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2025 - 2026
English - Going to the Volcano - Week 3 - The children have been reading, 'Going to the Volcano'. The children enjoyed exploring a volcano. They used baking powder, red food colouring and vinegar at the top of their volcano to simulate a volcanic eruption. The children also designed their own volcanoes using Purple Mash on the Interactive whiteboard.
P.E - Fundamental Movement Skills - This half term the children are learning about movement skills using their bodies. We practiced moving around a circuit with different apparatus for us to travel along in different ways. The children have also been learning some yoga and making various shapes with their bodies.
Computing - Everyday technology - The children have been learning about technology that is used both in schools and at home. The children did a technology hunt around school, finding various pieces of technology from a fridge freezer to a computer in the school offices.
All about lighthouses- Linked to our DT lights topic, and Science electricity topic our information text in English has been about Lighthouses. We have been learning about what Lighthouses are, where we would find them and why they are important.
Maths- We have been learning about shapes. We have been been exploring shapes, developing awareness of their names and matching and sorting shapes. Some of us have also been developing our ability to respond to and use language relating to shape features.
Geography- Earthquakes- We have been learning about how the movement of tectonic plates under the earth causes Earthquakes- We have been exploring this through a range of practical activities.
English - Going to the Volcano - This half term we are learning about Volcanoes and Earthquakes. The children listened to the story, 'Going to the Volcano' and explored sensory props related to the story. Some chiildren then went on a picture hunt outside to identify characters and objects from the book. Some children explored a sensory tray, making a volcano using vegan marshmallows and coco pops, moulding with bowls and their hands. We also chose materials to collage a Volcano. We had lots of fun
