This week started with great excitement when the postman delivered some caterpillars for the Foundation Stage children. They have enthusiastically observed how the caterpillars have changed this week and were been surprised at how quickly the caterpillars have been growing and changing each day. The children are looking forward to seeing how the caterpillars will change and grow while the teachers’ look after them during the half term holiday. The children have created their own caterpillar feeding pots in the making area and are caring for them each and every day.
During the week some children attended a trial session for Balanceability where they practised riding a bike without pedals, showing increasing control of their body whilst also developing their balance skills.
In Maths the children have been learning about halving and the importance of sharing objects/ shapes into two equal groups, they were engaged in their learning when faced with a real-life challenge of sharing a box of raisins equally with a partner. The children were only allowed to eat their raisins once an adult had checked their halving skills, this proved to be a fantastic incentive for accurate counting and halving. It would lovely to see the children halving food at home e.g. smarties.
During our English lessons this week the children have been focusing on writing simple sentences about different minibeasts.
Please look out for the half-term learning challenge in your child’s book bag, which includes some information about how to support your child to write sentences at home.
