This week in Mindfulness Club we enjoyed using the new ‘balance snake’. We had to remove our shoes and focus on staying balanced as we walked along the snake. We had great fun but it was quite tricky!
We also did some mindful colouring, concentrated on solving wordsearches, and listened to some lovely relaxing music with beautiful underwater images.
This week in Mathematics we are exploring the numbers 4 and 5, looking for them in the environment and representing them in different ways.
We decided to set up a shop and used 1p coins to make different amounts. We sorted all of the items we wanted to sell. talking about why they belonged in each section of the shop, then we made price labels for the items. Some items were more than 5p, so we carefully counted out the right number of coins to make each amount.
We’ve even started to create a cafe within our shop, so customers can have a drink and snack when they finish their shopping!
Making a sign
Making price tags
Let’s go shopping!
Careful counting
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!
