This week we have been busy reading the story of the Little Red Hen. We found out that the little red hen's friends were a bit lazy and not at all kind because they wouldn't help her to make some bread. In the end though the little red hen had the last laugh because she wouldn't let them eat any of her bread ! We talked about this and the children thought this was fair because they didn't help to make it ! We have made lots of hens using our fantastic new cutting skills and we have also painted some hens - we did really well at keeping in the lines. Noah's hen painting was brilliant !
Jona, Eimantas and Taloola making chickens
We have also been thinking about harvest time and getting ready for our mini harvest festival next week. We have done some observational drawings of fruit - looking really carefully so that we copy all the details and we have done some brilliant fruit printing. We even managed to get some repeating patterns going - so well done everyone. Abigail enjoyed it so much she did lots of repeating patterns !
In maths we have been learning to recognise numbers really quickly and we've played a game where we have to look at a number and then hold up that many fingers. We are getting really good at that. We have also been weighing this week - we have been comparing different objects and saying which one we think is the heaviest and which one is the lightest. We have then been checking by using the balance scales.
Mackenzie doing some weighing
Why not have a go at some number games at home - Maths Games
We made bread on Thursday with Miss Cannell and that was great fun ! We had to follow the instructions so that we made it properly and it was hard work kneading the dough. We watched how the mixture changed when we stirred in water. Taloola thought it looked like playdough - and it did ! We then took it to the kitchen and left it to rise. Wow - you should have seen how big our rolls got - it was amazing.
Chloe stirring the bread mixture
Jessica pouring the flour
Oh my goodness !
Then our cook put them in the oven to cook. We now know lots of information about where bread comes from and how it is made - why not ask us about it?
On Friday we tasted lots of different breads. We tasted multigrain bread, crusty bread and brioche (which comes from France). Yummy !
Jona tasting bread
"These leaves have gone all crunchy"
And we've been doing a lot of hanging around - it's good for improving our pencil control (believe it or not !)
We have been making a really big effort to listen carefully in Grasshopper Class so that we can all be superstar learners. Mrs Ball, Miss Cannell and Mrs Young think we have tried really hard this week -so keep it up next week Grasshoppers !
See you next week.
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