Bring your toothbrushes and toothpaste to school.
Our World
We will learn all about the world we live in and take a closer look at some special countries from around the world.
Song: Hello to all the Children of the World
Story: The Snail and the Whale
Postcard from the Snail to say he’s in northern Canada in the Artic.
Lets have a look on the map to see where the snail is. The Artic is the the most northern part of the world.
Here are some videos of the arctic that might be interesting-
Did you know that Polar bears live in the Artic and Penguins live in the Antartic so they would never see each other in the wild. In our small groups we are going to do a science experiment to find out how Polar Bears stay warm.
Can you do a science experiment to understand how polar bears can swim in icy water and live in the snow without feeling cold.
Read Six Dinner Sid.
We will look at six dots. What do we see? How do we see it?
Play 6 not 6. Can we subitise quickly?
We will make a street for Sid with 6 houses. Can we label them? What happens if there are more houses?
We will play some games putting 6 dots onto the ladybirds.
Can we add six dots in a different way? If there are 5 dots on this side, how many will be on the other side?
Sing this song about six.
Speech/Thought Bubbles
Read one of the ‘An Elephant and Piggie' books by Mo Willems.
What is different about this book
compared to other books that you know?
Why is the text written in the bubbles?
Discuss speech/thought bubbles and their functions.
DIALOGUE
Dialogue is a conversation between two or more people
in a book, play, or movie.
Polar Animals' Dialogues
This week, we have been learning about polar animals.
Complete your art project with some speech bubbles.
What do your animals say to each other?
This week, we are learning the sound
/ee/
I can use kind words to encourage people.
Sometimes we find it really hard to keep on trying and not give up. Sometimes what can really help us is some encouraging words from our friends. Let’s listen to this song to get some great motivational phrases that we could use to encourage our friends not to give up.
Bruno Mars and Sesame Street: Don’t Give Up
Together let’s see if we can build a tall tower, each person can add 1 brick to the tower at a time. When you are not adding a brick let’s try and shout words of encouragement; you can do it, keep on trying and take your time.
Tapestry focus - this week we will focus on our special Teeth week activities and challenges and pictures of your children completing them.