This week we have been excited to welcome our P1 parents for our Peephole into Play sessions. The children really enjoyed welcoming you into our classroom and sharing their learning experiences with you. Here’s what the children had to say:-
Ethan “I loved my dad and mum coming to school and playing with me.”
Dexter “I showed my mum my train made out of lego and duplo.”
Jack “I was having fun playing the dog game on the laptops.”
Rory “I liked my mum coming. I made her food in the home area and we looked at minibeasts. Mum didn’t believe that butterflies have legs. ”
George “I showed mum around the classroom and did some writing.”
Kyle “I liked playing with the lego with my gran. We made a big lego house.”
Our learning about Minibeasts has continued this week with great enthusiasm and Jack confidently explained about metamorphosis when the pre-schoolers came to visit. The pre-schoolers told us they have caterpillars in the ELC playroom and we are excited about the possibility of going to see them. We listened to the story ‘Twist and Hop Minibeast Bop’ and discussed different kinds of minibeasts. You can listen to the story again here. We were listening out for rhyming words and were very impressed with how well the pre-schoolers could identify rhyming words.
Cara reminded us that in writing we had to cut out the different stages of a butterfly’s life cycle and put them in the correct order before writing about what happens at each stage. Georgia said she enjoyed when we designed our own bee and butterfly gardens. A few of the children’s comments about our minibeast learning:-
Cara “I enjoyed making a bug hotel for all the lego insects.”
Dylan “I enjoyed looking at the minibeast bodies in the tuff tray.”
Theo “We have been learning about the thorax and the abdomen and the head.”
As Thursday was Outdoor Classroom Day we took some time to appreciate the outdoors and used our senses to tune in to the world around us. We sat quietly for 3 mins and then wrote a list of all the things we could hear. While in the garden we took some time to look at the P6s pocket garden. They have planted some mint and when you rub it your fingers smelled like mint. We talked about some plants that you can eat and some that you can’t. (Poppy)
Other comments about our learning this week:-
Minny “I liked learning how to count in 2s, 5s and 10s.”
Mohnish “I enjoyed the lego and building a cafe.”
In PE we have been learning tennis. Kaylan said “It’s kinda tricky trying to bounce the ball with the racket.”
Cara “I enjoyed tennis.”
Kade “I liked playing Galactic Pugs.”
Theo “Mrs Fraser taught us about equal groups.”
