24.4.23 – 28.4.23
This week in Rowan’s class we learnt a new sound +y. The children have practiced blending, spelling and writing words that include the sound +y. The children have also continued to consolidate their understanding of GPCs. In maths we have have explored the one more than and one less than relationship between consecutive numbers, explored 3D shapes and made comparisons between the capacity of liquid. In Understanding the World we explored animals that are from hot and cold climates. In Expressive Arts and Design we made snakes using mouldable clay and bubble wrap to make the snake print!
This week the children in Maples have continued to learn new phase 5 and phase 3 sounds during their phonics lessons and have been using this knowledge to not only read words but also write them. During Maths the children continued to work on their own individual targets including counting, addition and subtraction. In Music the children enjoyed spending time with their friends from Hawthorns and sang some lovely friendship songs. They have also been learning how to use a cricket bat and ball during PE and matched mothers and their babies during Science.
In Art this week, Blossoms have been learning about traditional techniques that use paper. We have been practising quilling where you need to cut paper into strips, coil it and then glue it down into a pattern. We have also been working on paper folding (origami) and for this we used paper squares and folded them into butterflies. Super work Blossoms!
This week in Rowans class we have been reading and sequencing the story of Dear Zoo. In phonics and maths we have completed lots of tasks. In science our topic is animals and we had to identify and sort farmyard animals. In art we identified animals and the colours needed to create animal prints using foam rollers.
The children in Maples have had a very busy first week back. In Phonics the children have been learning new sounds and trying hard to read and write words, phrases and sentences using their new knowledge. In Maths we have been using concrete and pictorial representations to add and subtract numbers as well as practicing our counting skills. We have began our history topic by looking at the terms past and present and sorting pictures accordingly and in Science the children have been ordering the stages of human growth.
Take a look at some of the hard work the children have been completing!
This week we have had a great start to the Summer term. We have been exploring our outdoor learning environment, which is currently being updated and improved. We worked together to create an obstacle course, and talked about keeping ourselves safe, managing risks and solving problems.
We also started our new topic ‘Animal Safari’, and did some animal themed yoga in PE.
To start our new topic of Emperors and Empires, Cherries read the story, Escape From Pompeii. In the story Mount Vesuvius erupts and this links well with the volcanoes the children constructed last half term. We first annotated the story by things we could see that linked to the Romans and the past. We then demonstrated how a volcano erupts by using water, washing up liquid, bicarbonate of soda and vinegar. The children loved watching the “lava” erupt out of their volcanoes.
