This week we have been continuing to learn about our wonderful world with a particular focus on looking after it.
The children thought about how dropping litter can harm wildlife. They enjoyed collecting litter using litter pickers.
We thought about recycling and discussed how we can recycle some packaging, such as plastic, cans, cardboard and paper. The children enjoyed sorting the rubbish and recycling it!
We continued to look at different environments around the world and compared it to where we are in school.
The children also thought about explorers and we made a giant map, using some pictures of mountains, rivers, the beach, colder climates and deserts. They used the small world people and took them on a journey! This helped to consolidate positional language.
In Maths the children have been learning the name of 3D shapes and their properties. They have enjoyed building models using the wooden blocks.
Using the ‘Little Wandle’ Phonics Scheme the children have learned the new sound ‘ng’ which comes at the end of words, such as ‘wing’ and ‘king’. The children played lots of games to develop their phonemic awareness and oral blending. We also did ‘Rhyme Time’ where the children sang ‘Row, Row, Row your boat’ in different ways such as loud, in a whisper, fast and slow. They also thought about syllables and clapped them, rhyming words and words that began with the same sound. The children thought about rhyming words and made some rhyming strings when we played ‘Phonics Explorers’.
Other activities have included:
‘Moving up morning’, where the children had the opportunity to visit their new classroom and meet their new teachers.
Andy’s wild work outs on CBeebies, including ‘Under the Sea’, ‘The Beach’, ‘The Arctic’, ‘The Rainforest’ and ‘The Savannah’.
‘Recycling’ colouring.
Cake Sale!
Small world.
Construction.
Practising for our Sports Day races. (Less than 1 week to go until the real event!)
Bouncy Castle!
Enjoying the sunshine outside!
