Mrs Dodge - On Safari (week 2)

 On Safari

In Literacy this week we have pretended to be on a real Safari. We thought about what we would be able to see, hear, small and taste. We didn’t touch anything as it would be too dangerous! We also made maps of our own Safari parks and labelled the animals you would be able to see.

In Numeracy this week we sorted the Safari animals in different ways, made a tally chart of our favourite animals and then made a block graph using duplo showing our results.

In the afternoons we made a cut and stick elephant as well as an enclosure for a Safari animal. We had to make sure it couldn’t escape! 

It has also been The Great Science Share this week. We have been learning about the journey of plastic and the effects of plastic on the environment. We reused plastic bottle tops to make pictures of some Safari animals.

In PE this week we warmed up by running, moving sideways and skipping. We played the secret tagger game and flew our aeroplanes to the jungle and then ran through the trees. We then practised our sports day activities. 

We had a nice surprise on Monday... some caterpillars arrived in our classroom! They are already growing so fast!

And we also met the school tortoise called Harriet...

Spoiler alert!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Dad’s can only scroll down after Sunday!

We have also made our Father’s Day cards...

Rec Bishop - Oh, we do like to be beside the seaside!

Mrs Dodge - On Safari week 1

 On Safari

This week we have explored Africa and been on a Safari to see the animals in their habitat.

In Literacy we have read the story ‘Handa’s Surprise’. We pretended to be Handa and wrote a letter to her friend called Akeyo. We enjoyed acting out the story using masks. We also thought about what we would pack on such a hot holiday away. 

In Numeracy, we have completed some problem solving with our tangerines. We tried to share out a number (sometimes it it was fair and sometimes it wasn’t!) and then thought about what the problems were asking us to do - add or take away. We also ordered our numbers from smallest to biggest and ordered some fruit from the heaviest to the lightest.

In the afternoon we have loved going on a Safari in our role play, made animal pictures on the iPads and did some observational drawings of fruit we saw in the story. We also tried some of the fruit at the end of the week.

On Friday we tasted some fruit from our story. We tried a pineapple, mango, orange, banana, passion fruit and avocado. We were pleasantly surprised and found some new favourites!

We have started to practise some sports day activities with Mr Toyne too...

Nursery - Underground

We are going 'underground' in nursery this week.

We have lots of new activities set out for the children.

We have the big wooden blocks to make homes for the dinosaurs

At loose parts we are making minibeasts

At the writing table we are practising letter shapes

A busy maths tray with lots of number activities and puzzles

Minibeast tuff trays

Counting spots onto a ladybird

Role play - digging for dinosaur bones

Photographs of the children playing will follow!!