The children have had an exciting delivery everyday from the pet shop and we have had to decide whether we can look after the animal in the classroom.
On Monday we had a bear, which the children decided would be too scary when it grew older and would be a little too dangerous for us to keep.
On Tuesday a snake turned up, which the children decided was quite a popular pet in people's houses but if it escaped in our classroom then it would scare us.
On Wednesday a sheep turned up and although we thought it was very cute, the children decided that it would eat the carpet and mess on the floor.
On Thursday a baby giraffe turned up (which was our favourite) but we all decided that he would grow too big and we didn't want to cut the top of our classroom off so that he could get fresh air. The children were all very concerned about the giraffe's safety and with gates around the playground that a giraffe might step over, we have decided that he should not be a pet in our class.
Today we are waiting for our pet to arrive and we all have a funny feeling that this one may stay in our class for a long time.
Here are a few pictures of us with the sheep on Wednesday:
The children have enjoyed thinking about lots of different pets and have also told us which pets they look after at home.
Mrs Balls gave us a wonderful surprise on Tuesday, when she brought her Guinea Pigs in and showed us where they lived. The children got a chance to look, hold and stroke the guinea pigs.
The children were excited to see the living pets and talked about the different homes that pets live in. Here are some pictures of the guinea pigs:
This week we have learnt the sounds ai, ee, igh and oa.
These sounds are in lots of words around the house. If the children practise any of these sounds at home please feel free to write them down and your child's work can go in their celebration book.
Here are the children practising their sounds using playdough:
Having a whole week looking at pets has helped us with our number work. The children have looked at pictograms and tried to work out which pet is the most popular in our class. It seems that most of the children in Ladybirds have either a cat or a dog. Please feel free to bring any pictures of your pets in and we can display them on our wall along with your child's family pictures.
The children had fun this week making Pet sock puppets. The children's designs were so good and the children were so proud of themselves.
Have a look at their finished puppets:
I hope that you have a wonderful weekend and we look forward to seeing you on Monday morning.
Ladybirds