We have had a fantastic start to the year, enjoying our topic Paws, Claws, Whiskers and Wings! We started the year with a safari in the Orchard, hunting for different animals and noting down what we found. We read several different books linked to the topic, including Croc and Bird and Owl Babies.
We became bird experts, learning lots of new facts, going bird watching and even turning ourselves into birds and took flight in the playground! We also learnt about reptiles, fish and mammals.
We learnt about the human body and discussed the different body parts and linked them to the five senses. We took part in a senses walk in the playground, where we identified what we could see, smell, touch, and hear.
Near the end of the half term we had lots of different visitors in the classes as it was our Pets in School Week. We saw different cats and dogs. We were very sensible, making sure to be very gentle with the animals and asking lots of interesting questions. Thank you to any of the parents who came in with their pets!
We have been working hard to improve our handwriting by keeping our letters on the line, forming capital letters correctly and making sure our tall letters touch the line. We have also been thinking, saying and remembering a sentence that starts with a time word (First, Next, Then, After that, Finally).
In maths we have been learning to represent different numbers in the part, part, whole model and we have been comparing numbers numbers using the greater than, less than and equal to symbols.
We have also enjoyed Task Time! We have learnt many things including the difference between human and physical features, how to make a moving picture and the colours we can make when we mix the primary colours!
