The children in Birches class have been preparing for Christmas by decorating the classroom. The children made their own candy canes in DT to add to our tree decorations. The children have enjoyed counting down the days until Christmas with our Christmas tree calendar! The children have been working hard over the last few weeks practicing Christmas songs using Makaton signing. The children have really enjoyed learning new signs and had fun singing and dancing along. We’ve also had time for some fun in the snow earlier on this week.
This week in Birches the children have been learning 3D shapes. They were able to identify the properties of different shapes including their faces, vertices and edges. The children were very enthusiastic about building their own 3D shapes using straws. The children thought carefully about how many pieces they would need to correctly make their shape.
This week in art the children in Birches class have been looking at artwork by Sir Frank Bowling. They looked at examples of his ‘poured paintings’ and experimented by creating their own versions. The children really enjoyed watching the paint run down their pieces of paper!
The children in Birches class have been learning about why we celebrate Remembrance Day. They worked independently to create some beautiful poppies using a variety of materials.
This week in Flourish club the children have enjoyed some Halloween activities. The children worked together to do a Halloween treasure hunt, they were very excited to find hidden chocolates! They created their own spooky Halloween designs on their cupcakes.
It’s been a quiet week in Flourish club with only two children. This week we had lots of fun making Halloween crispy cakes. The children were able to follow instructions in the correct order to successfully make their yummy cakes! They used the microwave independently to melt the chocolate and were able to use their fine motor skills to scrape the mixture into the cake cases.
The children in Birches class have created their own African silhouette pictures. The children used different chalks and were able to blend the colours to create a sunset background. They added some African animals to re-create an African safari scene.
In French this week, as part of our work on Les vêtements, we listened to a song involving different types of clothes and colours and then translated the song from French to English.
Well, we couldn’t get the song out of our heads so here it is for you all. Enjoy!
La Machine à laver
Il y a dans la machine à laver … un pull bleu et vert,
un pull bleu et vert.
Il y a dans la machine à laver … un pull bleu et vert de ma mère !
Il y a dans la machine à laver … un short noir et blanc, un short noir et blanc.
Il y a dans la machine à laver … un short noir et blanc
Et un pull bleu et vert de ma mère !
Il y a dans la machine à laver … des gants violets, des gants violets.
Il y a dans la machine à laver … des gants violets, un short noir et blanc
Et un pull bleu et vert de ma mère !
Il y a dans la machine à laver … un pantalon gris, un pantalon gris.
Il y a dans la machine à laver … un pantalon gris, des gants violets, un short noir et blanc
Et un pull bleu et vert de ma mère !
Il y a dans la machine à laver … des chaussettes qui puent, des chaussettes qui puent.
Il y a dans la machine à laver des chaussettes qui puent, un pantalon gris, des gants violets, un short noir et blanc
The children have been learning about traditional African music. This week we’ve been listening to traditional music using djembe drums. The children listened to the music then each had a turn using the drums and created some simple drum beat patterns.
This week in Flourish club the children have created some colourful hedgehogs. They used a variety of colours to make their hedgehogs nice and bright. The children even named their hedgehogs!
