Knowledge and Understanding of the World- A Victorian Christmas

The children have been busy decorating our Victorian Christmas room. We made traditional decorations for the tree and we have been dressing up as Victorians. It has been great fun in our role play area. Can you say how the Victorians lit their homes?

Welsh language development

This week in Welsh we have been asking the question 'Beth sy'n bod?' and pretending that we have hurt a part of our body.

We used the mannequin independently to label parts of the body.

PSDWBCD- Being a Good Listener

We have been talking about how to be a good listener. We modelled good listening skills with our talking partners. We decided that we need to show that we are listening by looking at our partner, and showing them that we are interested by asking our partner questions using questioning words.

Creative Development: Making a Sequence

We used the story, 'Handa's Surprise', to create a sequence of slow and clumsy movements. We 'collapsed' to the floor when we bumped into the tree like the goat in Handa's Surprise. We discussed what we were looking for- high and low shapes, slow movements and change of direction. We watched the videos in class and decided what we need to improve next time.

Physical Development

We have been throwing and catching a ball at different heights and when we're on the move. We decided that we needed to keep our eye on the ball and open our hands ready to catch the ball. We worked with a partner and threw the ball underarm for our partner to catch. When we went back to class, we looked at the pictures and a video of our performance. We talked about what we did well and what we needed to improve next time.

Knowledge and Understanding - Using Directions

This week, we have been learning to use directional vocabulary. We completed a left and right survey by walking around the school grounds and stopping to see what was on the left and on the right. We worked with our talking partners and we talked about what we could see.

Creative Development- Mirroring

In Dance, we have been linking high, low and shaking actions. We used the story stimulus, Handa's Surprise to create our sequences. We evaluated our performances in class and decided that we need to change direction more frequently next time.

Knowledge and Understanding - Comparing Light Sources

We read the story, 'The Owl Who Was Afraid of the Dark'. We discussed which sources of light we could give the owl to use during the night time. We planned an investigation to find out which light would be the brightest. We used a candle, a torch and a lamp. We found out that the lamp was the brightest, but which light did we choose to give the owl?

L, L & C

We made a list of 00 and oo words with our talking partners. (Thinking and communication skills). We asked each other questions using the microphone and we used our ICT skills to sort the words on the plasma.

Mathematical Development - Doubling Numbers

This week, we have been doubling numbers up to 10. We each had a question card and placed it on the correct answer. We played games on the plasma and we programmed bee bot to the correct answers. We asked each other doubling questions using the microphone. What is double 4? Can you think of a doubling question?