The children have been learning about symmetry, they enjoyed using the big mirrors to look at reflections and then went on to do lots of little activities using various resources.
Symmetry
Category Archives: Art and Craft
Shapes
The children were already good at naming some 2D shapes so it was great to learn more about the corners and sides and have fun creating pictures with them.
They also sorted shapes and used them to draw pictures and create patterns.
They then moved onto learning about some 3D shapes. It was great fun trying to find cylinders, cuboids, spheres, etc all around the school.
They soreted shapes into ones that can stack/can’t stack, ones that can roll/can’t roll and built some fantastic models with them.
They used 3D shapes in the craft/junk modelling area to make robots and learnt lots of new skills for joining the different parts.
Drawing Club
The Children began Drawing Club this week and what a great time they have had. They are immersed in vocabulary and mark making to create drawings following a story. It is so much fun and covers such a wide range of skills.
This story was about Smelly Peter and the children have practiced the letter ‘p’ to make their planet even smellier! There is a hidden code, a number, on each picture to stop the smell getting out into the classroom. They have also drawn lots and lots of peas (the letter ‘o’, and circles) to feed Peter and the aliens.
Every book has opportunities for mark making, maths and lots of conversations. They can’t wait to show you their drawings.
Patterns
The children printed patterns with repeated colours and shapes.
We also played clapping and movement pattern games which were great for focus and concentration.
The school has lots of fantastic resources which are great for making patterns. The children worked really well in pairs and rotated around lots of different activities.
We also went outside and found patterns in the environment, bricks, slabs and leaves. They collected some stones, leaves, petals and sticks and create their own patterns with these.
Beginning Phonics
The children have enjoyed learning a few phonic sounds and the letter formations to go with them. They practice this in lots of different ways. There is a story, action and song to go with each sound and also some games on the big whiteboard.
They have been practicing their formations in different ways eg. in sand, with shaving foam and on different types of whiteboards.
They also get the opportunity to hear and say lots of words beginning with those sounds. Here the children are finding snakes and spiders in the sticky, slimy spaghetti, when they were learning the ‘s’ sound.
The children loved making ants and apples with the plasticine and talking about the different body parts of the insects.
They have loved ‘making tea’ when learning the ‘t’ sound. And there have been some fun games to play too.
Beginning number formations
The children have been practicing formations and having fun learning about numbers.
They listened to the story about Butterfly 3 and practiced cutting and sticking to make their own collages.
The children did a great job making the peacocks to go with the Feathery 4 story. They had to listen to and follow lots of instructions.
The Three Billy Goats Gruff
Many of the children knew the story of the Three Billy Goats Gruff and were soon joining in with the repetitive aspects of the story.
They then had to work in pairs to build a bridge to get the goats across the river. It was great to see the children chatting to each other and getting the bridges to join together.
There were also goats to make using craft materials and trolls to paint in some bright colours.
Splat the Cat
The children loved listening to the story about Splat the Cat’s first day at school.
Their paintings are absolutely fabulous and are already up on the classroom wall.
