Transport

This week we have been:

Revisiting all modes of transport. We have been exploring all the transport in the sky on the land and in the water.  We have been thinking about which mode of transport we would like to use to take us to school. We read the story ‘Emergency’,  this book explored all modes of transport and especially the ones we need to use when it is an emergency. The children explored these vehicles in the Sand tray.

Our rhyme this week was ‘Horsey horsey’, the children have been building homes for horses and we also sang this song during music and put musical instruments to the song. We hope you enjoy exploring this rhyme in the children’s rhyme books over half term.

In maths this week we have been thinking about some of our 2-D shapes. We went on a shape hunt in the classroom, we were looking for stars, hearts, ovals and semicircles. The children found all of the hidden shapes in the classroom and were able to name them. We have also been re-visiting numbers 11 to 15 that we have been learning this term using the Numberblocks.

In science this week we have been exploring near and far. We watched Kit and Pup demonstrate what near and far was we then used all three Gruffalo teddies to demonstrate near and far.

This week we finished our creation story by learning about how God made all living things. We had lots of fun putting the living things on our Gods creation scene. We sorted the animals into the environments they live in. 

We have been celebrating Valentine’s Day this week. The children have been making special cards, have been making heart biscuits on the playdough table and exploring hearts in the water tray using heart containers. We have been talking a lot about people that we love.

After half term we will be:

• Learning about dinosaurs focusing on dinosaur behaviour and their features.
• Counting using the book 10 little dinosaurs.
• Learning about Baptism and the Baptism of Jesus.
• Thinking about what helps keep us safe at home and at school.

Thank you for your support Mrs Herne, Mrs Cini and Mrs Woode

Transport – In the water

This week we have been:

Learning about transport we find in the water. This week we read the story Mr Gumpys outing. We have been thinking a lot about boats, we have been making boats using collage and making boats using the big blocks. we have also been using large paper boats and exploring how many people we can fit inside. We have been mark making using the story to help us.

In maths this week we have been exploring how many people will fit inside a boat. We have been using paper boats to explore numbers to 5, to 10 and to 20. We have been counting how many people and animals will fit in a boat and we have also been exploring if the boat is empty or full and what would happen if the boat was full of people . We have also been exploring the number 15 using the Number blocks.

In science this week we have had lots of fun exploring melting and freezing. We watched Kit and Pup explain what melting and freezing was we then had a go and explored ourselves. We were exploring frozen ice, ice cream and chocolate. We found out that things melt when things get warm or hot. The ice cubes and the ice cream were frozen and we added heat to see if they would melt. We also added heat to chocolate to see if that would melt. We also ate some chocolate and we enjoyed the ice cream too!

In RE this week we were learning about how God made the water. We recapped over the story so far and added water to our Gods creation scene.

As we were learning about boats this week we also read the story Noah’s Ark. We have been exploring the story in the sand tray using the large ship and animals. We found out that the animals went in the Ark two by two so we found two of every animal. We also drew our own arks and put animals inside them .

This week we have been exploring what makes a good friend using Peppa Pig. We read a story on the board and then we looked at different emotions and added them to our zones of regulation board. we then made friendship bracelets for each other.

Next week we will be:

• Finishing our learning on transport.
• Finishing our creation story with how God made all living things.
• Revisiting 2-D shapes.
• Learning about and celebrating Saint Valentine’s Day.

Thank you for your ongoing support Mrs Herne, Mrs Cini and Mrs Woode

Transport

This week we have been:

This week we have been learning about transport you find on the land. We read the story called ‘The Train ride’, it was about a journey on a train to the beach. The children drew pictures of what they might see from a window and they added windows to their pictures. We have also been making our own trains and cars.

Our rhyme this week was ‘Down by the station’. We hope you enjoy exploring this rhyme at home and we look forward to seeing your train pictures when the rhyme books come back to school. We really enjoyed using musical instruments while singing the song.

In maths this week we have been re-visiting 2-D shapes. We have been exploring shapes on trains and making repeated patterns, we also made our own patterns using colours. We also learnt the number 13 with the Number blocks.

In science this week we have been exploring steep and flat. We watched a video with ‘Kit and Pup’ and then we explored flat and sleep ourselves using the boards and the building blocks. We had lots of fun exploring how many blocks would make our board steep, we also had fun finding out which car went the fastest and slowest. We also took steep and flat into the hall for PE, we used the benches and tables and learnt how to travel on them safely.

In RE this week we continued our learning about how God made the world. We have now learnt how God made the sky and how god made the land. We have been adding the features of the land to our own RE picture.

Next week we will be:

• Learning about and celebrating Chinese New Year.
• Exploring Chinese New Year in all areas of our class.
• Learning about The Three Hierarchs.

Thank you for your support Mrs Herne and Mrs Cini

Transport

Happy new year to your all!!

This week we have:

Started our topic transport. We read the story ‘we all go travelling by’ this is also in the children’s rhyme books this week. the book focused on transport you find in the sky, on the land and in the water. we will be focusing on each area one at a time over the next few weeks. We have been exploring land transport on the carpet area and water transport in the water tray. We have also been making our own transport using different materials.

In maths this week we have been sorting transport items into groups. We sorted them by transport modes and by colours. We then counted how many we had and which one had the most. We have been comparing more and less.

In RE this week we have been learning about theophany, Saint Basil. We read a story about Saint Basil and Mrs Herne made us some vasilopita cakes, we took these home on Friday! We wonder who received the lucky coin.  We have been making our own vasilopita cakes using cake cases, coins and wet sand in the sand tray. We also collaged a picture of Saint Basil.

This week we re-visited road safety, we have been thinking about how we stay safe when we are next to the road. We need to remember to stop, look and listen before we cross the road. We need to use the zebra crossing, hold hands with our grown-ups and if we are in the car we must wear a seatbelt.

Next week we will be:

• Transport you find in the sky, reading the story ‘Whatever Next’.
• How God made the world focusing on the sky.
• Continuing our learning on 2-D shapes.
• Learning the number 12 using number blocks.
• Exploring magnets and what they do.

Messages home

• Please ensure the children are changing their books regularly, it is very important for the children’s development.
• Please ensure that the children are doing their home learning sheets and please bring them in so we can share what they have been doing at home.
• We will be sending home proud cloud sheets, please cut them out and let us know what the children have been up to at home that you are proud of. One at a time would be better so we can celebrate each proud moment at a time.

Thank you for your support Mrs Herne and Mrs Cini

Christmas

This week we have been

Continuing our Christmas learning. As you can imagine we have been practicing a lot this week ready for our nativity on Friday. We hope you made it and enjoyed the performance! We also enjoyed our Christmas lunch together!

This week we have been writing letters to Father Christmas. We have been thinking about what we would like him to bring us and we posted it in the postbox.

We have been reading the ‘Gingerbread man’. We have been reading the story and retelling the story using the props, we have been making our own gingerbread men on the play-dough table, drawing around ourselves and turning ourselves into the gingerbread men and we have been counting gingerbread men in the maths area. Next week we hope to make our own gingerbread men.

Our rhyme this week was Little Jack Horner. We have not had a chance to do this rhyme this week but we will be exploring it next week, please still read it with your children.

In maths this week we have been revisiting numbers 0 to 10. We have been using Numberblocks and we have been practicing writing the numbers.

Next week we will be

• Continuing our Christmas learning and celebrations.
• Making gingerbread men.
• Revisiting numbers 0-10.
• Learning about Judaism.

Messages Home

Wednesday 18th December will be our Christmas party, we are providing the party food so there is no need to make a food donation.
Thursday 19th December will be carols around the tree, parents are welcome, it starts at 9:00am.

Thank you for your support, Mrs Herne  and Mrs Cini

Christmas

This week we have been

Reading the Christmas nativity story. We have been learning that we celebrate Christmas day because it’s Baby Jesus’s birthday! We have been telling the story using the stable and the figures, we have been acting out the story using the masks, we have used the big book and the story cards to retell the story and we also watched the Christmas story video.

In phonics this week we have been focusing on alliteration, the children have enjoyed matching the pictures to the initial sounds from the board.

In maths this week we have been with reviewing the numbers 0 to 10. We watched Numberblocks, 10 green bottles and then we all practiced writing and matching the numbers one to 10.

This week we have also started our Christmas workshop. The children have been drawing pictures and making presents for people that they care for. They have then been putting them into boxes, wrapping them up and putting a special label on them ready for Christmas Day

Next week we will be

• Continuing our Christmas learning, focusing on the Nativity.
• Exploring the Gingerbread man.
• Reviewing numbers 0 to 10 and 2-D shapes.
• Preparing for our Nativity.

Messages Home

Friday the 13th December will be our early years nativity. We would like to remind you that we would like the children to wear black to school for that day, as plain black as she can get please. We aim to start at 9:30am we  hope you can make it! We will be sitting on the right side of the hall.

Thank you for your support Mrs Herne and Mrs Cini

People who help us – Police services

This week we have been

Learning about the police service. We have been reading stories and exploring non-fiction books all about the police. We have also been acting as police officers and helping to save people. We made our own jail the children dressed up as police officers and we even had handcuffs! The children enjoyed drawing pictures of police officers and building their own police officer pictures. We have bee talking about what a police officer needs to do his job.

In maths this week we read a story called ‘one is a snail and 10 is a crab’ it’s a counting Legs story. The children were able to count to 10 using the pictures in the book to help them. We were also talking about 10 and 10 making 20. This week we have also been learning about the number 10 using the number-blocks. 

As we were learning about the police service this week we were also thinking about light and dark. We spoke about the kind of jobs the policeman have to do when it’s light and when it’s dark. We explored the torches in a dark area and we made light and dark colours on the creative table.

This week in RE we were learning about why we light candles when we go to church and when we do our prayers in school. We know now that it’s so that Jesus knows that we are speaking to him and that we are thinking about him. The children made their own candles using card rolls and tissue paper.

Next week we will be

• Starting our Christmas celebrations.
• Learning the real reason for Christmas by reading and exploring the Nativity story in all areas of the classroom.
• We will be reviewing numbers one to 10.
• Focusing on fine motor skills activities.

Messages Home

Please ensure that the children are bringing their reading books, their home learning and their rhyme books back to school. We love to celebrate the children’s learning and it’s very important for the children that they continue to do these every week when we send them home.

Just a reminder on Friday the 13th will be our Early years nativity. The children would love for you to come and watch them join in with the celebrations. Can we ask that the children come to school wearing black for the day.

Thank you for your support, Mrs Herne and Mrs Cini

People who help us – firefighters

This week we have been

Learning about firefighters. We have been reading stories and looking at non-fiction books about firefighters. We have been role-playing being a firefighter and acting out being a firefighter using our small world fire station. The children have been drawing their own fire engines using simple shapes. We had lots of fun in the water tray this week using the soap pumps to squirt water at the fire that was in our princess house!

Our rhyme this week was Jack and Jill. Not many of the children knew the rhyme Jack and Jill so we used Jack and Jill in different ways. We read the song, we sang the song and we also played instruments to this song during our music lesson. We hope that you enjoy singing the song at home. 

In maths this week we have been exploring long and short. We have been using the fire engines and comparing which ones are longer and which ones are shorter. We have also been looking at different ways of sorting objects, we sorted fire engines by colour. We have also been learning the number nine.

In RE this week we have been learning about the holy communion that people take in church. The children know that the wine is Jesus’s blood and the bread is Jesus’s body. We role-played having bread and wine when we are in church, we did the sign of the cross first and then we took the holy communion. (Please note we used juice and bread!)

During our bucket time this week we were exploring shaving foam. The children had a lot of fun in the water tray exploring shaving foam!

The children may have come home singing Christmas songs this week. We have been focusing on our nativity and we really hope the children are enjoying singing the songs to you at home. You would have had a letter home this week explaining that our nativity will be on the Friday 13th of December at around 9:30. We would like the children to come dressed to school in plain black for the day, we are going to sparkle up the children and make them into stars.

Next week we will be

• Learning about the police service.
• Learning the number 10.
• Matching numbers and counting using legs.
• Learning about lighting a candle in church.
• Being safe online.

Messages Home

Please ensure that the children’s green rhyme books are returned to school by Wednesday. This will ensure we can get them ready for Friday.

Thank you for your support Mrs Herne  and Mrs Cini.

People who help us

This week we have been

Learning about the jobs you do as a postman. We have been writing postcards and writing our own letters, we have been posting them into the postbox. Next week we will be exploring delivering these letters to different areas of the classroom.

Our rhyme this week was Hickory Dickory Dock. The children have had fun using the toy clock and a mouse to retell the rhyme, we also sang a song during our phonics called Hickory Dickory dong. We spoke about rhyming words and we also looked at the numbers on the clock. We have also been making mice on the play-dough table, building our own clocks using the building blocks and explored playing musical instruments to this song Hickory Dickory dock.

In maths this week we have been looking at coins. We have explored the 1p coin, the 2p coin, the 5p coin and the 10p coin. The children have been identifying the coins and sorting them into groups. we have also been learning about the number eight.

In science this week we have been re-visiting high and low. We watched Kit and Pup and explored what high was and what low was. We enjoyed making high and low movements with our bodies and high and low sounds without mouths.

In RE this week we have taken part in our remembrance assembly. We took along our cross and wreath and we all wore our poppy’s. We will always remember them. We have also been exploring and learning about your church. we have looked at pictures and a model of the church to see what’s inside. We also know that a church always has a cross on it so when we are outside we know which buildings are churches.

This week we have read the story The colour monster. The colour monster has many colours and many feelings. We were looking at what each colour means, the children drew and coloured their own colour monsters, all feelings are ok!

Next week we will be

• Learning about a firefighter and the jobs they do.
• Sorting objects into groups and learning the number nine.
• Learning about holy communion and holy bread.
• Continue our learning about the colour monster.
• Exploring long and short.
• Exploring the rhyme Jack and Jill.

Messages Home

We would like to send a small reminder about how important it is for the children to change their reading books. Not many children are changing their books and it’s such an important part of the children’s development. We encourage you to change your reading book as much as possible, we are happy to change books every day if the children are reading their books at home. Please remember to put them in the yellow basket outside and we will change them.

Just a little reminder about the children’s green rhyme books. We would like them returned by by Wednesday each week so we can prepare them for the following week. Please also encourage the children to colour the sheet after they have read the rhyme.

Thank you for your support Mrs Herne  and Mrs Cini

People who help us – Supermarket

(Photos to follow on Monday!)

This week we have been:

Learning about the jobs people do in a supermarket. We have been playing supermarkets and sorting out different foods in the water tray. we have also been writing our own shopping lists and talking about the foods that we would buy from the shops. We read the stories ‘Supermarket Zoo’ and ‘Maisie goes shopping’ and looked at non-fiction books.

In maths this week we have been thinking about counting how many coins we need and how many 1p coins we have when we buy our food. We have also been learning about the number seven.

In RE this week we have been learning about remembrance. we have made our own poppies and a wreath for the remembrance assembly.

in science this week we have been exploring wet and dry. we watched Kit and Pup and then we explored what happens to materials when they are wet and dry. we explored if materials could be used if they were wet and dry

Next week we will be:

• Learning about the post office.
• Exploring Hickory Dickory Dock.
• Learning the number eight.
• Learning about the church and what is inside a church.

Messages Home

We really enjoy sharing the children’s learning that they have been doing at home. Please ensure that the children return their home learning and if they do anything you are proud of please send us a proud crowd so we can celebrate this in class.

Thank you for your support, Mrs Herne and Mrs Cini