Ello, Ello, Ello!

Its the POLICE!

The World (Science, Geography, History, Communities)

Communication and Language 

This week the lucky Elmers had a real treat. PC Gorden came to visit dressed in his full uniform and brought his amazing police car. The children were sooooo excited. 

They spoke to PC Gorden asking him lots of sensible questions. They listened as he talked to them about his job and the important things his does. He showed us all the special equipment he keeps on his uniform and we were allowed to pretend to talk through his Police Radio and then we got to try on the Police hats. Who would have guessed there were that many hats?

The other highlight was going outside to see the police car and some of us even got to sit in the drivers seat. 

Thank you so much PC Gorden for visiting us in Elmers. 

Literacy

We turned our reading sofa into a bed and the children had a great time reading Role Play reading bedtime stories to each other. They were super at holding the books properly, turning the pages and saying what was happening in the pictures.

Maths

Pattern this week in Maths. The children enjoyed watching Mrs English create patterns that reminded us of animals. We had bumble bees, caterpillars and tigers. We then tried to copy Mrs English's patterns and did a super job. It was great to see so many Elmers problem solving and looking at the order of the colours and then rechecking. 

PSED

Its always nice to see children in Elmers playing with different people. This week lots of the Elmers have been making new friends.

Expressive Art and Design (Art, Music, Drama and DT)

The children had a great time building fire engines with Mr Rist. They thought carefully about the position of the large bricks, the shapes they would need, how to make it stable and which building materials were best suited to the jobs.​​​​​​

This week its a Nurse!

The World (Science, Geography, History, Communities)

After learning about Doctors last week, we have been very lucky this week to have a visit from a real, life nurse. 

Nurse Phyllis came to Elmers to talk to us about the important job she does as a Nurse, looking after teeny tiny babies. 

She brought along some of the equipment she needs and some of the children even got to try on her uniform. 

The Elmers asked some super questions and sat so nicely while Nurse Phyllis showed the this she had brought. What a treat. It was also great to hear some of the new vocabulary being used too that we have been learning. 

Can anyone remember any names of the special equipment on the photographs?

Literacy

Our book of the week is also linked to Nurses and is also a great text to promote counting and number.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0k-B2eFRxmY
What else have the Elmers been up to?

Physical Development (Fine and Gross Motor)

The children loved mark making in the outdoors this week on our knew chalk table. A great way to practice those larger arm movements and strengthen our muscles for writing.

Expressive Art and Design (Art, DT, Music, Drama)

This week we have thought about Autumn and the colours we can see on the trees outside. We then selected the coloured crayons to match and use them to create out own Autumn leaf rubbings. 

Communication and Language 

There has been lots of talking in the Drs Role Play. The children have been talking about the problems they might have, asking the Dr for help and providing each other with help and advise to get better. A great prop for promoting C&L is the telephone. Answering the calls and pretending to take messages for the Dr. 

Maths

Number puzzles are always a firm favourite. The children have loved taking out the numbers and putting them back in the right places. Mrs Bracken had great fun hiding the numbers and asking the children if they could guess which number was missing!

A fantastic opportunity in play for identifying numbers, counting and reading numerals.

PSED

The children are still learning to follow the rules and routines in the classroom. Here we are practising the skill of lining up with our friends to go in ready for Snack Time. 

Is there a Doctor in the House?!

We are continuing our topic 'All about me'. This week we are thinking about all the people around us who are here to help and the different jobs they do.  

We have read the story - 'A Super Hero Like You' . 

Click the link below to listen to the story together. 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nPdwZrqQm_s

As part of our learning, we have changed our home corner into a Dr's Surgery where the children are having lots of fun pretending to look after each other. 

We have talked about what jobs Dr's do, looked at some of our toy Dr's kit and put names to the different instrument. This has been a great opportunity for the children to use the skills of recalling past experiences and developing Communication and language. 

Mark Making 

We have continued using our fine motor skills to create some beautiful self portraits; painting the shapes of our faces and facial features. We have also enjoyed colouring Autumn pictures and practising our pencil control. 

Maths

In maths our special number is 2

We have enjoyed looking at our bodies and identifying the parts we have two of. Two eyes, two ears etc. Mrs English tried to trick us by asking if we had two noses? We were too clever! We knew we only had one.

Following our Maths programme we have been looking at different ways we can sort objects. We have sorted by colour, by object and finally by size. We had to work together to get some of the things to the carpet they were soooo big!

Exploring our world

Playing with what we know in our Role Play Dr's Surgery. The children have been extending their vocabulary learning the names for the Dr's tools. Counting out the pom poms used as medicine. Taking notes on the computer and mark making by writing out prescriptions. 

Being Creative

We took our new instruments to the big stage for our end of the day singing session. A great opportunity to be creative exploring the different sounds the instruments made and exploring different ways to play them. We were even brave enough to each have a go at performing to our friends while they practiced being an audience. It was really great to see the children enjoying watching their friends and developing their listening skills at the same time. 

The children have also enjoyed working together, using the large construction, to build a variety of different vehicles. First we had a ship and then an aeroplane. The children thought carefully about the different components needed and once complete they all enjoyed talking about where they were going, the weather conditions and much more. A great activity to develop DT skills alongside the social skills needed for working together and taking turns. 

Welcome Back

Elmers 24/25

Wow, what a super start to the new year. Our veteran Elmers have come back to school oozing confidence now that they are the BIG GUYs and helping our new Elmers to settle in really well. 

We have been learning new songs, our friends names and the rules and routines of our classroom. 

we have read our class story ELMER and the children have enjoyed making Elmers in the craft area and using their colouring skills in the writing area. 

In Maths we have been practising recognising colours and again playing colour games with our friends to colour in our Elmer picture.