SPECIAL DELIVERY!

By Jodie Buss2nd October 2023

WOW! This Monday morning we received a very special delivery… A SUPRISE PACKAGE!!! We were all so excited to explore the package and couldn’t wait to peak inside!

Before we did we guessed at what could be inside and had some wonderfully imaginative ideas! After lots of fabulous paired talk and discussions about the sizing of the package, we carefully opened up the box to find….

A SET OF TEETH?!!!!!

This opened up lots of different questions! Whose teeth where they? How had they arrived here? How could we give them back? How could we look after them?

This led to further discussions about looking after teeth and ways we could try and track down the missing tooth GIANT?! *Given the size of the teeth the children assumed instantly that of course they must belong to a giant*

Tomorrow the children have decided to carry on the investigation further and draw a missing person poster to find whoever they belong to… watch this space…!!!

we are actors

By Mrs K SMITH20th September 2023

This week in Year 3 we have been learning the story of ‘Ocean meets Sky’.

We have used signifiers to be able to retell the story before we drew a story map.

Once we knew the story we were able to act the story out.

We decided in our groups who would play which character. There were lots of characters to be. The main character is called Finn an there is his grandfather and mother in the story along with a great golden fish and bookish birds.

As we acted we were able to retell the story to our peers and perform the story.

Oliver’s ‘Hub’ Vegetables

By Mrs H WILEMAN9th May 2023

It’s not just caterpillars and other minibeasts that we find at the bottom of the garden. We can grow lots of delicious food too.

Beautiful sitting, looking and listening skills demonstrated by our little treasures during our new story ‘Oliver’s Vegetables’ by Vivian French and Alison Bartlett.

We are all going to enjoy this book!

                                           

Tales Toolkit

By Mrs H WILEMAN9th May 2023

We were able to discuss and sequence events of our story of ‘The Very Hungry Caterpillar’ using Tales Toolkit.

Tales Toolkit is a framework for storytelling which is accessible for all our little treasures. The framework using clear symbols displaying character, setting, problem and solution allows us to be fully engaged in storytelling from start to finish. We used extra props and visuals to aide the sequence of events.

Our little treasures were able to identify that the caterpillar came first and the butterfly at the end. With support and help from their classroom environment they were able to count and sequence some of the food that the hungry caterpillar ate.

                                           

The Very Hungry Caterpillar

By Mrs H WILEMAN9th May 2023

We were able to, with a little support, count and copy the pattern of Mrs Nageri’s caterpillar, using miniature sponge printing. We are so clever!

                                         

We loved our sensory messy play using paper mache to create a cocoon for our caterpillar. We then painted it using a large grown up paintbrush with Mrs Robinson.

He is now tucked up all nice and cosy. Sshhhhhh!!!!!

                                         

Just like all our little treasures, our caterpillar has grown into a beautiful butterfly.

We love the way the sun catches our stained glass butterflies, shining brightly.

                                         

The Very Hungry Caterpillar

By Mrs H WILEMAN9th May 2023

On Monday he ate through one apple, but he was still hungry.

We enjoyed some apple printing to represent the food he ate on Monday.

                                         

On Tuesday he ate through two pears, but he was still hungry.

We enjoyed the sensory feel of the felt we used to make our pears, representing the food he ate on Tuesday.

                                           

On Wednesday he ate through three plums, but he was still hungry.

We enjoyed exploring our senses looking through the purple coloured cello to make our plums, representing the food he ate on Wednesday.

                                             

On Thursday he ate through four strawberries, but he was still hungry.

We used our glue to stick on some seeds we found outdoors to represent the seeds on our strawberries. This was the food he ate on Thursday.

                                           

On Friday he ate through five oranges, but he was still hungry.

We loved painting the bubble wrap to represent the texture of the oranges he ate on Friday.

                                             

On Saturday he had stomachache after eating through lots of yummy food. Can you see all the food he ate from our ‘Widgit’ visuals?

We used our scissor skills to cut out all the yummy food he ate on Saturday.   

On Sunday the caterpillar ate though one nice green leaf. He felt much better!

We enjoyed fork painting to represent our nice green leaf.

                                             

The Very Hungry Caterpillar

By Mrs H WILEMAN9th May 2023

Great excitement in The Hub for our new topic ‘What’s at the bottom of our garden?’

We looked at the life cycle of a butterfly through our story ‘The Very Hungry Caterpillar’ by Eric Carle.

We demonstrated good sitting, looking and listening during our visual representation of the story. Good understanding was displayed, through eye gaze and pointing, to answer all our questions.

                                           

After some inspiration from our story, we explored our outdoor area for some very hungry caterpillars using our magnifying glass.

                                           

Can you imagine the excitement when some real live caterpillars arrived in our Hub for us to look after!

                                           

We immersed our classroom to make our caterpillars feel at home. We made a number line caterpillar, paper mache cocoon and symmetrical patterned butterflies.