In Communication, Language and  Literacy, we have been focusing on ‘Bob the Artist’ by Marion Denchars. During this story, we have been focusing on our anticipation skills identifying what place Bob is visiting next in the story through objects and symbols.  We have also created our very own Art gallery in class which we visit as part of our story. We used art apps to help us create our own designs for Bob the bird’s beak.

In Writing, we have focused on using tools to create our birds and bird nests.  We have made our choices for the colours and textures we wanted to use to decorate them. We have also used our fine and gross motor skills to find the birds hidden in different textures.

In Mathematics, we have been exploring different sensory coins through our senses such as touch or smell. We have explored a variety of coins including shiny, wooden, plastic and real coins. We have made choices within our lessons choosing which textured coin we wanted to use to pay for items in our ice cream shop as well as which we wanted to use to drop into our very own magical wishing well. 

In PSHE, we have been learning about staying safe. This has included choosing pictures and listening to different voices of adults to make a choice of who we want to work with. We will also be visiting different areas around school to show which areas we like working in and which areas may not be our favourite.

In Understanding the World, we have been focusing on computing. We have been working on creating a poster about staying safe in the pool. We have made our colour choices for our title and writing through colour scents and then used I-pads and the interactive whiteboard to make our marks for our multimedia poster. 

In RE, we have focused on religious Sikh prayers and music. . This has involved us using our senses to explore what we might hear, smell, touch when we enter a Gurdwara and what we might do. We have then produced our very own artwork representation in response to listening to the lovely Sikh prayers.

In Expressive Arts and Design, we have been experiencing making independent movements in response to music. We have been learning one step actions to dance to various artists including Elvis and Abba songs.

In Physical Development, we have been learning about Ballet movements. In Ballet we have been focussing on moving to ballet music. Stretching out our arms, legs and trying to point out our fingers and toes. We have been involved in learning about Ballet in our own ways by focusing on our individual physio plans by using walkers to take part in the lesson and using our physio exercises to support us in our lesson. 

In Communication, Language and  Literacy, we have been experiencing exciting stories about mythical creatures, such as ‘Zog’.  Using our range of communication strategies we have been learning about attributes linked to mythical creatures such as wings, feathers, tails and fur. We have been listening to different mythical creature sounds and responding to these using our own voices.

In Mathematics, we have been engaging with different textures that represent the mythical creatures, such as scales, sequined fabric and feathers.  We have interacted and demonstrated anticipation of the different textures through our facial expressions, vocalisations  and body language. We have also gone on a dragon hunt through a mythical maze learning about directional language. We have used switches and symbols to direct and to support us. 

In PSED we have been learning about how to interact with others in the environment as well as responding to different textures and stimuli. We have been learning to demonstrate what we like or dislike through our vocalisations, body language, facial expressions and through the use of symbols.  We have engaged in stimuli relating to different mythical creatures.  

In Understanding the World we have been learning about the living and non-living things. We have engaged in sensory experiences linked to the heart, through listening and watching an interactive heart beat. We have also been learning about the life cycle of chicks. We have observed real chicks hatching from eggs and have had the privilege of feeling the live chicks and hearing them make their sounds. It has been an amazing experience!

In Expressive Arts and Design we have been learning to use different media to create our very own mythical creatures.  We have had opportunities to get messy and make our own choices from the range of materials and media.  We have also worked on using tools such as paintbrushes, glue sticks and rolling pins to create our amazing mythical creatures. 

In Physical Development our focus this half term has been Football. We have been learning to track and kick a ball. We have also been learning to work as a team and to kick into the goal.  Some of us have been working on our MOVE programmes to support us with our physical development.  We have had lots of fun and have been very competitive! Next half term we will be covering Gymnastics.