Thank you for all of your pet photos – so far in Froglets we have 4 guinea pigs, 3 cats, 1 dog and a gecko called Norbert! Please do keep sending me your photos… and if you do not have a pet at home I wonder which pet you would choose?

We would like to wish all of our Froglet families a very Happy New Year! Welcome back to the Spring Term & some cold weather! Please remember to send Froglets in with hats, gloves and warm waterproof coats as we love to explore the garden – even when it is chilly! 🙂

Today we all made Christmas crowns to wear while we enjoyed our Christmas lunch in Froglets. Thank you to everyone in the kitchen…. It was delicious! Merry Christmas to all our Froglet families – see you for more fun in 2025!!

We have welcomed in December in Froglets with an explosion of tinsel and glitter! Every Froglets has made a sparkly star for our Christmas Hoop which is displayed in the hall alongside a hoop made by every class in the school. We have been using playdough to make star shapes, learning lots of Christmas songs, and decorating the Christmas tree with LOTS of tinsel…. whilst dressed up as Santa!

We hope to see as many of you as possible at our craft afternoon next Thursday at 2.15 to celebrate, craft and sing with us! Merry Christmas Everyone!

Today in Froglets we have been talking about Poppy Day. We have used collage materials to make a big Poppy and painted one each to take home. We talked about our Poppies helping us to remember those who died in the wars. At 11am we will watch a video together to observe the 2-minute silence – there is a link below if you would like to watch it at home.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/cbeebies/watch/poppies

We have been busy carefully creating our self-portraits this term…. Here is a sneak peek of the display just inside the Pond classroom – please do pop in to see all of our beautiful creations!

We end each day by singing our very own song… I am sure all of the Froglets now know the words…
“We are Froglets, we are Froglets, we learn and play, we learn and play… we are very happy, we are very happy…. every day, every day!”

We have had a wonderful time in the woods this term… we have made apple bird feeders, created minibeasts with sticks and clay, used the magnifying glasses to find lots of wiggly worms, made delicious mud pies and jumped in muddy puddles with our wellies on! The Froglets have loved exploring the secret garden – thank you Mrs Little! (More photos to come on Tapestry!)

This week we have started welcoming in our new families – it has been a pleasure to play with and get to know all of your children! Next week I will send out a welcome letter with some more information about our learning for this term & some practical reminders – please get signed up on Parent Pay as soon as you receive your code! Thank you – Mrs Knight 🙂

The Froglets have LOVED visiting our secret garden this week for their Forest School sessions – what fun they have had! Den building, mud-pie making, bug hunting, animal watching, and getting soggy whilst watering everything! Please check out Tapestry for more photos of your child’s session. Thank you for welcoming us Mrs Little… we can’t wait to have more forest school fun in Reception!

We have been planting seeds in Froglets this term – we hope your sunflowers have kept growing at home and haven’t been nibbled by pesky slugs! When they are bigger pop them in a bigger pot in the garden & please send us a photo of how they are growing over the Summer months. I wonder which seed will grow the tallest?

In our Froglets garden we have also been growing some vegetables l; like carrots, lettuce, and some peas too – we love to see how they grow every day and enjoy watering them.

We have also learned about what seeds need to grow & a little song called ‘The Seed Song’ which I have put a link to below…