Yr Spring 1

We have finished our term by learning about the seasons and composing our own seasons poems. We learnt about a different season each day and added a verse to our class poems each day. 

We finished the week with our balloon challenge. We had our own balloons and our challenge was to keep it in the air the longest. It was harder than we thought! We then worked in teams to keep the balloons in the air which was great fun.  

This week we have been learning about Chinese New Year. We acted out the Chinese New Year story and have been having lots of races outside. We discovered what happens to noodles when we add hot water and had great fun trying to eat them with chop sticks. Some of us gave up and found different ways to eat outr noodles.

We made small dragons inside a and a large one outside then used it to do our own dragon dance in the playground.

This week we have made our own puppet thatre to retell the stories we have been learning about and also making up some of our own.

We read the story of The Gingerbread Man and then followed instructions to make our own gingerbread men. They were very yummy!   

We have also been using our imagination in the garden. Some of us were creating a home for the dinosaurs in the tuff trays using the natural materials in the garden while another group were busy designing their hotel. They created a reception area and some bedrooms for their guests. 

This term our topic is 'Traditional Tales'. We will be reading a range of traditional English stories and some form around the world. The story we will be focusing on will be 'Little Red Riding Hood' focusing on vocabulary and story telling. We will also be looking at the setting of the story and learning about the different animals found in the forest and how the seasons affect its apperance. 

We began by looking at pictures of forests and thinking about words to decride them. We then explored colour mixing to create green and brown in order to paint their own forest scene.