Happy Half Term!

We have had a very busy final week, with dancing, party planning, a spy hotel, an obstacle course and a talent show to finish off this half term.

We have come to the end of our unit on space and I am incredibly impressed with all their hard work across the different subjects to learn about all things space related. In science this week, we looked at different jobs within space in addition to being an astronaut, including spacesuit designer and space scientist. The children enjoyed getting to draw a picture of the space job they would want and write why they have chosen this job. Reception have been learning a little bit about constellations with Abbie and Rachel, creating some beautiful paintings of the stars. Reception also spend a few short afternoon sessions a week in Acorn class, seeing Karen, Kath and friends and this week had fun at the playdough table and in the mark making area. It is great to see and continue to support the relationships across all of EYFS, the children really enjoy this.

Drawing club this week has been Superworm and we have drawn some new evil sidekicks for the Wizard Lizard and helped Superworm with some ideas of how to rescue the insects.

Our Toys in Space work in literacy will carry on into Spring 2 where the children have been beginning to plan a fantasy story of their own, thinking about how to connect ideas and using adjective to describe. We also got creative this week, planning a party to cheer up the toys in the story.

All of Chestnut class have made huge improvements with their phonics and as a team we are incredibly proud of their progress this half term. Year 1 have been working particularly hard with extra speed sound lessons and their spellings. Please continue to support them with this at home as it is an essential part of their learning.

We have had a short unit of addition and subtraction in Maths at the end of this half term and this week we have been looking at subtracting within 20 and finding the difference. We have used lots of manipulatives to support understanding. Reception have also been looking at taking away within 5 as well as greater and less than within 10.
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The children did an amazing job finishing their Ferris Wheels this week, they built a stand (with a little help from Rachel and I) and went to town on decorating to make them bright and colourful. They have really enjoyed DT this half term and getting to finally put all the pieces together and seeing their deigns fully functioning was a joy to watch.
 
It has been a pleasure teaching this half term, stepping into my new role, finding our feet with all the changes and I am looking forward to next half term.

I hope everyone has a lovely half term and break.  
Miss Warwick and Team