Spring 1
Week commencing 15th January 2024
The children have had wintery week. We loved playing in the snow on Tuesday and we even made a snowman. We also went to the fields to see the junior children's snowman! They were huge.
The week, the children have:
* practised saying hello in Inuit language " Atelihai"
* learnt about which animals live in the artic
* looked closely at how ice forms and used magnifying glasses to see the patterns in our very own ice balloons
* created snowmen playdough and snowmen paintings
* read a story with Mrs Kaur, and discussed all different aspects of a book
* danced to miss oh- no's musical movements and also did some I spy sounds with yellow I
* completed and played winter maths games working on more or less, measuring and ordering length, pattern matching, number matching
* practised writing their name and numbers...can they practise this at home?
* looked at the properties of 3D shapes and spotted everyday objects.. can they spot some at home?
Week commencing 8th January 2024
Welcome back parents to the new year. I hope you all had a lovely Christmas and had lots of fun. This week the children have been learning all about Winter.
This week, the children have:
* Explored what Winter is and what is looks by going on a Winter's Walk in our school. Perhaps you could explore winter at home.
* Discussed what we wear for Winter and what different seasons look like. Talk to your child about what clothes we need to wear now that it is getting colder.
* Played in the new Winter house, getting dressed for Winter and making warm foods
* Practised our cutting skills on the making table to make some snowmen.
* Played ' roll a snowman' maths game, great for dice recognition.
* Made some bird feeders using cheerios and pipe cleaners. We will hang them up around school this week and next. Perhaps you can make some feeders at home too!
* Used our 5 senses to talk about a winter picture to help develop our vocabulary.
* Painted snowman using special puffy paint, we hope they turn out well!
* We also role played polar bears and penguins in the water play area.