This half term we have explored the autumn leaves and trees through sensory, painting and learning. Lots of different colours and textures. The children have colour matched, picked their own leaves and made beautiful art work.
Learning about Autumn
Category : Understanding the world
Crew F2 get Christmassy!
Last Friday, Crew F2 got very Christmassy in their classroom! Take a look at us decorating our Christmas tree!
Paddington and the grand tour
In expedition, we read ‘Paddington and the grand tour’ and talked about how Paddington was excited to visit lots of landmarks in London on an open top tour bus.
We worked as a crew to create our own open top tour bus, with Hayden as our bus driver! We then took it in turns to sit with our friends in a cafe and shared cakes, just like Paddington did. Finally, we built a beautiful palace, similar to Buckingham Palace which was a stop on the tour bus.
Getting our classroom Christmas ready!
On Friday, we had a lovely time decorating our classroom tree.
Snow!
The children really enjoyed exploring snow this week. We discussed what clothes we need to wear in order to keep us warm in the cold, snowy weather. We also brought snow inside and explored what happens when it melts.
Remembrance Day 2024
Crew McGlone have spent time over the last week discussing why it is important for us to think about those people who helped and continue to help to keep our country safe, and thank them for everything they do. We created fork paintings of poppies that Miss McGlone put together into a wreath for our whole school Remembrance Day display.
We then also made our own poppies using apples and carrots to print with inside a laminating pouch. Once they were dry, they were put through the laminator and we have put them on our classroom windows.
Firework printing!
To celebrate Bonfire Night, Crew McGlone created firework pictures. We used cardboard tubes to print glitter paint onto black paper to look like fireworks exploding in the night sky. They looked really effective!
Enjoying our new classroom and our first week back after half term!
Crew McGlone were very excited to explore their new classroom after half term. They have really enjoyed getting to know where our resources are kept and the areas we have in our new room.
Whilst we were enjoying our half term holiday, the season definitely changed and we noticed LOTS more golden, crunchy leaves had fallen off the trees in our outdoor area. We loved playing with our friends in Crew F2 and we worked together to collect them up and create big piles for us to play in. We even found some mini-beasts and insects!
Bonfire week in Crew Tymon.
This week in Crew Tymon we celebrated bonfire night. We explored mixing paints together with our hands to make fire paintings. We also put the fire out in phonics using spray bottles. Using our hand eye coordination to roll a ball to make a beautiful firework picture, we also practiced our cutting and fine motor skills. To end the week we had a sparkle and shine disco, and we showed everyone our best dance moves.
Halloween fun.
This week in crew we focused our attention on the upcoming celebration of Halloween! We start our day off with a sensory story. This week the children took part in listening and interacting with our sensory story, The Incy Wincy Spider, as well as participating in lots of messy Halloween crafts.
Cutting and Cleaning
In Crew we like to learn life skills and brush up our fine motor skills. The children are getting used to sharing and taking in turns, which is fantastic!
