Poetry
In our English lesson today, we matched different forms of poetry to their definitions.
We had to read really carefully to match them.
Tinkering
This afternoon, children were tasked with creating a football kicking device (that’s its technical name). They had to get a small ball to roll as far as possible without actually touching it using things around the classroom.
They used DT, Science and Living and Learning skills to create and test their device before evaluating and improving it.
Caterpillar kebabs
In Reception, we’ve been learning ‘The Very Hungry Caterpillar’. Feeling inspired by this story, we made some fruity caterpillar kebabs. The children loved following a recipe and describing the appearance and smell of the fruit. They enjoyed eating it even more! We used the claw and bridge technique to chop our fruit. Why not make one at home so that your child can practise their chopping skills.
I can make healthy choices.
We had some brilliant homework submissions this week for our I can make healthy choices theme.
From acrostic poems…
…to good vs bad choices…
…posters…
…to Snacks and Ladders (brilliant title)…
…to interactive Velcro games…
…and lollipop recreations of sports day.
Science – observation over time – day 17
During health week, we started an experiment investigating the effect that different drinks have on our teeth. However, instead of using real teeth, we used eggs.
We submerged the eggs in five different drinks: water, milk, Ribena, Red Bull and Coca Cola.
We removed the eggs after four days to see how they had changed.
Day 10
Day 17
Geography: continents
Last week, in our World Cup topic, we were learning about continents, using atlases and a very cheesy song!
DT – food tasting
We are learning about food in DT lessons at the moment. This week, we tasted some different foods and described them. Some went down better than others!
Tanvi said that the cottage cheese was her favourite whereas Billy liked the hummus.
Kickboxing
During health week, we had a kickboxing taster session. It was fun learning to bow properly and try out some different techniques.
First aid
During health week, Betsy’s mum, who’s a nurse, talked to us about her job. We had a go at using a stethoscope and then bandaging each other. It was great fun!
Sword Dancing
We learnt a traditional English sword dance during Health Week.
The ‘swords’ were actually used to wipe down pit ponies after a hard days work in the coal mines in North East England.
