Spring Term

Spring 1

This term the children have learnt about The Arctic and The Antarctic, exploring the similarities and differences between both environments. To help with our imaginative writing we trapped Miss Marshall in a snow globe and wrote about how we would feel if we were trapped. We developed our knowledge about different cultures by learning about Chinese New Year, where it was the year of the Pig. We discussed healthy eating and made a healthy food plate making sure we had lots of different variety of foods on their. We focused on time and daily routines seeing if we could order familiar events and discuss what happens at day/ night time. In Forest School we were very lucky to have snow, so the children went outside and went sledging. To round off our half term, parents were invited in to come and look at the children's homework projects. 

Our activities included 

• Science Experiments - Blubber glove, Sticky Ice, Melting Ice, Making Jelly
• Creative activities- mixed media polar bears and penguins, woodwork, role play in the Arctic explorers, valentines cards, valentines day cakes,
• Fine motor - Scissor skills, sewing Chinese money wallets, Polar bear threading
• Gross motor- Gymnastics and team games
• Maths- Daily routines, time, day and night and money, 5/ 10 frame addition, 1 more/ 1 less, ordering numbers to 20 including weekly maths challenges
•  Literacy - snowman sequencing, snow globe, polar bear facts, The penguins packing list, Chinese new year, valentines day writing and weekly challenges  

Spring 2

This half term we are leaning all about the farm and Spring, Our learning is usually based around a story. The stories and events that will be taking place this half term are:-

• The Little Red Hen
• They all saw a cat- One book one school and World book day
• What the ladybird heard and Science week 
• What the ladybird heard next
• A squash and a squeeze
• Easter
• Church visit and Farm visit 
• Mother's day parent partnership event
• Homework and Parents evening