Stick Man . . .

Stick Man lives in the family tree

With his Stick Lady Love and their stick children three . . . 

This was another very popular Julia Donaldson book!

The children loved the excitement of finding out what would happen next to Stick Man as he went on his adventure to try and get back to the family tree. 

They also joined in with "I'm Stick Man, I'm Stick Man, I'M STICK MAN, that's me!"

Jamie told us "I liked Stick Man floating away in the river"

Emily enjoyed seeing Santa and told us about him bringing presents for the girls and boys.

Amelia said "I liked the one tucked up in his bed"

Ellie W told us the presents were for Christmas, and that she has presents on her birthday.

This was a super book to finish our Author focus with - all the children are hoping that Santa will visit them on Christmas Eve - perhaps Stick Man will leave the family tree once more to help him, we'll have to wait and see!

We hope you have all enjoyed the Julia Donaldson books as much as we have - we will focus on a different author next term - join us after the holiday to find out who it will be!

The Gruffalo's Child

The Gruffalo said that no gruffalo should

Ever set foot in the deep dark wood!

We were very excited to find out what was going to happen when the Gruffalo's Child ignored her father's warning and tiptoed out into the snow . . .

"The Gruffalo's Child went out of the cave and saw a snake" (Corey)

"The fox came out of his house" (Freddie)

"The Gruffalo's Child pulled funny faces!" (Taylor)

"The Gruffalo saw the big shadow of the mouse" (Lydia)

We all loved this story and were relieved to find that the Gruffalo's Child arrived safely back in the cave after her adventure.

It was great fun listening to the different sound effects in our interactive edition of the story - and creating some of our own!

Do you think you would like to hear Fox growl, Snake hiss, or Gruffalo snore? Let us know! 

Monkey Puzzle

We had enjoyed getting to know Night Monkey and Day Monkey in our last Julia Donaldson book, so were really looking forward to finding out what would happen in our next story - Monkey Puzzle!

Louis recognised the book straight away - "It's the Monkey Puzzle, I've got it at my house, it's by Julia Donaldson. I like the spider - he eats flies!"

Noah had also enjoyed the story before - "My favourite part is when the caterpillar comes and helps the monkey"

The poor little monkey had lost his mum, Butterfly tried to help but kept getting it wrong!

Once again we loved the rhyming element of the story. It was also fun predicting which animal Butterfly would mistake for 'mum' each time!

"I liked the snake cause he thought it was his mum" (Ellie F)

Thankfully there was a happy ending - "I liked it when the butterfly found the mummy and daddy" (Nate)

This was a lovely story - we would love to hear what you thought of it too - let us know!

Night Monkey Day Monkey

We have been thinking about night time a lot recently through our activities linked to Bonfire Night, so we thought this sounded a great story to read!

Night Monkey and Day Monkey's worlds are as different as . . .  night and day! What one fears, the other loves.

But in learning about each other's opposite worlds, they also learn to be the best of friends.

We all loved the rhyming element of this story, and had great fun joining in with some of the repetitive text!

Here are just a few comments from the children . . .

"He's naughty, the brown monkey" (Kaitlin)

"He thought they were rats but they were bats and yellow monkey said 'Don't be daft'!" (Charlie)

"The yellow monkey saw the frogs in the pond" (Seren)

"I liked the night one cause he's eating a banana" (Aaron)

Let us know what you thought of this lovely story! 

We are loving David McKee in Willow Class!

We have enjoyed many David McKee stories in Willow class this term.
This one has been our favourite one so far...

'Two Can Toucan'

Look at it together at home and tell us if you enjoyed it too!

Room on the Broom . . .

Some of the nursery children have been getting very excited about Halloween. We thought this would be a really good story to share:

"The witch had a cat and a very tall hat,

And long ginger hair which she wore in a plait.

How the cat purred and how the witch grinned,

As they sat on their broomstick and flew through the wind"

There was lots of excitement from the children throughout the book, and they loved joining in!

Here are just a few of the comments that 

some of them made . . .

"I know what happens - the broomstick snaps!" (Billy)

"She didn't look where she was going and there was a dragon!" (Eva)

"I like the monster that blows fire" (Ethan)

"He's going to roar and eat that witch!" (Lily)

We hope you enjoy this story too - we would love to hear your thoughts about it - let us know!

What the Ladybird Heard . . .

Charlie had great fun watching a ladybird crawling up his arm when we went out onto the school field - we thought this book by Julia Donaldson sounded lots of fun too!

Here are a few comments that the children made after we had read the story . . .

"I liked the horse because the ladybird was on the horse's head" (Poppy)

"I liked the Hog!" (Tillie)

"When the bad men came, they came to take the cow" (Seren)

"The farmer was clapping the dogs hand when the Police took the naughty people away" (Charlie)

What do you think the ladybird on our school field might have heard? Let us know!

uP uP and AwAy

Rowan Class have chosen to read Valerie Thomas as their focus author this term and our book corner is full of stories about Winnie and her cat Wilbur.  So far we have read Winnie the Witch, Winnies' Magic Wand, Winnie's Pirate Adventure and Winnie in Space.  Today we read Winnie Flies Again and what a crazy adventure Winnie and Wilbur had - flying around, crashing into things.

Click on the link below to hear the story for yourself...

Rowan Class were laughing their socks off every time something new happened to Wilbur or Winnie.  Darcey especially liked the bit when Winnie was hanging onto the tree, but Ollie Elson preferred the part when they fell underground.  Christian thought it was funny when Wilbur lost some of his fur, but some children were worried that he might get cold!

We hope you enjoy the story and if you have any Winnie the Witch stories at home, don't forget to bring them in so we can read those too.  

Letters and Sounds Drop in.

Hi Mums, Dads, Nans, Grandads and all responsible guardians out there!

 I think the weather scared a lot of people away from our 'Letters and Sounds' drop in this afternoon but fear not...I have homework for you!
You will see a video clip 'Letters and Sounds Articulation' at the top right of this blog page (Its on the template so is always there). If you listen to it you can hear how each letter and blend of letters are pronounced as a sound. It is very different from when we were at school so please take the time to have a listen. Pronouncing the sounds correctly with your child really helps them learn to read and spell quickly.

We teach the letter sounds with 'Jollyphonic songs/actions' I have found a youtube video which shows you these so you can sing along at home too :-) !

For some fantastic online games look at -
www.topmarks.co.uk
www.phonicsplay.co.uk

Have fun with phonics! You know where I am if you need any more help with Letters and Sounds!
From - Miss Quinn x

The Gruffalo!

Having had such a wonderful time looking for signs of Autumn, we thought we would read a story based in the deep dark wood!

"The Gruffalo is scary. He's got sharp claws and purple on his back and a tail, sharp teeth and orange eyes" (Jamie)

"I like the bit with the mouse and the Gruffalo. That's a really funny bit!" (Elijah)

"I really don't like this bit cause it's really scary!" (When the mouse met the Gruffalo) (Louie)

"I liked the bit when the mouse saw the Gruffalo and the Gruffalo saw the mouse!" (Meadow)

What would you have said if you had met the Gruffalo?

Willow Class are enjoying David McKee Books!

David McKee is the Author we are focusing on this term.
If you visit the library or have books at home see if you can find a David McKee story to bring in and share with us!

David McKee

David McKee's first book was published in 1964. His books are now published in many languages throughout the world, and many of them have been adapted for television.

As well as his own books, which include the popular best-selling Elmer series, David illustrates for a number of other writers including Michael Bond's Paddington Bear and Forrest Wilson's SuperGran books.

The Rhyming Rabbit

This term, the Nursery are going to have a focus on Julia Donaldson books during some of our story time sessions. 

Recently, we have have been thinking about vegetable gardens and the little rabbits that might visit them, so we thought 'The Rhyming Rabbit' would be a good story to start with!

Here are a few of the children's thoughts . . .

"I liked the first bit because the rabbit did sing to them" (Ava S)

"I think the fox is hungry and he's going to eat the rabbits!" (Cody)

"The rabbits are going in the hole so the fox can't see them" (Noah)

The Rhyming Rabbit met a sheep in the story - when we got to that part, Evie suggested we could sing Baa Baa Black Sheep - and so that's what we did when we finished the book!

Have you got any Julia Donaldson books at home? Or perhaps you could borrow some from the Library.

Willow Class are enjoying David McKee books this term!

The author we are focusing on this term is David McKee.

Today we shared our first story - 'I Hate My Teddy'.  We thought the title was very interesting! Nobody in Willow class hated their teddy!

The children in the story were boasting that their teddies could do different things like talk, count, sing and even fly!  It was funny at the end because we found out what the teddies could really do!

Willow Class gave this book a big thumbs up!

If you have a David McKee book at home - or you see one visiting the library, please bring it in to share with us!

Welcome to Greenfield's Reception and Nursery Book Blog!

We love books at Greenfields and to promote reading - just for fun, we have a focus Author each term!

Keep an eye on our 'Share a Story, Share a Smile' blog so you can see which author your class is looking at this term!

If You're Happy and You Know It!

We were all looking forward to sharing our next book from 

Jan Ormerod and Lindsey Gardiner . . . 

If you're happy and you know it, clap your hands . . .
or wag your tail, snap your beak and jump about!

Bethan - "The little girl sang a song!"

We all joined in with the start of the song - but got a suprise
when we turned the page!

Daisy - "I liked the doggy - cause he wagged his tail"

Ava - "I liked it when the dog swung his tail around"

Archie - "I liked the dog, cause he said 'wiggle your tail!"

After all that tail wagging from the small brown dog, there was some ear 

flapping from the elephant . . .

Evan W - "I liked the elephant because he was flapping his ears!"

Archie - "The elephant - cause he flapped his ears"

The most popular animal though was the crocodile!

Maisy - "I liked the crocodile - cause it goes 'snap'!"

Cameron - "The crocodile snapped his teeth - he's got lots and lots of teeth"

Esme - "I liked the crocodile - cause he said 'snap your teeth'!"

Evie - "The crocodile - he snapped his teeth"

Sam - "I liked the crocodile that snapped his teeth"

This was closely followed by the gorilla . . .

Ruby - "I liked the gorilla cause we were doing this!" 

(demonstrated beating her chest)

Ember - "My favourite bit was . . . the gorilla did this . . . banged his chest!" 

(demonstrated!)

Maisy - "I liked the gorilla cause he done this!" 

(Maisy demonstrated beating her chest)

Oliver PS - "I liked the gorilla cause it did that" 

(demonstrated beating his chest)

There was lots of jumping around from the kangaroos! 

Milena - "I liked the kangaroo because he boinged up and down"

Jessica - "I liked the kangaroo because he jumped"

Noah liked the kangaroo "because he went boing, boing, boing!"

The children were rolling about on the floor laughing like the hyenas . . . 

Bailey - "I saw hyenas at the safari park"

Alisha - "I liked the hyena - because he is laughing!"

Summa - "The hyena - because it was laughing and tickling"

So, when you're happy and you know it, do your own thing!

We're Roller Reading in Willow Class!

Wow Eloise! Reading whilst Roller skating that's extreme!

Great picture! Thanks for taking part Eloise :-)

Willow Class - Sami's 80's Book!

Well done Sami (and Mum, Dad) you made a fabulous book about the 80's together. It was lovely to see pictures of records, cassette tapes and walk-mans (tape players) and the pictures of the devices we have today - MP3 players/ Ipods. The children in Willow were very interested.

We were all amazed of the photos of Sami's Mum sat on a fence with some fields behind her - these fields are where Greenfields School is today.
Thanks for your hard work Sami!

You deserve to be our Star of the Week!

The Animal Bop Won't Stop!

The animal bop just won't stop,

so move your body from bottom to top!

Crows, giraffes, and koalas too

would like to sing and dance with . . .

YOU!

We were looking forward to reading our next book - 

'The Animal Bop Won't Stop!'

The meerkats were very popular!

Evie - "Meerkats - I see them at the zoo - with Isla and mummy and daddy"

Summa - "I saw them at the safari park"

Alfie - "I have got a meerkat teddy with a dressing gown on!"

Noah - "I liked the meerkat one - cause it was funny when he looked all around!"

There was also a lion . . . 

Harley - "I liked the lion - cause they roar"

Ava - "I liked the lion cause he said the animal bop just wont stop!"

We had to turn the book the other way up to read about the giraffe - he had a very long neck!

Ruby - "The giraffe - when you had to turn it round - I liked the giraffe because he had pretty spots"

Blossom - "We went to see a giraffe!"

Alisha - "I liked the giraffe - because he was the wrong way round when you were reading it!"

Flounce and flutter, screech out loud, swish and sashay with the peacock crowd . . .

Ember - "That's the boy one - because it looks so colourful" (Peacock)

Jessica - "I liked the peacocks because they're nice - I've seen peacocks with my friends - with Sam and Lily"

Felicity - "I liked the peacock and the lion"

We also met a pony and some crows . . .

Maisy - "I liked the pony - cause it goes clippety clop!"

Archie - "I liked the two birds - cause they're nice"

The koalas were fast asleep when we got to the end of the book!

Ember - "That's Australia - because I know they are from Australia" (Koala)

Freddie - "My daddy is from Australia!"

Which do you think would have been your favourite animal? 

Let us know!

Willow's Isaac is Extreme Reading Everywhere!

Mountaineering...

Bouncing....

Even locked in Stocks!

Wow Isaac you really are an Extreme Reader! Well Done!

Fabulous Reading Freya! - Willow Class

Wow Freya your reading is definitely extreme here.
Having a quick read whilst rock climbing!

Even time for a few pages before swimming :-)

Fabulous photos for our reading competition Freya! Well done!

Willow Extreme Reading - James!

James remembered to take part in our Extreme Reading challenge this week and sent me some brilliant photos!

Well done James!  Its not too late for you to enter Willow Class! Send me a photo of you reading in an 'Extreme place'!  Email them to - equinn@greenfieldsapps.co.uk

The Hungry Caterpillar

Today Willow Class read 'The Very Hungry Caterpillar' another Eric Carle book.

Freya's favourite part was when the caterpillar got big and fat from eating too much!

Sinead loved the part where the caterpillar turned into a beautiful butterfly!

Afterwards we sang 'There's a tiny caterpillar on a leaf'. See if you can sing it at home together!

Extreme-ly brave!!!!

Thank you to Eliott Dovey's dad for mailing in the first of our Extreme Reader photographs. Eliott took a book along to his kick-boxing lesson and obviously wasn't disturbed when the lesson kicked off! Good luck Eliott, I hope Mr. Morris likes your picture. Miss D x

Doing the Animal Bop!

This term in the Nursery, we are looking forward to sharing books written by the author Jan Ormerod and illustrated by Lindsey Gardiner - we hope you enjoy them too!

This is what we thought when we took a look at the front cover of 'Doing the Animal Bop! . . . 

Felicity - "Oh - it's got a cow in it, and a monkey and an ostrich!"

Alisha - "There's lots of animals"

We read the title and wondered what the 'Animal Bop' might be!

Felicity - "Bopping to music? - They are dancing!"

Ava - "Shall we find out and see? We could have a look in the book - we could read"

There certainly were a lot of animals . . . 

Esme - "It looks like they're dancing!"

Bailey - "The elephant one - he stomps!"

Ava - "I liked it when the rhino was dancing"

Felicity - "I liked it when the monkey was bopping!"

The children thought about what else they liked . . . 

Jessica - I liked the snake - because it makes a song"

Jacob - "I liked the cow part - because it was funny"

Alisha - "I liked the cow when it was mooing!"

We all joined in with that part!

Noah - "I liked the bit with the monkeys - it's funny - when they couldn't stop swinging"

Evie - "I liked the chicken cluck"

Evan W - "The elephant bit - the mouse on his trunk - that's why I like it"

Reece - "I've got a trunk!" (demonstrated with his arm)

Lottie - "I liked his feet - cause they were stomping. The trunk - elephants put water in their trunk and then they blow bubbles! And I like the patterns on his feet"

If you sometimes dance and you like to sing, the animal bop is just your thing. Jump and jiggle, jive and wriggle . . . this will make you laugh and giggle.

Join in the fun!

Willow enjoyed...'The Very Lonely Firefly'

Thank you Isaac for bringing in a focus author book from home!

Willow Class loved 'The Very Lonely Firefly' You can share it together at home by clicking the video below :-)

Extreme Reading Challenge!

This term Greenfields are holding an 'Extreme Reader' challenge! 

E-mail your teacher a photo of you reading in an 'Extreme' (unusual)  place and we will display your photo in our library and the best photos will recieve a prize at the end of term!

Remember 'Extreme' does not mean 'DANGEROUS'.

Willow Class - Miss Quinn's E-mail address is - equinn@greenfieldsapps.co.uk
Nursery - Mrs Wilson's E-mail address is - swilson@greenfieldsapps.co.uk
Rowan Class - Miss Daley's E-mail address is - ldaley@greenfieldsapps.co.uk

We look forward to seeing your pictures!

Willow Class - Summer Term Author is...

During the summer term we have opted to look at the author Eric Carle!
He has many books about plants/ minibeasts!
Have a look at home or the library to see if you can find any to bring in and share :-)

In Wibbly's Garden!

We all enjoyed meeting Wibbly Pig again and 'In Wibbly's Garden' there was a BIG surprise waiting for Wibbly - and for us!

Maisy - "Wibbly Pig couldn't find Pigley"

Esme - "I think he's hiding under the tree!" 

The children loved lifting the flaps to reveal who or what was hiding there!

Felicity predicted what Wibbly might do with his bean - 

Felicity - "He's going to plant a beanstalk - make a little hole, put the bean inside it and you put water in and it grows and grows and grows!"

We met a hen as Wibbly climbed up the beanstalk - Bailey suggested it might belong to Kipper!

Several children tried to guess what would be hidden behind the clouds . . . 

Harley - "There might be a giant in there! - because giants live up there - the beanstalk"

Ember - "I think it's going to be a big, big, giant! Because I saw Jack and the Beanstalk"

Alfie - "I think it's going to be a big house - cause at the top of the beanstalk, I've got Jack and the Beanstalk"

Reece thought there might be a dragon, and Violet said it would be a castle!

Felicity - "It's just like Jack and the Beanstalk!"

Jessica - "I liked the castle, because it was so big!"

We thought the giant looked nice and friendly!

Lexie-Mai - "The giant said 'Where's my chicken?"

Lottie - "I liked it when the giant said 'Where's my chicken?' And I liked the beanstalk!"

The magic hen had a golden egg - and Pigley!

Alisha - "My favourite part was the giant!"

Sam - "I likeded the giant too - because the giant lost his magic hen and he found it"

Felicity - "I liked the giant 'cause he had a gold egg for Wibbly Pig - a magic egg!"

Wibbly Pig and Pigley were re-united, and Wibbly also got to keep the golden egg!

Thomas H - "I liked it when Pigley had the golden  egg in the car"

Oliver E - "I liked it when the giant said 'Goodbye' to Wibbly Pig"

Noah - "I liked it when Wibbly drove his car away with the golden egg and the giant said 'Bye' !"

We wondered where Wibbly Pig might go next - what do you think?

Willow class has - Amazing Brilliant Children!

Well done James!

Today James brought in a 'Judith Kerr' book called 'Mogs Amazing Birthday Caper'.
James had found this book at the library :-)

The children really enjoyed reading it as its a bit different from the others. Every page has most of the words on from a letter of the alphabet and the story runs in alphabetical order. This must have been very difficult for the author to do!

Thanks James - a great find!

Thank you to Amelia too who brought in a Judith Kerr book we shared a couple of weeks ago, 'The Tiger Who Came to Tea', its great that you enjoy reading it at home too Amelia!

Lullabyhullaballoo!

We have been reading another book by Mick Inkpen - this one had a great title - Lullabyhullaballoo!

The sun is down. The moon is up. It is bedtime for the Little Princess.

But outside the castle . . . 

Bailey - "Everybody's being noisy!"

Harley - "The dragon roared and gets his fire out"

Jessica - "I liked because the dragon made the noise!"

Lexie-Mai - "The ghost was making a noise - a ghost sound!"

Georgia - "The giant was making a stompy noise and he said 

'Shall I take my shoes off?'!"

Evan W - "He's hungry" (the giant) "Because he hasn't ate anything yet!"

Gethin - "The giant makes a noise in his shoes!"

Ruby - "He's got to take off his boots!"

Georgia - "The knights were making clanking noises!"

Alfie - "The knights were rattling!"

We all enjoyed joining in with the repetative text - 'What shall we do? We'll tell them to SSSH! That's what we'll do. SSSH!'

Alisha - "The trolls were eating very loudly and the Princess said 'SSSH'!"

Harley - "I liked the trolls burping!"

Lottie - "The Princess was going in her castle and she was crying 'cause they waked her up!"

Noah - "She woke up and she was crying and crying!"

Everyone joined in together to sing the Princess a lullaby - finally she fell asleep - but then she began snoring!

What shall we do?

Archie - "When she was screaming they had to sing her a lullaby"

Jessica - "The Princess has gone to sleep"

Jacob - "The Princess was sleeping - she snored!"

Milena - "That was a long story!"

Noah - "That was a nice story!"

We hope you have plenty of peace and quiet when you are trying to get to sleep!

Thank you Isaac in Willow Class!

Unlike the Cat in our story - Isaac was not at all forgetful! He remembered that we have started looking at a new Author - Judith Kerr and brought us in an 'Audio book' called 'Mog the Forgetful Cat'.

The children really enjoyed listening to this audio book!

Isaac's favourite part was when Mog scared the robber!

If anyone else has a Judith Kerr story we would love you to bring it to school so we can share it with the class.

Well done Isaac!

Look out for Judith Kerr books Willow Class!

This week Willow Children were introduced to another author - Judith Kerr.  She has written some very well known stories such as the 'Mog' the cat books.
Today we read one of Miss Quinn's favourites - 'The Tiger Who Came to Tea'.
We loved it so much we read it two times!!!







Jake's favourite part was when the Tiger ate all of the food in the entire house!





Miley's favourite part was the ending when they all went out for tea at the cafe - they had sausages and chips! Yum Yum!



Look out for Judith Kerr books Willow Class - bring any others you find into school so we can share a story with the class :-)

Wibbly Pig's Silly Big Bear

We enjoyed getting to know Wibbly Pig so much, we thought we would read another story about him . . .

Noah - "That means we've got two with Wibbly Pig now!"

Wibbly Pig has a bear so big he can hardly fit on the page!

Ruby - "He's like a giant!"

Wibbly's bear was having a few problems . . . 

Jessica - "He's not been eating his peas very well!"

Alisha - "The bear didn't eat his peas very well because he didn't use a spoon"

He eats his ice cream with his paws and gets it everywhere!

Jack - "And it's on Pig's head as well!"

Georgia - "The silly bear didn't know how to sit on a potty or brush his teeth!"

Gethin - "He didn't brush his teeth!"

Alisha - "He doesn't know where to hide!"

Alfie - "Beacause he's too big!"

Gethin - "You have to go under the bed" (to hide)

But the bear was good at some things . . . he can jump!

And he can crash! And he can bash his paws like thunderclaps!

Maisy - "He twist the Pig round and round!"

Alisha - "I liked the Pig when he was blowing the bubbles"

When Wibbly's bear is no longer here, when he is gone . . . 

Alisha - "He will be sad"

Poor Wibbly!

Have you got a favourite bear - we would love to hear all about him!

Wibbly Pig has 10 Balloons

We have been meeting a new friend - and his name is Wibbly Pig!

Wibbly Pig is very proud of his ten balloons. But his friends arrive and everybody wants one. 

Soon even his favourite teddy bear balloon has gone . . .

Noah - "I've got that story at home, I borrowed it from the library"

Archie - "He shares them out" (the balloons)

Alisha - "Who wrote the book?"

Esme - "Mick Inkpen writes it!"

We enjoyed working out how many balloons Wibbly Pig would have left each time . . .

Noah - "There will be 9 left because he's given 1 away!" (showed 9 fingers)

"And if he gives 1 away that will be 8, and then he's going to give another one away and there will be 7!" (showing 7 fingers)

Big Pig's sister wanted a balloon too - but she wasn't very polite in the way she asked!

Bethan - "She didn't say 'please'!"

Georgia - "The naughty pig didn't say please and she stamped her feet and took the balloon"

She grabbed the strings from Wibbly so that she could get the pink one with the bow - "That's the one I want!" she squealed - and then let the others go!

Summa - "The piggy stamped her feet and pulled a balloon and let the others go"

Ava - "I liked it when the naughty pig stamped her feet and she took a balloon and let the others go!"

Noah - "I liked it when the girl took the strings off Wibbly Pig and the balloons rose"

Poor old Wibbly had no balloons left . . .

Felicity - "Zero makes none!"

Jack - "The balloons blow up in the sky"

Alisha - "The teddy bear balloon - the Pig liked the teddy bear balloon but it was floating away"

Evan E - "The Pig is called Wibbly!"

Wibbly Pig and Tiny Pig sat sadly in the park . . . "No balloons" sighs Wibbly Pig. "And I started off with ten! That teddy bear balloon was best. I had three left and then . . ."

Noah - "I don't feel sad because look what's coming in the corner!"

Sam - "The teddy bear balloon floated back to him - that balloon floated across the moon!"

Lexie-Mai - "And he's really happy!"

"My teddy bear balloon came back!" says Wibbly with a grin. And Tiny's grinning too because . . . one came back for him!

Old Bear And Friends - Ruff

Happy Birthday Ruff!

Willow Class have enjoyed another Jane Hissey book today - 'Ruff'.
We were very jealous of Ruff's 7 day birthday!
Why don't you watch it together at home.

See the video above.

Kipper's Toybox

Everyone enjoyed the story of 'Kipper's Toybox' - 

Someone or something had been nibbling a hole . . . 

Jessica - "I liked the snake - because he was in Kipper's toybox"

Jacob - "The toys get out"

Kipper was worried about his toys - we joined in as he counted each one in turn - Kipper was upset when he couldn't find Sock Thing . . .

Summa - "He throwed Owl out of the toybox and he throwed them all out and he didn't tidy them up again!"

Noah - "I liked it when Kipper woke up and there was something wriggling along the floor - it was coming from the corner of the bedroom - it was Sock thing!"

Alfie - "Sock Thing was running away"

Evan E - "The Owl fell out Kipper's basket - because Kipper followed the sock"

Kipper was not sure what to do - none of his toys had ever come to life before! He grabbed Sock Thing by the nose - he squeaked, then a little tail appeared, a little pink tail . . .

Maisy - "The mice was in the toy Sock"

Summa - "The mouse got in the Sock Thingy and Kipper got woke up by the mouse"

Alisha - "Sock Thing was wriggling around cause I saw the mice's tail I did!"

Jack - "Somebody nibbled the box - the Sock!"

Thomas M - "I liked the toybox but even the big mice nibbled through the toybox hole. 

Kipper threw Big Owl out of the toybox"

Bailey - "The mouse nibbled the box"

Gethin - "Mouse made the hole in Kipper's toybox"

The mice had been nibbling pieces of Kipper's toybox to make their nest - they promised not to nibble it again - but their babies didn't - and they nibbled EVERYTHING!

Georgia - "The mice were eating the basket - the baby mice"

 Esme - "The baby mice nibbled the basket"

Maisy - "The mice eat Kipper's toybox - and all the baby ones. But they didn't promise to not eat Kipper's toybox!"

Have you got lots of toys in your toybox? 

We would love to hear about your favourite one.  

Willow Class Loved Splash!

This week Willow class loved reading 'Splash' by this terms Author - Jane Hissey.
We chose the story as it has been a very rainy week and we've been looking at the story of Noahs Ark.

 Georgia loved the part when little bear fell out of the bucket!

Abigail loved the part when Little bear made friends with Seal!

We started to talk about what kind of things float and sink. We have had lots of fun experimenting with different things in our floating and sinking tank.

Kipper's Birthday!

We have had lots of fun finding out about Chinese New Year celebrations, and Kipper has been busy celebrating his birthday!

Alisha - "The book was about Kipper's party"

Georgia - "There was a birthday cake and there was a present"

Jessica - "He had some balloons"

Oliver PS - "He had presents"

Ember - "I loved it!"

Kipper wanted to invite his friends to his party and he set about getting everything ready . . . 

Ruby - "He's been busy making a cake for a long time!"

Alfie - "His friends were late"

Jacob - "Kipper eat all the cake!"

Gethin - "He eat the cherry Kipper did!"

Lexie-Mai - "He eat it all in his tummy!"

Poor Kipper thought his friends weren't coming, but then there was a knock at the door!

Noah - "I liked it when hid friends came round and Kipper said 'It's not my birthday today!"

Maisy - "His friends gave him a present"

Esme - "He had a cake in his box"

Harley - "He had a party!"

How did you celebrate your last birthday?

We hope you had some lovely cards and presents!