Deforestation discussions in MI

19th September 2023Stacey McClare

Today we thought about deforestation, what it is and the different causes. We watched a variety of clips to help us to understand further. We also looked at some of the reasons why people don’t want to stop deforestation. After having some great discussions on this, we took part in a role play activity. There were a variety of roles given out including loggers, pharmacists, conservationists, cattle farmers and fast food restaurant owners. We each tried to get into role and think about why we were in favour or against deforestation.

Roman Timeline

19th September 2023Laura Hamill

To deepen our knowledge of where the Romans came from, we learned more about the history of the Romans. We built our background knowledge further by reading about key dates in the Roman timeline and then we worked in mini crews to order a timeline from 753BC, when the building of Rome began, up until 476AD when the Roman Empire collapsed. Did you know that Julius Caesar was unsuccessful when he first tried invade Britain?

Continuous provision in Crew MW 🧑🏻‍🎨🌧👷🏻🧮

19th September 2023Sarah Mcglone

We really enjoy exploring our continuous provision in Crew MW. Here are some of the exciting things we have been up to and some of the creations members of our crew have produced! We always show such wonderful Be Kind HOWLs when working in provision – sharing with other members of the crew, speaking nicely to one another, helping other people, and using our manners. We have also been trying super hard to think about our Work Hard HOWLs too whilst in provision – just on Monday alone there were many examples of trying even when challenged, active participation, and lots of positive attitudes!

Even though we really enjoy our indoor provision, our favourite moment of Monday was going outside in our wellies and splashing about in all the puddles, riding through them on our bikes and scooters, and swinging from the climbing frame!

Phonics 📚

19th September 2023Sarah Mcglone

We have been working extremely hard on our phonics since the start of the year, and so that we are practising as much as we can, we have been using the iPads as additional tuition during our provision time. We have really enjoyed learning with Fred and letting him hear how good we are getting at recognising sounds and getting speedier. Some of us even used the whiteboards on the table to practise our letter formation! We know that the more we practise, the better we will become!

Mindful yoga 🧘🏻‍♂️🧘🏼‍♀️

19th September 2023Sarah Mcglone

During crew on Monday, we talked about different ‘sad’ feelings. We discussed that not only can people feel sad, they can feel anxious, worried, frightened, upset, afraid and scared at times too. There are lots of different reasons why people might be feeling like this and we decided that we would like to think about how to make people happy and calm again and get them into the green zone. One way that could help someone feel positive again is by doing mindful yoga. We decided to give it a try ourselves and it certainly made us feel happy – look at those super smiley faces!