We cordially invite you to our fairytale banquet with the King and Queen...

Early Years were invited to a Fairytale ball by the King and Queen earlier this week as an end to our Once Upon a Time topic. We all came to school dressed as fairytale characters. We had princes and princesses, pirates and even a pig!

We started the day with fun and fabulous fairytale activities. We made yummy cakes, sparkly crowns and searched for the crown jewels. After lunch we then showed off our super outfits with a parade before settling down at our tables for our banquet. It was a gorgeous day with the sun shining, so we took the ball outside. We sat at long tables to eat scrumptious fruit jelly and ice cream (remembering our table manners!) and listened to some orchestral music. After, we had the opportunity to share our talents and perform a song or dance on our stage! We have some great singers in Early Years! To finish off the afternoon, we all joined together for a dance and learned how to dance with a partner to the Waltz.

We all had a lovely day, full of fairytale and fantasy!

We've been weaving!

Once Upon a Time...

This half term we have been reading fairy tale stories, we began with Jack and the Beanstalk. We have had lot's of fun planting seeds and watching our plants grow. We have taken photos of different plants in the school grounds and painted beautiful flowers.

FOBS Sponsored Walk

It's our Sponsored Walk today and we're still doing it despite the weather so come along and join in all the fun and help raise money for our school.

Spaghetti towers

How do you build a tall tower using only spaghetti and jelly sweets? With lots of patience and hard work.

Science club discovered that some shapes are stronger than others even when they are made from spaghetti and jelly sweets. The challenge was to make a tall tower which could stand alone. We found that the towers which had a square or triangular base were the strongest.

Why not try it at home?

Developing the Wildlife Area

On Saturday 24th April parents, governors and staff were all involved in clearing our wildlife area.

We cleared the pond saving tadpoles, newts and frogs for the children to enjoy in their science lessons.

We developed a teaching area. Having dug out the grass and filled the hole with bark we installed a small fence and are now awaiting our oak logs for seating.

Some of us were involved in clearing the prickly

brambles to develop a summer meadow. This

will encourage a wide variety of butterflies and

insects to visit us.

After an exhausting day we were delighted with the results. Come and take a walk along our nature trail and visit our beautiful pond area!

Thank you to all staff, parents and governors involved in creating a wonderful wildlife area for the children of Belle Vue.

Early Years enter the world of Fantasy and Fairy tale

'FEE FI FO FUM, I SMELL THE BLOOD OF AN ENGLISHMAN' said the Giant to the children of Early Years this week as we began a new and exciting topic for the Summer term.



We have started looking at fantasy and fairy tales with a new topic of 'Once Upon A Time'. This week we have listened to the story of Jack and the Beanstalk and we have started to grow our own plants. We have talked about what our seeds will need to help them grow, as well as act our stories in the Giant's Castle and role-play in our Garden centre in the new shared area.


What can you do at home to help your child with this topic? For ideas, have a look at the Early Years topic newsletter that has come home this week!