Year R
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This week we have been using loose parts to represent poppies and fireworks as part of our learning about special events.
In Maths we have been using the language 'more than', 'fewer than' and 'equal' to compare quantities of objects.
In Discovery Time we have been helping outside by sweeping up the autumn leaves. We also made some fantastic firework music and created some imaginative constructions.
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Over the half term break we took our 'This is Me' books home. This week we have enjoyed showing each other the things we added to our books, like interesting leaves, photos and tickets to places we'd been.
This week we read the story 'What's in the Witch's Kitchen?' in Drawing Club. The children loved choosing which way to open each flap and seeing what was under them! This inspired us to make our our own magical potions. Some of us made wands on the making table, and we explored different ways to use paint including printing circular 'bubbles' from our cauldrons!
In maths, we have been learning all about 'five'. We collected groups of 5 objects from around the classroom, and explored how our fingers could represent the objects - one finger for each!
We have been thinking about 'Celebrations' for our learning about RE and History. We enjoyed discussing and drawing pictures about the things we remember from celebrations that we have had, especially our own birthday parties!
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This week we read on the story 'It Was A Cold dark Night' in Drawing Club. Little hedgehog Ned, is looking for a home to hibernate. The children really enjoyed the story and some used the loose parts to create their own hedgehogs.
We also made maps of Ned's journey in our block play.
We had our first Woodland Wonder Day in our outdoor classroom this week - it was very exciting!
We made nests for our own teazle 'hedgehogs' to hibernate in and we used our 'autumn catchers' to catch some of the colours of autumn!
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This week in Year R we have been improving our fine motor and scissor skills, cutting out leaves for our Autumn wreaths.
At the making table we have been thinking about the number 4, and the different ways we can represent the Numberblock 4. We talked about what we did i.e. 'Two at the top and two at the bottom makes four'
Outside, we have been busy using Autumn objects: In the sandpit we have been pretending the conkers and fir cones are our treasure. In the mud kitchen we have added them to our recipes for mud pies and leaf tea.
We have also taken our maths learning outside, making Numberblock 4 with the big green crates.
Year R
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This week we have been reading the story, Not Now Bernard. In Drawing Club we explored the themes in the book by drawing our own monsters. We even added a circle tummy big enough for the monster to eat Mum and Dad!
We also used blocks and construction to build an imaginative house for a monster to live in.
Our mark making pattern this week is a spiral. We used our fine motor skills to make spiral patterns using lots of different materials.
In Maths we have also been learning about patterns. We looked carefully at repeating patterns before copying and continuing them inside and outside our classrooms.
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This week we have been reading the story "The Colour Monster". We thought about different feelings that we have, and how we can feel 'calm' or 'happy' again if we are feeling angry or sad. We explored the themes in the book in different ways - sorting coloured pom-poms using tweezers to help our fine motor skills, colour mixing and painting our own colour monsters, and collecting data about our friends' favourite colour monsters!
While painting, we have been developing our independence by helping each other and cleaning up afterwards.
This week we have also had a focus on making circles in different ways!
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In Maths, we have been learning about the numbers 1, 2 and 3. After learning all about Numberblock 3, we made our own patterns of three with a partner using counters. We found out there were many different ways to show 3!
This week we have been exploring our creative areas. We enjoyed self selecting from a variety of resources to cut and stick our own creations!
In PE we have been moving in lots of different ways. We loved hopping, jumping, crawling and running. We practised balancing on one leg too! Later on, we had to avoid the obstacles on the floor when we played 'the hoops are lava'!
This week, some minibeasts were found in our classrooms! We thought about where they might prefer to live and what they might need. We took them outside and gathered some natural things to make them a home for the day.
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This week we have been thinking and talking about our families.
We made our families using 'loose parts'.
