This week we have been reading ‘The Lighthouse Keeper’s Lunch’. We researched lighthouses and found out that in the past, they were looked after by a lighthouse keeper. Now, they are controlled by computers.
We used our creative skills to build our own lighthouses!
This week in Rowan’s the children have been learning all about the +ee sound and consolidating phase 2 phonemes. The children listened to the story of Commotion in the Ocean. In maths the children have explored the composition of numbers to 20 and have continued to explore doubles. In art the children made their own jellyfish, they look super duper! In P.E the children practiced hitting the ball and collecting the ball. In science the children learnt about snow and melting. The children followed instructions to make snow and then created a snowman!
This week we invited our grown-ups into school to help us build boats. This was linked to our topic ‘On the Beach’, and also to our science work on ‘Everyday Materials’.
We designed and made the boats, ensuring that they were sturdy and waterproof. Some of us added sails to give them extra power! Then we launched them in the ‘Great Acorns Boat Race’, to check how well they floated.
Everyone had a fantastic time and the boats were amazing!
This week has been very warm! We took our art lesson outdoors for some sensory paint splatting fun watching the colours mix on the paper. We enjoyed blowing some bubbles and enjoyed a visit to the local park. At the park we were requesting a push on the swing and interacting with our friends on the see-saw. To help us prepare for future visits to place and learn about safety we have been practising reading safety signs we read some common ones together like toilets/ exit/ hospital and then played a matching game to match road safety signs. Well done Pines!
In Science we have been exploring the properties of materials. We tested to see which were waterproof.
We have explored and developed our outdoor learning environment.
We worked together to test if equipment was safe before using it.
We helped to set up our new outdoor Maths and Literacy shed, and our ‘Reading Circle’.
We have added some writing and artwork to our ‘On the Beach’ topic display.
This week in Rowan’s the children listened to the story of Sharing a Shell. In art the children used air dry clay to make their own shells, they look fabulous! In phonics the children have been learning all about the +ng sound. In maths the children have explored the composition of numbers from 11 to 15, composed and decomposed 2d shape in pictures and have explored making doubles with the dice pattern. In P.E the children practiced throwing the ball into a target to score points. In science and D.T the children learnt about the wind and made a kite, they had lots of fun testing the kites to see if they would fly!
As a school we have raised £69 due to the Coronation art project purchasing tea towels and mugs, this will be used for art projects and resources. Thank you to parents and carers for your support!
Our new topic is ‘On the Beach’.
We will be learning about plants and animals that live near the sea, finding out about weather around the world, investigating ways to stay safe in the water and the sun, and exploring seaside holidays past and present.
This week we have started a display to show what we already know, and we will add to it as we learn more.
In art this week the children selected their favourite animal to make a mask. Firstly the children painted the paper plate with base colour of the animal and then added spot, stripes and features of the animals face to make their masks. Well done, they look fabulous!
In Maples this week the children have continued to learn new sounds in phonics and apply this to their reading and writing. In Maths the children have been working on their own individual targets including answer one step addition word problems, matching dice faces to numerals, multiplication and telling the time to o’clock. In Science, we have continued looking at lifecycles and ordered the lifecycle of a butterfly and in Art this week we used software to create regal portraits. In History we have been learning about different royal residences and have sorted them into houses, palaces and castles. Have a look at what we’ve been doing!
