On the 31st January Foundation Stage visited Whirlow Farm.
What did the children do at the farm? Your child was encouraged to look closely at the animals on the farm and listen carefully to the guides. They had to take turns and patiently wait for their chance to stroke a new born lamb, young piglets, rabbits and guinea pigs.
During the session on farm jobs from the past the children were learning to cooperate and work together to brush a horse, sweep the stables, collect eggs and turn the butter churn. They learnt how to collect milk in a bucket. They also had the opportunity to play with toys from the past.
Max asked "Why do pigs go in mud?" We found the answers to lots of questions that we took with us to the farm. We learnt that pigs go in mud to cool down and to stop from getting sunburnt because their skin is thin.
On returning to school the children were learning to take turns to speak about their experience and to share their new knowledge. We encouraged the children to make links with what they already knew about farms and with their recent investigations into how toys work.
The children will be playing games from the past that involve calculation and problem solving. They have started to investigate whether the biggest hand holds the most wooden pegs. They will be practising recording numbers for a purpose when adding their scores in games such as roll the eggs onto a target.