The Grove Primary School

We have had another magical term of learning in EYFS. Yet again, the children have amazed us with their positive attitudes towards school and we are in awe of the wonderful progress they are making.

We kicked off the term with a round of pancake races. We each had a turn of running with the pan to the finish line. We were all such brilliant role models and supported all of our friends. We were very lucky as this was on one of our sunnier days this term!

We have enjoyed watching spring arrive around the school and particularly loved seeing the horse chestnut tree and daffodils spring into their full glory. We loved carefully examining the daffodils, painting the flowers, and even did our own pasta collages! It has been a particularly wet term, but we embraced the muddy walks and squelchy forest trips. Sorry for any additional washing this has caused!

Mrs Gingell had kept her giant pumpkin from Halloween in her classroom. We decided to cut it open this term and investigate what was inside. We kept the seeds and later planted them. We cannot believe how well our little seedlings are growing and we are excited to take them home to cultivate. We hope that we will be able to show off our own, home-grown pumpkins soon!

A big highlight this term has been the special guests in our classroom. We have been nurturing caterpillars, frogspawn and eggs! The caterpillars are now HUGE and we think they will turn into chrysalises any day now. The frogspawn has hatched into tiny tadpoles, which are busy wriggling around in our tanks. We are hoping that our eggs will hatch over the holiday and we know that Hattie Peck will be pleased to hear they are doing so well!  

The year is going so quickly, but we are determined to make the most of every moment of our time in EYFS.