Minibeasts- Spiders

Hello Ladybird Parents.
We hope that you had a lovely long weekend.
The children certainly looked well rested and came back to school with their learning hats on.

Here are a few things that we have been doing this week:

 Zak made a spider using Playdoh

 Rubie made a spider using Playdoh

 Jake found all the sounds to make his name

  Ashton found all the sounds to make his name

 Gabbi spelt 'groom' using the sound cubes

  Onur spelt 'web' using the sound cubes

Gabbi, Ashton and Jade went 'Bug hunting in the sensory garden'

 

This week we have been learning about spiders.

We spent our Tuesday ICT session researching spiders and found out a lot of facts about them. Ask your child to name 3 facts about a spider.

The children have enjoyed making, painting and drawing spiders along with using different resources to make webs and homes for spiders to live in.

 

 

 

Look at all the spiders in our classroom:

 

 

Look at our spider display, its on our ceiling.

 

 

 

In Numeracy this week we have been problem solving. We found out all the ways there are to make 8. The next day we noticed a pattern and didn't need to count them as much as we thought.

We found out that:

1+7=8

2+6=8

3+5=8

4+4=8

5+3=8

6+2=8

7+1=8

8+0=8

We also found out that 1+7 and 7+1 has the same answer because the same numbers are written but in a different order.

 

We have also been learning about the word o'clock and have been telling the time.

We can now recognise that the small hand is the hour hand and the big hand is the minute hand.

Use the clock below to see if your child can tell you what the time is.

 

Clock game

 

In PE this week we have been focusing on throwing and catching soft balls. The children have really enjoyed practising their skills and are learning to hold their hands together and keep their eye on the ball at all times.

As the weather gets warmer, take a visit to the park and practise throwing and catching the ball with your child.

 

On Wednesday you received a letter about our trip to the Hippodrome Circus on Monday 20th May.

This is just a reminder that the letter needs to be signed by the 17th May if you want your child to come along with your donation money.

 

We hope that you have a lovely weekend and we will see you early on Monday morning to look at your child's celebration book.

 

Ladybirds  

 

 



Minibeasts- Bees

 

 

Hello everybody.

Look at what we have been doing in Ladybird class this week:

 

 Jayden ordered numbers to 30 with a little help from Miss Wright

 We had a visit in our playground from a duck

who wanted to be Lenny's friend.

Lenny quite liked the duck too.

 Denni-Mia made a Bumble Bee from play doh.

 Gabbi spent ages practising her numbers.

 More teamwork? Jayden, Jake, Denni-Mia, Callum, Onur and Riley

worked as a team to complete the puzzle.

Harvey had lots of ideas using the bug connex.

He also followed the instructions to make one with the help of

the picture.

 

This week we have been learning about Bees. We have learnt lots of information that we can tell our parents.

 

Did you know?

-Bees have 5 eyes (2 big ones, 3 little)

 

-Bees make their buzzing sound with their wings. The wings go so quickly that it makes the buzzing sound.

 

-Bees have 6 legs, (the same as a ladybird)

 

-Honey bees are the same size as a 'Peanut'.

 

-Queen bees are the 'boss' of the hive. They also live the longest (around 6 years).

 

The children have really enjoyed learning about bees this week, they have used their knowledge to help write a class story, sentences and think of bee characters that they use and play with.

The children have also used chalk to draw bees, have made small bee puppets and put together all the different body parts and joined them together using split pins.
We have also tasted some honey, mmmmmmm.

 

 In Numeracy this week we have been counting backwards from 20. The children are very confident in counting forwards but a Little more practise in counting backwards would be beneficial.
Practise counting objects in your home both forwards and backwards. How well can your child do it?
We have also been looking at how bee hives have 'tessellating' shapes in them.
The children have been tessellating different shapes so that they 'fit together'.
Here are a few pictures of our ideas:

In Phonics this week we have been looking a little more at Phase 4 tricky words. We have also been looking at ccvc words such as clip, clap, flat and slim.
The children are getting very good at reading them, but still need to listen for that hidden sound to write them.

In PE this week we have been practising balancing, throwing and catching a bean bag. We also showed that we could throw to 3 different distances including shorter and longer distances.

We hope that you have a wonderful Bank Holiday weekend. Don't forget there is no school on Monday, so we will see you all on Tuesday morning ready with your PE kits.

Ladybirds

 

 



Minibeasts- Ladybirds

 My goodness is it Friday already?
What another busy week we have had.
This week we have been learning about Ladybirds, which has been a wonderful experience for our class as we are Ladybird class.
We have had fun labelling a ladybird and learning all about their parts.
Have a look at this ladybird to see the different parts:

We have also looked at the lifecycle of a ladybird and made our own during learning time.
We have made our own ladybirds, coloured, painted and decorated them too.
We have also counted and added up the spots on a ladybird for our number work this week.

In Numeracy this week we have been learning about doubles. We have learnt that a double is a number that you can add with the same number e.g. 1+1=  2+2=
The children have really taken to this and have decided that using their fingers is a really easy method for them. (up to 10 of course)
There are lots of games that you can play using doubles at home.
These include using:
-dice
-dominoes
-playing cards
        
In phonics this week we are becoming more confident in writing cvcc words. This is a hard task, so we will carry on with this with our Phonics work.

Here are a few pictures of other things that we have done this week:

 Bethany made a wonder pattern using the counters

on her ladybird

 Rubie is watering the plants in the playground

 Jayden made a pattern using the pattern blocks

Zak made a minibeast using play doh

 

 

Unfortunately due to bad weather yesterday we were unable to go to the Reception sports day. The children were all so disappointed so we decided not to waste the coaches and use them to go on a scenic trip along the seafront. From the coach window the children saw the sea, the waterways, the Sealife centre, the Marina centre and the Pleasure beach.

Along with the excitement this gave the children lots of speaking and listening opportunities which they won't forget in a long time.

 

Thank you all for a lovely week and we look forward to learning next week.

 

Ladybird Class

Minibeasts- Snails

 

Welcome back Ladybirds.

After 2 weeks holiday and all the Easter celebrations we are eager to get back into a routine and start the Summer term. With Spring finally here, the weather seems to be getting a little better.

This week we are learning about snails, as part of our half term on minibeasts.

The children have been quite excited about this topic as it means lots of exploring and using tools to investigate in the school grounds.

The children have learnt lots of facts about snails and have enjoyed carrying out much of their artwork on the shape of the snail. We have used glitter, paint and chalk to make spiral shapes, as well as colouring in new designs for a snail's shell.

We have also looked at the work of Henri Matisse and recreated his Art work of "The Snail" using ripped/cut pieces of paper to make a shell design  

 

 

Have a look at our Matisse display the next time you are in the classroom to see our wonderful ideas on Matisse.

 

In Phonics this week we have been working on cvcc words. These are words such as lamp, went, damp. We have been working hard to read them and write them as well. We have found that when we write them we sometimes forget to write the 3rd sound, so 'went' might look like 'wet'. This is a common thing for your child to be doing, but if you would like to practise this skill at home then here are some words that you could use: belt, hand, tent, land, sent, help, sing.

 

In Numeracy this week we have been looking at tally charts. This was helpful when we went on our minibeast hunt in the sensory garden.

What can you find in your garden?



 

Here are a few pictures of other activities that we have been doing:

 

Riley made a design for a snail shell out of pattern blocks.

 



Rubie matched the Numicon '4' with the 4 beanbag.

 



Jayden made a snail from Play Doh.

 



Callum, Jake, Jack, Zak, and Jayden shared a book in the book

corner. It looked very interesting. They are working as a

very good team, sharing their ideas.

 



 Ladybird class found lots of minibeasts in the sensory garden.

Can you see what this minibeast is?

 

 Look how much our sunflower has grown.

With lots of sun and plenty of water, it wont

be long until we see a beautiful sunflower head

on top.

 

We hope that you have a lovely weekend and we look forward to more exploring next week.

Don't forget to visit us on Monday morning and look at our celebration books.

We are sure that you will be proud of all the wonderful things that we can now do.

 

Ladybird Class

 

Happy Birthday Sam!

Hello Ladybirds, we hope that you are all ok and have had a good week.
In Ladybird class this week we have been thinking about Birthdays.
Today is Sam's 5th Birthday. Sam is our class puppet and all week we have kept it secret that we will be holding a party for him today. On Tuesday we practised lots of party games that we can play. We have written invitations to each other and have even made him lots of birthday cards. We have been practising singing 'Happy Birthday' but have had to keep it secret so he doesn't hear us. The children have also practised making birthday cakes and put lots of candles in the cake too.
This afternoon we will surprise Sam, sing Happy Birthday, play party games and eat party food as a treat too. Sam is a very lucky puppet.

This week we have also been thinking about Easter. We have made lots of pictures for our Easter display and have designed a very special bunny basket that we will be bringing home next week (with a few surprises in).

Our 3D shape display has been finished so we can carry on naming all of the 3D shapes that we were naming last week. Here is a picture of the display in our classroom:

 

This week in Phonics we have revisited some of our Phase 3 sounds. We are working really hard at thinking of words with these sounds in and then writing them down on our whiteboards. So far we have found words with the sounds igh, ow and ar.

We can also write Phase 2 tricky words and recognise most of the Phase 3 tricky words.

 

In Numeracy this week we have been solving lots of number problems. This has been good for us when we have been thinking about Sam's party this afternoon.

We have solved problems such as:

If Miss Brind, Mrs Whittaker and Miss Wright all have a plate at the party, how many plates will we need?

The children are all getting very good at solving these problems so know that there should be 3 plates.

We can then use our knowledge of adding by asking:

How many plates would we need if Mrs Freeman came to the party as well?

 

So 3+1=4

 

Try using these word problems at home when laying the table for dinner or sharing out snacks at home. See if your child can work out the problem for 'taking away' too.

 

Here are a few of the other things that we have been doing this week:

 

Denni cut out and made a birthday cake for

Sam's birthday. 

 Jessica found the sounds to make the word 'fox'

in the water tray.

Callum found the sounds to make the word 'mummy'

in the water tray. 

 Our Sunflower seed has started to grow into a

small plant. All we need is some more sun

to make it grow big and strong.

Zak, Jake, Jayden and Onur enjoyed

having a tea party in practise for our birthday party.

 

Haven't we been busy?

 

Don't forget that it is Science week next week and your competition entries need to be in on Monday 25th March.

Just a reminder, the competition is to design an invention for you to use at home or for your child's class teacher to use to make life a little easier.

Also you are invited to come into school on Wednesday morning to have a look at what your child has been doing in Science week, so when you come in in the morning you are welcome to stay and have a look at the experiments that your child has been doing and have a look at our science week pictures.

 

We hope that you have a wonderful weekend and we look forward to seeing you on Monday morning.

 

Ladybird class

Growing (Babies up to 1)

Greetings Ladybird parents!
We hope that you are all well and enjoying a little bit of the sun that we have been having. It definitely makes a change from all that snow.

In Numeracy this week we have been learning all about shapes, the children have remembered lots of information about the flat shapes (2D) and how many sides that they all have. This week we have been learning some of the names of the solid shapes (3D) shapes and learning information about them: cube, cuboid, cone, cylinder, sphere, prism.
The children are eager to find these shapes about the classroom. See which shapes you have in your house. If you have your camera handy bring a picture into class and we can put it up on our shape display.

In Phonics this week we have been revisiting the sounds in Phase 3. We have already looked at ai, oi, oa, ow and revisited some of the tricky words too. The children are eager to write these sounds and find words that they can use in their writing with these sounds in.

In PE we have been learning about balancing and have used lots of new apparatus to show off our skills.
Here we are climbing sensibly onto the apparatus, balancing and in some cases jumping from them too:

As we are learning about babies, growing and ourselves, we had another visit this week from baby Archie to find out how much he has grown. Did you know he is now 6 months old?
The children asked Miss Young lots of questions about what Archie eats now and what kinds of things he can do.

Here are a few of the other things we have been doing this week in Ladybird class:

Harvey created a run for the marbles to run down.

 Gabrielle drew a picture of all her family.

 Lenny ordered numbers 1-30 on the washing line.

 

The children labelled Mrs Whittaker's body parts with sticky labels.

 

Thank You very much for everybody's kind donations towards Red Nose Day today. The children look fab.

Here they are in their Wacky clothes:

 

 

 

 

Can I just thank you very much for all those Mummy's that came to our special mother's day story time and hope you had a lovely day last Sunday.

Have a lovely weekend and we look forward to another busy week next week.

 

Ladybird class

 

 

Growing- Flowers

Welcome back Ladybird Mums and Dads.
I hope you had a restful week off, the children have certainly been busy over the holidays and told us what they have been doing.
It seems to have been another busy week in Ladybird class this week too.
The children are certainly coming along with their phonics and have begun writing phase 2 tricky words this week. The children are becoming more confident in reading the phase 3 tricky words too.

In Numeracy this week we have started to count in 5's. Using your fingers and toes, see if the children can show you how they count in 5's.
The children have also been learning about capacity this week and have been using the language of 'Full' 'Half Full' and 'Empty'.
Jake told the class is was 'when your tummy was full at lunch time because you have eaten too much food'
Riley told the class 'your tummy is empty when you're hungry'

On our creative table this week we have had observational drawing, painting flowers, using our finger tips to paint flowers, water colour flowers, tissue paper flowers and play dough flowers.
The children are really working hard at looking at the flowers on the table and copying the colours to make their flowers similar.

In PE this week the children have been practising their balancing. The children used these skills to go onto the apparatus, balance and then jump from the apparatus onto the landing zones.

Here are a few of the other things we have been up to this week:

Victoria made 'ear' using the sound tiles.

Harvey made a flower using the Pattern shapes

Denni-Mia made a flower from the play dough

Callum and Zak both enjoyed creating different patterns using the pattern shapes.

I wonder which pattern they might chose next time?

Please can I remind you that 'Parent's evening' is next Tuesday 5th March and I still have available slots for you to come and have a chat with me about your child's progress.

See you on Monday morning. Have a wonderful weekend.

Ladybird class