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As part of the Snowdrops outdoor learning, we have been exploring and having fun with kites. Everyone has had the opportunity to observe a kite flying and feel the tension on the strings. Some pupils have also been able to fly the kite independently as well.
In class we also enjoyed designing our own kites to make a lovely class display.
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This term, the Snowdrops have been discussing what make a good friend. They enjoy identifying their class friends through photographs and written names labels. During choosing times, pupils are given the opportunity to choose a friend to play with and enjoy an activity together. This has encouraged good friendship skills such as sharing and turn taking.
We have also made lovely posters with pictures of what makes a good friend.
The Snowdrops have greatly enjoyed exploring the story of The Very Hungry Caterpillar this term. They have engaged with lots of sensory and visual story sessions and have loved learning about how a caterpillar changes into a butterfly. It was lots of fun to read about all the things the caterpillar ate before he made his cocoon!
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The Snowdrops have really enjoyed looking at, touching, smelling and tasting a variety of healthy foods. For trying new healthy foods we followed the process of smelling it first, then kissing it with our lips, touching it with our tongues and then finally popping it in our mouths to eat. Everyone did really well following these steps for the first time.
We have also looked at and explored foods that are unhealthy for us and discuss why they were not good for us. We were then able to identify and sort a variety of foods into the 2 different groups of healthy and unhealthy.
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The Snowdrops have participated actively in using different materials to create the fruits that the Hungry Caterpillar ate. We also created a large caterpillar for our wall. Everyone showed interest in using and exploring paint brushes, rollers or dabbers to create different effects on our fruit templates. The Snowdrops handled lots of different coloured materials and textures which we glued to our fruit shapes. Our wall looks very bright and colourful, showing what happened to the caterpillar in our story. We will be making butterflies next!
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The Snowdrops have been learning all about the life-cycle of a butterfly. They really enjoyed watching the life-cycle story, matching and sequencing pictures/sensory toys, joining in with the songs and could answer simple questions as part of our class discussions. We also made beautiful butterfly pictures.
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The Snowdrops have enjoyed Harvest activities this week. They demonstrated understanding by following instructions to make paper plate scarecrows. They particularly enjoyed adding the scarecrow’s hair and googly eyes.
The Snowdrops also learned a few Harvest songs and made a shaker which they enjoyed using during singing time. Dingle Dangle Scarecrow was a firm favourite!
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The Snowdrops focused on numeracy and maths activities this week. They participated actively in making patterns with playdoh, filling tens frames with bricks, exploring the seasons and counting out fruit pictures. The Snowdrops also enjoyed number stories, songs and sensory activities.
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The Snowdrops showed a lot of interest in our Macmillan coffee morning activities on Friday. They participated actively in water play with teapots and teacups and they chose and mixed a colour of icing to decorate cupcakes. They demonstrated understanding as they followed the instructions to complete a pig mask to go with our Percy Pig mascot. Everyone in Snowdrops enjoyed the activities!
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The Snowdrops have been exploring the different fruits that the hungry caterpillar enjoyed eating. We decided to use strawberries to make our own jam roly poly. Everyone showed lots of interest, touching, feeling and smelling strawberries and bread. Pupils participated actively in mashing and squashing the strawberries, using different utensils. We then used a rolling pin to flatten a slice of bread and practiced our spreading skills to cover the bread with our freshly mashed jam. We carefully used our finger tips to gently roll our bread into a roly poly shape. It tasted yummy!
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