Today, F1 have been thinking about how the Gruffalo looks. They had to look at the pictures and listen to the description, then choose what colours they needed for their pictures.
They were brilliant artists! Well done everyone.
Category : Foundation Stage
This week in F2, during literacy and topic we’ve been finding out more about what plants need to grow, writing lists and instructions. We used our ‘Fred fingers’ to pinch the sounds in the words; dig, put, up, in, it, mud and seed.
In art, we continued our learning of Henri Matisse and used his inspiration on our Mother’s Day cards … we hope you love them!
On World Book Day we all came to school in our pyjamas and brought our favourite book. It was so lovely to see, read and share all the wonderful stories that were brought in. Then, in the afternoon, the Y4 children joined us for hot chocolate and to read stories to us…we really enjoyed this special day.
In Jigsaw (this is our PSHE, personal, social, health, economic lesson) we are learning about healthy/unhealthy foods and sugary drinks and the impact they have on our teeth and bodies.
In Maths we continued our learning on the numbers 9 and 10, with our main focus being the different ways we can make them.
In PE we focused on moving, balancing and how to make different shapes with our bodies. We learnt the importance of moving safely and finding a space… and we had great fun pretending to be astronauts flying, walking and landing on the moon, it was great fun!
As always, we have spent lots of time learning and discovering outdoors…lots of time for physical play, making fabulous, magical vehicles in our construction area and looking for signs of Spring.
We hope you’re all busy creating Easter bonnets for our parade on Tuesday 19th March, we can’t wait to see them!
F1 have been loving learning about ‘Going on a Bear Hunt’.
Click on the link below to see how we go on when they went out on their own hunt…
This week in F2, we have continued our story of Jack and the Beanstalk.
In literacy we have been retelling the story using our signifiers (actions used to help tell the story), sequencing the story, describing Jack and the Giant, drawing a story map and some hot seating (one child dresses up as a story character, sits in the special chair, pretending to be them. The other children then ask them questions, such as why they did the things they did and how they felt). They all loved putting on a wig and an outfit and getting into character, pretending to be the Giant, Jack or his Mum.
Maths has been about the numbers 9 and 10… spotting them, writing them, counting them, finding different ways to make them and lots more!
Our topic we learnt all about what plants need to grow and we planted our own magic bean, I wonder if we’ll get any beanstalks growing?
In PE we focused on our bat and ball skills, throwing, catching and taking turns as well as our warm-up and cool down exercises.
We made some beautiful sounds using the boom whackers in music this week, listening carefully to how each one made a different sound.
As always, we have spent lots of time learning and discovering outdoors…we’ve pretended to be Jack climbing the beanstalk on our climbing wall, then escaped the Giant by sliding down the pole! We’ve made potions in the mud kitchen, built castles in the sand, hunted for Giants and much, much more!
It’s been such a busy week!
Please click on the link below to see this weeks home school diary.
Please click on the link below to see this weeks home school diary…
Better late than never! Today F1 were invited to go and find out all about Shrove Tuesday in F2. Then later in the morning, all of the children came back to sit at the tasting table and eat mini pancakes. They thought they were delicious. So did the teachers!
Our final piece of our artwork inspired by Piet Mondrian…
We finished off the term by finalizing our masterpieces and using all of the skills we have learnt over the last few weeks. We have looked at primary colours and how to make them and researched different pieces created by Piet. We loved the block prints and the effect this created. We decided to make our own block prints using electric tape and use our knowledge of primary colours to mix and pour our paints! The children were fantastic at holding their brushes with great skill and trying to keep their paintings within the lines-quite a skill! They all looked fabulous and individual despite the common inspiration! You can see these fabulous pieces showcased in our classroom on our ‘moving art gallery’…it has wheels!!!
Please click on the link below to see this weeks home school diary.
Home School Diary WC 5th February 2024
Have a lovely half term!
F1 Staff.