"They will soar on wings like eagles" (Isaiah 40:31)
Respect / Responsibility / Courage / Trust / Perseverance / Compassion
In Geography last week, we were thinking about the different weather we get in the UK and how we can measure the weather. We have a new rain gauge and thermometer in our garden so we can check the temperature and amount of rain each day. The children enjoyed making wind streamers to see the wind intensity and direction.
We had another wonderful forest school session last Friday. The children made ‘nests’ for birds, using sheep’s wool, leaves, and twigs. They then hung these in the trees. The children had the opportunity to do some sewing and some planting of daffodil bulbs. Many children wore an animal headpiece to play a ‘predator’ game, thinking about which animals eat other animals. The children have plenty of free time to do what they would like to whether it be climbing trees, building a den or taking part in one of the activities. A yummy snack of scotch pancakes warmed on the fire was also enjoyed by all.
In our Literacy lessons this half term we are enjoying looking at a book called ‘And Tango Makes Three’. It is about two penguins called Roy and Silo who desperately want a chick to care for. They are given an egg by the zoo keeper from another penguin couple who can’t look after it. Roy and Silo care for the egg until it hatches. The penguin chick is called Tango. The children made these penguin collages inspired by this story.
As part of our topic on Animals and during one of our Forest School sessions the children enjoyed hunting for mini-beasts. We thought about what features each creature had and where they like to live.
On Friday, the children very much enjoyed our first Forest School session. We looked for signs of Spring, made stickmen, climbed trees, made bird food, dug holes in the mud and enjoyed a marshmallow smore around the campfire. We were very lucky that the sun was shining and it was a joy to see the children exploring and learning in our Forest School area.
At the end of last half term, Year 1 Coots took their Maths learning outside. The children had to hunt for missing number sentences in our outside area and then work with their partner to find the missing number.
Last week in our Computing lesson we used the BeeBot. We had already used the virtual beebot in our computing lessons, so the children enjoyed applying what they know about the virtual beebot to the actual Beebot. The children had time to ‘tinker’ with it and explore the different buttons before they set themselves a challenge to make a trail using building blocks for the Beebot to follow.
In our history, Coots have been learning about old toys. This week we had a play on toy old pinball games. A much older wooden one and an electronic one from the 80’s. The children had great fun playing these games and spotting the similarities and differences between the two toys.
The Reception children have been exploring the capacity of different containers. We used vocabulary such as full, empty, half full and we were exploring which containers held the most water.
This week in our Art lesson, the children put their understanding of colour mixing into practice to recreate their own versions of the artwork ‘0-9’ by artist Jasper Johns. Â We first thought back to our lesson last week to remember what the primary colours are. We applied the primary colours to the numbers on the paper. We had to then mix the primary colours to make secondary colours and add these to the numbers on the paper. The result was very effective!
