In the Meadow this week, we had our first music lesson. We introduced a variety of instruments that children played together to a beat. The children really enjoyed the lesson and were engaged through out. [gallery ids="21902,21903"] ...
During our Understanding the World lesson this week, we explored frozen vegetables and discussed what happens as the vegetables melt, like the ones in Supertato. We also looked at how things are frozen. We made blackcurrant squash, put the liquid into lolly moulds and put...
During our Talk for Writing lesson, in the Meadow, we have looked at vocabulary that would help us describe some of the vegetables that featured in Supertato, our Talk for Writing book. Two of the words were ‘long and round’. With visual cards to help...
Every week in the Meadow, we have looking at different emotions. We have been learning how they affect us and what we can use as strategies to try and help us to get back to ‘Green Zone’ or feeling happy and calm. This week we...
[gallery ids="21363,21364,21365,21366"] This week, in the Meadow, we have been learning about different features of our faces along with different emotions and what they look like when we are feeling happy, sad and angry. We have enjoyed creating paper plate faces and saying what the emotion...
We have been very busy in the Meadow. We have started our new topic, ‘Ka-Pow’ with our entry point and dressed up as superheroes as we enjoyed our new book Supertato. We have also been working hard in our maths lessons, representing 8 as 6...
In the Meadow this week, we have been cooking. We learned how to knead dough and each child made a roll. Some children took a bit of time to come to terms with their hands being dirty, but enjoyed experiencing kneading. All children enjoyed eating...
In the Meadow this week, we have been making papier-mâché dinosaur eggs. Children used balloons to layer newspaper covered in PVA glue and smoothed it out with their fingers or a brush. Some, children did not like their hands being dirty and were constantly washing...
In the Meadow this week, we have been looking at solid and liquids and explored melting. Children used different tools to get the dinosaur frozen in the ice out. We learned the vocabulary of solid, liquid and melting and we will continue to practise this...
In the Meadow this week, we have practised the skill of combining ingredients in our cooking session and made biscuits with dinosaur foot prints. Children enjoyed filling the footprints with coloured icing, but eating them was their absolute favourite part. [gallery ids="20605,20606,20607"]...