Here are some of our children working really hard in phonics to read to their partner. One child acts as the teacher and observes and listens to their partner reading, supporting them to recognise tricky sounds and words, and to Fred Talk to read words. They then swap and take on the other role.
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This week before Welly Walk we recapped our learning about Spring and Minibeasts. We used key vocabulary to recall the names of some Spring flowers and some minibeasts and talked about how our environment is changing through the seasons. We also talked about where specific minibeasts like to live and why.
During Welly Walk the children were able to explore independently and enjoyed this child led learning. They created dens, role played different characters, told stories and played games. Here they are listening carefully to their friends, taking turns and having lots of fun! Well done to this weeks achievers! Here are just a few of the Rainbows with their certificates. We have a reading award, 100 dojo certificate and the Golden Book award winner.
Keep working hard, we are so proud of you! This week we have been revising learning about odd and even numbers. We made our favourite number block and identified if they had a flat top (even top.) We sorted the number blocks into odd and even groups and explained why.
We also practised counting in twos to help us identify even numbers and counted past 20! What an achievement! There have been lots of activities this week about healthy eating as our topic for the next fortnight is based on the stories Oliver's Fruit Salad and Oliver's Vegetables.
We have been identifying healthy foods and buying and selling them in our Greengrocers shop. We have designed healthy meals, explored different fruit and so much more. We have been enjoying learning inside and outside developing our skills with our friends. Here is a small selection of independent writing that the Rainbows have chosen to do during provision time.
Aren't they AMAZING! What a fantastic experience Rainbows have had today! We had a visit from Michaela at Lion Learners and she bought in some animals for us to meet. We did some very carefully listening about how to handle the animals, and how important it was for us to wash our hands before and after handling the animals. We got to meet Timmy the Royal Python, Spinderella the Tarantula, Claude the Bearded Dragon, Nina the Guinea Pig and Xena the Millipede. Michaela demonstrated how to safely interact with the animals and made it clear that if we didn't want to hold or touch them we didn't have to. She gave a choice if we could like to hold some of them, stroke them or have them placed on our leg. While we were holding the animals she told us some really interesting facts. Here are a few of them; The millipede came from Thailand (Frankie) The snake was a Royal Python (Jude) A long time ago snakes had legs (Olivia P) The Bearded Dragon eats grasshoppers (Mylah) The Bearded Dragon lives in the desert (Theo) The Bearded Dragon has a special "third eye" on top of his head. Some of the Rainbows (and staff) definitely faced their fears and it was wonderful to see the Rainbows so brave, and so engaged with the animals and when listening to Michaela. Here we are having an AMAZING time, and one of the Rainbows said "It's the best day EVER!" We even got to see Claude eat a grasshopper! Check out the videos below.
We have had so many awards this week here are just a few of the Rainbows we have celebrated. You can see some Incredible Me! certificates for phonics learning and some Dojo certificates for achieving 100 dojo points! This means the children get to spend some special time with either Mrs Fitchett or Mr Smith and are able to take part in a creative or sports activity.
You can also see our Golden Book award for being resilient when learning new things and trying their best, and also our Starbooks award! Well done superstars! Here is this weeks Road Safety Champion! It was very hard to pick this week but she demonstrated excellent care and attention when crossing the road to and from Welly Walk.
Well done for being so safe! Rainbows have had another historical object to explore this week; a miners lamp. They identified that it was made from metal and glass and we talked about how it was much safer than using a candle on their helmet. We have been using the words "A long time ago" and "the past" to help us explain about history.
The Rainbows were very interested in the topic of mining, which of course is so important within our community. We looked at some photos of coal mining and talked about the process including the use of pit ponies and how children had to help in the mine! Some of the children did some independent writing about the miners lamp and mining as they found it very interesting. |
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