Category Archives: Art and Craft

Art and Craft, Listening and Talking, literacy, maths, numeracy, Social Skills

Drawing Club

September 9, 2026 Mrs Forsyth Leave a comment

The Children began Drawing Club this week and what a great time they have had. They are immersed in vocabulary and mark making to create drawings following a story. It is so much fun and covers such a wide range of skills.

This story was about Smelly Peter and the children have practiced the letter ‘p’ to make their planet even smellier! There is a hidden code, a number, on each picture to stop the smell getting out into the classroom. They have also drawn lots and lots of peas (the letter ‘o’, and circles) to feed Peter and the aliens.

Every book has opportunities for mark making, maths and lots of conversations. They can’t wait to show you their drawings.

Art and Craft, Expressive Arts, Listening and Talking, maths, Social Skills, STEM

Patterns

September 3, 2026 Mrs Forsyth Leave a comment

The children printed patterns with repeated colours and shapes.

We also played clapping and movement pattern games which were great for focus and concentration.

The school has lots of fantastic resources which are great for making patterns. The children worked really well in pairs and rotated around lots of different activities.

We also went outside and found patterns in the environment, bricks, slabs and leaves. They collected some stones, leaves, petals and sticks and create their own patterns with these.

Art and Craft, Listening and Talking, literacy, Social Skills, STEM, technology

Beginning Phonics

September 3, 2026 Mrs Forsyth Leave a comment

The children have enjoyed learning a few phonic sounds and the letter formations to go with them. They practice this in lots of different ways. There is a story, action and song to go with each sound and also some games on the big whiteboard.

They have been practicing their formations in different ways eg. in sand, with shaving foam and on different types of whiteboards.

They also get the opportunity to hear and say lots of words beginning with those sounds. Here the children are finding snakes and spiders in the sticky, slimy spaghetti, when they were learning the ‘s’ sound.

The children loved making ants and apples with the plasticine and talking about the different body parts of the insects.

They have loved ‘making tea’ when learning the ‘t’ sound. And there have been some fun games to play too.

Art and Craft, Listening and Talking, literacy, maths, Social Skills, STEM

Beginning number formations

September 2, 2026 Mrs Forsyth Leave a comment

The children have been practicing formations and having fun learning about numbers.

They listened to the story about Butterfly 3 and practiced cutting and sticking to make their own collages.

The children did a great job making the peacocks to go with the Feathery 4 story. They had to listen to and follow lots of instructions.

Art and Craft, Expressive Arts, Listening and Talking, literacy, maths, Social Skills, STEM

The Three Billy Goats Gruff

August 24, 2026 Mrs Forsyth Leave a comment

Many of the children knew the story of the Three Billy Goats Gruff and were soon joining in with the repetitive aspects of the story.

They then had to work in pairs to build a bridge to get the goats across the river. It was great to see the children chatting to each other and getting the bridges to join together.