In Communication, Language and  Literacy, we have been experiencing exciting Art themed stories such as ‘Bob the Artist’ and will be moving onto the story ‘The Dot’ next half term.  Using our range of communication strategies we have been learning to retell the story using symbols and sentences to create a storyboard for the text.  In writing sessions we have created labels and 3 word sentences to describe art pieces from their literacy text.

In Mathematics we have been learning place values within 50. We have learnt to count forwards and backwards 20 to 50 and pupils have created their own number lines. Some pupils have been investigating partitioning and have used the part whole model to identify the 10s and 1s in a given number.

In PSHE we have been learning about keeping safe in the community and identifying safe and unsafe situations. Pupils have done a great job at recognising people who help us in the community and how to contact them in an emergency situation.

In Understanding the World we have used technology such as computers and ipads to design a digital poster to show how to stay safe in the community. We have compared and commented on existing posters and identified which are good posters and why.

In RE we have learnt about sikhism. We have learnt about the ten gurus and their qualities. We have used a range of communication strategies and pictures to identify and retell the qualities of the ten gurus in sikhism.

In Expressive Arts and Design we have explored a range of musical pieces by making movements in response to the music, we have enjoyed moving like ballerina’s as swans to the swan lake moderato music piece. We have also copied 3 beats to the music using body percussion such as tapping, clapping and stomping.

In Physical Development our focus this term has been Ballet. We have learnt the five basic positions in ballet and how to perform the arabesque, a pirouette and a Jete. We have worked hard on composing a dance that reflects ballet.

In Communication, Language and  Literacy,we have been learning to identify who, what and where in the Book Zog.  by learning the story and familiar characters in class to then Answer questions using Symbols. In Writing we have been learning to form letters and improve our pencil grip by holding the pencil in a tripod grip.

In Mathematics we have been learning our numbers bonds to 5 and simple addition using counters and animals to help the children understand. Some children have been working on ordering numbers and recognising what they are. We have also been learning to understand what add, takeaway and equals symbols mean. We have also been learning to tell the difference between heavy and light and using balance scales to show the weight of items.

In PSED we have been learning about feelings and recognising how we are feeling ourselves. We have done this using the colour monster story and with children starting to understand what colour each emotion is. We have been using mirrors to show our facial expressions for different emotions such as happy and sad.

In Understanding the World we have been learning and experiencing what is living and what is non living, by looking at different items such as chicks, insects, rocks and toys. Children got to enjoy a very special arrival of some chicks who were born in school and the children were able to hold the chicks if they wanted.

In Expressive Arts and Design we have been learning to create our own mythical creatures, in class 9 we made leprechauns, griffins and many more. We created these by using a communications board to ask for what items we would like to use to decorate our own drawings of mythical creatures.

In Physical Development our focus this half term has been football. We have been learning to pass the ball between peers, shooting into a net and dribble the ball closely to our feet. The children have been working well by passing the ball to each other and using the right amount of power adapting their skills fantastically.