This week, the children in early years have really enjoyed learning about shapes. We have focused on circles and triangles and discussed their features in great detail! We learnt about edges, corners (or lack thereof!) and even how the orientation of the shape does not affect the shape’s name. We made triangles using sticks and tried to see how many triangles, big and small, we could see in some artwork by Kandinsky. We took our maths learning to the forest where the children excelled in finding circles, and even managed to make circles with curved sticks.
The circular snowmen and triangular trees made some beautiful artwork for our display, and reminded us that our Winter Wonderland Show is fast approaching! The children enjoyed using their fine motor skills and phonic knowledge to write invitations and posters to advertise the event to their grown ups.
Ash and Saplings have set up a Science experiment in the classroom. We looked at an apple cut in half and talked about how we think it might change when it is left out. The children had lots of ideas about the changes they might see, including it might change colour or it might get smaller. We’ve left the apple halves out and are looking forward to seeing how they will have changed after the weekend.
The children really have been enjoying reading and writing during lessons. So much so that we are starting to see more and more of these skills being practised during choosing time! Thank you for your continued support with reading in particular at home. The children are always so thrilled to share how they have been enjoying their reading books at home with their grown ups.
