This week in numeracy all children will be making biscuits to give them the opportunity to practise using weighing scales for a real life purpose. Please take a look at one of our groups who have been making biscuits today.

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[slideshow]1n have had a fantastic Festivals day.  We enjoyed learning about Holi the Hindu Festival of colour and made pictures by blowing runny paint with straws.  We have celebrated Diwali by listening to the Rama and Sita story and making stick puppets of the characters.  We also designed Rangoli patterns and then iced them onto biscuits.  We enjoyed learning about the Chinese Moon Festival and made lanterns for this.  Throughout the day children have also had the opportunity to make a festival cards and take part in some traditional Bhangra and Bollywood dancing with Miss Dulay.  Please take a look at our pictures.

 

 

[slideshow]Year 1 went to Twycross zoo where they had the chance to look at animals from our jungle topic such as elephants, giraffes, gorillas, chimpanzees, orangutans, parrots and other animals such as penguins, sealions, otters, bats, and camels.  They also visited the pets corner where they saw donkeys, rabbits, hamsters, guinea pigs, rats and chinchillers.  Everybody had a great time please look at our pictures.

[slideshow] Today we went outside in plan,do review. Some of the children made sand castles in our large sand pit, while other children played in the puppet theatre and practised their writing on the chalkboards.

[slideshow]Yesterday we visited the animals at Twycross zoo. We all had a lovely day and saw lots of different animals. Have a look at what we saw…

[slideshow]Today in numeracy some of our children have been making models out of recycled materials that they brought from home. They talked about the shape of the object they were using and they were asked questions eg, How many corners? What can you use it for?
Please take a look at our pictures.

[slideshow]This week 1P went to visit Calthorpe jungle. They found lots of jungle animals including zebras grazing in the fields, giraffes eating leaves from the tall trees, crocodiles swimming in the lake and cheeky monkeys swinging in the trees. We all had a lovely time and can’t wait to visit the jungle again.

[slideshow]Today 1N went over to Calthorpe Haven. The children were given clipboards and pencils to draw their favourite jungle animal. Then they got the chance to make their jungle animal out of clay. 1N had lots of fun, please take a look at our pictures.

[slideshow]Today in 1N the children went over to Calthorpe Haven to go on a jungle trail. They looked for hidden jungle animals, and were given clip boards to write or draw their jungle animal they found. Please explore our pictures.