This week we have been with lots of interesting learning opportunities!

In literacy we have been reading our new book, learning new sounds and forming our letters correctly! We still find b and d quite tricky!

In IDL this week we have been learning about what it means to be kind and caring. We linked this to the Buddhist story of the Monkey King. The video story can be found below:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/teach/class-clips-video/religious-studies-ks1-the-buddhist-story-of-siddhartha-and-the-swan-and-the-monkey-king/zfkcwty

Lastly, in maths we have been finishing our data handling topic. Today we worked in groups of 3 to create a survey to ask the class. On Monday, we will use these to create graphs. Have a look at some of our surveys:

This week P2A enjoyed spending some time in our school library. ‘We all picked books to look at and at the end Mrs Davidson read us a story, it was fun.’ – Michaela.

Have a good weekend!

We have lots of great play experiences in the classroom this week all designed/asked for by the children. We have:

• Forces – making ramps for the cars to see what height makes them travel faster.
• Literacy – creating books to read to the class at story time.
• Reading – reading short novels in the quiet area.
• Money – playing active games on the board, creating a shop in the role play area with priced food items to buy.
• The body – books all about different areas of the body and machines to measure our heart rate.
• Problem solving/creating – using the gears in different ways to make them turn.
• Numeracy – using the Numicon to add and subtract, playing dominoes…….and much more!

Isabella says: I wanted to make a beach area in the classroom with sand, shells, pine cones. I put out 20 glasses for the children to make and I have designed my own umbrella and beach pictures for everyone. I loved making it and I can’t wait until everyone see’s it!

The children in P2A have input on what they would like in all areas of the classroom on a weekly basis.