Author: Miss Topping

During Collaboration Hour the nursery and P2/1 class learned about the celebration of Lunar New Year that is coming up soon in Chinese culture. Nursery and P1 children enjoyed a range of options including costume-play, dancing, sensory exploration, traditional games and woodworking their own dragons! P2 children researched some key elements of this celebration, and used their presentation skills to teach the younger children what they learned. All children had the chance to enjoy some healthy snacks related to the event, with several children discovering a new taste they enjoyed!

Maths this week has given children lots of opportunities to apply their new skills in subtraction. We have used counting objects, number lines, dice games, online robot-matching games and outdoor experiences. P2 children are learning to use number lines and 100 squares to solve subtraction challenges up to 100, while P1 children are working on challenges up to 30.

P2/1 are learning how to use money this term. P1s are getting to know the value of different coins, and P2s are using their adding skills to combine coins to make different totals.

Everyone is having lots of fun applying their knowledge in our lovely new role play shop!

Happy New Year! P2/1 have settled in very quickly to this new term and got straight back to their learning and play. Children spent time this week creating lovely artworks of their families and homes. They combined a variety of different art techniques including oil pastels, watercolours, collage and coloured pencil. Children thought carefully about the shape and style of walls, windows and doors to best represent their home, and produced artwork that really demonstrates just how unique and special the children’s homes and families are in real life!

P2/1 are getting fully into the Christmas Spirit! We have updated our home corner to include a Christmas Tree, which children love to redecorate every day. Our writing table has become a Christmas Post Office, and we’ve been using our developing writing skills to write christmas cards and lists to post in our mini post box. We even have a new friend called Elfy, who has started bringing us a letter every day. We wonder what it will spell out!

Fun activities like this are a great opportunity for children to develop their creativity and social skills, and help them find real purpose and motivation for the writing and reading skills they are beginning to build.