Our Learning
Autumn Term
November 2025
We have been super busy and working hard in Mountain Ash. In History we have started the topic 'Ancient Egyptians' we have had great fun dressing up as Pharaohs and having a go at building our own pyramids. We even got to make our own Pharaoh crowns.
Every week we work together as a team to follow a recipe of a food linked to a celebration. So far we have made: sparkler sticks for bonfire night, poppy biscuits for remembrance day and bhindi masala for diwali. We get the chance to explore new foods and practice different cooking skills such as cutting, mixing and measuring different ingredients.
In Science this half term we have been focussing on 'Sound' we have explored different instruments and looked at how they make sound. We have looked at how sound is created with vibrations by completing the cup experiment and the rice drum experiment.
Every week we look forward to our forest school session, we love being outdoors and exploring the different areas of the forest. We have been exploring colour, light and sound so far this half term!
Settling In
October 2025
Mountain Ash have had a great start to the year! We have settled really well into our routine and have established and maintained some good friendships. We have been super busy learning lots and having fun as you can see.
In English we have been focussing on fables and have spent a lot of time dramatizing and sequencing. For ‘The Hare and the Tortoise’ we created character profiles of what they are like and how the Hare is fast and the tortoise is slow. We learnt that ‘Slow and steady wins the race’. We have now started to explore ‘The Ant and the Grasshopper’ and have already been able to recall some of the key themes of the story.
In Maths we have completed lots of work around repeating patterns with shapes, colours and sounds. We have also explored 2D and 3D shapes. We looked at identifying and naming these and also looked at vertices and sides for 2D shapes.
Every week we look forward to our PE session with Eduardo from City in the community. We have been working really hard on different obstacle courses and have even completed timed races. We also look forward to our weekly Forest school session where we have lots of fun exploring different activities. This half term we have already completed minibeast hunts and looked at making dens.
