This week we have been learning about all sorts of jungle animals. We have read lots of non-fiction books about big cats, elephants and crocodiles. We've also read lots of animal stories and we have been concentrating on using lots of expression in our reading to keep the listener interested. We have made our own pictures of jungle animals and made some cut and stick animals too. We are getting so much better at cutting now and are really quite independent when we are making things.
Sophie made a pair of binoculars - I wonder if she can see any jungle animals?
Reece with his fantastic crocodile - look at that amazing cutting !
Jessica-May with a whole family of giraffes
Is that Indianna or an elephant?
On Tuesday we had a visit from a lady to tell us about how to keep safe on the roads and in our cars. We had a lovely time listening all about Bethany and Benjamin Bear and we even got our own certificate.
Eimantas straps Benjamin Bear into the car seat
In phonics we have been learning that sometimes 2 letters make 1 sound eg s and h together make 'sh', c and h together make 'ch' and t and h together make 'th'. This is really tricky to get the hang of and we hope that as many parents as possible can come to our phonics 'drop in' at 9.00 next Monday (27th January). It will only take 20 minutes and it will show you how to practise these tricky sounds from Phase 3 at home. It would be lovely to see you there !
In maths we have been working on finding 1 less and 1 more all week and we are really good at it now. Why not ask us a 1 more or 1 less question at home and see how much we have learnt?
On Thursday we made sock puppets with Mrs Ball. We had great fun deciding what our creature was going to look like. We used our imagination to make up silly animals. We even had a competition to see who could make the most imaginative puppet.
Lexi, Lennon and Sophie hard at work on their models
On Friday in PE we had the large apparatus out again - we have learnt how to jump carefully making sure that we bend our knees so that we don't hurt our backs. Jona was very good at balancing and so was Jamie-Lea. Well done !
Ebony got in the Good Work book this week for always trying her very best - well done Ebony !
See you next week.
Grasshopper Class