Category: EYFS
Reception Visit the Shops
Woodford Green shops welcomed Foundation 2 (Reception) pupils this afternoon, as they visited to buy ingredients for their cookery session tomorrow. Thinking of where flour, sugar, eggs and cake cases might be located, they searched high and low on the shelves while using their literacy skills to read the names of different products. At the…
A Giant Edible Beanstalk
Puffins have enjoyed reading and acting out a ‘Jack and the Beanstalk’ story for the past two weeks. During their cookery session, our youngest learners made cheese sticks and once baked they carefully positioned them in the middle of the tables, added spinach and created an edible beanstalk. It was so much fun making and…
Welcome Back – EYFS and Pre-Prep WOW Day
The Spring Term Wow Day was in full swing across the Pre-Prep department today, engaging our pupils with their new topic learning during their first morning back. Foundation 1 have shared the story of a magical hen that laid golden eggs, recreated the story in class using their small world activities and found their own…
A Trip To The Docklands Museum
Foundation 2 went on a trip to the Docklands Museum. We travelled by tube from Woodford Station on the Underground to Stratford and then we had to take The DLR to West India Quay. It was exciting seeing all the scenery as we travelled on the tube. When we got there we ate our fruit…
Proud of Our Puffins
What an action packed, first full week our new Nursery pupils have had this week! Our Puffins class have settled in so well to school life. They have enjoyed tuning into a repetitive rhythm of the story of the week (‘Brown Bear, Brown Bear’) and have also taken part in their first Dance, Spanish and…
Early Years Welcome Morning
We were excited to welcome new and returning faces to our Early Years Welcome Morning on Saturday 31st August! With a relaxed atmosphere that let parents from Foundation 1 and Foundation 2 connect with one another and their class teachers, children were introduced to the different play and learning environments that they’ll be in and…
EYFS Easter Bonnet Parade
With a fanfare of colour, chicks, bunnies, feathers, glitter, and other themed decorations to finish the Spring Term, the Avon House Early Years Easter Bonnet Parade took place today. Showcasing the creativity and imagination of our Nursery and Reception children (and their parents!), our youngest children were full of excitement and pride as they paraded…
Puffins Bus and Train Ride
Puffins had so much fun on our first train and bus journey together this week. After walking down to Woodford Station in small groups on Monday and Tuesday, we had an exciting time meeting the station staff, checking our route on the tube map, spotting the station roundels and getting on a train to Loughton….
Come Rain or Shine
Our youngest learners have been out and about this week come rain or shine. On the Weekly Walk, our Nursery Puffins used what they have been learning about shapes this week to create their own natural representations. We had so much fun making our own shapes and naming them, as well as counting the sides…
Adventurous Early Years Explorers
Early Years ICT Explorers Club were out and about this week, using iPads to take pictures of their Lego figures on adventures in different parts of the school grounds. Everyone wanted to hear the exciting adventure stories told by the children as they worked!
