The little boy from 'How to Catch a Star' left some stars for us to try and find...we've done so much to help him! We've been learning about money too to help us get ready for our Derbyn Enterprise! Santa we are coming to help!
We had so many coins to sort!
We made a rocket for the boy to catch a star.
We made some tall rockets working hard to balance the blocks.
We made a new display for our classroom of all our super learning this half term.
We used loom bands to help develop our fine motor skills!
We sorted the money on the IWB.
We were busy counting out pennies into our purses and piggy banks!
We asked to have the buttons to do our own repeating patterns!
Making moons using different tools...it got messy!
We love using the class hundred square to practise counting in twos and tens!
Mrs Addicott recycled her packaging from her Christmas shopping and we got busy with it!
We began to think about tessellation and made shape pictures in frames.
Our star hunt was so exciting!
It started at Mrs Harry's office...
Then the school gates...
By the Aunties...
On the memorial hall...
On the lamp post...
Next to the tennis courts...
Finally by our Nursery!
This week we have been looking at the book 'How To Catch A Star', completing our diva lamps, learning about 2D shapes and thinking about light and dark! We've been so busy we haven't had time to take photos of all our activities this week!
We worked as a team to sort 2D shapes!
Then we sorted real life objects into shapes - some were tricky!
We used 2D shapes to make sparkling stars.
We thought about how shapes fit together with jigsaws!
This one was tricky but teamwork saved the day!
We made our own star patterns using the geo boards and elastic bands!
We made sure our stars were pointy!
We are so proud of our finished diva lamps!
We can't wait to bring them home to show you next week!
We painted them this week!
And reflected on our final product!
Some even added glitter to make them extra sparkling!
We did some cvc word building this week!
This week we have tidied the house up after the Diwali celebrations!
We painted our own rockets thinking about light, dark and 2D shapes!
We used lots of 2D shapes and began thinking about their properties!
Sorting and ordering our magnetic numbers!
The post office is always busy in R3!
Taking some time out to read our class story books.
It's Children in Need day today! We have all dressed up, donated, and done some Pudsey activities!
Say " Children in Need!"
We collaged Pudsey using our fine motor skills!
We wrote letters to Pudsey in the Post Office
We explored circles like Pudsey's bandage! We found lots of circles in R3!
This week we have been celebrating the Festival of Lights - Diwali! We did some learning about Remembrance Day also. Have a look at some of the fantastic learning we have been doing...
We tried to make our own Rangoli patterns.
We designed diya lights to make out of clay.
Then we made our diya lights with clay!
We used different tools to make our patterns.
We started exploring patterns with the duplo
Sharing stories is one of our favourite weekly activities!
We made our own colourful Rangoli patterns to display
On Remembrance Day we collaged poppies!
We were super impressed by this one!
We had our silence at 11am
Getting the house ready for Diwali
Fishing out 2D shapes to make repeating patterns on the washing line
Sorting money by our own criteria
There were lots to sort!
We made our own Mehandi Mandala Patterns.
We even made Rangoli and Mandala patterns with our playdough!
We loved using beans and lentils/
Mrs Addicott gave us beads to use too!
Look how colourful they are!
We are very proud.
Look at these patterns!
We even used buttons!
Super symmetry!
Count the acorns you have scooped into each bag.
Using our interactive projector to count
Making a kite picture
Cutting, counting and sticking!
Days of the week.
Making Autumn Crowns
Put the right number of pegs on each card.
Our first week back and we have loved starting our new topic 'Glitter and Glow'. This week we looked at Fireworks and Bonfire Night!
We tried the tricky pencil control challenge with intricate fireworks!
We used our jungle animals to explore length.
Our new role play of the Post Office is proving very popular!
We made our own firework collages using lots of new techniques.
We made firework words with chalks.
We used the cubes to measure objects in our classroom.
We loved the jungle animals so much in our maths zone that we made it into our small world
Booking in new parcels from abroad!
Writing letters and calling customers!
Collaging on top of our paintings for fireworks - it was very effective!
We measured how long we were with different objects!
Then compared what we measured in!
We went on a hunt for sources of light with iPads!
Making firework patterns with playdough!
We made some brilliant shapes.
Busy reading under our imagination tree.
Our last week of Autumn 1... It's been a busy one!
R3 went on a leaf hunt to use for our creative activities
We found lots of different shapes and colours!
We did leaf outlines using pastels
We practised our fine motor skills with colouring in!
Sentence reading challenge of the day!
Making our own fist print pumpkins!
Finding patterns with the numicon boards
Exploring pumpkin and seasonal squashes
It feels very strange inside!
Exploring fuzzy felts!
The puppet loves stories being read to her!
Making leaf people from leaf rubbings!
We found some great patterns!
Making 6 and writing as number sentences - wow!
A high-frequency word hunt with our detective glasses!
Making our own number monsters
Making our own sentences using our new high-frequency words
Creating patterns using the compare bears
You wouldn't believe how many high-frequency words that we found!
In our role play corner we made paper chains independently
Ordering the days of the week using our IWB!
Making party hats for the role play birthday celebration
We loved sticking on all the sparkly bits!
Model making thinking of new ways to build!
Using pom poms and tweezers to develop our fine motor skills
Mummy Bear needs a cake!
It needs lots of concentration
We used playdough
We had to count how many candles
We planned what we could build!
What will we decide to build?
Practicing our letters
We all got it right!
We love using the interactive board
Yum yum!
We all take it in turns.
Some restful colouring in!
Sequencing patterns with our finger prints
Autumn table sorting
Using our fine motor skills
Restful colouring after a very bust day
Now what do we do here?
We have been working hard and getting ourselves familiar with Numicon, counting
Can we make this go all around the classroom?
Just one more on your plate I think!
Everyone has been practising their fine motor skills
using playdough, scissors and construction toys to help us with our pencil control.
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