People who help us

This week we have been:

Learning about all the different people that help us. We read a story called ‘Career day’ which explained about lots of different jobs we can do when we grow up. We are going to be looking at all different jobs that we can do when we are older over the next few weeks. This week we focused on the builder, a few of us used the resources from the collage table to collage a builder.

Our rhymes this week were ‘The wheels on the bus’ and ‘Old MacDonald had a farm’. We have been using the resources to help us sing the songs together, we hope you enjoy singing them in your rhyme books this week.

In maths this week we have been learning about the names and properties of 2-D shapes. We spoke about what they look like and how to draw them and the children have had fun matching pictures in puzzles to different 2-D shapes. We have also been making 2-D shapes using the cutters on the play-dough table and making 2-D shape moulds in the wet sand. We have also been learning about the number six using the Numberblocks.

In science this week we have been learning about fast and slow. We used the marble run in the water trays inside and outside to demonstrate fast and slow, we also took fast and slow to the hall and explored racing fast and racing slow.

In RE this week we have been learning about the festival of Diwali. We watched and read the story of ‘Rama and Sita’, we learnt a Diwali dance, we drew henna patterns on hands, we made rangoli patterns and we made our own diva lamps. we will be sending these home with the children on Monday, we hope you enjoy them.

This week we have been learning about ourselves, our bodies and knowing we can say NO! We watched nspcc’s Pantosaurus and read the book ‘Pants’. We know if someone asks to see our pants we should say NO and tell someone we trust.  We had fun designing our own pant pictures.

Next week we will be:

• Learning about the people who help us in the supermarket.
• Learning about coins that you would use in a supermarket.
• Writing our own shopping lists.
• Learning about remembrance.

Messages Home

Parent consultations have now been rescheduled for Wednesday, the 6th of November please ensure you book your appointment.

Please ensure that the children are changing their books on a regular basis, it’s very important for the children to hear stories and develop story language.

Thank you for all your support Mrs Herne  and Mrs Cini

Ourselves

This week we have been:

Learning about Black history by reading the story ‘Dream big little leader’. We have been making statues like Augusta, designing artwork like Alma and when we went to the hall for PE we were pretending to be Wilma and Tessa. We also played a song called ‘You’ve got that power’ and the children understand that you need the power to do the best you can.

In maths this week we have been learning the number five. We have also been learning about the one penny coin. We have been counting how many pennies we have and we have been making lines of coins and seeing who has the longest line.

In RE this week we read the story ‘Feeding the 5000’. Jesus had two fish and five loaves and he managed to feed thousands of people with such little food. We shared out our fish and loaves and we had lots of food left over! We have also read the story ‘Where is Buddha?’ We have been thinking about Buddhism and who Buddhists believe in. We spoke about Jesus being our God and the Buddha being a Buddhists God. We also coloured some pictures of Buddha.

In science this week we have been thinking about floating and sinking. We use Kit and Pup to explore what floating and sinking was and then we had ago ourselves in the water tray. Please explore floating and sinking at home maybe when the children are in the bath!

https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b0bc29rr/kit-pup-series-1-7-floating-and-sinking

After half term we will be:

• Learning about the people that help us.
• We will be singing the ‘Wheels on the bus’ and ‘Old Macdonald had a farm’.
• Learning about 2-D shapes and the number 6 using Number blocks.
• Learning about the church, lighting a candle and taking communion.

Messages Home

I am very sorry about the cancellation of our parent consultations on Wednesday, these will be rescheduled for after half term, I am really looking forward to meeting all of you.

After the half term I will be sending home weekly homework sheets for the children. All of the children are currently working on their fine motor skills and how to hold a pencil so this is what our homework will be focusing on. A big part of the children’s fine motor skill development is playing with small objects. For example using small blocks, playing with lego, putting money in a money box, threading beads, clipping paper clips together, popping bubble wrap and scrunching paper. It would be great if you could encourage this at home. We will be sending home a small tub of play-dough with a sheet of skills the children can do. This will really help to strengthen those fine motor skills.

Thank you for your support Mrs Herne  and Mrs Cini

Ourselves

This week we have been:

Thinking about keeping our bodies clean. We read the story ‘I don’t want to wash my hands’. We washed our hands together using soap and water. We spoke about germs on our hands, we cannot see them! The children drew pictures of what they think germs look like. We also had fun playing Doctors!

In maths this week we have been learning about the number 4, the children have been writing their own number 4 in the maths area. We have also been continuing our learning about things that we like, the children made a chart of our favourite fruit and we noticed that strawberries were our favourite fruit because they have the most. We also explored the shape of blocks, we used the words big and small and then made different structures using the blocks, thinking about the shapes we needed.

In science this week we have been learning about full and empty, we used the water tray and the sand tray to fill up bottles. We were able to show each other full empty and half full. We enjoyed using the funnels and scoops to help us!

In RE this week we read a story called ‘God made us this way’, the children explored all the different features that people can have and that we are all individual.

In phonics and music this week we have been looking at instruments and the sounds they make, we have had lots of fun exploring scraping, drumming and shaking. We have also explored making rain Sounds using different musical instruments in the music room.

Next week we will be:

• Thinking about black history month by reading the story ‘Dream big little leader’, we will be exploring this book in all areas of the classroom.
• Learning the number five.
• Learning about pennies.
• Reading the Bible story ‘God fed the 5000’.

Messages home

We hope you are enjoying your rhyme books at home, we would like to ask that they are returned to school by Wednesday so we can get them ready for you for the Friday. Please put them in the green basket outside the classroom door.

We have noticed not many children are changing their reading books, it’s a very important part of the children’s development to be listening and hearing stories. We would encourage you to be reading with the children at least once a week.

Thank you for your support, Mrs Herne and Mrs Cini