Summer 1-How does your garden grow?
Summer 1 Week 1
Welcome to the last term of the year! New half term means new big question. For the next 6 weeks we will be asking 'How does your garden grow?'
To start it all off, this week we have read the story of Jasper's Beanstalk' The children focused on what a seed actually needs in order to grow, they all decided mowing it would not help and that Jasper needed to be more patient. They used their phonic knowledge to write captions about different pictures from the story. They sequenced the story using pictures, made Jasper books and used their creative skills to make beanstalk pictures by drawing and collaging natural materials.
On the tuff tray the challenge was to find the worms hiding in the soil, they could use the tens frames to help them see how many they could find (they quickly worked out it was just cooked spaghetti) Their fine motor skills were put to the test as they were also challenged to use tweezers to catch the worms.
We went on a leaf and twig hunt to collect items for our beanstalk collage. The children enjoyed exploring the forest area and discovering the wild flowers growing there.
In maths we are looking at numbers beyond 10, we focussed on 11,12 and 13. The children learnt that with the teen numbers we have 1 full ten frame and then 1,2 or 3 more on the next tens frame. We have enjoyed watching Number blocks 11,12 and 13.
On Thursday we had a special visit of 2 ducks on our field! They waddled around for a while before they flew back to the river. The children enjoyed watching them and listening to them quacking.
Everyone designed and made their own musical instrument on Friday. They used them to make music together! It sounded wonderful.
The children learnt about St George and made flags ready to celebrate St Georges day. They enjoyed the story of George defeating the dragon!
