Tuesday, 31 January 2012
3 little pigs!
Today we enjoyed building houses out of bricks, straw and sticks, just like in the story of THe 3 little pigs. To see if the story came true, after we had built our houses we all huffed and puffed like the big bad wolf and blew them down! The houses made of sticks and straw fell to pieces but our brick house remained standing!
Friday, 27 January 2012
Money
Today we have been adding using real money. The children learned that 2p is the same as two 1p coins and were able to count how many coins they had altogether. If we could see a 2p we remebered to count it twice.
We were very impressed with how quickly they learned this! I've set the children a challenge to count how much money (2ps and 1ps) parents have in their purses to practice this skill. Please leave comments if your child is able to do this!
Below I have pasted the coins we used when recording our answers on paper if you woulld like to use them for any work at home!
We were very impressed with how quickly they learned this! I've set the children a challenge to count how much money (2ps and 1ps) parents have in their purses to practice this skill. Please leave comments if your child is able to do this!
Below I have pasted the coins we used when recording our answers on paper if you woulld like to use them for any work at home!
Thursday, 26 January 2012
Australia Day
The children really enjoyed celebrating Australia Day today. We learned about all the animals found in Australia, and moved around as if we were jumping Kangeroos, lazy Koalas, running Wallabys and scary Spiders.
We imagined we were celebrating Australia Day on a hot Beach in Sydney and wrote postcards to our friends and families a home. We also planned what we would pack if we were really to travel all the way to Australia.
We enjoyed listening to the Australoian National Anthem and making Australian flags.
We also looked at amazing images of the Great Barrier Reef. We especially loved spotting the Clown fish that looked just like Nemo!
We imagined we were celebrating Australia Day on a hot Beach in Sydney and wrote postcards to our friends and families a home. We also planned what we would pack if we were really to travel all the way to Australia.
We enjoyed listening to the Australoian National Anthem and making Australian flags.
We also looked at amazing images of the Great Barrier Reef. We especially loved spotting the Clown fish that looked just like Nemo!
Wednesday, 25 January 2012
Fine Motor Control
Today we have been working on our fine motor skills. These activities strengthen the muscles we need for writing.
We have been doing threading with pasta and beads, pouring water into small beakers, threading buttons, and picking up small items from rice.
We have been doing threading with pasta and beads, pouring water into small beakers, threading buttons, and picking up small items from rice.
Monday, 23 January 2012
Chinese New Year
Today we celebrated Chinese New Year in St Clares. We made red and gold lanterns like they do in China, snd enjoyed decorating the classroom with them.These colours mean good fortune and hope in the new year. As it is the year of the dragon, we made dragon masks and a large dragon to dance with.
We also tried writing our numbers using Chinese numbers which was fun!
After lunch we all helped cook a Chinese stir fry with noodles. We also had fortune cookies, which gave us predictions for our lives. They also tasted yummy!
In China it is tradition to visit a temple on New Years. Here people will toss coins at a gong as they make a wish. If the coin hits the gong, the wish comes true. We all had turns throwing coins at the gong and made wishes for the coming year. 
Thursday, 19 January 2012
Reading!
Thank you to all parents who came to our first reading session! It was a great success, and all the children enjoyed sharing all the texts on offer with you. Remember this will happen weekly, and feel free to come whenever you can make it!
Porridge
Yesterday we tasted Porridge. We had salty porridge like Daddy Bear, sweet porridge like Mummy Bear and plain porridge like Baby Bear. After tasting them, we all recorded our favourites!
We are looking forward to seeing many of you at our first Reading session today from 2:30pm!
We are looking forward to seeing many of you at our first Reading session today from 2:30pm!
Friday, 13 January 2012
Today we made Gingerbread men puppets! We enjoyed using them to help us retell the story!
We also talked about Water Safety, and how we should behave when around Water. In the story, the Gingerbread Man couldn't swim, and accepted a lift across the river from the sly Fox, whcih was a big mistake! We made Warning signs to help remind the Gingerbread Man to stay away from the river!
We also talked about Water Safety, and how we should behave when around Water. In the story, the Gingerbread Man couldn't swim, and accepted a lift across the river from the sly Fox, whcih was a big mistake! We made Warning signs to help remind the Gingerbread Man to stay away from the river!
Thursday, 12 January 2012
Gingerbread Man
Today we made Gingerbread men. We all helped follow the recipe to mix the ingredients together, then roll out the dough. We all then cut out a Gingerbread man each using a cutter.
After baking, we all decorated our own Gingerbread man using raisins, sweets, chocolate buttons and icing.
Please comments if you enjoyed eating yours!
After baking, we all decorated our own Gingerbread man using raisins, sweets, chocolate buttons and icing.
Thursday, 5 January 2012
Welcome Back!
Today we have begun our new RE topic, 'Celebrations'.
We discussed how we celebrate our birthdays and other special events such as Christmas and New Years with parties. We talked about the different things we use to make these special such as giving gifts, blowing up balloons, playing games and eating food.
We had a class party to welcome us back to School. We danced, played party games and ate yummy foods.
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