure began in Trotwood today. We took out our binoculars and started to find shapes. Once we started to look we  found shapes everywhere in our environment.  We found circles, squares,… Continue reading

Enjoying a full day

We have been very impressed with how settled and independent the children are. Everyone has settled really well and can look forward to meeting more children next week.

Making friends and building relationships