We have really enjoyed learning about Toys this half term.  We read the story Traction Man and used this to create our own stories such as:  Traction man saving Salt Pot Stan from the boiling soup, or saving Tim Toast from the terrifying freezer.  We also enjoyed making a stocking for Traction man.  We designed our stocking and then had to use our sewing and cutting skills to create it.  We all felt very proud of our hard work!

In this topic we looked at the history of toys and used our history skills to order toys from oldest to newest.  I think we all agree we are lucky that we have the toys we do today that we can play with.  We linked our learning about toys to Geography.  We learnt that there are different games played around the world and we got the chance to play a well known Asain game such as Five stones and  a fun African board game. 

In science we learnt about materials.  First we learnt the different types of materials we have and then thought about how we could describe them.  Finally we used our knowledge to investigate which material would be best for a reindeer’s stocking.  We decided it should be waterproof.  We tested different materials until we found the best one.