Summer

W/C 15/04/24

Welcome back after the Easter Holidays!!! We hope you had a good break.

We have begun to learn the story of the 'Little Red Hen' and created our own story map. The children have also begun to create their own 'Little Red Hens' by colour mixing red, blue and yellow powder paint which together make brown. They painted their hand, using their handprint to create the body of the hen. Once these are dry we will finish them. Two new words from the story are 'grain' and 'wheat' - we have discussed this and looked at pictures. The children were unsure when we said wheat was in bread.....

In RE we have begun to talk about that at Easter we celebrate because Jesus rose from the dead. To remind us of this the children have learnt a dance. We also created candles and drew flowers as signs of new life!

In phonics we have introduced 'h'- hand, hair, hamster, hammer.

We have also talked about how to keep safe when out and about and when inside. The children had a good understanding of what is 'dangerous' and 'safe'- well done everyone!

The children had an outdoor learning session in the bungalow garden. We talked about how to keep safe whilst here and explored looking at some of the vegetables that had been planted. As we looked round we saw some insects and the children thought that it would be good to make a house for them. The children found a 'hide' - somewhere they can look at the birds from and a water investigation area! Sounds like our outdoor learning sessions will be very busy!

At the end of our busy week the children thought that 'relaxing' was a good idea. We had a go at meditation and pampering with cucumber slices on our eyes and a little quiet time with music.