Acorns Gallery
Our Nativity- December 2024
Snow- November 2024
Making vegetable soup- November 2024
Autumn- October/November 2024
Diwali- Nov 2023
Harvest- Oct 2024
Creating a sky scene using different shades of blue- Oct 2024
RE- Reverend Darren visited us to tell and show us what a Baptism is- Oct 2024
Our senses- October 2024
Literacy- Sept 2024
Life Education visit- Sept 2024
Literacy- Sept 2024
Our self-portraits- Sept 2024
Our families- Sept 2024
Letter formation- Sept 2024
Puddle jumping- Sept 2024
Visiting the school library- Sept 2024
Acorn's first forest school session- Aug 2024
Acorn's first week- Aug 2024
Summer 2024
Airport- June 2024
Transport- June/July 2024
Father's Day forest school- June 2024
Minibeasts- May 2024
Growing- April/May 2024
A visit from our local firefighters- April 2024
Bedtime reading evening- April 2024
Easter 2024
World Book Day 2024
Kings, Queens and London topic- Spring 2 term
Mother's Day afternoon- March 2024
Our new mud kitchen- February 2024
Puddle jumping
Chinese New Year- February 2024
An exciting visit from another EYFS class- February 2024
Arctic & Antarctica- January/February 2024
Dogs trust visit- January 2024
Exploring changes of state- January 2024
Making snowflakes- January 2024
Frosty walk- January 2024
Christmas party- December 2023
Christmas- December 2023
Nocturnal animals- November 2023
Remembrance day 2023
Diwali 2023
Guy Fawkes Day 2023
Making vegetable soup- October 2023
All about Autumn- October 2023
Conkers trip- October 2023
Forest school- Autumn term 1
Shared reading with year 5
Literacy- Retelling Goldilocks and the Three Bears
Blackberries and apples- picking, washing and eating
New starters settling in week- August 2023
Pirates and the sea- June/July 2023
Summer- 2023
Transport- June 2023
Woodwork- June 2023
Minibeasts- May 2023
Planting- April/May 2023
Easter- March/April 2023
Mother's Day- March 2023
World Book Day- March 2023
Pancake day- Feb 2023
Bob sleigh- Feb 2023
Winter and cold places topic- Jan & Feb 2023
Chinese New Year- January 2023
Nativity- December 2022
Christmas- December 2022
Acorn and Oak farm trip- Nov 2022
Diwali- October 2022
All about Autumn- 2022
Sea Life Centre trip- June 2022
Under the sea- June 2022
Our Queen and the UK- May 2022
Mindfulness Monday- March 2022
Superheroes🦸♀️- March 2022
A&E role play- Feb/March 2022
Pancake Day- Feb 2022
Enjoying the outdoors- Feb 2022
Our Space topic- 2022
Nativity- Born in a barn 2021
We love our weekly forest school sessions!
Diwali- November 2021
We made vegetable soup- it was yummy! October 2021
Learning all about the history of Swannington. October 2021
Saint George’s Day celebrations 23rd April 2021
The Lemonade Factory
Light. Acorn learn about translucent and transparent materials.
Virologists. Acorn Class learn about the Corona Virus and vaccines.
Exploring Light and Dark
Towers and Drawbridges
Portraits. We have been learning to create portraits using digital photography and pencil.
Making lanterns.
The Discovery Garden. The best classroom is roofed only by the sky.
Baking. Baking and cooking is an important part of our life in Acorn Class. We cook or bake weekly.
Talk for Writing Project: We're Going on a Bear Hunt
Impressions of Lavender using water colour. We explored techniques inspired by the late artist Bob Ross (The Joy of Painting) to create impressions of lavender. The children's paintings are beautiful.
Air painting. As part of our investigations into air we explored how we can manipulate paint through using our breath and a straw.
Art using a pendulum. Part of our investigations for Science Week.
Hammers + nails + loose parts + children = fabulously creative wood work
Quilling
Clay work using armature
