Hawk Class @FP News – D&T: Designing & Making Bags

Hawk Class have been busy learning all about designing and making bags in D&T. We’ve been thinking carefully about our users by asking: What do they like? What type of bag do they need? What features will be useful? How can our design be functional and appealing? The children have practised important sewing techniques, including: running stitch, cross-stitch, and blanket stitch. They’ve learned how to follow a seam allowance to sew neatly and why products are often turned inside out to hide stitches.

It’s been fantastic to see their creativity grow as they design, test (prototype), and improve their ideas. We’re excited to continue developing our bag designs!

☀️🌱 With the sunshine finally making an appearance, we were so excited to welcome our families into nursery to help brighten up our garden! 🌸🪴

The children looked fantastic wearing green and had a fab time planting alongside their parents and carers. 💚 It was wonderful to see so many families working together to fill our outdoor space with beautiful new flowers and plants.

The children have already loved helping to look after our garden by watering the plants and we can't wait to watch them grow each day. 💧🌼

A huge thank you to all the families who joined us and helped make our garden such a lovely space for everyone to enjoy! ☀️

#NurseryLife #GrowingTogether #OutdoorLearning #GardeningFun #LittleGardeners #EarlyYears #LearningThroughPlay #CommunitySpirit

Duckling Class @FP had a wonderful time during their visit to Little Foragers Forest School! The children spent the day exploring the outdoors, discovering nature, and taking part in lots of exciting activities.

One of the highlights of the trip was going on a bug hunt. The children carefully searched under logs, in the grass, and around the trees to see what creatures they could find. They were very excited to spot worms, woodlice, spiders and even tiny beetles! The children used magnifying glasses to look closely at the insects and talked about where bugs like to live.

The children also enjoyed exploring the woodland area, collecting natural treasures, and learning how to care for the environment. They showed fantastic listening skills, teamwork and curiosity throughout the day.

“I found a wriggly worm!” Hayden

“The beetle was hiding under the log!” Amir

“I liked looking for bugs with my friends.” Ashanti

We are so proud of how well Duckling Class represented our school. They were enthusiastic, respectful and eager to learn all about the natural world around them. A huge thank you to the staff at Little Foragers Forest School for such a fun and memorable experience! 

It’s been another busy and exciting week in Kingfisher Class @FP!

In English, we have been writing our own stories inspired by The Tunnel by Anthony Browne. The children have done a fantastic job developing atmosphere and tension, using descriptive language to bring their ideas to life.

In Maths, we have been learning how to tell the time. The children have been practising both reading and interpreting time—feel free to test them at home on o’clock, half past, quarter past/to, and beyond!

In Geography, we have been learning about settlements, exploring what makes a place suitable for people to live and how settlements develop over time.

In History, we have been studying the Early Islamic Empire, learning about its origins and the impact it had on the wider world.

We have also started our swimming lessons, which the children have been really enthusiastic about, and begun work on our exciting ‘Under the Sea’ mural project, which we will continue developing over the coming weeks.

As always, we are really proud of the children’s effort and attitude towards their learning.

Reminders:

• Swimming kit is needed every day for the next two weeks
• PE kit is required on Thursday for our session with the Teach Sport coach

Thank you for your continued support!

In Dove Class @FP we took a very exciting delivery of ten eggs this week. The children have watched and listened and after only 1 day most of the eggs had already hatched. The children observed and described what they look like and what noise they make. Next week we will be writing an information book all about the chicks. So over the weekend if you could talk to you children about chicks, questioning the children on what they look like and even do some research into what the chicks might eat and grow.

In maths the children have been learning to count in 2s, 5s and 10s. we have been looking at the patterns of counting in 2s, 5s and 10s and what numbers we say aloud.

In history we have been learning about the history of Catford, how Catford got its name and we have been looking at historical pictures of catford, discussing what is the same and what is different.

This week in Nursery, we stepped into the world of traditional tales and explored The Gingerbread Man! 

The children had lots of fun colouring their gingerbread men, showing fantastic pencil control and trying really hard to stay within the lines. We then practised our cutting skills—snip, snip! 

We also had some great discussions, answering the question: “Which part would you eat first?” 

To finish our activity, the children got to decorate their very own real gingerbread biscuits… and of course, eat them!  Just like in the story, “he was never seen again…” 

Such a fun (and tasty!) week of learning!
#NurseryLife #TraditionalTales #TheGingerbreadMan #LearningThroughPlay

This week, Nightingale Class @FP, had a fantastic trip to the Apple Store, where the children took part in a creative workshop using GarageBand. They explored different sounds and instruments before working together to create their own original song. It was a wonderful opportunity for the class to develop their creativity, teamwork, and confidence with music technology. The children thoroughly enjoyed the experience and were very proud of their final piece!

 What an exciting day in our nursery classroom!

As part of our “Growing and Growing Up” topic, we’ve been exploring different jobs we might like to do when we are older. We were so lucky to have a special visit from Police Officer Pooke!

He brought a real police car with him, and the children were thrilled to sit inside, beep the horn, and even turn on the siren 

There were lots of smiles, questions, and excitement as we learned all about how police officers help keep us safe. Such a memorable experience that really brought our learning to life! 

#GrowingAndGrowingUp #PeopleWhoHelpUs #EarlyYears #LearningThroughPlay #FutureCareers #SchoolLife

A Musical Masterclass at the Barbican!

This week, Falcon and Kingfisher Classes @FP swapped the classroom for the world-renowned Barbican Concert Hall for an unforgettable musical adventure.

The children were treated to a spectacular performance by the Royal Symphony Orchestra, who brought the story of ‘The King Who Tried to Change His Fate’ to life through soaring strings and powerful percussion. It wasn’t just a show for sitting and listening, though; our talented pupils became part of the performance themselves! They joined in with a specially rehearsed song – What is Fate?, filling the massive hall with their voices alongside the professional musicians.

The atmosphere was electric, and the children showed such wonderful manners and enthusiasm throughout. The morning ended on a high note—quite literally—as the classes joined the rest of the audience in a thunderous standing ovation to thank the orchestra for such a moving performance.

A huge well done to all the children in Falcon and Kingfisher for representing our school so brilliantly in the heart of London. We certainly have some future conductors and composers in our midst

Did you know?

The Barbican Concert Hall is famous for its “acoustic clouds” on the ceiling, which help bounce the sound so that even the quietest triangle note can be heard right at the back of the room!

Parakeet Class @FP:

In English we have been planning our own stories. We read ‘In the Forest’ by Anthony Browne. We have been looking at setting and character and using expanded noun phrases to describe them. We look forward to writing our stories this week now that we have planned them. Here are some of our story plans.

We have been looking at product design and the design of biscuit packaging in DT. We looked at lots of different brands and we then worked in teams to describe what we liked and didn’t like about the packaging.

We have been learning all about the Amazon Rainforest. We decided to make our own presentations and posters with everything we found out. We know lots about it ask us! What do you think of our work?