Personal, Social & Emotional Development

We read 'The and he Tortoise' and discussed the importance of perseverance.  

We read 'When the Bees Buzzed off'. This lead to a discussion about how to look after our environment to save the bees. It was great to hear the Caterpillars ideas about how to look after the world around them. They talked about putting rubbish in the bin, leaving the flowers for them to get the nectar and recycling. 

Physical Development

We loved being back at Dance with Amy. We danced to some old favourites and are excited to learn our new dances. 

We have been working hard on our fine motor skills. We have been busy threading! 

Literacy

We have been learning about 'Jack and the Beanstalk'. We have been retelling the story, planting beanstalks, building castles, writing stories and lots of chopping the beanstalks down!

Maths 

We looked at how doubles and even numbers relate to each other. We showed our doubles on a ten frame. 

We learnt to make 6,7&8 using '5 and a bit'. We figured out this was the fastest way to know how many there are in each number. We showed it on our fingers, a ten frame and with objects. 

We have been learning about length. We ordered the Giant's footprint from longest to shortest and then explored the classroom finding items longer and shorter than our own Giant's footprint. 

We looked at capacity and the language of full, half full and empty. 

Understanding the World 

We have been busy planting. We have read the story of Jack and the Beanstalk. We talked about what a plant needs to grow and planted beans. We keep watering them and are waiting patiently for a sign of growth. 

We were busy worker and drone bees. We had a relay race to see who could move the most nectar from the flower, back to the hive using a pipette. We had great fun! It was great to see how hard the bees actually have to work to make such a small amount of honey. Did you know... one bee makes about ONE tablespoon of honey in its lifetime! 

We found out the bees need lots of flowers to be able to make the honey. So we made bee bombs by combining clay, soil and seeds. We are looking forward to throwing them into the wild to see our flowers grow and hoping they will attract the bees. 

Expressive Art and Design

Our D.T project this half term is looking at collaboratively building a beanstalk using junk modelling. Our first step was looking at different types of construction. Our aim as to build a sturdy base to support the beanstalk and stop it falling over. 

We worked with our group to draw a design for how we are going to make our beanstalk. We wrote labels and thought about the materials we would need. 

Our beanstalks are growing! We are pushing our designs to build our beanstalks.