Welcome Back
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Welcome Back 〰️
Welcome back everyone – what a week we have had, so much outdoor learning, well, why not the weather has been glorious and we love our outdoor learning environment, our spectacular school grounds and our beautiful village location – all there on our doorstep and just waiting to be filled and explored by a group of curious minds – yes – us!!!!!
And that is just what our new learning power for this term encourages us to be – Curious. Our Christian Value this term is Wisdom.
Before the Easter break, we asked the children what activities they would like to see in the classroom both inside and out – what a response we had – frogs, bug hotel, mud pies, construction, woodwork, bikes, lights and torches, den building, investigation station, gardening the list goes on, quite a tall order but one that we were excited about rising to and I think we have just about managed to fit it all in. Below are some of the photos that we use to illustrtae to the children how the resources should be tidied away at the end of the day.
And these are the photos of the children in action using the areas!
Collecting rainwater from the water butt to water the plants……
Den building…..
Number formation the sand trays…..
This is an interesting one…..building a hotel whils a wedding is taking place - the ‘bride’ has her head in her hands and I can understand why!!!!
We have tadpoles….we put two into a tub to look more closely…..
Exploring the woodwork area….using new tools
Using water to make the ball travel…..
Out and about on our welly walk in the locality….
Creating a course to cyle in and around…..
Following a recipe in the mud kitchen…..
Making mud pies……
Singing on the stage…..
Having looked at the tadpoles we then tried to draw and label them…..
More drawing and labelling…..
Lights in the sensory area
Which direction shal we go next….left or right?
Thank you for all the self-portraits returned so far – the board is almost full, there is still some space remaining so if you are still creating your masterpiece please bring it in by the end of next week and we will proudly display your portrait in the classroom.
This week we introduced the board game snakes and ladders – the children were desperate to learn to count to 100 – we found it a bit tricky but were determined to give it a go. Playing any board game with dice is great for supporting the children’s understanding of subitising (looking at a group of objects and realising how many there are without counting). Therefore, have a go at this week’s weekend wonder – your child will have brought home a dice in a little bag from school. We have emphasised to the children that the dice is being borrowed and must be returned (we are encouraging their understanding of respecting others property and how to look after something that is important / special).
Weekend Wonder
“I wonder if you can create your own game involving a dice. It could be a board game, a race track, a hopping or jumping game, a sharing game…..anything you like – be imaginative and be creative. Play your game with a family member – photos would be great!
In other areas of learning this week…..
In French, Madame Wilson taught us a song about tadpoles and frogs which linked nicely with our learning about lifecycles.
We are getting really good at cutting neatly.
Before our Visit to the Easter Garden at Newbury Methodist Church, we did a great job sequencing the events of the Easter story.
This was ‘The Tomb’ in the Easter Garden. Ask us about what happened in the tomb.
We enjoyed collaborating with our friends from Year 5.
The Year 5s made a rope climbing system to help us climb up and down the tree. We were very brave and showed great resilience doing this.
While thinking about Easter and New Life, some of us made rabbit collages; we cut out circles and ovals and learnt about rectangles.
On Friday, we had a lovely trip to Newbury Methodist Church to see their Easter Garden. We listened really carefully to Minister Peter; asked some brilliant questions; and were really well behaved. Mrs Crawshaw, Ms Reynolds and Mrs Bell were really proud of you.
We got an extra treat at the church - the organ was being played. We wondered how the keyboard could be so far away from the pipes; we noticed the different sized pipes and talked about the fatter ones playing lower sounds.
To finish off our week, we had great fun at Forest School. We had a challenge to make bracelets which were different shades of green.
In Phonics…..
In Phonics this week we have been focussing on the trigraph sound ‘igh’ and consolidating our knowledge of all the sounds we have learnt so far.
Next week we will be focussing on sounds…..oa, oi, oo (as in book and oo as in moon).
Have a fantastic Bank Holiday weekend and see you all on Tuesday