This week we are continuing to work on our class animal crafts. 

Here are some examples of how you could do it, but you can also think of your own way too! It’s entirely up to you. 

• Use paper and pencils

• Use paints

• Use junk modelling materials e.g. paper plates, boxes…

• Make a mask

• Follow some origami instructions

• Use lego

When you have finished your creation, we can take a photograph and pop it in your WoW book! 

For the children who managed to complete this last week, they might like to make a start on their next WoW book task - a self portrait that can be created in any form!

When the children are ready to have a go at this, we will watch this short clip from Sesame Street - What Makes You Special? and talk about what the children think makes them special. 

We will make a note of these and annotate the children's self portraits. 

Today we are going to play a game as a whole class. 

We will each wear a number vest. 

On the number vest is an amount. 

Your mission is to see if you can find the person with the matching amount! 

You might have to find the same number of dots, the same number of fingers, Numicon or even Numberblocks...

This week we will be working on accurate counting using one-to-one correspondence in a variety of different contexts.

We will try to practice this within our play as much as possible, but will also try some matching and sorting activities in class too. 

Here are some supporting songs and videos:

Counting 1 to 5

Five Little Fish

Sesame Street 1-5 (longer one)

Numberblocks 1-5 (longer one)

This week we will begin to learn more about emotions and how we express ourselves.

Let’s listen to a song: You can tell how I feel! 

Pause the song as it describes each face and invite the children to show you their best version e.g. of a silly face. 

Later in the week, listen to the song again, but this time, invite the children to tell their friends about a time when they felt e.g. happy. 

Phonics

We will be following the Monster Phonics programme. This week we will be introducing the following sounds:

S A T P I N