Fine motor and gross motor fun!
We enjoyed hammering sticks into pumpkins today! It was a super activity to build our fine and gross motor skills!
Balances
In PE we’re learning balances this half term. We started by learning the airplane pose, the dolphin pose, the stork pose, downward facing dog and upward facing dog yoga positions.
The value of Service through the story of Esther
Today we started our new term by looking at the story of Esther and how she saved her people. We will be looking at this more in the coming weeks.
What to expect when in the Early Years.
Here is a helpful document to give you an idea of child development across the Early Years.
file://tssmat.internal/Staff/a.coleman-harris/Downloads/What-to-expect-in-the-EYFS-complete-FINAL-16.09-compressed%20(1)%20(1).pdf
Websites to try out at home!
Top Marks Early Years Sections has a range of activities for both Nursery and Reception- https://www.topmarks.co.uk/Search.aspx?Subject=37
Phonics Play phase 2 phonics games for Reception- https://www.phonicsplay.co.uk/resources/phase/2
Phonics Play phase 1 phonics games for nursery- …
Colourful calculations
Year 2 enjoyed being creative in maths yesterday. They were answering 2 digit add 1 digit sums using their chosen methods.
Can you practise adding over the half term holiday? What methods will you use?
Super subitising!
Today class one developed their subtising skills further! We talked about what we could see and how we saw the conkers on our big piece of paper. We could see a 1, a 2, a 3, a 1 and a 1 and that is also 2, a 2 and a 1 and that is also 3! We could see so many different numbers! We drew around the…
Wedgwood trip part 2
Here’s a picture of us touring the Wedgwood museum.
Wedgwood trip part 1
We have had a lot of fun at the Wedgwood museum today. Here’s a picture of us painting pencil pots.
Exploring old household items!
Today we explored old household objects from the three little pigs house! We learnt about what they do, way at they are made of and how they work.
We have also been sorting old and new household objects!
Outdoor french
Check out class two’s fantastic Autumn french leaf men.
The children have been carefully collecting their autumn leaf colours - rouge, orange, jaune and marron and designed the key parts of their french leaf men and labelled the correct parts - la tête, les bras, les jambes and les…
