Due to the weather changes our Sports Day could not happen on the field and it was a shame that our grown-ups could not come to see us but that didn't stop us from having a sports day. In the afternoon, we popped on our coats and went on to the playground to take part in lots of different races. We had such a good time! On Monday, we were very lucky to have some extra special visitors come to see us! We have been learning all about animals and minibeasts this half term and the children were so excited to see a variety of animals in our classroom. The children all used their listening ears and kind hands to hold and stroke lots of different animals. The children were fascinated by Spinderella the Tarantula, Nina the Guinea Pig, Jack the Tortoise and Zena the Millipede! We loved listening to all the amazing information Michala had to share about her very friendly animals. A big thank you to all our Parents/Carers who attended our Teddy Bears Breakfast Picnic on Wednesday. It was lovely to see you all having lots of fun sharing stories and being very creative with your child/ren. We hope you all enjoyed it, just as much as we did. If you go into the woods today...... you're sure to find lots of bugs and minibeasts! The children have been fantastic explorers and bug detectives outside this week. Just look at some of the amazing bugs and minibeasts we have found,,,, We have been learning all about oral health and how to look after our teeth. We shared our own experiences of going to the Dentist and used our role play area to re-enact these. In our 'Talk Through the Day' sessions we talked about what steps we need to take to brush our teeth properly as well as learning the meaning of some words. For our focus text, we looked at a non-fiction book that shared lots of interesting facts about why we need to brush our teeth, what happens to our teeth, why animals do not use toothbrushes and which animal has the most teeth.... do you know which animal has the most teeth? The best part of learning how to keep our teeth clean and healthy was the experiments that we carried out! Our first experiment was called 'Plaque Attack'. We did lots of talking around what lots of sugar can do to our teeth and what could happen if we didn't brush our teeth. First, we mixed sugar and water together and nothing happened but then we added plaque (yeast) to water and sugar and we were amazed at what happened!... the plaque grew and grew. Our second experiment involved eggs, egg shells are like our teeth so we placed white egg shells in different liquids - tea, orange juice, water, fizzy pop, juice and vinegar and left them over night. We predicted that the egg shells would all be okay the next day. The next day came and we were amazed at what had happened! We used an egg that had not been in any liquid to compare the changes - The eggs in the fizzy pop, tea and juice were all stained from brown and even silver! The egg that was in the vinegar stained but had also gone really, really soft, the egg in the orange juice had a coating but the one left in the water was still the same. We then decided that to make the eggs right again, we needed to give them a brush with toothpaste and a toothbrush. We discussed that it is okay to have some sugar and treats in our diets but it is important that we brush our teeth twice a day and go to the Dentist at least once a year to make sure our teeth stay clean and healthy. This week we have been learning all about how to stay safe on and near the roads, using resources from Brake - The Road Safety Charity. We had lots of fun outside playing 'red light, green light', creating cars and car seats out of our construction resources, using the bikes as cars and electronic traffic lights to create a pelican crossing. During the week inside, we have built our knowledge and vocabulary of road safety through our 'Talk Through the Day' sessions and towards the end of the week, we had a little (on site) walk to see what can help keep us safe and practiced what we have to do when we want to cross the road. The children all received a certificate and a high visibility key ring for all their hard work this week. Well done F2! We have been learning all about different jobs within the community and wider areas. The children have been really interested in finding out about jobs within the NHS and Social Care as well as Firefighters. Today, we were very lucky to have a visitor from the Fire Department, the children were so excited when they heard the news! Matt came to see us to talk about what a Firefight does, how they help people and what he needed to do to become a Firefighter. The children loved listening to Matt and had some very interesting questions to ask, however, their favourite part was looking at all the equipment and also trying some of it on! A big Athersley South thank you to Matt the Firefighter for making the time to come and see us. We have had a fantastic day celebrating World Book Day! Everyone looked amazing in their dressing up clothes and we have loved listening to others talk about their favourite books, characters and story plots. To finish off our fantastic day, the grown-ups read their favourite stories while the children listened, enjoyed a cup of hot chocolate and a yummy biscuit. A big thank you to Mrs. Wheelwright, our Reading Leader, who organised such a fun filled day! This morning some children had heard that snow was on its way. This morning the children went outside in their wetsuits and wellies to see if it was snowing but it was just rain and sleet and this did not stop us from exploring! The children loved jumping in muddy puddles and making their splashes bigger and bigger! This afternoon it wasn't raining, it was snowing! The children were so excited to be out in the snow. We had lots of fun painting in the snow and making different sized snow people. Before we went inside we had a snowball fight! It was snow much fun! This week we have been learning that some people around the world celebrate Chinese New Year, as part of our British Values, we understand that some people celebrate the same things and some people do not celebrate the same things and that is okay.
We had a big discussion around foods that we eat when we celebrate or spend time with our families. Some of our children like ordering food on a Friday night with their families, some enjoy having a roast dinner at a relatives, some have cake and candles and some children have pizza parties! We talked about different foods that people eat all around the world - the children found that some foods are the same as they enjoy and there were others that our children were less familiar with. Today, the children helped prepare and make a stir fry for everyone to try. The children carefully chopped the vegetables before the stir fry was cooked. All the children had a taste of the stir fry and lots of children really liked eating the noodles and vegetables. |
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