Shared Reading
1K loved sharing some of their favourite books with 3/4N. It encourages reading for pleasure.
Mimika Theatre
This week, some children had the chance to watch the Mimika theatre company present ‘Landscapes’ within a white, domed-shaped tent. The performance explored the diversity and complexity of the natural world.
‘Landscapes’ uses a variety of techniques including puppetry, an image based story line, an immersive stereo soundtrack and a variety of sensory events and visual effects to involve and engage the audience.
Before the performance began, the children were introduced to two of the puppets (the snake and the crocodile).
Then we took a seat inside the dome…we were all very excited!
We watched in wonder as a story unfolded through four different landscapes (desert, rainforest, sea and the Antarctic).
People who help us…nurse visit!
This week we had some special visitors in F2.
As part of our ‘people who help us’ topic, Ruth and Sarah (a hospital nurse and a community nurse) came to visit us. They spoke to the children about how they care for people at home and in hospital.
They asked the children what the role of a nurse is?
- “Put plasters on.”
- “Might do an x-ray if somebody get hurt on their bone.”
- “Help you get healthy.”
They brought some of their equipment (stethoscope, bandages, heartbeat monitor) to show the children. They showed the children a stethoscope and explained how they use it to listen to a person’s heartbeat and their breathing. They modelled how to dress a wound using a bandage. The children talked about their experiences of bandages:
- “If your hand is bleeding you need to put it on your hand.”
- “One day when I was riding on my bike I fell off and daddy put one on my hand.”
- “I hurt my elbow and had it all up my arm.”
We’d like to say a big thank you to Ruth and Sarah for coming in to see us. We’d love to have more visitors to talk about their job and how they help others. Please speak to a member of the F2 team if you are interested.
Living and Learning
This week, class 5/6M thought about the different types of compliments we give and receive. We decided that you could classify them based on whether it was about a skill, your looks or a personality trait. Which one do you like to receive the most? The children also made a pledge about giving compliments.
Weekly skipping challenge
For the past few weeks, children have set themselves a skipping challenge: how many skips can they achieve in a minute? Most children have made good progress. Some have made outstanding progress. One child, who had never seen himself as a skipper, has gone from five skips to a super 70 skips per minute. Try to make skipping part of your 30 active minutes at home.
Shared reading
After the success of the shared reading last week, 3,4E and 1,2V joined together for another session on Monday. We were reading purely for pleasure which brought a smile to all our faces😊
Living and learning – I can pay compliments
This week’s Living and :earning statement is ‘I can pay compliments in a sensible way’ and how it is important to pay compliments about how the person is and how they behave, not just how they look.
We talked about giving and accepting compliments. 1,2V recorded the compliments using iPads. Check out the videos below. 1K and 2KL made certificates with compliments on. They had fun ‘awarding’ them to each other!
‘I like your hair’ ‘You are good at playing’ ‘I like your headband’ ‘I like your hair’ ‘I like your spots!’
World Book Day Celebrations
Thank you to everybody who was able to join us this morning for our World Book Day ‘stay and read’ session. It was great to see everyone sharing their favourite stories and to see some super book character costumes!
Can your child talk about their favourite story?
To help us find out even more about your child’s reading at home, you’ll find a sheet in your child’s going home folder that we’d like you to complete. It’s really helpful to find out about your child at home – we often see a different side to them in nursery and we can use your information to help us plan their next steps.
Join-in Afternoon 05 March 2018
Today, Year 3/4 N enjoyed our parent join-in afternoon. Thank you to all the parents that came to help support the children’s learning this afternoon.
Without your help, we wouldn’t have been able to enjoy such ‘hands-on’ activities. The children have produced some fantastic work all linked to our Life Forces topic. We enjoyed weaving, aboriginal animal painting, food chain art and learning facts about endangered animals through a game of Top Trumps.
Home Link – World Book Day and Snow
World Book Day – Week beginning 05 March
We’re going to celebrate World Book Day on Monday as we were unable to take part on Thursday 01 March.
- What is your child’s favourite story?
- Who is their favourite character?
Please bring in your favourite stories for us to read at group time (don’t forget to write names in!).
You could also:
- Visit the library or a book shop
- Read your favourite story together
- Draw/paint/collage a picture of the story or a character
- Re-tell the story using props
If you’ve already completed this, we’d love to see some snowy paintings or photographs. Let us know what your child thought of the snow.
Did you talk about freezing/melting? Could they put their own shoes and coat on? Could they fasten the zip themselves?