We had a wonderful time looking at toys from the past at the Musuem of Childhood. 

Year 1 trip to Sudbury Hall, Museum of Childhood on Tuesday 3rd October. 

Wowee! We can't believe we only have two weeks left until the summer holidays - we are going to make the most of these two weeks with lots of children soon to be moving to year 1, we want to make their remaining time in EYFS as memorable as possible! We will also be rounding off our topic (which the children have loved), sharing our final big idea question and then in the last week re-visiting all that we have covered so far. 

This week we will be sharing the big idea question: 

• How can we help to keep our beaches/the sea nice and clean?  

And sharing these wonderful stories to help explore this question:

• Thank you for all the monkey costumes! If still to bring in, please do so as soon as possible as we have our dress rehearsal soon!
• We invite you to our EYFS class assembly this Friday (Friday 14th July) - please arrive to school for assembly starting at 3:00pm
• Remember our graduation celebration assembly dates coming up (Thursday 20th July)
  F1 children moving to F2- 11:15am-11:45am
  F2 children moving to Year 1 3:00pm - 3:30pm 
• F2- We will be sending home PE kits this week, so you can start to get these ready for Year 1 in September. 

This week our big idea question's are:

• What do pirates wear?
• What transport can/cannot travel on water?

We will be getting stuck in to all things pirate related! We will be sharing stories, singing songs, making ships and boats and exploring floating and sinking. 

Here are the brilliant stories that we will be sharing (along with lots of other pirate stories - feel free to bring any 'pirate' related books you might have at home that we can share with the children - remember to name them, so we can keep them safe). 

For our final term before the summer holidays, we are going to be finding out all things sea and seaside! 

We will learn about what animals live in the sea and some of the special features that they have (e.g. fish have gills and octopus have tentacles). We will be exploring what creatures we might find in rock pools and along the seashore. We will be talking about what we can do to protect our beaches and oceans, helping to keep them nice and clean. Finally, we will discuss how we stay safe in the sun/on the beach as well as what we enjoy doing at the seaside - if you have any beach photos please send them in on tapestry for us to share/add to our display!

Supporting your child at home

• Share our 'Big Ideas' resource - discussing the key question's and vocabulary (see below or attached PDF for clearer version).
• Share any 'under the sea' or 'beach' related stories you might have at home or find in the library. 
• Use Google Earth to look at images of seas and oceans around the world.
• Take a look at our weekly blogs to see what we are learning about in school
• Take a trip to the beach for a day out, you could go shell hunting, build sandcastles, investigate a rock pool or enjoy some seaside activities (fish and chips! Yummy!)