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This week we have been reading lots of books about Spring,  we have also read the Easter Story. We talked about what we could expect to see and do over Easter, perhaps go to church, have an Easter Bonnet Parade, have an Easter Egg Hunt, eat Hot Cross Buns and have lots of yummy Easter Eggs!!

The children have enjoyed making their Easter cards, practising writing their names inside their cards. We had a fabulous Eater Bonnet parade, the children all looked fabulous in their beautiful bonnets, and it was so lovely to have a book and biscuit event afterwards.

The children made an Easter biscuit and decorated it with colourful sprinkles. At wiggle and jiggle time, we pretended to be the Easter Bunny and we sang the nursery rhyme Hot Cross Buns, and on Friday we had an Easter Egg Hunt which was great fun!

This marks the end of the Spring term, it has been a very busy term, the children have worked hard and they deserve a lovely Easter break. Have fun everyone.

 

 

This week we have been reading the story Jack and the Beanstalk. We talked about what seeds need to grow, we found out they need water, light, food and warmth. The children planted a bean seed in a bottle greenhouse, gave it some water and put it on the windowsill where they will have light and be warm. We did not plant them in soil, instead we placed the beans on paper so we could see what happens to the seed. The children have been looking at their seeds each day to see if there are any changes. Once the seeds grow, the children can bring them home and plant them in soil, then wait to see if their beanstalk grows as big as Jack’s!

In wiggle and jiggle time, we did a Jack and the Beanstalk dance which told the story through a range of actions and our nursery rhyme was, There’s a Worm at the Bottom of the Garden. The children loved this song and were very interested to go outside on a worm hunt. They found lots of wiggly worms!

In P.E the children learnt how to dismount safely from apparatus. During the lesson they combined their previous learning with their new learning, and really enjoyed practising different balances and then jumping safely off the bench.

We ended the week by celebrating Red Nose Day, the children dressed up in red and enjoyed colouring a nose!

 

 

 

 

 

This week we have been thinking about our Mummies, of how much they do for us and how much we love them. The children coloured a beautiful flower to make a card with, and they all created a poem about why they love their Mummies.

We read the story Monkey Puzzle; in the story the Monkey had lost his mummy and needed some help to find her. A friendly butterfly helped to find the Monkey’s Mummy. In the story we found out that butterfly babies do not look like their mummies, so we read the story of the Very Hungry Caterpillar and talked about the life cycle of a butterfly.

We did a funny monkey dance at wiggle and jiggle time and we continued using apparatus in PE to practise balancing.

Our sound this week was ‘g’ children brought objects such as goggles and a Gecko for the sound table – well done you earned a Dojo!

In maths we started exploring the concepts of height and length and introduced vocabulary such as long/longer, tall/tallest, short/shorter, big/biggest, small/smallest.

Another busy week, I hope you all liked your poems and Mother’s Day cards?

 

Week 8

Our story this week was The Rainbow Fish. We talked about what happened at the beginning of the story, what happened in the middle and what happened at the end, we had some pictures on the Smartboard to help. The children enjoyed listening to the story and noticed that the Rainbow Fish wouldn’t share and was unkind to the other fish, this was a great talking point. The children made a ‘friendship cake’ they talked about the ‘ingredients’ we need to be a good friend, they decided to be helpful, to be kind, to share and to be grateful were things we needed to put in the mixture.

The children made their own Rainbow Fish, painting it first then carefully counting out 6 glittery scales to stick on, I hope they enjoyed showing them to you at home.

In Maths the children learnt about number 6 and had lots of fun matching the right number of objects to each of the numbers 1-6.

Our nursery rhyme this week was 1,2,3,4,5 Once I Caught a Fish Alive, the children enjoyed using the puppets to sing along with this nursery rhyme.

The children have been developing their core strength and balance skills, this week we started to use the apparatus in P.E. The children were very eager to use their skills to show different balances they had been practising, they all did really well.

The children have also been developing their construction skills, making even more elaborate structures; we practised our listening skills during a fun shopping game and we had a really funny Jelly Fish dance at wiggle and jiggle time.

Again we have had another fun week with lots and lots of learning.

 

 

 

 

This week we read the story Mr Wolf’s Pancakes. We made our own pancakes using flour, eggs, and milk. The children chose their favourite toppings and enjoyed eating them at snack time — they were delicious!

We then created a pictogram to show our favourite toppings. The children had great fun counting how many children chose each one to find out which topping was the most popular.

In P.E., we continued developing our core strength and balance skills. The children are becoming very confident, and soon we will begin transferring these balance skills onto apparatus.

In Maths, we explored different ways to make 5. To make our learning extra fun, we created a story about Winnie the Pooh and his friends having a party with honey.

Our nursery rhyme this week was Humpty Dumpty. The children really enjoyed learning it using puppets, and we did a Humpty Dumpty dance during Wiggle and Jiggle time.

We also spent lots of time outdoors. The children especially enjoyed riding the scooters, exploring musical instruments, and playing in the sand shed. While outside, we looked for signs of spring and discovered flowers beginning to bloom and bird nests in the trees.

It has been a busy week, but we have had lots of fun learning together!

 

 

 

 

This week we celebrated Chinese New Year! We made beautiful Chinese lanterns. They were red and bright with lots of sparkly glitter! We cooked and tasted yummy Chinese food,  the children enjoyed exploring the ingredients and were very sensible when they chopped them.

In maths, we raced our toy cars. We decided “Who came 1st? Who came 2nd? Who came 3rd?” And in P.E. we had fun races, just like the animals in the Chinese New Year story.

We did lots of dancing this week. Ribbon dances, Chinese style dancing and Lion dancing. The children played their own music for Lion dancing, which was very loud!! We made a Dragon’s head. It was big and colourful!

We made Chinese houses in the construction area. They looked amazing! We enjoyed dressing up in bright clothes and exploring special artefacts.

What a wonderful and busy week we had! We learned so much and had fun together!

 

 

 

This week, we had so much fun with the Gingerbread Man!

First, we painted pictures of the Gingerbread Man. We added buttons and drew his face – all of this was done free hand – well done everyone! We matched story sentences to pictures from the story.  The children had to really listen and pick out key words so they could match correctly. Then, we explored the number 5. We made groups of 5 objects! The children chose lots of different objects including cars, pom-poms and miniature dinosaurs. We also practised balancing on one foot and then the other. There was lots of wobbling as we tried to keep our balance!

On Thursday and Friday, it was rainy and cold so we stayed inside.  The Gingerbread Man sent us some letters! He asked us to go on an adventure. We imagined flying on an aeroplane. We had a picnic on the beach with yummy sandwiches and juicy fruit. After our picnic, we hopped on a train. choo-choo! and camped overnight in the woods. We saw tall trees and heard the owls hoot. What a wonderful adventures we had!

 

 

 

Our story this week has been Little Red Riding Hood.  We talked about the characters and what they might say. The children composed a sentence for a speech bubble.

We painted pictures of the Big Bad Wolf taking care to paint in the lines, we made baskets of food for Grandma and built houses for her with construction materials.

We also used the story to talk about stranger danger. The children were very good at shouting NO!!!! 

 

This week our story was Rapunzel. We learnt about speech bubbles and thought about what the characters would say. The children composed sentences for a speech bubble.

We also practised colouring skills when making beautiful crowns for Rapunzel and the Prince.

In P.E. the Witch was chasing Rapunzel under the parachute and in maths we explored the number 4. We found out that squares have 4 sides and 4 corners and we made squares with lollipop sticks. 

 

This week we have had lots of fun with the story of Goldilocks and the Three Bears. We have been acting out the story with props and puppets, and even had a go at doing different voices for the characters. We built bear caves with the construction equipment and practised our cutting skills, making stick puppets.

 

 

 

It was lovely to hear everyone's news from the Christmas Holidays. The children were very excited to tell us all about their presents!

 

We played a fun game called "What's in the parcel?" The children had to feel a parcel and try and guess what was in it!

 

The children wrote Thank You Letters to Father Christmas.