Today in our first mindfulness club we discussed what it means to be mindful, and talked about the activities we are going to do over the coming weeks.
This week we started with some calming music and yoga, then we created some pictures and patterns. We finished off with some more music and a ‘mindful looking’ task.
Each Thursday Acorns and Hawthorns are able to attend ‘Mindfulness’ after school club.
Every week we start with some gentle yoga. Then we choose from a variety of activities – colouring, drawing, reading, playdoh, threading and other relaxing, calming tasks.
We finish off with a mindfulness activity on the whiteboard. One of our favourites is ‘Bubble Bounce’, where we track coloured bubbles on the screen whilst listening carefully to the spoken instructions.
These activities really calm our minds and help us to feel relaxed.
This week in Hawthorns the children were asked to bring in an object that best represents them. We then worked hard to develop our observation skills to sketch the object. Have a look at Hawthorns in action!
In Art we explored colour and texture, and created some amazing animal masks.
In Maths Reception investigated pattern.
We made crowns for our Coronation party.
Some of us attended the after school ‘Mindfulness Club’ on Thursday with Hawthorns.
This week we have been working hard on our comprehension skills by reading the story of The Lighthouse Keeper and answering questions based around this text. We have also been to our new sensory room in The Hub, we had a great time!
During World Mental Health Health Day, we read the story called ‘The Invisible String’. We discussed how we are connected to people by an imperceptible yet unbreakable string of love. We all drew a picture of ourselves and around this we drew people who are important to us.
This week we have been super money mathematicians. We have been working hard to recognise coins and the value of them, building on their prior learning from Year 1. This children have explored money through making amounts using the same coins and mixed coins.
Every Thursday. Acorns and Hawthorns have their weekly reading club. This is run by Mrs Malone, Miss Henderson and Jo-Anne.
In the first session, everyone chose a favourite book which we put into our special reading club basket. Every week we focus on a different book, so everyone has a turn to share why their book is special.
Last week we looked at ‘Jack and the Beanstalk’. We found some mysterious magic beans, read the story, and then did some reading, writing and creative jobs linked to the story. We had so much fun!
Today the children in Maples and Hawthorns have enjoyed making bagel pizzas as part of their DT work. They used different tools to spread the pizza sauce and added either cheese or ham or both to make their delicious pizzas. They looked amazing once they were cooked!
As part of our DT topic, Maples and Hawthorns have been exploring what cookery tools they would need to use to complete different tasks. They explored different tools including a masher, rolling pin, wooden spoon and various cutlery using sensory materials including playdoh and rice.
See how much fun they had!
