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Butterfly's trip to Rayleigh Library
Butterfly's trip to Rayleigh Library
Thank you so much to all the adults who helped us with our trip today!
Linda from the library shared the story of ' The Very Hungry Caterpillar'
We also got to share new books together.
Ladybirds trip to Rayleigh Library
Ladybirds trip to Rayleigh Library
Thank you so much to all of the adults who joined us on our trip today!
We made sure to cross the roads safely.
Linda from the Library read' The Very Hungry Caterpillar' with us.
It was great sharing new books together.
Fruit kebabs!
Fruit kebabs!
It was great fun making our own healthy snack today.
It was great fun making our own healthy snack today.
The children had a choice of a variety of fruits including strawberries and mango to make their fruit kebab.
The children had a choice of a variety of fruits including strawberries and mango to make their fruit kebab.
This was an excellent fine motor activity as they had to chop their fruits before carefully threading them onto the sticks. YUM YUM!
This was an excellent fine motor activity as they had to chop their fruits before carefully threading them onto the sticks. YUM YUM!
Yoga
Yoga
The children really enjoyed taking part in our very first Yoga lesson today.
They were brilliant at following the moves and keeping still to hold their position.
Making Caterpillars
Making Caterpillars
We have been busy practising our fine motor skills by threading pasta onto pipe cleaners and making caterpillars. We also decided to make bracelets. They looked fabulous!
In Computing we have been programming our Beebots to get to a specific point.
In Computing we have been programming our Beebots to get to a specific point.
This has been tricky to do as you have to calculate how many time to press each direction.
This has been tricky to do as you have to calculate how many time to press each direction.
As part of our 'Fantastic Food' topic we explored with frozen veggies today!
This was a lovely sensory experience for the children.
Popping popcorn!
Popping popcorn!
It was great fun making our own popcorn today!
The children wrote down all the noises they expected to hear before we made it.
Butterfly's favourite fruit!
We have been trying lots of new and delicious fruit. Please have a look at our bar chart to see which fruit we voted for as our absolute favourite. A few of us could not decide, there were too many to choose. We hope you enjoy looking at our results.
Chinese New Year
Chinese New Year
The children enjoyed learning about Chinese New Year and were lucky enough to watch a real Lion dance.
Back in the classrooms they made their own Chinese Dragon masks and recreated the dance using drums.
Fantastic Food!
Fantastic Food!
Can your child tell you which foods they've tried this week?
We are enjoying 'The Very Hungry Caterpillar' story.
On Monday we tasted lots of foods from the story.
We are learning about healthy and unhealthy foods.
Artwork using dried foods such as pasta, rice and lentils.
Butterfly Class decided to display their painted pasta pictures as a whole class collage!
Butterfly Class decided to display their painted pasta pictures as a whole class collage!
The children really enjoyed making sandwiches on Wednesday!
They had to be careful and spread their chosen topping with their knife.
We used sauces to paint on Thursday.
We used ketchup, mustard and brown sauce to create scented caterpillars!
We enjoyed chocolate tasting on Monday!
We enjoyed chocolate tasting on Monday!
Painting with sauces was smelly, but fun!
Painting with sauces was smelly, but fun!
On Tuesday we tried a wide range of new fruits and vegetables.
On Tuesday we tried a wide range of new fruits and vegetables.
Can your child tell you which was their favourite?
Can your child tell you which was their favourite?
We voted and will turn the results into a bar chart in Maths.
We tried blueberries, pineapple, mango, kiwi, olives, beetroot and cherry tomatoes.
Delicious!
Under the Sea in PE
Under the Sea in PE
pe 028.mp4In PE we have been moving in response to pieces of music.
This week our theme was under the sea.
Can you guess which sea creatures we are?
Can you see any fish, seahorses, starfish or crabs?
We have listened to 'Winter' by Vivaldi.
We have listened to 'Winter' by Vivaldi.
The children used a variety of resources to create Winter inspired artwork.
Butterflies had a special visitor today!
Butterflies had a special visitor today!
Ladybirds will be meeting him tomorrow.
The author David Mason shared some poetry with us.
The author David Mason shared some poetry with us.
Money Money Money!
Money Money Money!
We are learning to pay for things using pennies.
The children will learn about using a variety of different coins as the week continues.
As part of our Winter topic we have been exploring ice.
As part of our Winter topic we have been exploring ice.
The children really enjoyed discussing how it felt and watching it melt over time.
"Hard and cold"
"Hard and cold"
"Slippery"
"Slippery"
"It melted because it got too warm."
"It melted because it got too warm."
It's been a chilly day today so we decided to bake some delicious mud pies to warm ourselves up!
It's been a chilly day today so we decided to bake some delicious mud pies to warm ourselves up!
We started 'Dough Disco' this week.
This is a fine motor activity to help the children strengthen their hands and fingers.
We listened to music as we made a variety of different shapes.
'The sausage'
'The sausage'
'The pancake'
'The pancake'
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