Celebrating who we are
Our topic this half term is transport and for our WOW day we got to explore lots of different types of vehicles. We also looked at photos of ourselves using different modes of transport and shared our experiences with our peers. We even had our own bus to play in, in our role play area.
We have had lots of fun being creative this half term. We made lots of different Christmas crafts, we even decorated our Christmas cards that we made for our family members. We also had lots of great fun at the malleable table, we made blue snow, decorated our Christmas tree and used playdough to make different types of vehicles.
This half term. we have continued to focus on our letter formation, name writing and using our sounds to write CVC words and played lots of letter and sound games. We have also been doing lots of reading and learning to point at each word as we read them.
This term we have continued to focus on numbers but have also explored learning about 2D and 3D shapes and positional language. We have been doing lots of counting, ordering numerals, matching numeral and quantity and exploring how we can make amounts increase and decrease by adding 1 more or taking one away. We have been working on finding different ways of grouping objects and have discovered that the total is always the same even if the groups are split or separated in different ways.
We went to Victoria park to explore how the trees have changed. We talked about the weather and why the colour of the leaves were changing and why the leaves were falling off the trees. We collected some sticks, twigs and leaves to create prints and patterns with.
We have had great fun at forest school, exploring nature and our surroundings. It was great fun climbing the trees in the Hackney marshes.
We have been enjoying exploring our outdoor play area. We have been learning about kind ways to play with our peers, taking turns and sharing our toys. We are really enjoying using our new swing, climbing on the climbing frame and riding the bikes.
In maths this half term, we have been focusing on numbers. We have learning to recite our numerals, ordering them from smallest to biggest, writing the numerals and matching numeral and quantity.
In literacy and phonics we have been learning the names and sounds of the letters of the alphabet. We have been practicing our pencil grip and pencil control, to write our letters and have a go at writing our names.
We learnt about what plants need in order to grow, and how they grow. We then planted our own sunflower seeds in order to take home and enjoy.
We invited parents in to make an Easter Bonnet for our parade. We also had an Easter Egg Hunt and performed some songs that we learnt about Australia and Plants to our parents.
Some of our thoughts on valuing differences and how things change.
We continued working on our understanding of number. We subitised, matched, used number lines and concrete objects. We even begun our work on adding and taking away, writing down the sum.
We learnet about Australia, and launches out topic with tasting of some Australian classics, such as vegemite sandwiches, pavlovas and anzac biscuits. One of them was not popular at all… can you guess?
We also read a lot of stories about animals in Australia. We made a fact book and made a koala art piece out of newspaper, sugar paper and googly eyes.
We also located Australia on a map, names the regions and explores some landmark, such as the Sydney Opera House, which we made using paper plates.
We had sensory experiences witth oats ansd coconut, sand and little critters (plastic, no worries).
We worked on measurement. We used out feet, realised it was not the best way to get an acurate measurement.We then used cubes and finally, explored using rulers.
We also used scales to measure weight and balance different objects, comparing what was heavier or lighter.
We finally discussed time and sequenced the event of a day.
We took a walk to Victoria Park to explore how winter has changed our surroundings. We looked at how most trees have lost all their leaves and are dormant, waiting for Spring.
We thern returned and made an art piece, decorating trees for winter using cotton wool for snow, and and decorating with beads, glitter and snowflakes.
This half term we learned about famous authors and how they write their stories. We focused on Tola Okogwu, Julia Donaldson, Oliver Jeffers, Michale Rosen and AA Milne.
We had the pleasure of having a video conference with Tola Okogwu, the Author of “Daddy Do My Hair”.
We also became authors by the end, and wrote and illustrated our stories. They are now part of the books we read every morning.
We made a honeypot for Winnie the Pooh using paper mache, and we also made our faces and weaved “hair” into braids, afte reading Tola Okogwu’s books.
We also enjoyed a trip to the Homerton Library, to explore more books and places where we can anjoy them.
We learned about composing and decomposing number in different ways. We also explored 2d and 3d shapes.
We had lovely chances to explore with colour and mixing. We used different techniques to achieve this. We also had a bast making our Christmas cards by printing our hands and turning them into snowmen.
We focused on transport and how we use it to takes us to other places.
We explored different types as cars, trains, boats. planes bikes and motorcycles. We did this through stories and using shapes and differnt materials to create vehicles. Here are some examples of their creative play and their shared outcomes.
We also focused on materials for science. What would be good to make a boat? Does is float, sink? Is it strong? Does it roll? Is it strong enough?
We had little experiments to test our ideas.
