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Please help your child practise reading and spelling these words, and spotting them where you can when you are out and about!
Communications
Easter Gardens
Today we continued to our exploration of the Easter story to answer the big question ‘Why do Christians put a cross in an Easter garden?’ We created our own Easter gardens, talking about the representation of each part and how this helps Christians to remember what happened at the very first Easter.
We were very proud of our gardens when we had finished.
The Continents and Oceans
We have been learning the names of the continents and oceans in Hedgehogs. To learn these, we have been using two songs that we really enjoy singing! Please find below links to these songs so we can share our learning with you at home!
Hedgehogs Homework – 4.4.25
This week in Hedgehogs we have been learning about Easter around the world, and about the tradition of decorating eggs.
For homework this week, I would like you to decorate a hard-boiled egg and bring it in next Friday for us to show the rest of the school our cracking creations!
How egg-citing can you make your design?
There will be prizes for the most eggs-traordinary!
Owls visit to Ruyton Church for ‘Experience Easter’ Workshop
This Thursday morning, owls visited Ruyton Church for an ‘Experience Easter’ workshop delivered by church volunteers and helpers which focused on the big themes of ‘Holy Week’ such as resurrection and the servant king. They were commended by everyone for awesome listening and participation in the work stations. Well done Owls!
Rabbits reading with Owls
On Monday afternoon this week, Owls read their banded books to the children from Rabbits and then vice versa. Everyone really enjoyed this exciting end to the day.
Dragonfly trip to Pontcysyllte aqueduct
On Thursday we were lucky to have glorious weather for our trip! We arrived at Trevor Basin and there we were met by the staff from the Canal and River trust. First, we had a water safety talk where we learnt how we needed to stay safe whilst on the trip around the canal. Next, we enjoyed our first workshop where we dressed up as Navies and boat women to help build the aqueduct. Whilst we were constructing the parts we learnt about the lives of the Navvies and the different materials that were used to construct it. We really impressed the members of staff with our knowledge that we had already about Thomas Telford and the aqueduct. We successfully managed to recreate the aqueduct! After a quick break, it was time for our second workshop where we learnt about what life was like prior to the Industrial Revolution, how the land was used and the reasons why an aqueduct was needed. Again, Miss Hindley was really impressed with our knowledge recall from our Geography and History lessons. After lunch, it was time to put on our geography brains and conduct some surveys about land usage and human impact on the area, we also created a sketch map of the aqueduct and surrounding area. We even managed to watch some people magnet fishing to help tidy up any rubbish in the canal! Overall we had an excellent day and Miss Hindley was really impressed with the children’s knowledge and behaviour! Well done Dragonfly class!
Owls trip to Pontcysyllte Aqueduct
Yesterday, Owls (along with dragonflies) went a fantastic trip to Llangollen where we participated in several activities that explained how and why the aqueduct was built. Alongside this, we completed some surveys and sketches that focused on the human and physical geography of the area. It was an amazing day and the children were brilliant!
Comic Relief in Hedgehogs
We’ve had a very busy and exciting day in Hedgehogs today. We have found out about why we are raising money for Comic Relief. We learned about the history of the red nose and how it changes before designing and making our own with playdough. We also made tasty red nose biscuits and played with red oobleck. We found it fascinating to watch the way it changed when we were using it.
Hot Cross Buns
In R.E. we have been learning about the cross as a symbol of Easter. Today we learned about hot cross buns and how they can be used to represent parts of the Easter story. We learned the hot cross bun rhyme, tasted hot cross buns and used scented playdough to make our own.
