Spring 2

Week Beginning  27th March 2023

This week we focussed our learning on the  Easter story and we were very creative with what we did. We also invited our parents to come in and make Easter Bonnets with us. It was a great hit ! some of the bonnets looked amazing see if you can spot your child in the pictures below. We also explored our outdoor area by identifying the 3D shapes we could find "that was really fun" said Matei. They also created a chick using shapes they had to cut out themselves another way to develop their fine motor skills. The children tried making their own stained glass windows from crosses. We also had a strange visit from the Easter Bunny as we hunted for Easter egg clues around the school. The children worked in teams to find the clues left behind by the Easter Bunny " I am so excited " said Archie.The children enjoyed building ramps and testing how different vehicles travel up and down different types of slopes. They tried to see if they could fill up a drawings of an Easter egg with shiny stones. We made Easter cards to give to our parents.

Week Beginning  20th March 2023

We are still looking at our core text Emma Jane's aeroplane but this week we have been looking at a inspiring woman who flew across the Atlantic Ocean by herself, her name is Amelia Earhart. we also did some role play about the adventures that Emma Jane had. We completed a timeline of events for Amelia Earhart and we wrote our favourite sentence about her. We are also starting to recognise double of numbers using a range of resources and playing number games with our friends. We tried to do some observational drawings of Amelia Earhart's aeroplane. see some of our drawings below.

Week Begining 13th March 2023

This week has been interesting as we continued with our core text Emma Jane's Aeroplane. Our focus has been around comparing one of the cities Emma visited  with where we live. We decided to make mini booklets about China as we looked at what was similar and different between these two places. We also made a timeline of her adventure and wrote a sentence about one of the places she visited. We came to school on Friday in our pyjamas to celebrate Red Nose Day. We are also trying to show our understanding ofdoubles. Playing and learning with our friends helps us to develop our social skills and build relationships as you can see in the pictures.We also investigated sound and compared how instruments  different sounds, that was noisy but we had a lot of fun. If it rains next week, we will try and listen to the sound of rain on different objects.

Week Beginning 6th March 2023

This week we focussed on a text called 'Emma Jane's Aeroplane'. It is a story about a girl who flew to different places and had different animals as passengers on her travels. First we looked at the cover page and wrote down what we thought the story wil be about.Then we read part of the story and wrote in speech bubbles the conversation between Emma and the fox.Some of us tried to write what we thought s the other animals in the story might have said. Some of us even tried to draw our own story map for the story. We also wanted to make one of the landmarks (Big Ben) in London which was the first place she visited. We are trying to orally rehearse the beginning of the story using actions to help us remember the story. We enjoyed jumping as we made the River Thames in the sandpit.

Week beginning 27th February 2023

This week our focus was on Road Safety and we went out to practice how to cross the road. We also completed a checklist of road signs and what they means as well. Archie said" it was an amazing short trip"  Matei said" I can cross the road safely now with an adult" Myra said "it is good to be able to cross the road safely". The children were really excited about what they had learnt. Please encourage you child to follow The Stop, Look and Listen strategy when crossing any road. We also celebrated World Book Day and we dressed up in some fabulous costumes. Some were book characters others choose Super Heroes but we had fun throughout the whole day.

Week Beginning 20th February 2023

This term our topic is about Journeys and we shall be looking and comparing where we live with other places. We started off by looking at different modes of transport and we made our own ones. We made paper aeroplanes and tested out how to make them travel. We have made a class display of all the vehicles that we made see if you can find the picture of our display below. We love playing with our friends and learning new tasks all time time. We created pictures of what we would like our roads to look like.