Big Question
In big question this week we were learning about castle defenses. The children worked in pairs to make notes during our lesson and then create posters on canva to show the main defenses that castle buildings included. The next day the children worked in groups of 3 to ‘build’ their own card castles with as many of the defenses build in as they could. It was great to see everyone working so well together to achieve their goals and I think their castles are fab! I wonder if the children can tell you about any of the castle defenses?
Movement Breaks
We have been loving Waka Waka this week during our movment breaks. We aim to have a movement break in the middle of each of the long learning blocks (morning-break and break-lunch). Sometimes we do a sensory circuit which involves 3 ‘exercises’; an alerting activity like star jumps to wake up the nervous system, an organising activity like balancing on one leg to organise sensory input and a calming activity like giving ourselves a tight hug to focus and settle. Either of these activities takes 3-4 minutes and helps the children to focus better as they have had a chance to ‘get the wiggles out’ and give their brains a rest.
All learners also have fidget tools in their pencil box to help them focus when listening to teaching inputs.
We start the day with either daily mile or Go Noodle to give a soft start and get ready for the day ahead. What is your child’s favourite go noodle?
Writing
In writing this week we have been creating our characters for the writing block ahead. Our characters will be going on lots of adventures in the coming weeks while we work on using interesting vocabulary to engage the reader. Who has your child created?
