2023/2024

SEPTEMBER

WELCOME BACK

04/09/23 –

A glorious first day back to School today.

We had fun playing outside and getting to know new friends. We learnt what ‘houses’ we were in at Fusion and how to earn House Points, found a jumpy frog in the pond and got back into the routine again!

September

A busy day of cool and shady activities today. Ice panting, pond dipping, water play and some sewing in the shade.

07/09/23-

Our Receptions have settled in really well this week learning the Fusion routine and having fun!

Well done super stars

ROSH HASHANNAH

ROALD DAHL DAY

Rosh Hashanah

At Fusion this week we have been celebrating the Jewish Festival – Rosh Hashanah and learning about the New Year. We made some honey biscuit to celebrate a sweet new year, we played Bingo with symbols of the festival and made our own ‘Shofar’ which is a rams horn trumpet which is used to symbolise religious ceremonies!

Roald Dahl week!

Can you work out what animals are from what book?

Did you know…..

He invented more than 500 new words and character names.

He wrote most of his books in his garden shed.

One of his most famous books almost had a different name.

His books were inspired by the people and things around him.

Roald Dahl fought in WW2 and was a spy.

PIRATE DAY

PEACE DAY

YOM KIPPUR

20/09/23

Ahoy there.. we celebrated International talk like a pirate day.

We had to find all the gold that was hidden around the playground. We walked the plank, made pirate hats and treasure maps, read a pirate story, learnt about famous pirates and even worked out what our pirate name was and some pirate phrases.

21/09/23

World Peace Day

Did you know…. The main significance of celebrating the International Day of Peace Day or World Peace Day is to foster a culture of peace and non-violence across global communities.

LETTER S WEEK

Letter S week

We decorated spinners and watched the colours merge together.

Snakes….we decorated snakes, made snake pasta shapes and found facts about snakes.

Sunflower pictures

Board games that begin with letter S- snakes and ladders

, Incy winsy spider

, story boxes, shopping list game

Letter S week-

Super hero puzzles

, sand and diggers, sun catchers

. We read books that began with the letter s and counted how many s words we could find!

Letter S week

Fruit Salad game

Space hoppers

Strawberry cheesecake

Sensory spaghetti

Space rockets and space people

Letter S week

Letter S- smoothie

Letter S week-

Letter S week!

We made slime, sunflowers

where we measured our bodies for the stalks

We matched up some smelly socks and hung them on the line

Letter S week!

Spin art with the paints

Sensory area to chill out in

Squirrel craft

Sunflowers

SPACE WEEK

Space week

We made Moon sand by mixing tbsp of flour to 1tbsp of oil.

Build a rocket ship and made Galaxies in a jar

SPACE WEEK

Did you know… 1 tsp of neutron star weighs the same as the human population. …

SPACE WEEK

At breakfast club we used balloons covered in paint and popped them to make the solar system!

Did you know…. On Mercury a day is twice as long as a year. …

SPACE WEEK

Did you know there are 88 official constellations

FOOD AROUND THE WORLD

We have been looking at food from around the world.

We have had Plantain crisps, made Sushi, ate spring rolls and looked at fruit around the world making fruit kebabs. We tried new flavours and learnt new skills.

Food Around The World

As well as sushi, pakoras and other foods we have made this week. We made spring rolls and guacamole

This week we have been making cakes! We practiced different types of icing and frosting using different methods.

Did you know….

The term ‘cupcake’ was originally used in the late 19th century for cakes made from ingredients measured by the cupful. The traditional pound cake recipe was easy to remember for its pound of butter, a pound of sugar, a pound of flour, and a pound of eggs. Likewise, the name “cupcake” comes from how the recipe was measured: 1 cup butter, 2 cups sugar, 3 cups flour, and 4 eggs.!

BLACK HISTORY

ANTI BULLYING

Black History Month

Black History Month is a special time to reflect on the contributions and achievements of Black leaders, past and present, to inspire future contributions, innovation, and achievements.

Activities to support anti-bullying, we have been thinking about how we can be a good friend

HALLOWEEN

Belated Halloween activity! Practicing our icing skills with spooky cupcakes

Halloween activities!

Witches potion making station- the children were experimenting with different textures and resources to make their potions

HAPPY HALLOWEEN

Did you know…. People originally carved turnips instead of pumpkins.

REMEMBRANCE DAY

DIWALI

Lest we forget

Diwali

This week we have been celebrating Diwali. We made delicious Mango Lassi and Shaheda brought in her saris to show us how to wear one and showed us different types of them!

Diwali

LETTER T WEEK

Letter T week

We have been playing in tents

, playing with magnetic tiles, thumb print pictures

and learning about our teeth

Did you know- About a third of each tooth is underneath your gums. This is why keeping your gums healthy is as important.

Letter T activity = tomatoes

The children joined in with a sensory tomatoe activity where we used lots of diacritics language such as juicy, squishy, smooth etc…. And lots of mathematical language – overall, circular, round etc… to develop and increase the children’s knowledge.

Letter T activities.

We have made Totem poles, Tree Pictures

, Teenage Mutan Ninja Turtle

. We played the Kim’s game with objects beginning with the letter T.

We have played Human Tic Tac Toe,

the name Train

, fun with torches

, tents and den building

LONDON

TREE

LONDON

Did you know The Beefeaters at the Tower of London are correctly referred to as “Yeomen Warders”. The Yeomen Warders were originally formed in 1485 by Henry VII.

We made famous landmarks like London Bridge and the Shard using different resources!

LONDON

This week we have been looking at London and all the landmarks there.

The Juniors created a London themed game which the Infants enjoyed playing, we made our own buildings and sky scrapers out of construction blocks, designed our own London landmarks and played lots of train/tube games!

Did you know – London was once the capital of 6 countries at the same time. In World War II, London served as the governing capital for other European countries which were conquered by Germany. The leaders of Norway, Poland, Belgium, France, and The Netherlands stayed in London between 1939 and 1945

Tree activities

CHRISTMAS

JANUARY

World Religion Day 2024 is a day dedicated to acknowledging and respecting the various religious traditions and beliefs practiced around the world. It encourages individuals to learn about different religions, engage in interfaith conversations, and work towards a more harmonious and inclusive society.

Letter U!

After 4 years We have nearly reached the end of the alphabet

Unicorn role play and cupcakes, United States puzzle solver, captain Underpants, ugly duckling!

Tree activities

FEBRUARY

Chinese New Year!
We have been celebrating early this year as we’re very busy in February!

Did you know – Chinese New Year 2024 is the Year of the Dragon according to the Chinese zodiac. Each year in the Chinese zodiac is associated with an animal sign, and the Dragon is considered a symbol of strength, courage, and good fortune

National Bird Week

Did you know… There are 10,000 species of bird. .

Year 6’s made raps/songs about Birds-

birds birds, they live in a nest

Sparrow, robin, they’re the best!

My favourite is a Great Tit

The yellow tummy, it’s a great fit.

Different birds like a starling,

They like shiny things- bling bling!

National Bird Week

Did you know birds don’t have teeth?

Letter V week- viewfinders

What can you see through yours? The children enjoyed decorating their viewfinders and we laminated them to use!

Letter V-

Vase paintings, vegetable printing, Voles hiding in the soil, we were making a den for them!

Letter V!

Van Gogh

vertical painting,volcano science experiment and Vatican City fact!

Shrove Tuesday

We were risky playing with Tin Can Pancakes, we spoke about conductors and how to heat the tin effectively. Can you try at home?

A Tin and a tea light is all you need!

https://www.scouts.org.uk/activities/make-tin-can-pancakes

Shrove Tuesday

We’re all pancaked out

we had lots of toppings to chose from and had fun exploring different ingredients in the pancakes!

Did you know

Shrove Tuesday is the final day of Carnival or Shrovetide, marking the end of pre-Lent. Lent begins the following day with Ash Wednesday

Happy Valentines Day!

Love is love! “How do you spell ‘love’? – Piglet “You don’t spell it you feel it.” – Pooh

Valentines Day

Letter V!

Van Gogh

vertical painting,volcano science experiment and Vatican City fact!

Letter W week

Who, what, where, when, why….

Wallpaper drawing and prints

Web threading with wool

Under Water role play

Whizz, Pop, Bang science magazines and experiments

Letter W activities

Webs

, wordsearches

, weather chart

, where’s walley characters, wales

and wolves

Did you know wolves Pups are born deaf and blind with bright blue eyes.

Letter W-

Moving Whales,

, wool weaving

shredded Wheat

, where’s Walley

, under Water

MARCH

Happy Mothering Sunday!

This week we have been celebrating all the special ladies in our lives and talking about how much we appreciate them

Happy Mothering Sunday!

This week we have been celebrating all the special ladies in our lives and talking about how much we appreciate them

Happy Mothering Sunday!

This week we have been celebrating all the special ladies in our lives and talking about how much we appreciate them

Science week

What’s your favourite science experiment…

Mars has lower gravity than Earth. That means a person that weighs 200 pounds on Earth would only weigh 76 pounds on Mars.

Skittles

We experimented mixing skittles with hot and cold water and timing the speed the skittles bled. The children chose their own patterns and mixed together.