A warm start to the new Half Term

To kick off the start of a brand new half term, we have delved into our new focus text, We’re Going on a Bear Hunt by Michael Rosen. As well as lots of sensory exploration (with a particular favourite being the gloopy, oozy mud!), the children have been exploring different descriptive words to describe the long, wavy grass! In Ash, we focused on broadening our vocabulary and using these words within a written sentence. The children did a wonderful job generating words together and came up with swaying, green and pointy. Our class puppet Tabby Cat also helped us to look at new vocabulary, such as lush. Meanwhile, Saplings were busy exploring the concept of ‘long’, as they created long, sweeping lines with the chalks outside, comparing them with ‘short’ lines to build on their skills of comparison.

The children were in for an absolute treat on Tuesday as they met Steve Frew to show off their gymnastics skills! The children completed a circuit of four different exercises: the cheetah, the turtle, the ‘guess my animal’, and the star. Each of these moves required the children to follow instructions carefully, using their listening ears and magnet eyes to complete each exercise accurately.

We have also really been enjoying the great outdoors this week; what a welcome change the warm weather brings! The children have been particularly excited by making use of the gutters as they explore creating channeling systems, drawing upon their skills of pouring and understanding of capacity.

During the children’s PE sessions, they extended their ball skills to using a bat and ball! The children showed great determination balancing the ball on the bat and didn’t give up even when the ball rolled off lots of times! After they progressed on to hitting the ball with the bat. All the children approached the task with positivity and developed their perseverance!

Forest School was a hype of activity today, Connor had set up lasers for the children to explore. The children enjoys clambering, climbing and crawling through them adventurously! Children also choose to make forest soup; they all worked as a team to add ingredients combining them all in the pot. There was also great excitement when the children found a large worm!

On Friday afternoon the children became scientists and artists heading outside to investigate looking for signs of Spring! They spotted blossom on the trees, lots of buds and some daffodils! All the children enjoyed sketching signs of Spring using clipboards and pencils. What a fabulous active and fun week in Ash and Saplings class!