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The Magic of Autumn in the Woods: Discovering Nature’s Treasures 🍁

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We have been incredibly lucky this week at Taddington to witness and enjoy the treasures of Autumn beginning to fall and surround us in the woods and all across our outdoor space… and we love it!  This week in Forest school the Infants have explored the famous prints of William Morris and have used different treasures of conkers, acorns, leaves and twigs to build their very own rendition of the ‘Woodpecker’ by William Morris. They absolutely loved it and it was wonderful to see the creativity and teamwork they all showed. We are so very proud of them all! 
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Our first week together (Bears 2026/27)

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 What a wonderful first week we had together in Bears. Making new friends, exploring new areas, establishing routines, sharing our summer adventures and making the most wonderful memories in our classroom and the amazing spaces we have outdoors at Taddington! (We love the woods in Bears!) 
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From tree to table: Reception's master chefs in the making!

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  In reception we showcased our chopping and peeling skills with Mrs Beswick as we prepared lots of the lovely apples that got picked from our very own fruit trees here in School. We are making a fabulous head start on our prep for Harvest.  It was so lovely to see how the children  worked so hard together to prep as many apples as they could.  They particularly enjoyed getting to taste the stewed apples they had made at the end… Yum!    
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Wonderful wands

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After finding some mystery objects in the woods, (a broken wand, a damaged house) the infants decided to whittle their own wands. Once they'd whittled, they added wool and natural objects to decorate them then enjoyed creating stories, letting their imaginations go wild.                                             
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Handwarmers

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 In DT this week, the tigers and Bears have started to make monster handwarmers. During the session, we recapped how to do a running stitch (by practising on hessian), we designed our monsters and planned how we were going in to make them, then cut out and drew around templates onto felt. We now need to sew it all together. 
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Caring for our environment

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  During Forest schools this afternoon, the infants went litter picking - helping to care for our community.
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Wells dressings

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  The infants made their own wells dressings today. They started by cutting out a small piece of card then rolling out clay onto it. Then they drew their design and added the natural materials to create their artwork.                                                               
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Litter Pickers

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 In RE this week, Bears were looking after our planet . They went litter picking around school, as well as in the village.
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Forest school pancake cafe

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We've had a brilliant afternoon in the woods. Some children made a mud cafe and others helped to light and maintain a fire to cook pancakes for everyone.  
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DT morning

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 On Monday,  Tigers and Bears joined together for a DT morning. First we did a blind taste test with different foods to see if they were sour, sweet, salty or bitter. We talked about how fruit and vegetable provide us with lots of different vitamins to help us to be healthy. The children then made rainbow wraps by ribboning a variety of vegetables aswell as dips and vegetable batons.
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Alien stress balls

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 On Wednesday,  we made our own alien stews balls using balloons and flour. The children listened to instructions of how to make them then had a go themselves. It was brilliant to see how they problem solved and worked together to be successful. Once they'd finished they really enjoyed playing with their creatures- a brillaint way to strengthen those muscles! 
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