After listening to the story ‘The Three Billy Goats Gruff’, we made our own bridges using construction resources.

After listening to the story ‘The Three Billy Goats Gruff’ we made our own trolls using playdough and loose parts.

We have been learning about capacity. Full, nearly full, nearly empty and empty.

In maths we have been comparing objects, saying which is the lightest and the heaviest.

We went on a Winter Welly Walk to look for signs of winter.

We have been learning about ‘Chinese New Year’.

We have been learning about how to use the Bee-Bots.

Our topic is ‘Traditional Tales’ we have planted our own beans.

The children worked together to make a model.

Santa came to visit, he read us a story and we could ask him questions.

We went to see Beauty and the Beast.

Our final KS1 nativity

We have been learning about 4 sided shapes – squares and rectangles. We went on a shape hunt in the classroom.

Lots of Christmas activities.

We have decorated our class Christmas tree.

Painting our diva lamps that we made for Diwali.

We have been learning about the different ways of making 5.

We have been learning about the different ways of making 4.

We have started practicing for our KS1 nativity.

Our topic has been ‘Penguins’.

In music we have been using glockenspiels.

We have been learning about the numbers 1-5

We have been working on our fundamental skills.

Using the parachute

We have been learning about ‘circles’ and ‘triangles’. We used triangles and circles to make face pictures.

For Diwali we have made our own Diva lamps using clay. Once they are dry we will paint them and add glitter.

We used marbles and toilet tubes to make our own firework pictures.

We have been reading the story ‘Owl Babies’.

We watched the NSPCC assembly which explained about how we should ‘Speak Out and Stay Safe’.

In maths we have been learning about repeating patterns. We used classroom items, natural items and fruit to make repeating patterns, we also made coloured straw necklaces.

In RE we have been learning about Diwali, the Hindu Festival of Light. We retold the story of Rama and Sita.

We have been learning about nocturnal animals. We sorted pictures into nocturnal and diurnal.

In maths we have been learning about the numbers 1,2 and 3.

We have read the book ‘Leaf Man’ and made our own leaf pictures. Come in and see them on display in the classroom.

In PE were being pirates to move around the hall.

In maths we have been comparing height. Which is the ‘tallest’? Which is the ‘shortest’?

After learning about the signs of Autumn we went on an Autumn Welly Walk

We have been learning about Autumn.

In maths we have been sorting object by size. ‘Big’ ‘Small’

We have started our ‘Fundamentals’ PE lessons. We balanced beanbags on different parts of our bodies.

In maths we have been comparing and sorting items eg colour, size, shape

We have been learning about Harvest. We read the story ‘The Little Red Hen’. We made our own little red hens.

In maths we have been working on sorting and matching buttons and socks.

We have been reading the story ‘The Gruffalo’

We story mapped the story in groups.

Today we started PE. We practiced finding a space and following in a line.

In PSHE we were learning about sharing and working collaboratively. We worked in pairs to colour a picture together. Sharing the pencils on the table and taking turns.

We have been writing our name. We will write our name each half term to see the progress. Come in and see our names on display.

We have been threading our initial letter of our name, using our fine motor skills.

We have been learning our new routines.

We have been painting self portraits. Come into class to see them on display.

We have been getting to know each other and our new classroom.