Today we were using our literacy and numeracy skills to read a recipe and measure quantities whilst making pancakes.
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Nurture – Wright Brothers
This morning we were learning about American brothers Wilbur and Orville Wright. These brothers were responsible for inventing the first ever aeroplane. The picture below shows the timeline of flight and the boys were able to answer questions about what we learned.
Nurture – Sunflower Updates
This morning we decided to help our Sunflowers by adding a stick and tying it to help the stem grow straight. Check them out below, they are getting tall!
Nurture – What are the differences?
Sensory Time
During our sensory time, we tried out a new substance similar to Playdough. It was called Mad Matter!
We wanted to know the difference between Playdough and Mad Matter. We listened really carefully to the words (adjectives) each person used to describe the new substance. Here are some we came up with; sandy, soft, rough, smooth and crumbly. We noticed Mad Matter changes when the heat of your hands bring it all together!
Here we are using utensils to roll and squeeze the playdough into different shapes.
Mrs Bradford joined us and she managed to make some slugs using the Mad Matter 🙂
Nurture – Outdoor Fun
This week we took advantage of the beautiful New Cumnock sunshine to play outdoors 🙂
Here we are playing a game of Shark!
And here we were playing a game of Whispers :0
Nurture – Author, Shirley Husband – The World of Work
Today we joined in and listened to author Shirley Husband telling us all about how she became an author, what her job involves and who inspires her.
Shirley read us the story of Harris McCoo and we saw how colourful and beautiful the illustrations were.
Nurture – Chillout Time
Today we put some calming music on, closed all the blinds and tried some chillout time on the bean bags enjoying the music and sounds of the water.
Nurture – HIIT Animal-Themed Workout
In nurture we tried out some High Intensity Interval Training (HIIT) which meant the boys completed 45 seconds for each move then had a 15 second rest. See below for the moves if anyone fancies trying it out at home.
It was good fun trying out all the moves, here are some photos:
Nurture – Mindful Breathing Sticks
This morning we made Mindful Breathing Sticks from beads and pipe cleaners. This easy idea is to help the boys to self-regulate. The way they work is to take a deep breath each time you move a bead from the top to the bottom. Once all the beads are at the bottom they can be turned around and start again if need be.
Nurture – Sensory Bottles
We made sensory bottles using a mixture of ingredients.
The ingredients were;
an empty bottle, water, food colouring, orbeez, glitter, baby oil, loom bands, pipe cleaners and a few other bits and pieces.
These sensory bottles are used if we need to help calm down 🙂
