Hedgehog Class made the most of the sunshine yesterday afternoon and spent some time developing their gross motor skills on the new adventure playground! Look at that confidence and those smiles!
Hedgehog Class made the most of the sunshine yesterday afternoon and spent some time developing their gross motor skills on the new adventure playground! Look at that confidence and those smiles!
Today we went on an Easter egg hunt outside. We know that Easter egg hunts happen on Easter Sunday. We learnt that Easter Sunday is an exciting day for Christians as they want to tell everyone that Jesus is not dead but alive forever! We learnt that some Christians go to church to worship on Easter Sunday and sing joyful songs.
We watched a video of some Christian people putting flowers on a big cross to show that Jesus is not dead any more as flowers are a symbol of new life. Then, we made our own flower crosses in class using the collage technique.
Hedgehog Class have had the most fantastic day at Wonderland, Telford today! We visited the houses of various Traditional Tale characters, went on some fun rides and took part in a brilliant storytelling session with the Mad Hatter! This has all helped to enhance the work that we have been doing in class on Traditional Tales this term. We were shown some new ones that the children didn’t know as well so, we’ll be learning them over the next few weeks. The children have all had a great day and made us incredibly proud of their behaviour! Well done team!
Wonderland, Telford have kindly given each child in Hedgehog Class a free return ticket which expires in September. These will be handed out to the children tomorrow.
This week, we have been learning about Palm Sunday in RE. The children have joined in with role play, made their own flags, written “Hosanna” on palm leaves and decorated them, built the gateway to Jerusalem using Duplo and painted pictures of Jesus arriving in Jerusalem. They’ve had a great time and know so much more about Christian beliefs around Easter already!
Today we started learning about 3D shapes. We learnt the names of cone, cube, cuboid, pyramid, sphere and cylinder. These were all new words for lots of the children but they managed really well! We talked about some of the properties of the shapes which would help us to identify the name of the shape. The children were then set the challenge of sorting the shapes into 2 different groups, thinking of their own criteria. Well done all!
Last week, the children made boats for the cat in the Chinese Zodiac story to cross the river. This week, the children are learning about the polar regions. On Monday, we read a story called “The Runaway Iceberg”. The story is about two penguins that get stranded on an iceberg. They can’t get back to land as one of the penguins is scared of water. This afternoon, we learnt about floating and sinking and recapped our previous work on waterproof materials. The children were then set the task of making a boat for the penguin to be able to get back to land safely on. They had to use everything that they have learnt previously to create a boat that was waterproof and that floated. Good work everyone!
Today, the children were using iPads to play a matching pairs game in maths. The children demonstrated how much progress they have made in their PSED skills since September. There was beautiful sharing, taking turns and team work going on. Well done team!
This week at forest school, the children made some eco friendly firelighters. They melted down old candles that had been donated to the school by people in the village on the campfire to start with and then wrapped some string around a dried pine cone. When that was all done, the children carefully dipped their pine cone into the melted wax. They’ve all been put to dry until we go to forest school next week but we can’t wait to put them to good use on our campfire next week!
Following our work about China last week, today we learnt the story of the Chinese Zodiac. The children all really enjoyed listening to the story and finding out which year they were born in. At the end of the story, we discussed the ways that we could help the cat to cross the river. The children all came up with some fantastic ideas! We were so proud of how they all worked together to make their ideas. Their personal and social skills have come so far since September.
This week, the children have been learning about “Heavy and Light”. They’ve all been amazing at doing this and have got the hang of it very quickly! Here they are today using balance scales to find out which objects are heavier or lighter than others.