Throughout our growing topic, Red class have had lots of opportunities to explore different fruit and vegetables that are grown. Over the last two weeks we have tried lettuce, cucumber, tomatoes, grapes, kiwi and orange. This week we were even using our fine motor skills to thread some fruit on skewers to make some edible caterpillars! Most of us thought they were delicious!
We have had a busy start to our last term in Red Class where he have been working hard to prepare our class assembly and also start our new topic ‘Growing’.
So far we have explored some different fruit and vegetables which grow from the ground and even got to take part in some sensory play with some soil and seeds. This week we have also planted some pumpkin seeds!
This week Red Class have had great fun re-exploring our playground as it has recently been re-surfaced. Seeing as it is Literacy week too, we have been able to take our friend Elmer outside for some photos!
This week in Red Class we have been exploring lots of different activities relating to Chinese New Year. We have been making Chinese lanterns, using play doh to create different symbols and completed different matching and sorting tasks too!
This term the children have enjoyed experiencing seasonal and Scottish music through songs and games.
In our Scottish topic, we focused on the Three Craws, with body percussion and sensory input for the calls of the birds. When the opportunity arose, we transferred the body percussion to hand held instruments to accompany the song. We used the giant scrunchie to help us move to ceilidh music and had great fun using the Circassian Circle as inspiration for our movement, passing it around and moving it in and out, up and down to the beat and where the music changed.
Where possible, some classes also used Fischy Music Scottish songs and music, having some great fun dancing to the performance videos.
Some classes continued to build on choosing Nursery Rhymes to sing together, always a favourite activity, with the rhymes changing regularly to expand the choices.
We sang All the Snow is Falling Down, using story massage techniques to reinforce the structure of the song and meaning in the words, in a relaxing and calming way.
As we moved into Spring, we played drums, and learned to hold beaters and keep time to When the Band Comes Marching In. The soft beaters provided a safe way to feel the beat by tapping on the arms, feet and tables.
This week has been full of festive fun in Red Class. We all did incredibly well in our nativity. We dressed as angels and performed a small dance routine in front of our family and friends. We then got dressed up again to enjoy our Christmas party and even got to meet Santa!
Red class have had great fun this week working on lots of festive activities. We have completed some festive shape and letter work as well as lots of Christmas artwork to take home and show our families. Merry Christmas from everyone in Red Class 🎅
Happy New Year from Red class. It has been lovely having everyone back in class this week. We have started our animal topic for this term where we have introduced Old McDonald had a farm. We have enjoyed listening to the song, matching farm animals, feeding the farm animals and even washing them this week too!
Please find below the minutes of our Eco-Committee meeting held on 17th November.
