Dough disco is fun and active, it helps the brain gain control over the fingers and warm fingers up ready to write by developing fine motor control. Try it at home! Just ask your child to guide you through rolling, squeezing, working the thumbs and slapping the dough!!
In Willow Class we have been learning all about Bonfire Night. We have learnt how to keep safe on Bonfire night and why we celebrate it. We really enjoyed creating firework posters using wax crayons and blue ink! We have also been writing Firework acrostic poems in Literacy.
This half term we will be learning all about Traditional Tales, we will be looking at Little Red Riding Hood in lots of detail. Today we found lots of wolf footprints in the playground! I wonder who they belong to? They led the way to our new Wolf’s mud kitchen and Grandma’s cottage! Watch this…
Our topic this term is ‘Planet Earth and Me’. As part of this topic, the children have learnt about our planet and space. They were very keen to learn about rockets – so we made some of our own! The children used plastic bottles, pipes and tubes to create a system to launch paper rockets…
Our topic this half term is Mini beasts. We have had lots of fun designing and creating bug hotels using natural materials. We looked closely at different habitats and carefully selected materials to create 5 different layers. We are very excited to find out who comes to stay in out hotels!
Cherry class have had lots of fun making potions. We have been learning to measure a liquid to the nearest 100 ml. Can you estimate how much liquid is in this potion?
This half term Cherry and Willow class had an exciting opportunity to visit Plymouth Aquarium. We learnt lots about different habitats under the sea and it was fantastic to see lots of different Sea creatures. Watch this space for lots of literacy work linked to our Aquarium trip!
Much of our work this half term is based around the theme of ‘Under the Sea’ and as part of our topic we looked at some real dead fish, we felt them and picked them up. We thought of some words to describe them.. how they felt and what they smelt like. Then we drew them…
We are very busy this term with our topic ‘Under the Sea’. We have been looking at real fish to create detailed pencil drawings and have also been using water colours to create an under water effect. Have a look at our fabulous fish below. We even have a ‘Sea Cave’ to explore! In Numeracy…
Willow’s topic this half term is all about the Rainforest. Welcome to our Rainforest! We have been learning lots about the different layers of the Rainforest and the amazing animals that live there. Would you like to camp out in our Rainforest shelter?! We have also been doing some beautiful sewing…