WB: 19.01.26

Provision.

There has been lots going on this week.  Exploring the provision, independently selecting resources to develop skills as well as team building and co-operative play.  Here are a few examples!

This week the children have been developing their skills as a firefighter.  There has been a fire in the small world house, so the team have set to work role playing to put the fire out.  We have been really creative printing snow flakes using a chocolate tub, blue paint and a cotton bud to draw our design before printing on some paper.  To develop their fine motor skills we have used elastic bands to wrap around wooden blocks, traced around a fire engine and spray bottles outside to put out the fire in the tuff trays. 

We have also been developing our number bonds to five, singing 'Five Little Speckled Frogs' and moving the frogs from the log into the pond.  The children are beginning to recite the stem sentence each time a frog lands in the pond:

• 0 and 5 makes 5
• 1 and 4 makes 5
• 2 and 3 makes 5
• 3 and 2 makes 5
• 4 and 1 makes 5
• 5 and 0 makes 5

Mantle this week

The team are almost ready for their first call out, but we needed a map to help us find the quickest route to get to the fire.

So, we made a map of Woodrow!  We have the school, hospital, Tesco's, fire station and then the children added houses that they designed.

What a fantastic map!

Well done team!  

WB: 12.01.26 - Provision

This week we have been really busy!  The children have enjoyed exploring all the enhanced provision.  Some of the provision we've had is; red playdough and firefighter pictures to colour to build fine motor skills as well as drawing fire pictures using the paint programe on the Ipads.

We have also been learning all about the role of a firefighter, what equipment they need and describing their qualities.  The equipment and clothing is very important as it keeps a firefighters protected and safe.   The children have been practicing their handwriting by writing a list of things related to firefighting and have also described the qualities of a firefighter in Literacy.  

To be a firefighter you need to be:

• brave
• strong
• kind
• helpful
• trustworthy
• reliable
• healthy
• hardworking

In maths we have been looking at number bonds to five and have used a whole-part-part to explore this.   We have also used the numbers on flames to match the correct numicon piece.

The children have also made fire pictures using forks and paint.  We will be using the paintings for a display, so watch this space! 

Outdoor provision.

The children have really go stuck in to the provision outside this week.  We have had:

• The scooters and ropes out to pull our friend around the playground. 

• Large bricks - making fire engines. 

• Practice for our Firefighter training - Buckets of water to transport from one location to another. 

Mantle: Friday 16.01.26

We are a team of Firefighter.  We are called 'Woodrow Firefighters!'

The children had to complete their fire training today, before they can go out on a call.  They had to complete four tasks:

• Get dressed in 30 seconds. 

• Step through the ladder safely. 

• Carry the buckets of water following a pathway.  

• Unwind the hose and lay it straight. 

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All the team passed their training!  The new recruits are now awaiting their first call.

WC 5th January 2025. Welcome back everyone! this week (although shorter than usual!) has been a busy one!  We have talked lots about how we celebrated Christmas and what we did over the school holiday and we drew and wrote about our favorite present or toy at home.  We have been working together to build very impressive buildings from the magnetic blocks and wooden bricks.  We have been looking at different people who help us in our community and finding out what they do, with a particular focus on firefighters.  Some of the children have been putting their handwriting into pactice with the clipboard this week, finding and writing the names of the people who help us.  We have even had some frosty mornings outside, exploring ice and a few flakes of snow!