English

This week in our English lessons we have been learning about poems. We went on a walk to look for the signs of spring and used these to help us generate ideas for our poems. We also talked about and painted flowers, sang spring songs and used "Purple Mash" paint programme to create springtime pictures.

Maths

Our maths learning this week linked to our English work from last week as we have been learning about Time. First we thought about the different times of day - morning, afternoon and evening/night. We organised activities we did into the different times of day. Next we learned the names for the days of the week and sang songs to help us put them in the correct order. Here is the link to the song we have listened to:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8GKmCQOy88Y

We then learnt about the months of the year and found out a little about each month. Again we listened to a song!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fe9bnYRzFvk&t=2s 

Topic

In our topic work this week we have been thinking about how to join items and how to strengthen structures. We are planning to make a photo frame so we found and compared lots of different ones. We also looked at other things and considered how to make sure our frames will be strong enough. We tried using masking tape, lollipop sticks, card corners, cardboard, hot glue guns and blue tac. We considered which would be the most effective for creating a photo frame.

Dots

Each week Miss Banner teaches us "Dots". This is a programme focussing on mindfulness and self awareness. This week we learned about mindful eating. We were able to hold and feel a raisin, consider what it smelted like and then feel it in our mouth using our tongue and other senses. It took a long time to finally eat it! The children were really thoughtful in this session and may try this out or tell you about it at home. It can be done with any food; the aim being to take a moment to appreciate and consider how it feels, tastes, smells and how it makes us feel. 

Big Talk

For your talking homework this week look at the picture below and share you thoughts.

If you could spend an hour in this garden what would you do?

What might you hear?

What might it smell like?

Who would you like to be in this garden with? Why?

Would you pick the flowers?