SCU FS Mrs Massey
Welcome to the Foundation Stage Social Communication Unit. We can be found enjoying ourselves, not only in Room 15, but all around the school.
Please look at our page to see what we have been learning. We have lots of fun while we learn and grow.
We have two amazing helpers in our class called, Miss Peacock and Mrs Todd. They help us have fun each and every day!
If you need to contact me or have any questions, please do not hesitate to email me at
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Thank you,
Ruth Massey.
We have amazing fun each day in school. We play with amazing toys and games both inside and outside our classroom. Have a look at our photographs to see what we have been up to!
Mrs Massey tries her best to add lots of photographs to our page each day so that you and your family can be involved in our learning journey!
Challenge:- Peg the correct egg to each bunny.
We have had a go today at sorting animals onto a Carroll Diagram. We looked at pictures of different animals, and we had to decide if they were adult or baby animals and if they had two or four legs. We then had to place them in the correct section of the Carroll Diagram.
Challenge:- Read the numbers and add the correct number of cotton wool balls to the ten frames.
Challenge:- Count the pips on the dominoes and put them on the correct leaf.
Today we used Compare Bears to make a graph. We then answered some questions that Mrs Massey asked - we are all very good at Number work!
Challenge: – Use the cubes to make the rainbow.
Another STEM activity today for St Patrick's Day. We have been predicting how many gold coins we can stack on top of each other before our tower falls over.
A St Patrick's Day scavenger hunt was done this morning in the sunshine.
Challenge:- Fill the ten frame to match the raindrops.
Challenge:- Put the pom-pom on the dot. Flick it into its home.
We continue to work hard to develop our Fine Motor Skills in lots of different ways. We use scissors, bingo dabblers, single hole punches and stickers to name a few.
What can you find hidden in the sensory boxes? We have been trying to discover the leprechaun's treasure.
Challenge: – Build the patterns of rainbow stairs using the cubes.
We are working hard at building our strength. This game makes us cross the midline of our bodies whilst trying to get the beam to balance. Activities like this help to improve both our fine and gross motor skills.
Challenge: – Find the number. Look at the cards and find the Uno cards that represent the same number. Put them together.
Hard work is being done – labelling the Oxford Reading Tree characters.
Today we had a go at a new activity. We worked hard with Miss Peacock and Mrs Todd to complete dot-to-dot activities. We each chose a picture of a vehicle and had to join the numbers in the correct order from 1 to 20. We had to think hard to count correctly and to recognise the numbers themselves.
We have been playing a game of Uno Subitising. We had to turn over an Uno card, say the number on the card and then find it on the game board in dots. We then put a coloured counter on the square that it matched. If you turned over a card and there were no boxes left with that number on the board, we had to miss a turn. The winner was the person with the most coloured counters on the board.
Challenge:- Make 10. We are always investigating in Room 15. Today we are stacking numbers to make 10.
Mrs Massey has made a car wash using an old cardboard box and some bubble wrap. She is able to justify all her spending as she needs the packing materials for school!
Challenge: – Look at the numerals on the double-decker buses. Add the correct number of chains. Count carefully.
Today we have been taking part in a STEM activity. We have built a ramp by using a blue tray and a plank of wood. We then all picked a car from our class car box. We ran our car down the ramp and Mrs Massey noted how far along the number line the car travelled. We had to tell her the number that our car stopped at. We repeated this activity 4 times to see which was our best score. Some of us even got our car to race along as far as number 11. We then investigated how we could make our cars go further by changing the angle of the ramp. We also tried using different cars to see what happened then.
Challenge:- Look at the number at the top of each card. Count each of the blocks on each card and peg the ones that show the same value.
Gosh, I am sorry I forgot to take a photo of our Tuff Tray today! We did have good fun with it though!
We work very hard to develop our fine motor skills in our classroom. We are helping the vehicles get to the petrol pumps with this activity.
Challenge:- Guess who? Match the character to its shadow.
What good friends! Taking turns to push our friends in the All Terrain Buggy.
We are puzzle and code crackers. We used our skills today to solve the "Mystery of the CVC Words."
Challenge:- Spin the wheel, say the word and put a counter over that word on the page.
We have continued developing our wonderful reading skills. Our books this week have both been Oxford Reading Tree books, "At the Seaside" and "Floppy's Bath". We then had a challenge of matching the correct sentences to the correct picture. Mrs Massey is so proud of us and what we are able to do!
Challenge:- Order the vehicles from smallest to biggest.
We are working hard to use the correct maths vocabulary when describing the size of vehicles.
We have used junk materials to make vehicles, aren't they amazing? The boxes from Mrs Massey's advent calendar have come in useful again this year!
Challenge:- Put the pieces of each jigsaw together and see what vehicles you can make.
Today was "Pancake Tuesday" and we decorated a pancake so that it had a funny face.
As it was not raining today , we took the painting easel outside to get inspiration to paint amazing pictures of vehicles.
Working as a team to travel around the playground on the fire engine.
An outdoor scavenger hunt in the sunshine.
We were looking for vehicles that Mrs Massey had hidden in our outdoor play area. We were all very good detectives as we found all 16 pictures.
Our new topic is "Transport". We have tried hard today to sort vehicles into the correct sets of where you would find each. Mrs Massey was very impressed with our knowledge.
Challenge:- Sort the vehicles into the correct sets.
We were detectives today and had to solve the case of " The snowman's missing hat". We used our listening skills and listened carefully to the clues that Mrs Massey gave us to see if we could work out who the thief was. We all worked out that Blue Bird stole the hat to make a nest for her babies.
Playing a game to see "Does the sentence make sense?"
We had to pick a card from the "who" pile and read the statement below the picture, then pick a card from the "what" pile again, reading the statement below the picture and finally picking a card from the "where" pile. We had a good laugh at the funny sentences we made.
We have been learning about Polar Regions - we have made homes for polar bears at the North Pole. We have used cocktail sticks and packing peanuts. This is another STEM activity.
Challenge: - Spin the spinner and say the number the spinner stops on. Then use a counter and place that over the same number on the page.
Bouncing into a new day in Brooklands.
We have been reading Oxford Reading Tree books and completing associated activities. Today we had to label a go-kart - we had been reading Oxford Reading "The go- kart" . Mrs Masssey is delighted with how clever we are!
We have been learning about the animals of the Polar Regions - penguins from the South Pole and polar bears from the North Pole. We have played a game called "Roll a Penguins" and made a paper cup penguin. The game is Mrs Massey's version of a Beetle Drive ( she is showing her age with that game!)
Challenge - Put the correct number of links on each snowman.
Using tweezers to pick up pom-poms to make a winter hat. This activity helps us to develop our fine motor skills, something that is needed for many life skills.
Challenge :- decorate the snowmen.
Welcome back after Christmas everyone! I hope that you all had a lovely break and are ready to be back with your friends in Room 15! I know that I am!
Some of our favourite Julia Donaldson stories are on the television this Christmas. Which is your favourite?❤️
Challenge:- Use the stars to decorate the trees.
Challenge :- Decorate the tree. Use the tongs to put the pom-poms on the tree.
And so December has arrived! We have a lovely tree that we can decorate in our classroom.
Another STEM activity this week, a game called “Rush Hour”. The aim of the game is that you have to free the ice cream van from the traffic jam.
Challenge - Use the stick puppets to retell the Nursery Rhyme, Incy Wincey Spider.
We used a parachute today and worked hard to keep the ball on top of it. We will have tired muscles tonight
Today we made mice so that they could run up Hickory Dickory Dock.
Our new skills were learning to twist a pipe cleaner around a pencil to make a curly tail, turn a circle into a cone for the body of our mice, use a stapler to hold the cone together and use sellotape to stick on ears and the tail.
Picture Sudoku was our activity today . Hickory Dickory Dock sudoku was enjoyed by all.
We were following patterns today to feed the Hungry Caterpillar.
Challenge :- Make a clock.
Mrs Massey has given us 12 bottle tops and 2 pipe cleaners and has asked us to make a clock face. We found it rather difficult but Theo came up with a plan!! We used our class play clock and matched the numbers! Isn’t he clever?
Today’s STEM activity was making patterns . We had to move coloured counters to make patterns- it sounds easy but we had to use our logic skills to move some coloured counters out of the way so that we could do what was asked of us!
More fun today working to develop our fine motor skills.✏️
Fun in the afternoon sun! ☀️
Making a pineapple and a robot using the little sticks.
Using a function machine to learn all about the doubles to 10.
Van Gogh has arrived in Room 15!
Eventually the postman has delivered our new game! Can you stop Humpty Dumpty falling off the wall?
Foxy Locksey and his friend are having a good chat this morning.
Challenge :- Match the uppercase and lowercase letters to finish the mouse pictures.
We discovered lots of ice in our water tray this morning. We have enjoyed investigating the ice.
We have used the sieves to scrap the ice off the picnic table and have looked at the lovely ice crystals.❄️❄️
Challenge:- Take mouse for a walk using the pen. Can you make a straight line? Can you make a squiggly line?
The Chef is ready to serve the dinner now!
It was so cold last night that ice formed in the water tray! ❄️❄️
Challenge :- Free the superheroes from the elastic bands.
More work today on our fine motor skills.
Developing our Numeracy skills and Fine Motor Skills today using Hickory Dickory Dock picture cards.
Fun in the sun - it’s got cold, as the North wind blows, we’ve had to start putting our coats on over our rain suits!
Completing an activity at the “Independent work table”.
Using our skills to finish Hickory Dickory Dock patterns..
Challenge:- Use the stick puppets to make the rhyme of Hickory Dickory Dock.
We have had a special delivery today - some lovely new beanbags for us to relax on!
Monday morning painting fun outside.
Working hard to sequence the rhyme of Hickory Dickory Dock.
Challenge :- Put the pictures in order from the BIGGEST to the smallest!
This week we are learning about the rhyme Hickory Dickory Dock. All our activities will be focused around this rhyme.
We have decorated hard boiled eggs as Humpty Dumpty today!
Today was a day for making pictures, we had to sequence the numbers in the correct order from 1 to 10 to see what it was a picture of! When the activity was complete we were able to see a picture of a play park.
Challenge:- Colour match the people.
Enjoying our snack at our snack table.
We have learnt a new version of the Nursery Rhyme “Humpty Dumpty”
Are you ready? Don’t be too shocked!!
Humpty Dumpty sat on the wall, eating ripe bananas. What do you think he did with the skins? Put them down the King’s pyjamas!
Mrs Massey that’s very cheeky!
Counting fun for everyone! Mrs Massey is very impressed with our counting skills, she says we are ready for P3!
We really needed to use soap when we came in from outside today because our hands were dirty ! We watched one of our favourite programmes, “Come Outside”, ✈️ to find out how soap is made. Click the link to enjoy our programme- we love Auntie Mabel and Pippin! Mrs Massey loved watching these programmes with her big boy when he was much smaller!
We had such fun jumping in the puddles this morning!☔️ Isn’t this the most fabulous puddle you’ve ever seen?
Look at our happy smiley faces - we love a puddle! ��
(I promise you we are all smiling - you’ll just have to believe me!)
Finishing patterns is what we got up to at work time. We had to complete the Humpty Dumpty patterns. We all really impressed Mrs Massey.
Some friends enjoying a big book of Nursery Rhymes.
What was hidden in the rice today? Mrs Massey had hidden pieces of Humpty Dumpty in the rice and we had to gather all the pieces and rebuild him!
We have taken part in a STEM activity today. As we know poor Humpty Dumpty fell off the wall. We were investigating which materials would work well as a safety blanket for him to land on!
We are artists! We have been painting pictures today at outdoor play time this morning!
We completed an obstacle course today - even Mrs Massey gave it a go!
Challenge: Order the pictures from biggest to smallest.
Following directions :
today some of us were following pictorial directions to see if they were true or false statements. We had to use a picture grid to move from a starting object and work our way to a finishing object.We have been trying very hard to use the correct directional language such as left and right, forward and backwards, up and down as well as a very difficult word - diagonally!
Reading the Nursery Rhyme “Humpty Dumpty “ independently and deciding which picture is needed to complete the rhyme. How amazing are we?
Sequencing the Nursery Rhyme “Humpty Dumpty” independently.
We are playing Humpty Dumpty Matching. We have been better at re- building Humpty Dumpty than the King’s men were!
Challenge: Use the stick puppets to tell the story of Humpty Dumpty!
More work on our fine motor skills today trying to land the planes on Mars, Saturn and the Earth. Well done boys you have landed on the planets!
Oh I am delighted to be back at school today after our Hallowe’en holidays! I hope everyone had a lovely break, I know I did but I am so pleased to be back with all my friends again !
We have done a Hallowe’en Scavenger Hunt!
Mrs Massey is teaching us to play cricket!
What a day, all that rain! It didn’t stop us having fun. We played in the puddles all morning!
Challenge -: Use the conkers to make caterpillars, then count the number you have used for each one.
Look what came to visit us today! A De Lorean!
How amazing!
We played a maths game called “Roll a Scarecrow”. We had to gather all the bits before we made the scarecrow.
Challenge:- Build a City using the correct number of cubes.
Challenge:- Make groups of 4.
Mrs Massey forgot to take photographs of us having fun with our Tuff Tray challenge today! Hopefully she will remember tomorrow!
Using bingo dabbers to improve our hand eye coordination as well as working hard on our pencil grip. The end result was a gorgeous hedgehog .
Today was about showing our Numeracy skills by mapping numerals to matching sets! Mrs Massey is very impressed with how fabulous we are!
More fun with Bee Bot today!
We have used Bee Bot and have learnt how to get him to go forward, then complete a turn to the right and then to move forward again. We have been using him to move between the numbers 1 - 5 in the correct order. Miss Peacock really enjoyed working with our new friend Bee Bot!
An Autumn Hunt in a bowl of orange water.
We used a glass to push down in the water to see what we could find hiding underneath . We then ticked the items off our checklist when we had spotted them.
Playing “Penguin Peril” with a friend . Learning to take turns and sometimes having to miss a go when the spinner lands on.
Challenge- Count the people into the houses.
Anyone for conker stew?
We have been using buns to make hedgehogs. We dipped them in chocolate, added two eyes and then used Matchmakers as spikes! We can’t wait to eat them at home.
We have started learning to code using a robot called Bee Bot
Using the balance to investigate how many conkers each car weighs.⚖️
Jumping into a new day of fun at Brooklands!
Challenge - Build a tower and roll a conkers down the tube and see what number you can score.
Today we have been using our skills to subitise when using dice.
We are rolling a dice and then colouring a scarecrow’s body parts as per the instructions. We have been using felt tip pens and are making sure to hear the “click “ when we put the lids back on so we know that they are closed correctly. ✍️
Challenge - Match the Lego to its outline.
Developing our cutting skills.
More outdoor fun being had first thing in the morning!
Challenge - Put the correct number of pegs on each Autumn tree.
Mrs Massey came up with a fantastic idea for some of the Autumn leaves we collected!
We have made Autumn Globes (our version of a snow globe) . Have a look at how much fun we have had making them!
Mrs Massey has made a function machine to complete calculations- we are using conkers to help us add on 1.
We have been painting today with water on the wall outside our classroom. Look how much fun we are having!
Challenge - Brush the pom-poms into the correct shapes using the matching paintbrush.
Building a ten frame using conkers.
We have been practising our subsidising skills today playing a game with Mrs Todd to see who can build their ten frame first. We have been working on turn taking and having to, at times, miss a go as we rolled a number that was bigger than the number of spaces we had left on our ten frames. Mrs Todd unfortunately did not win even one game!
We have gone on a scavenger hunt today!
Challenge Use the multi link cubes to build the pictures.
Challenge - Use the conkers to follow the lines.
We are practising our pre -writing skills today!✍️✏️
Challenge- Put the correct number of conkers on each ten frame so it matches the number written below.
Playing in our Mud Kitchen.
Playing throwing and catching game with friends. We will be playing lacrosse for GB & NI soon!
We have made homes for our hibernating hedgehogs,don’t they look very comfortable?
Playing Skittles with our friends.
Learning to play Hop Scotch.
On a sunny day what is better than a kinetic sand ice cream?
Challenge- Use the body parts and the dough to make a mini beast.
Challenge - build a bridge to get teddy to the forest.
We have been working on our hand eye coordination and our core strength by lying on our tummies on the swing and squeezing paint onto a page to make an autumn picture!
We are finding teddies in the water and in the foam and then sorting them into the correct box according to colour. The teddies in the foam needed a wash before we sorted them!
Challenge - How many spiders can you find?
It was absolutely fantastic to have all the parents in our room on Friday 19th September - it was such a treat to let you all see what we get up to each day! Thank you all so much for taking the time to come! ⭐️
We are taking part in lots of STEM activities. STEM is an acronym and it stands for Science, Technology, Engineering and Maths. It helps us discover real world applications, sparks creativity and develops our 21st century skills.
Scroll through all our photographs to see how many STEM activities we are involved in.
Using Autumn leaves to make a gorgeous crown fit for a king
We painted our hedgehogs today, aren’t they gorgeous!
Today was all about developing our hand muscles, a super start for beautiful handwriting! We are using clothes pegs to put spikes on hedgehogs. We are also using our Numeracy skills to count within 10!
We have made hedgehogs today using Model Magic . Their eyes are made using cloves and we’ve used scissors ✂️ to make their spikes. All that is left to do is paint them brown!
Mrs Massey’s big boy Bryn is building something new for us in our Outdoor Classroom! What can it be? ⭐️
It is a swing!!! We love it, thank you Bryn!
Making music using the Boomwhackers!
Miss Peacock’s friend Rachel has given us some new table top games and we are loving playing them!! Thank you Rachel!
Don’t our 2 assistants, Mrs Todd and Miss Peacock look gorgeous? We have at least 1 artist in our class !
Doing some cooking in the kitchen! ������
We have added a bird feeder to the outside of our classroom window. We are hoping that some gorgeous birds come to enjoy it!
Autumn has definitely arrived in Dundonald. We are using the leaves to make lots of different things on our Tuff Tray.
Challenge- Make a person using the Autumn objects.
Challenge - Can you give the hedgehog his spikes?
Challenge - Decorate the Autumn tree.
Challenge - Can you make a face ?
Mrs Massey programmed one of her magic talking buttons so that we could press it to hear what our task was- it said “Can you make a face?”
How wonderful do our faces look made out of natural materials? They are nearly as handsome as our real faces!
We are going on an Autumn Walk with our magnifying glasses to find Autumn colours in our Outdoor Classroom! .
We found some blackberries growing outside our classroom and we collected them. Miss Peacock then used them to make our playdough this week! Isn’t she amazing?
Decorating biscuits to look like ourselves!
Balancing on the see-saw!
Cool dudes chilling in the rain!
Enjoying our lunch in the Dinner Hall!
Having fun at the Play Park!
Using the tricycles and splashing in the water tray, learning about floating and sinking!
Anyone for a game of football?⚽️
Maybe you’d prefer a play with the Kinetic Sand?
In the Chill Out Den! ⛺️
Chilling in the Forest!
It is race time in the Play Park- who is going to win?��