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Curriculum Newsletters 2024-2025
St Patrick's Day - Eagles class enjoyed celebrating St Patrick's Day. We started the day with a treasure hunt, trying to find the hidden gold at the end of the rainbow. We explored a sensory tray filled with vegetables and did some printing with them. We made some potato cakes and a green minty milkshake in DT.
Science Day - Eagles class had lots of fun on Science Day and became scientists. They made Apple Clouds using cornflour and hair conditioner, melted chocolate and then used a silicone mould to make their own chocolate bar with a choice of toppings, explored what happens when water is added to Skittles, and finally we made Lava lamps using oil, water, food colouring and alka-seltzer tablets and watched the colourful bubbles using a torch.
Share our learning- Thank you to everyone who came to share our learning. We had a lovely morning sharing what we do in Eagles class and re-visiting some of our World Book Day activities.
World Book Day- The focus for World Book day this year was 'Bedtime stories'. We read the 'Goodnight moon' story and some of us explored other stories which we know and enjoy. We participated in a range of activities across the day and enjoyed time in the afternoon in our 'Reading Den'.
This half term we visited the Sea Life Centre in Blackpool. We had a really fun day. We observed lots of different species of fish, sea turtles, crabs and seahorses. We had lunch in the cafe and then drove back to school. The children were very tired after such a busy day.
Saint David's day- We have been taking part in activities to learn about and celebrate Saint David's day!
Capacity- Here are some of examples of work we have been doing in Maths to explore and learn about capacity.
Chinese New Year- We have taken part in activities to develop awareness of and celebrate Chinese New Year!
P.E - Gymnastics - Movement/Body skills
In P.E, with have been learning how to move and shape our bodies. We have been practicing travelling in various ways, e.g. tip-toe, running, jumping etc. The children have also been learning and showing different yoga positions following prompt cards and adult modelling.
English - Visit to Pets at Home
The children have been reading the book, 'Somebody Swallowed Stanley'. The story is about a plastic bag that ends up in the ocean. The sea creatures mistake him for food and try to eat him. This links to our topic discussing recycling and pollution in the seas. We visited Pets at Home in Colne to explore the different types of fish in the Aquarium and match them to a spotter sheet.
Electricity - Circuits and Light Sources
This half term we have been exploring different light sources. The children explored lights operated from electricity, batteries and used a switch to turn them 'on' or 'off'. The children enjoyed exploring the dark tent with light up toys to interact with. Some children learned how to create an electrical circuit using different components to make the light bulb shine.
Shape- 2d and 3d shape work.
Colours- Our French topic for this term is colours. Children will be working on using their preferred means of communication to identify and request colours and some of us will be beginning to use some French colour names. Here are some of the activities we did in French this week.
'A cold and Frosty Morning'- After the cold weather last week we continued our 'Cold and Frosty morning' poem that we started before Christmas and used this for our assembly. Here are some photos of other activities we have been doing linked to this. Well done Eagles!
Christingle- Today we have been making Christingles for our special Christingle assembly this afternoon. We hope everyone has a lovely time over the Christmas holidays!
The most disgruntled snowman- We have been working really hard practicing for the Christmas performance! Here are some pictures of us in our costumes.
Saint Andrew's day- We have been taking part in activities to learn about and celebrate St Andrews day.
Maths - Capacity and Weight - The children have been learning about weight comparing objects that are either heavy or light. Some of the children used a pan scale to weigh objects using non-standard measure (cubes). Some children explored filling containers with sand or water and then feeling their weight.
English - The children have been reading, 'We Three Kings'. They explored a range of sensory related props linked to the story.
Maths- Here are some examples of number activities we have done this week.
English- 'We're sailing down the Nile'- In the last part of our story the farmers were harvesting their crops to sell at the market. We did activities linked to this including selecting foods we would want to sell, exploring the vegetable patch sensory tray and requesting different fruits and vegetables to mark make with. Some of us have also done a comprehension task, remembering what else we encountered during the story. Well done Eagles!
Children in Need- This Friday we have taken part in lots of activities to celebrate 'Children in Need'
Remembrance day- We have been taking part in a range of activities to learn about and commemorate Remembrance Day.
PHSE- We have been learning about how we can look after ourselves, including through brushing our teeth, washing our hands and washing our faces!
PE- MAPT- As well as dance skills children in our MATP group have been working on their dexterity skills in different ways.
PE- Dance skills- We have started working on our dance skills, including following actions in songs, copying actions modelled by an adult and some of us have been working on following a sequence of actions.
English - This week we started learning about the Ancient Egyptians. The children listened to a story and explored some props related to this, e.g. Pharaoh, Pyramids, Mummies, Tombs etc. The children enjoyed dressing up in Egyptian costumes. They completed a short activity either matching a picture or word to an Egyptian symbol.
English - Handa's Surprise
The children have been listening to and reading the story of Handa's Surprise. The children enjoyed using puppets to act out parts of the story. We explored sensory trays filled with fruits from around the world. Children matched pictures of the fruits to the animals that stole them from Handa's basket.
Geography - Where does our Food come from?
The children have been learning about food sources and how food is produced to arrive at the supermarket. The children explored a range of animal and plant based foods to taste. They then sorted them according to their source, either from an animal or plant.
Maths- shape- We have been learning about shapes. We have been exploring shape, matching and sorting shapes, starting to identify shapes and some of us have been sorting shapes based on their features e.g. curved or straight edges. Well done Eagles!
English- instructional texts- This week we followed instructions to make an Orange and carrot smoothie.
Jeans for Genes- Today we have been learning about how our Genes make us all unique. We have taken part in lots of activities to celebrate Jeans for Genes day including exploring photos of ourselves and our friends, selecting symbols to describe ourselves, sorting Jeans and Genes and other sensory activities.
Instructional texts- In English we have been working on following instructions. This week we followed instructions to make lemonade and took part in other related sensory activities. Some of us also worked on sequencing the instructions to show what we did.
In English this week we have been reading, 'The Tiger who came for Tea'. We thought it would be fun to make sandwiches for the tiger when he visited the class. The children followed simple instructions on how to make a cheese or Jam sandwich. We then used symbols to sequence the steps in the correct order, whilst some children wrote the instructions.
In Science this week we have been learning about animals including humans. This week the focus was our teeth and how to look after them. The children followed a simple sequence to learn how to clean their teeth. They practiced their skills using model teeth and large toothbrushes.
In PSHE this week we have been learning about how our body changes as we get older. This week we have been learning about how to care for a baby. The children practiced washing, feeding, dressing and changing a nappy on babies.
