Over the last couple of weeks, the children have been enjoying lots of different activities around our topic, Once Upon A Time.
They have been building bridges to help The Gingerbread Man to cross the river, making crowns to wear in our castle, acting out the story of The Little Red Hen, playing in the arctic fairy land and lots more! Here are some pictures:

In English, we sequenced the story The Gingerbread Man and wrote a storyboard describing the main events of the story. We focused on sentences openers such as first, next, then, after that and finally. The children particularly enjoyed writing about the last part of the story where the fox gobbles the gingerbread man up in one bite!
In Maths, we did lots of jumping around when learning how to add and subtract using a number line. This week, the children will be bringing home a number line that they can use to practise Maths at home. We’ve focused on the different directions you jump on the number line depending on whether it’s an addition or subtraction sum and made sure that we only jump one number each time. You can see us using our outdoor number line here:

In phonics last week we reached the end of learning Phase 3 sounds! The next couple of weeks will now be spent consolidating their phonic knowledge and applying it when reading and writing. We also be focusing on rhyming words.
We also conducted our first science experiment, testing the properties of different materials to help us decide which material we should use to make our fairy tale town!
This week, in Maths we will be focusing on positional language (such as behind, next to, in front of etc.) as well as odd and even numbers. In English we will be looking at rhyming words to make Rhyme Slime Potions. We will also be starting to build our fairy tale town during afternoon sessions.
Finally, please look out for letters coming home this week regarding parents evening next week and our school trip to London Sea life Aquarium, which is taking place after half term.