EYFS

People who help us

We have been learning all about people who help us. We learnt about how the police force has changed over time. We looked at the evolution of police vehicles and created a timeline of the different vehicles.

Chinese New Year

We learnt all about the celebration Chinese New Year. We enjoyed watching the Dragon Dance, made our own Chinese lanterns and dragon puppets and even tasted some delicious Chinese food!

Georgia O’Keeffe

We are learning all about Georgia O’Keeffe in art. We listened carefully to find out about her life and the types of paintings she created. We can’t wait to create our own paintings in her style!

Party Day

It was our Christmas party on 19th December.  We came dressed up in our best party and Christmas outfits and all looked amazing. We showed the ‘Birkwood Values’ throughout our party. 100% respect with our manners, 100% effort with the party games and 100% kindness looking after each other all afternoon!

Melted Snowman Biscuits

On 21st and 22nd December we worked in groups to make melted snowman biscuits. We followed instructions carefully.  We made the icing, drizzled it onto a biscuit base, added a marshmallow and used icing pens to create the face. We hope our grown ups enjoyed the biscuits!

Winter models

On 20th December, F2 Sharman had a DT morning. We used lots of junk modelling materials to make a winter model. We selected the materials we needed, explored different ways of joining the materials and created a finish by adding decorations. We are really proud of our creations!

Amazing Afternoon Stars

What a fantastic performance! Our very youngest children provided a beautiful version of the Christmas Story. They looked fantastic, sounded even better and absolutely thrilled the very appreciative audience. Many thanks to all of the staff for their directing, the refreshment helpers and of course to the cast! The children were truly wonderful and definitely brought some Christmas magic to Birkwood. Bravo!

Morning Magic

What a fantastic performance! Our very youngest children provided a beautiful version of the Christmas Story. They looked fantastic, sounded even better and absolutely thrilled the very appreciative audience. Many thanks to all of the staff for their directing, the refreshment helpers and of course to the cast! The children were truly wonderful and definitely brought some Christmas magic to Birkwood. Bravo!

Sponsored Read 2023

Our Sponsored Read was a lovely morning at Birkwood. Thank you to everyone who came to see us or supported us in any way. It was wonderful to see so many people loving reading in school. Any proceeds are to be shared between Macmillan and School Visit subsidies.

Library

We loved our first visit to the library. We were amazed by all the different books and couldn’t wait to choose one to take home!

Let’s make music!

The children in FS2 love playing instruments, they made their own music and dances to celebrate the Chinese New Year. They then performed them to their friends. They are so creative and confident!

EYFS Slide Complaint

 
When something isn’t quite right, we are of course within our rights to complain politely! This was the course of action taken by an EYFS Superstar as she wrote to me explaining her disappointment at the slide being out of action. As the letter was so clear and polite, action was taken immediately. Thankfully, everything is now up and running! The pen is mightier than the sword!

Early Reading At Birkwood

 
Enjoy our Early Reading at Birkwood. This presentation explains what we are doing with our youngest readers. Remember to give us a call if there is anything you wish to know. This is the presentation shared by Miss Ward at our Reading Event.

Reading at Birkwood

Enjoy our Reading Presentation and an instructional video in t how we say our sounds. Thank you to Miss Ward for putting this together. A superb guide for everyone.
 
Click on the title above for more videos and “How to say sounds”.
 
 

We had a tiger tea party!

One of our ‘Fantastic Four’ shared her favourite story with the Morning Daisies this week, ‘The Tiger Who Came to Tea’. She had the best idea ever; to have a tiger tea party! Our very kind little Daisy wrote an invitation to all of her friends, so we could all celebrate together. Don’t worry the tiger didn’t gobble all of our food, but we did save him some. This is because sharing is caring!
 

 

‘Bear Hunt’ Nativity with thanks to Michael Rosen

WOW! What a huge achievement! The Daisies have made everyone so proud including our very own Mrs Allen. They were absolute superstars in their Nativity. They all sang along, knew when to join in with some actions and some children even said some lines! We are so glad we managed to film our Nativity so we can recreate the magic! Well done Daisies we are so proud of you all.

 

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