Everybody Writes!

On Friday we had an "Everybody Writes" launch at school. The usual morning routine was discarded and the whole school was filled with activities to inspire writing. All of the children throughout the school were able to explore the school and participate in a variety of activities. Here are some pictures of what we got up to.

 

 

Improving their fine motor skills by practising cutting.

 Making secret messages with candles, then painting over them to reveal all.

 Cutting letters out of newspapers to create words.

 Making words by printing with potatoes.

 Making charcoal and using it to write messages.

 

 Using construction to write our names.

 There were also stations for creating paper aeroplane messages, making pop up books, making stories on the computer, play dough words, writing their greatest wishes and there was a nonsense gallery too.

 As you can see it was a very enjoyable day and as well as improving the children's writing skills, it developed their social skills; the children experienced new environments, worked with new adults and alongside unfamiliar, older children. In addition, it gave the children a taste of independence the children were able to choose any activity they liked and stay there for an unlimited period. 

 From now on, the children will not have Read Write Inc on Monday morning. Instead they will stay in the foundation unit and have an "Everybody Writes" hour in which they will participate in fun activities that will promote and extend the children's writing ability.

 

PE

Just a quick post to show you some of the great work we do in PE. In today's lesson we were focusing on travelling over and under different apparatus.

 When walking along the beam we had to concentrate and look straight ahead to make sure we didn't fall off.

 We had to be really careful when climbing down the apparatus.

Some of us can squeeze into really small spaces, as you can see from their faces the children were very impressed!

 When jumping off the apparatus we had to make sure we landed safely.

 We travelled along the bar in lots of different ways.

The children were also responsible for getting the equipment out and putting it away safely. Well done Clown fish, I look forward to doing it again next week!

 

 

Cannon Hall Farm

Today we have been on a class trip to Cannon Hall farm.

First, we fed the cows they were very greedy.

Next, we rode on a tractor around the new part of the farm.

Afterwards we went to see the baby piglets. Some were only 5 days old!

We went to see the lambs, one had been born five minutes before we went in!

We went to see the guinea pigs and rabbits. We were allowed to stroke them.

We also saw some Shetland ponies, donkeys, llamas, goats, chickens and Tom the turkey! It was such a busy day but we still found time to play in the adventure playground and the tunnel maze.

We had so much fun but on the coach journey home we were all exhausted. What a busy day!

Quick Quiz
1. What is a female pig called?
2. What is the name of a baby rabbit?
3. What is the name of a male sheep?
4. Why do some sheep have red dots on their back? 
 
 

 
 

Pancake Day

Today we were really lucky the "Friends of Lound Infant School" brought in some pancakes to celebrate Pancake day. We had lots of toppings to choose from. Some of the children enjoyed them so much they ate every last crumb!

Here are some pictures of us tucking in to them.

Dougie Dog's big day

This term our RE topic has been weddings and what a coincidence Dougie Dog and Rainbow fish had decided to get married!

As I’m sure you know the Clown fish think very highly of Dougie dog so we decided we would throw him the “best wedding ever.”

We started off the week looking at photographs of weddings of people we know. We discussed the common features of a Christian wedding, eg. white dresses, flowers, rings and cake. Mrs Hoey brought in her wedding dress for us to look at.Christian said, "It looks so soft, I want to sleep in it."

Throughout the week we made invitations to the weddings, congratulation cards, outfits, rings and lots of flowers.

When it came to the big day we made sure we looked smart then went into the Rainbow fish classroom to take our place on the groom’s side of the aisle.

The Bride and groom picked their best men and bridesmaids, Miss Spacey took her place as the Vicar, then the ceremony began.

After the ceremony the bride threw the bouquet (Great catch Amelia!) then it was time for the reception where we danced the afternoon away!

Afterwards we looked at a video of a Hindu wedding. We had a look at traditional Hindu wedding clothes and tried them on.

We thought very carefully about the similarities and differences between Christian weddings and Hindu weddings. Here are some of our ideas.

Similarities

"They both had dresses."Gabi

"They had flowers." Jack

Differences

"The Bride was carried in a basket." Hayden  

"She had gold and purple on her dress, not a white one." Kayleigh

It has been a very busy week but we have had lots of fun! Congratulations Dougie and Rainbow fish!

Handwriting

It is important that children form letters correctly from an early age. The more the children form letters incorrectly the more the brain gets programmed to always form the letter shapes this way.

Here is a list of the letter sounds and the rhymes we use at school to help the children when writing letters.

a Round the apple down the leaf (apple)
b Down the laces to the heel, round the toe (Boot)
c Curl around the caterpillar (caterpillar)
d Round his bottom up his tall neck and down to his feet (dinosaur)
e Lift off the top and scoop out the egg (egg)
f Down the stem, and draw the leaves (flower)
g Round her face down her hair and give her a curl (girl)
h Down the head to the hooves and over his back (horse)
i Down his body, and dot for his head (insect)
j Down his body curl and dot (jack-in-the box)
k Down the kangaroo’s body, tail and leg (kangaroo)
l Down the long leg (leg)
m Down Maisie, over the mountain over the mountain (Maisie and
mountains)
n Down Nobby, over his net (football net)
o All around the orange (orange)
p Down his plait and around his head (pirate)
q Round her head, up past her earrings and down her hair (queen)
r Down his back, then curl over his arm (robot)
s Slither down the snake (snake)
t Down the tower across the tower (castle tower)
u Down and under, up to the top and draw the puddle (umbrella)
v Down a wing, up a wing (vulture)
w Down up down up (worm)
x Down the arm and leg and repeat the other side (Exercise)
y Down a horn up a horn and under his head (yak)
z Zig-zag-zig (zip)

Fun in the Snow!

The snow is finally here, so today we put on our wellies, wrapped up warm and went out to explore!
Here are some photos of us in action!

Miniature snowman

Giant snowball

Snowball fight

It's our job to look after the guinea pigs this week. We talked about what it would be like to live outside like them. We thought it would be freezing and that would make us miserable. To cheer up the guinea pigs we decided to fill up their "bedroom" in their hutch with lots of hay and give them lots of food to eat.

Thank you fish for being thoughtful and looking after our pets.

Fingers crossed the snow lasts a bit longer! If it does please make sure the fish have suitable clothing and footwear to go outside.