The children have been full of festive creativity! They designed Christmas cards featuring fantastic snowmen made from their own footprints. First, they chose their favourite colour of card and practiced their design and technology skills by folding it carefully so the corners matched. Working in pairs, they helped each other apply white paint to the bottom of their foot before pressing it onto the card. After washing the paint off in water—supporting independence and self-care—they waited for the prints to dry. Then came the fun part: adding facial features, choosing and gluing on a hat (either a woolly hat or a bowler hat), and finishing with twig arms to complete their snowman design.
In maths, we explored one more and one less by using wooden blocks to create a playground for bears and making up stories where bears were added or taken away. We also played a Christmas tree game, rolling dice and finding the corresponding numbered bauble to decorate the tree. We voted on which colour glitter to add to the play dough, carefully counting the votes and discovered that gold was the clear winner! To strengthen pre-writing skills, the children enjoyed Squiggle While You Wiggle and Dough Disco. During our phonological awareness session we played Eye Spy and lined up for lunch when when we heard the first sound of our names. We completed Christmas themed jigsaws on the interactive white board. During some snack time sessions we read Christmas themed stories. We used our cutting from our scissor skills session last week to make some fabulous collages. Our outdoor learning included repotting spinach seedlings and planting crocus bulbs, helping the children understand how plants grow and develop. On Friday afternoon we watches a fabulous pantomime performed by Gateshead Collage (photographs on a separate post).
Article 1: Everyone, under 18, has the rights of the UN Convention.
Article 2: All children have rights. No child should be treated unfairly.
Article 28: You have the right to a good quality education. You should be encouraged to go to school to the highest level.
.
