In Understanding the World we have been learning about making marks in Computing.  We have engaged in apps on ipads where we are able to create our own artwork.  We have had opportunities to choose colours and brush sizes, and have shown excitement when seeing the marks we make. We have also explored taking photos of ourselves and others on ipads and changed these photos using the photo booth app.

In Communication, Language and  Literacy, we have been learning the Colour story ‘Which food will you choose?’ through engaging and reacting to different sensory stimuli, identifying colours and matching food and symbols together.  We have focused on colours and emotions that link together through a rainbow song in Gamelan, and have been following simple instructions.  We have also taken part in writing lessons - where we have focused on a different colour each week and created our own collages through using tools and making our mark.

In Mathematics we have joined in with a range of counting songs such as ‘5 fat sausages’, and ‘5 little teddie bears’ through anticipation and actions.  Some of us have been working on recognising numbers 1-5.  We have also been learning about positional language in Rebound and sensory room lessons, where we have moved ourselves and objects in different directions i.e. in and out.

In PSED we have been learning about leading a healthy lifestyle in different ways.  We have been engaging in healthy cooking sessions, identifying healthy foods and promoting our independence.  We have been participating in exciting exercise sessions where we dress up and move our bodies.  We have also engaged in well-being activities that encourage self-regulation and calm us down including breathing exercises and massage.

In RE we have been learning about special places and what they mean to us.  We have experienced items and objects linked to a range of special places including our homes, school and religious places of worship.  We have made choices through our communication strategies about what is special in these places and some of us have explored why. 

In Expressive Arts and Design we have been learning about colours through music.   We had had opportunities to listen to different pieces of music that link to songs i.e. Purple Rain by Prince, Yellow by Coldplay.  We have shown reactions to these songs and then joined in with the pieces of music using a range of instruments.  We have shown preferences and some of us have highlighted how it makes us feel through words and symbols.

In Physical Development we have focused on parachute songs.  Using the white parachute in the music and drama room we have engaged in different movements together to different songs and music, with pictures projected on top. We have followed instructions such as in, out, up, down, and changed the speed such as fast and slow.

In Understanding the World we have been learning about materials.  We have engaged in activities linked to wet/dry and soft/rough by feeling objects such as sandpaper and mirrors, and showing preference. We have loved learning about hot and cold through feeling objects such as heat packs and ice exploration.

In Communication, Language and  Literacy, we have been learning the nursery rhyme ‘Mary had a little lamb’ through engaging and reacting to different sensory stimuli, identifying objects and matching key words and symbols such as ‘lamb’ and ‘school’.  We have learnt the nursery rhyme ‘Here we go round the mulberry bush’ within our exciting immersive suite, by identifying and selecting different objects on the interactive walls.  We have also taken part in the nursery rhyme ‘One, two, buckle my shoe’ through our writing lessons by developing our fine motor skills such as; threading shoelaces, making marks with paintbrushes and posting sticks.

In Mathematics we have joined in with a range of counting songs such as ‘5 little ducks’, and ‘5 little men in a flying saucer’ through anticipation and actions.  We have developed our maths preferences through the nursery rhymes ‘Little miss muffet’ and ‘Do you know the muffin man?’.  We have shown this by using switches, facial expressions and body movements.  We have also shown engagement in exploring 3D shapes in a range of ways i.e. shaking, tapping, squeezing, and made walls for ‘Humpty Dumpty’.

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In PSHE we have been learning about our feelings, and how we can regulate these by ourselves or with support.  We have been building new relationships in our class with peers and adults.  We have also been taking part in different activities to show what we like and what we don’t like such as music, massage and sensory exploration.

In Understanding the World we have been learning about materials.  We have engaged in activities linked to wet/dry and soft/rough by feeling objects such as sandpaper and mirrors, and showing preference. We have loved learning about hot and cold through feeling objects such as heat packs and ice exploration.  

In RE we have been learning about the houses/places that we live in, and have made choices about which house looks like our own.  We have looked at people who are in our family through photos and have shown reactions to these familiar faces through facial expressions, vocalisations and body movements.  

In Expressive Arts and Design we have been learning to use different media to create our very own farm scenes for the nursery rhyme ‘Old Macdonald had a Farm’.  We have experimented with different art materials and tools, and engaged with farm stimuli such as ‘feathers’, ‘hay’, ‘mud’ and ‘fur’ before adding it to our scenes.

In Physical Development we have focused on Football.  We have been learning to purposefully move our feet, and bend our knees to kick a ball.  We have been learning to pass a ball to a peer, and shoot a ball towards a target.