This week we are learning all about spiders - Mrs Ball hates spiders so she will be glad when this week is over ! We have had fun finding spiders outside in the sensory garden and looking closely at all their legs. We have made spiders out of paper plates and we have made our own mini spider webs too. It was quite a long job to thread the webs !
Thomas made his spider with no help at all
Gracie and Sienna worked together to make this web - good teamwork girls
Tomasz made a dragon fly from Knex
We have also had great fun making our own giant spider's web outside - we had to be the spider spinning his web and got into a big tangly mess. It was really important to work as a team because if one person lets go then the web is ruined !
We have sung Incey Wincey Spider and used the instruments to keep a steady beat in music. Why not have a go at home -incey wincey spider song
We have had another go at writing stories this week (about spiders). Gracie, Bailey and Hayden had some great ideas for stories - well done.
In maths we have been making number sentences to 8 using + and = signs and we found it quite tricky to get the signs and numbers in the right place. Perhaps you could have a practise at home this week? You could try out this game on the computer too - addition games
We have also had a look at telling the time (O'Clock). We have looked at clocks and talked about faces, hands, seconds, minutes and hours. We also talked about what time we did certain things like getting up, going to bed etc. We found out how long a minute was by using the sand timer - we had to jump for a whole minute (it's a long time when you are jumping !) Perhaps you could have a go at timing yourself at home?
Mrs Young sneaked into the Clubs this week and took some pictures so that we can all see what happens at Art Club and Archery Club. I'm sure you will agree the clubs look like great fun.
Elija, Charlie and Emmie make fish at Art Club
Take aim ...................
.....................Fire !
Bronwen and Sidney at Archery Club
See you next week
Grasshopper Class