Halving

In maths we have been learning about halving. Myla drew this lovely picture of two people sharing six hearts.

A spot of gardening

Mrs Bennett has been busy working with the children to plant their own sunflower seeds. They have already started to sprout.

PE

After doing yoga for a few weeks, we are now enjoying dance in our PE sessions. This week we were doing a rainstorm dance. The children are learning to listen to the beat and move in time to it.

A rainbow

 We have also been very impressed at how quickly the children are able to get ready for PE independently. They like to see if they can beat the timer each week. All 31 children are able to get ready for PE in eight minutes!

Faries part two.

The children were very excited to discover that Elvina the woodland fairy had been back. She was even caught on video!

This led to a flurry of letter writing, asking lots of questions and lots of invitations for Elvina to come round to play. A few children even waited very patiently to see if they would get a glimpse of her.

Staking out the fairy door.

 Elvina replied, asking the children to make a fairy garden for her to enjoy. The children worked together to make this garden.

Fairies

On Monday, the children discovered a trail of fairy dust in the reception garden. They followed the trail and were surprised to find a fairy door had appeared. 

This led to lots of writing to the fairy.

The fairy even replied the next day:

More children replied to Elvina.

We'll have to see what happens next.....

Human Body

The children are enjoying the new topic of  the human body.

A tiny human body by Olive

Emily K's model of a human body, including sticks for the bones.

A group of children decided to make their own human body. They drew around a child, then cut it out. They looked in a book to find out what to include on the body. They finished it off by adding straws for bones and drawing the intestines. 

The children also learnt about how ears work, and enjoyed investigating the model that Charlotte had brought in.

Helping your child at home

If you are wondering how you can help your child with their learning. This is a really useful guide: http://www.foundationyears.org.uk/files/2015/03/4Children_ParentsGuide_2015_WEB.pdf

It is most relevant from page 30.