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The Daisies class enjoyed making autumn tree pictures. We used autumn colours – red, yellow and orange and created leaves on the tree using broccoli as our paint brush. We found this to be very effective!
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The Daisies class really enjoyed today’s theme related activity. We used a range of vegetables to make a Mr Potato Head. We made choices of what vegetables to use for different body parts and are excited to show them off to our friends in the Infant Corridor.
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The Daisies class loved today’s numeracy activities to celebrate National Maths Week. The tasks were all related to our theme “Oliver’s Vegetables” where we sorted vegetables on to a rainbow of colours. We also counted vegetables and put a peg on the correct total. We found halves and quarters of vegetables and put them together and finally, weighed a range of vegetables and enjoyed spotting which was the heaviest and which was the lightest.
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The Daisies Class enjoyed participating in our special Macmillan fun day. We got the opportunity to come into school dressed in green and purple colours. We also had a visit from Percy Pig in the atrium and got the chance to get a photograph of us dressed as Percy Pig.
Finally, we had a special Macmillan snack time where we ate “green” pringles and had some Colin the Caterpillar cake. We also decorated our own dinosaur themed cupcakes and had some sensory fun with “green” bubbles.
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The Daisies class are very aware of our morning group routine. They enjoy taking turns and welcoming all of their friends to class with our “Good Morning” song and some greetings – high five, handshake, fist bump or a hug.
We choose how we are feeling in many different ways – using sensory bottles, using lego face visuals on the SMARTboard, using our Go Talk communication devices or by use of PECS.
We listen to days of the week songs and months of the year songs and practise writing the initial letter each day.
Finally, we enjoy a sensory weather song and choose what the weather is like each day on the SMARTboard.
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The Daisies class enjoyed exploring carrots. We used a knife to chop some carrot tops and put them in shallow dishes with wet cotton balls. We are hoping to grow some green carrot stalks!
We also used carrots as a writing tool and practised our overwriting.
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The Daisies class enjoyed painting using bubble wrap. They loved exploring this material with their fingers and used it to create carrots.
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The Daisies class enjoyed playing a pair shopping game. Each shopper was given a shopping list and had to hunt around the classroom looking for their items. Once they had everything in their basket, they had to go to the cashier and pay for their shopping.
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The Daisies class loved exploring themed sensory trays today. We explored a range of vegetables in soil. We also used a peeler and peeled carrots and potatoes and explored their skins. Finally, we washed the muddy vegetables and had discussions over which vegetables floated in water and which sank.
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The Daisies class were very responsible looking at the global goal ‘Zero Hunger’. We looked closely at some pictures (the hungry caterpillar, Oliver Twist, Bruce Bogtrotter) and discussed whether they looked hungry or full.
We also spoke about how we would feel if we had a full tummy and also how we would feel if we had a hungry tummy.
Finally, we spoke about food that we liked and disliked and sorted them into categories on a poster.
