We have been working on our fine motor skills in Willow. Our New Finger gym activity helps us to develop strong, flexible fingers, hands and arms. It promotes better hand-eye co-ordinations, differentiated movement and manual dexterity. This week’s activity is: Can you match the magic gems to the correct number using the tweezers?
In Literacy we have been reading the book “Professor Puffendorf secret potions” by Robin Tzannes. We have been designing and making our very own potions in our new Potion Laboratory. We will also be learning lots about capacity in numeracy!
During the autumn term, Cherry Class enjoyed lots of learning in Maths. We mainly focused on the number system and shape and space.In shape and space, the children learnt all about the properties of 3D shapes. Here are some photographs showing them hard at work!
Happy New Year Everyone! We hope you have had a restful break and are looking forward to the New year! This term our topic is Magic and Mystery, here are some of the things that we will be getting up to over the next few weeks!
This term in art we have been looking at the famous artist Andy Goldsworthy. We were set a challenge to create a sculpture in the style of his work using shells, sticks, leaves and stones. Check out our lovely creations! [easingsliderpro id=”5″]
We have had a fantastic trip to Exeter Cathedral, we went on a hunt to find clues which told the Christmas story. Making decorations was lots of fun too! [easingsliderpro id=”6″]
For those parents and carers who were unable to attend our successful maths evening for parents we have a guide to the stages involved in written calculations available to download. Please click here to download our guide to written calculations in Maths. We hope you find it useful. It takes you through the concepts and stages…
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…