Year R children have enjoyed a fun filled week of Christmassy activities. We have made decorations, cards, had a Christmas dinner and performed as angels in the Christmas play. We finished the term with a Christingle service followed by a party.
Our outdoor learning had a festive feel this week. With Christmas tunes playing in the background children painted their own wooden Christmas decoration and baubles. We hung the baubles on trees for the other classes to enjoy when they visit next week. After hot chocolate (with marshmallows and Christmas biscuits as a treat), we read the story of Stickman and made our own stickman to recreate the story. ![]() In response to the story, the children made their own role play area and farm. They were keen to make maps, wanted posters and traps for Hefty Hugh and Lanky Len, as well as using play dough to create the characters. Children made masks and did an excellent job of cutting eye holes too. This week we have learnt about the Jewish festival of light- Hanukkah.
We have made our own Menorahs, created Star of Davids using our triangle knowledge and used spinning tops as dreidels. We have been party planning all week to celebrate Fred Frog's 5th birthday and Harold's (the Scarf giraffe) 4th birthday, both are well loved members of our class. We have baked cakes, made lists, written cards and wrapped presents. We finished the week with a party full of games and dancing. Here we are in our party clothes.
After we shared some of our own special celebration photos we thought about weddings. Several children couldn't remember going to a wedding, so we thought we'd have 2 to find out more. Our first ceremony was a Muslim wedding for Millie and Isaac. We turned our classroom into a Mosque and celebrated with them. Our second ceremony was a Christian wedding for Esther-May and Wilf. We visited St Mary's and Rev Mark lead a service for us. We finished the celebration back in class with cake, children's champagne and dancing. Here are some more photos from our wedding celebrations. This week we were visited by Dr James Screen who told us all about his Artic and Antarctic science trips. We enjoyed finding out how cold things are, asking him questions and completing an ice melting experiment.
We have thought about ways we can help look after our planet. Children's ideas included; keeping the sea clean, using electric cars, recycling and cleaning up rubbish. We were excited to try out the gym equipment in the hall. We watched videos of Olympic gymnasts and tried using the climbing equipment ourselves.
We have been learning how to make patterns in lots of different ways. The children were also very good at spotting the odd one out in patterns too. We finished the week off by creating our own fruit patterns for snack, they were colourful and delicious.
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June 2024
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