As it now becomes darker earlier in the afternoon, we have been looking at ways to access the outdoor environment safely. The children have been given the opportunity to use different light resources such as torches to continue their play. The children investigated light and shadow through this experience.
TCH 0-01a – I enjoy playing with and exploring technologies.
SCN 0-04a – I have used appliances and I am learning what makes it work.
The children have been using the small iPads to take pictures of shape and numerals throughout the playroom. They were able to share with their peers and staff their findings and begin to talk about what shapes and numbers they had took images of.
Technologies 0-04b – I enjoy using a camera to take photographs.
Numeracy 0-02a/0-03a – I explore numerals. (nov planning)
Numeracy 0-16a – I explore shape. (dec planning).
Using the promethean board and the drawing feature on seesaw, the children have created their own people and shape monsters using the drawing and shape tools.
Links to curriculum:
NUM 0-16a – I am creative with 2D shapes and 3D shapes. (planning – Dec).
Technologies 0-03a – I use software to create pictures.
The children have been really enjoying our new digital camera to take pictures of their friends and objects/items in the room.
Technologies 0-04b – I enjoy using a camera to take pictures.
This term the children have been exploring and enjoying a variety of digital resources kindly donated to us by our families and the community. These new additions have inspired lots of imaginative role play! The children have been pretending to create work on the laptops, chat with friends, and even speak to their favourite characters as they act out different real-life scenarios. Lots of the children have enjoyed tapping away on the laptop keyboard. We added a TV to our 3-5 room home corner. Some children shared what they like to watch at home on the TV and we created a TV guide and pictures to add to the area so the children can change the channel to display what they would like to watch.
Technologies 0-01a – I use different technologies through play.
In line with our current literacy planning and October’s UNCRC focus, which surrounds World Mental Health day, we looked at the benefits of using the outdoors, walking and moving our bodies as a method of boosting our mood 😃
We used the promethium board and Google Maps to locate the nursery and trace routes digitally using the board pen to some known places we could walk to opposed to taking the car. 🚙
We explored how to access the internet by identifying the google chrome logo and were introduced to using the keyboard, learning that the letters we typed sent information to the computer 💻
⭐️ Curricular links ⭐️
🔴 LIT 0-13a – I mark make / I use small tools
🟢 HWB – 0-15a – I know that being active keeps me healthy.
🛜Technology 0-01a – I enjoy playing with and exploring technologies to discover what they can do and how they can help us.
🛜 Technology 0-12a – I explore materials software and tools to help solve problems and plan
To celebrate the Festival of Winter Walks underpinned by our UNCRC focus on play, outdoors and being active and to learn about different technologies we took a morning walk around the school grounds. During this we identified many forms of technology from fire alarms, speakers, electric gate openers and electric car charging points and took pictures of these on our iPads to document them.
During this we spoke about the benefits of being outdoors with children voicing the benefits and playing in the natural environment around them.
⭐️Curricular links
📱Technologies 0-05a – I enjoy playing with and exploring technologies to discover what they do and how they help us.
🟢 Health and Wellbeing 0-015a – I know that being active keeps me heathy.
Thanks to all that voted 🙂
Here are some ways we explored our story of the month:
Children and their families have voted ‘Room on the Broom’ as our new story of the month in the 3-5 room. Check out the results below 🙂
