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
Little City visits Carcroft!
Crew McGlone had a visit from ‘Little City’ who turned our school hall into a… well, little city! The children were able to role play different jobs and we absolutely loved all the different props and costumes! Thank you so much to Little City for coming in and letting us have SUCH a lovely afternoon!
Fine motor & sensory learning.
This week the children practiced different fine motor skills in our sensory activities. The children cleaned all the mucky animals using sponges and scrubbing brushes. We also enjoyed scooping and digging our shapes out of the ’Gelli Baff’ and using different tools such as a masher and whisk.
Life skills/hygiene.
This week we focused on hygiene and oral health. The children learnt about the importance of brushing our teeth and keeping healthy. The children also worked on cooking skills and learning to crack an egg. Alongside this, we kept our focus around understanding why we should clean our hands before and after handling food.
Pizza Parlour.
This week in our crew’s cooking class we made our own pizza. The children got to choose from a range of toppings, or all of them, to add to their pizza. We used our cutting skills from previous weeks to chop the peppers, tomatoes and mushrooms. They smelt delicious!
Life Skills.
One of our favourite life skills is chopping fruit for our fruit salads, yummy!
The children focused on the different skills and techniques that are needed to chop soft and hard fruits. We used different hand motions when chopping a banana in comparison to chopping an apple.
Everyone participated and focused brilliantly. Amazing work!
Expedition biscuits.
For our story in expedition, we decided to make our own little pigs. We used pink icing with some marshmallows and googly eyes.
we enjoyed eating these as much as we did making them!
Sports Day.
The children practiced jumping on spots, balancing on stepping stones (floor is lava), wiggling the hoops on our hips and practicing to balance bean bags on their heads. Great work!
Cooking in Crew.
Last half term the children focused on spreading and cutting different textures of food. We made jam sandwiches, fairy bread, fruit cutting and to link in with our expedition book, ‘Goldilocks and the three bears’, the children made bear faces with rice cakes. All the children enjoyed the new flavours.
Pancake day
Tuesday was the best day ever! We made pancakes, and it was VERY messy (but that’s the fun part!).
First, we mixed all the ingredients in a big bowl. The flour went poof! everywhere, and our faces turned white like snow. We stirred and stirred with big wooden spoons—our arms got super tired, but we didn’t give up!
Then, we scooped the gooey pancake mix into little cups. It was sticky and squishy, and some of it even landed on the table (oops!). But that’s okay because we were having so much fun!
They were the BEST pancakes in the whole wide world!
Final Product Creations
The children have been using their creative skills in expedition. Using fine motor movements and discussing the features of plants, to create water colour paintings with a range of lines and shapes that will be used within the community. Well done F2.
