In Communication, Language and  Literacy, we have been learning key words linked to the story; woods, father, stepmother, breadcrumbs, witch, sweets and oven. We used torches to follow a trail through a pretend wood following the shiny pebbles. We pretended to be Gretel who had to cook and clean for the witch. We made marks on paper following the breadcrumb trail being eaten by the birds. We used a sound board to identify the witch's cackle.

In Mathematics we have been joining in with songs and actions linked to patterns and then have copied  repeated patterns using different bricks.We have also been counting pebbles and jewels from the story and attempting to match them to numerals. It was fun exploring the different coloured rings and putting them on our fingers to count.In our shape work we have been naming and grouping 2d and 3d shapes. We have been on a hunt to find some in our school. In Number we have been working on giving quantities and rote counting to 10.

In PSHE we have been learning about emotions and trying to make faces while looking in a mirror. We have taken part in a relay race matching happy, sad and angry symbols to photographs. 

In Understanding the World we have been identifying and labelling different body parts through song. We then used the different senses related to the body part. Our favourite lesson was when we explored different foods through taste, smell and touch.

In RE we have listened to the story of the Good Samaritan. We painted pictures linked to the story. We all chose a different blanket and pretended to care for each other. It was nice and warm fun being swaddled in the blanket.

In Expressive Arts and Design we have been learning to use different media to create our  own castles.  We have had opportunities to get messy and make our own choices from the range of materials and media. We looked at the work of Paul Klee and John Piper. We made castles to represent their work. We also identified the castles of Disney princesses, Hogwarts and Windsor castle and chose who we wanted to live in them. 

In Physical Development our focus this term has been Football.  We have been learning to kick a ball and watch where it goes. We have all had a chance to score a goal into a small net.  Some of us have been working on our MOVE programmes to support us with our physical development balancing on a chair or bench and going in our walking frame. 1 of the children has been in control of our warm up telling us when to run and when to stop. She really liked being in charge of all the boys in the class.