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Goldilocks and the Three Bears at Dens Road

March 5, 2011 User deactivated 15 Comments

This week we have began looking at Goldilocks and the Three Bears. We are going to be doing a lot of our learning through bears and Goldilocks. First we had to listen to the story and we had to plan what we wanted to have in our home corner. We drew pictures and wrote down all the things we heard in the story that we would need.

Then we had to cut out pictures from the story and put them into order. We had to try and sound out the words to help us decided where our pictures would go.

We can practise putting the story in the correct order.

As part of our homework we had to draw the favourite part of the story.

In the class we have a sorting activity where we have to read the words and organise the pictures.

At the writing table we have lots of different sheets to help us write about our topic.

In the class we are also starting one of our favourite activities. We have to Write the Room by going round the room and finding all the Goldilocks and the Three Bears words that are hidden.

Write the Room activity with our special pointing finger.

In the Active Learning Zone we are also learning about bears and Goldilocks. We have puppets at the puppet theatre, a Goldilocks mat and a beautiful Goldilocks at the BeeBot. We also have a bear interest table and bear number games to play on the computer to help us with our numbers ( http://www.topmarks.co.uk/PlayPop.aspx?f=TeddyNumbersv2 ).

We also have a Wii now and are learning how to play Yogi Bear. We have to share with our friend and help each other when we get stuck.

Yogi Bear is on the Wii and we are ready to learn.

We also have a Jellystone Park. Here we have to share with our friends and think about the kind of healthy food we would put in our picnic basket.

At the library area we have a Goldilocks book and Mrs Munro has recorded the story of Goldilocks onto the MP3 player. We can sit here and listen to the story.

Lastly we have our new Teddy Toy Shop. Here we are learning to recognise coins. We also have to remember to take turns so everyone can have a turn at being the shop keeper. We all like to be the shop keeper. We have lots of teddies for sale and have to remember to put the bar codes on our teddies before we put them on the shelf for sale.

Please leave a comment about our learning this week as we love to hear what you think.

Mrs Davies’ and Ms Lowden’s old bears

March 4, 2011 User deactivated 4 Comments

We have been learning about old toys and new toys.

Miss Davies mum has a teddy that is 59 years old. He is so old he only has a tiny bit of fur left on him.

When Mrs Davies was young she used to do operations on Teddy so he has lots of bits of him sewn up. Mrs Davies had to knit a special outfit for Teddy to protect him. He also has a pair of pants he wears!

Ms Lowden has a panda who is called Chi Chi. Chi Chi is 43 years old. She got Chi Chi for her very first Chrsitmas when she was a baby. Ms Lowden said that she has had to sew her Chi Chi because her dog used to chew it.

Scottish Week

February 4, 2011 User deactivated 4 Comments

In the Classes

This week we have had a Scottish Week. All our learning has been through lots of things to do with Scotland.

We used the Active Expressions to show our teachers what we know about Scotland. We had to remember what the Scottish flag looked like and Nessie!

At the easels we have been painting Highland Cows.

scottish week 001 — We have been using Nessie the Loch Ness Monster to help us add.

scottish week 002 — For our homework we drew of picutre of Nessie too.

scottish week 003 — We got a story about Heather going on a Nessie Hunt and we had to remember what happened in the story and stick our pictures in the correct order.

scottish week 005 — We had art and painted tartan using cardboard strips to paint the stripes.

scottish week 008 — We made Highland cows by sticking.

scottish week 007 — We listened to stories about Hamish the Highland Cow.

On Thursday afternoon we had Highland Games when we played Hurl the Haggis, Leap the Burn, Pass the Hat, Flip the Claymore and many more! We all watched and some of our classmates were part of the team. We had a great time as we had to cheer on our House.

scottish week 006 — Our Scottish display.

In the Active Learning Zone

We have been continuing to learn about old toys and new toys. We have been having a great time and getting active on the PS2 playing with the eye toy and eye toy sports. We play Football Fever in pairs.

We have been learning about materials in different toys and fabrics. Click on the link to our movie with all the photographs we took with the microscope.

materials

Old Toys and New Toys

January 21, 2011 User deactivated 6 Comments

In the Active Learning Zone this week we have been learning about Old Toys and New Toys. This has been helping us learn about in the past as our school is 100 years old. We have lots of different areas where we can choose to learn. At the computer area we have been sorting old toys and new toys. Try out the game here. http://www.museumeducation.bedford.gov.uk/bedfordbytes/toys/describing_toys.htm

At the writing table we have been using lots of different things to help us write. At school 100 years ago the boys and girls used a blackboard called a slate and chalk. We use lots of things but we especially like using the whiteboards and pens and we even use Pictochat on the Nintendo DS.

A long time ago children used to play with a dolls house. We still love playing with the dolls house. We are learning to be friends with each other by being nice and sharing.

We have a railway area wih two railways. A wooden railway like the boys and girls used to play with a long time ago and a battery operated railway that makes great noises and stops and starts when you press the buttons.

When our school first opened boys and girls were just beginning to play with teddy bears. We have a teddy bear picnic area where we can play with the bears and share and take turns with our friends.

In the library we have story books. Some children would have been lucky enought to have books to read. In our story corner we also have MP3 players to listen to stories.

When we are in the Active Learning Zone we use cameras and microphones to record our learning. We take photos to show we have been busy, recording our learning and sharing it with the other children.

Please leave a comment to let us know what toy you liked to play with when you were young.