Upton Update Summer 2020

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Pre-Nursery This term's topic was "All about me and ourselves". The children sent in lots of lovely photographs of their families and pets which we displayed on our topic board. They continued their learning journey at home, learning about their bodies, their senses and feelings. Also learning about good hygiene and how germs are spread! They continued to learn about colours with our colour of the week showing great investigation skills. They participated in shapes and number hunts and did some lovely mark making. We were lucky to have some children back for a few weeks before the term ended. It was lovely to see them learn and play once again in the Pre-Nursey. The children who stayed home continued their learning journey at home and it was lovely to see their photographs and videos on Tapestry.

Nursery What a weird and wonderful term the summer turned out to be. The children experienced the challenge of learning and exploring remotely and engaged enthusiastically with activities and videos sent home via email and our online Tapestry learning platform. They have looked at dinosaurs, space, pirates, castles, hospitals and the seashore. In May they took part in a remote collective event, riding their bicycles and scooters for a challenge of their choice and raising a phenomenal amount of money for the Alexander Devine charity. With the introduction of ‘bubble’ groups some of the children were able to return to school on June 1st and enjoyed being together again with their friends. The children at home were able to share pictures and the fun of joining in the end of term Singsong.

Transition Such a busy, fun-filled term for Transition starting off with one of our most favourite topics so far, dinosaurs! The children fully embraced this topic whilst getting to grips with a whole new way of learning. It was fabulous to see all the learning happening at home… we had dinosaur handprints, letters to mummy dinosaur when a mysterious egg appeared in the classroom one night and some amazing model dinosaurs. Such creative children in Transition! The next focus was mini beasts and it is clear we have some budding entomologists amongst us. We explored bees, caterpillars, butterflies, snails, slugs, ants and ladybirds in detail and we have honed our observational skills spotting mini beasts everywhere we go. Our final topic of the school year was under the sea. We have become deep sea divers imagining what we can see in the depths of the ocean and I think we have all learnt at least one new weird and wonderful sea creature that we never even knew existed! A term full of hard work, fun and laughter.

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