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The Moonbeams participated in Children In Need activities today and raised some money. They enjoyed some sensory fun with the Magic Carpet and explored objects in water beads. They also made some Pudsey faces and delicious Spotty biscuits.
The Moonbeams worked hard and were very responsible during their Rebound session this week. The children were working on their core skills, balance and stopping and starting on request. They also operated technologies successfully during cookery. The children made toast with spaghetti using the microwave and toaster.
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The Moonbeams carried out an experiment about the difference between using salt water and just water. We had two bowls and placed an egg in each bowl to see what the effect was. We found that the egg sunk to the bottom of the bowl of just water but floated in the bowl with salt.
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The children enjoyed learning about the importance of recycling today. We explored food and drink wrappers, investigated what happens to them at the Recycling Plants and then sorted them into the correct bins. The children worked hard on Recycling awareness posters.
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The Moonbeams made some biscuits during their Cookery lesson. We have been learning how to keep safe in the Cookery room when using appliances. Today we used the oven and identified that we needed oven gloves to keep our hands safe. The children enjoyed using a variety of coloured icing to decorate the biscuits before visiting the Comets class to sell them.
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The Moonbeams have worked hard this week during their Food and Technology theme lessons. We made edible paint by mixing sugar, water and food colourings. The children then decorated slices of bread with a variety of paint colours. Take a look at our beautiful designs.
We went to Tesco for our outing this week. The children choose a snack and drink in the Café and then went shopping with our pictorial shopping list. They used their counting skills to count the items and count the pound coins as we were paying. We had a very successful day out and the children all behaved very responsibly.
The Moonbeams have been successful learners this week through their Food and Technologies activities. On Monday they experimented with a variety of foods to create different sounds for musical instruments. The children then compared them to some real musical instruments to see what they sounded most like.
Today the Moonbeams were very responsible as they worked together to create some scented Play-Doh. The children used fresh Mint and Lavender from our school garden and squeezed some fresh Lemons to make lovely smelling Play-Doh. The children then voted to decide which scent was their favourite.
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The Moonbeams have had a great afternoon taking part in activities to raise awareness for the MacMillan Charity. The children applied their learning from their Food and Technologies Theme to make some green biscuits, they also mixed up some ingredients during a science experiment to make a Volcano and they participated in an Art and Sensory lesson.
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The Moonbeams had a fantastic day today. The children enjoyed meeting the Ponies, clapping them and taking them for a walk. They then got to meet some Rabbits, Guinea Pigs, Ducks, Tortoise and Mice! The children were very responsible and gentle while holding the little animals. They had great fun on the inflatable slide, playing games and getting their faces painted.
Thank you very much Brass & Granite for the best day!
The Moonbeams were successful learners this week as they explored foods with seeds. They cut and tore a variety of fruit and vegetables to find seeds and discover their size and texture. The children used magnifying glasses to get a closer look at the smaller seeds. The Moonbeams really enjoyed this messy lesson.
