This week there has been a focus on emotions and feeling. The books we have looked at are:

These are all about developing the children's emotional literacy. We are working on talking about our emotions and having the right vocabulary to talk about how we are feeling. These books also have a mindful element in them. The children have done some mindfulness before and 'Happy' is about reminding the children to use their senses and living in the moment. 

From these stories we are doing some artwork to contribute to the whole school corridor displays. The children have learnt about how to choose the correct brush for the job, some children have experimented with colour mixing and some have learnt how to do observational drawing before they paint. When they are up I will take some photos, so you can see how beautiful they are.

The children have been having lots of outside play in between the hail showers! The children have really been enjoying the water play and have been experimenting with making different channels and also using water to write on the playground.

We have continued with phonics and the children are still working hard to develop their letter formation. We are really concentrating on starting the letter in the correct place, getting the size more accurate and making sure that the letters that come below the line like j and y actually do instead of sitting on the line! 

We are excited to hear about all the different things the children are doing for the 10 challenge. They are really sad that they can no longer use the boat.