We had great fun playing outdoors, exploring our natural surround. We found lots of insects and observed them and used our imaginations as we played.
Category: Play
First Day Back
We had a brilliant first day back after Lockdown. We were all so happy to see each other and the day was spent playing and socialising and feeling happy again. We built Lego creations, read books, did craft, coloured and created 3D structures. We also did a bit of phonics and maths. But the highlight of the day was playing in the field for the afternoon. we climbed trees, made a pretend campfire, walked about with enormous branches, balanced on branches and discovered a whole world of minibeasts. So much learning outdoors in the lovely sunshine.
Unfortunately, Mrs Arbuckle didn’t take any photos! So unlike her! She was too busy enjoying being back with the children and playing alongside them. : )
Lego Village
Some days, we build the most amazing things with Lego. Today, a Lego village appeared on the floor! There was lots of discussion about all the different parts of the village.
Snow Boots
Lots of children came to school in wellies or snow boots and we all changed into our gym shoes in class, so that we didn’t put snow on our carpet. (We play and sit on it, so it wouldn’t be too good if it was wet!) We put a peg on our wellies to keep them together. It is good to wear boots to go out and play in the snow. Feet get cold and wet in shoes.
My, Grandma! What Big Feet You Have!
We measured our feet using a ruler. We took off our shoes (and giggled a lot!) and drew round our shoes. We then measured from the tip of the top to the bottom, using a ruler in centimetres.
3D Shape
We have been looking at the properties of 3D Shapes. We can describe each of the shapes using face, corner and edge. We enjoy building with our 3D shapes as we learn.
Measuring
We have been learning to use rulers to measure. It is important to know where to start measuring from on the ruler to make certain that the measurement is correct. It is a life skill. We use “cm” (centimetre) when we write a measurement, eg 24cm.
We measured lines in the tuff tray and we measured our feet by drawing round our shoes and measuring them from toe to heel.
Tuesday Science
Last term, we had lots of fun learning Science with Mrs. Short on a Tuesday morning.
We learned about materials and their properties. We designed and created mini umbrellas, which we then tested by pouring water over them. We were very happy to discover that most of them worked really well and came up with ideas of how to improve the ones that didn’t work.
We also learned about living and non-living things. We are able to describe the features of living things are and sort them into different categories and explain our decision.
We have also looked at the examples of forces (pushing, pulling and twisting) in the classroom and in the playground, predicting how applying more or less force would change the speed and direction at which objects moves.
John MacAdam – Scientist Of The Day
John MacAdam invented tarmac. He discovered that small stones and lime chippings were much smoother to travel on and when heated, it became a smooth surface – tarmac.
We road-tested our vehicles on different road surfaces. We discussed which was the best road surface material and what problems were faced with the other materials.
Arthur Fry – Scientist of The Day
We looked at the brilliant work of Arthur Fry. He accidentally invented the Post It note. His special glue meant that paper could be stuck down and lifted off without using any marks.
We made our own glue to see if we could use our own ingredients to stick two pieces of paper together, We used flour, cornflour, sugar, salt, liquid soap, detergent and water. We could use some of the ingredients or all of them. We were remarkably successful!
