We had some very special visitors to Mindfulness Club – Lauren’s rabbits!
Everyone was very gentle and careful when meeting them.
We hope they visit again soon, thank you Lauren!
Exploring the mud kitchen
Leaf soup, yum!
Sand cakes in the oven! We counted 12.
Working together to collect some water
Making up stories together
Playing on our ‘computers’ on the ‘train’
To celebrate the end of our ‘Let’s Explore’ topic, we invited parents and carers into class to see all the work we have done, and to enjoy a play session.
Everyone had a great time!
This week in mindfulness club we started off by listening to a story and doing some ‘butterfly breathing’. Then we had a choice of drawing, lego, sensory toys or quiet reading. We ended by listening to some music.
We all enjoyed a lovely, peaceful time.
We finished off our work on the Three Little Pigs by designing and making their houses.
We did some fabulous writing in phonics, saying the words and writing down the letters.
In Maths we rolled dice and said the number, then counted out objects to match.
We also practised using ten frames to represent numbers.
This week in Acorns our Maths work has been all about the numbers 1, 2 and 3. We have been looking for the numerals in the environment, and making representations of the numbers in different ways.
We have read stories linked to groups of three, including The Three Little Pigs and The Three Billy Goats Gruff. We made story maps to retell the stories, and designed some strong and sturdy bridges!
Next we are looking forward to building houses for the Three Little Pigs!
This week in Mathematics, we are exploring, copying and continuing patterns.
We went on a walk around school to look for examples of patterns in the environment. There were lots! Then back in class we looked at some patterns and explained what we could see, before continuing them.
Finally we all had a go at creating our own patterns, explaining them to a partner.
Very impressive maths Acorns!
Big spots and small spots!
Lots of triangles!
Mrs Tones’ dress!
Red, orange, red, orange, red, orange…..
Yellow twisty pasta, purple twisty pasta, yellow twisty pasta, purple twisty pasta…..
Cone, conker, cone, conker…..
We can’t wait to see what other patterns we can spot this week!
This week in Acorns we have been reading the traditional story ‘The Three Billy Goats Gruff’. In Literacy we listened to the story and then retold it in our own words, using vocabulary we had learned and also words we thought of ourselves – ‘the terrifying Troll’, ‘the worried Billy Goat’ and ‘the tasty green grass’.
We linked this to our work in Mathematics about size; we talked about the different sizes of the goats in the story and put pictures in size order.
As part of our Science work we carried out a creative challenge to build a bridge that was strong and sturdy enough for a toy to balance on. There were some fantastic problem solving and teamwork skills involved!
Outside we imagined that we had to build a route across the outdoor area to protect us from the Troll! We worked together safely to carry and move equipment, and develop a solid track from the beginning to the end.
Super duper work Acorns!
Today in mindfulness club we did some positive quote colouring, played with the lego, and did some cosmic yoga.
Yoga
Playing together
Mindful colouring
We listened carefully to adults and each other, took turns and respected the equipment we used. We enjoyed exploring the resources in the Nurture Room.
This week as part of our topic work we read the story ‘Handa’s Surprise’ by Eileen Browne. We shared our ideas and talked about the characters, setting and events.
Next we talked about our favourite fruits, linking what we had read to our own experiences. Everyone brought in some fruit from home to share with the class to make a fruit salad.
We worked carefully to wash, peel and chop the fruit, and then selected what we wanted to put in our fruit salad. It was delicious!
Afterwards we drew some of the fruits, attempted to label them and used descriptive vocabulary to talk about them.
Well done Acorns!
