We followed on from patterns to study the number 7. I couldn’t believe all the examples of 7 the children could share from their everyday lives. We practiced forming the number 7 with play dough and on mini whiteboards. When the children were given the freedom to “create seven” they had wonderful ways of doing it. We completed the story of 7 with our partners too. Then came Time which we loved! Our games of “What’s the time Mr. Wolf were so much fun. We concentrated on recognising and drawing the hour. Number 8 has been the topic to get us to the Christmas holidays with lots of very interesting combinations.
The children were absolutely amazing at lining up on the yard at break time and lunch time in November. So much so, we were the winners of the line competition TWICE. This resulted in two fun-filled visits to the school playground. Well done boys and girls 👏🏻
In November our theme for play was based around the Italian Restaurant. The children learned lots of new vocabulary and used it during role play, writing, art, play doh, construction and matching activities. We had such a great time. Here they are in action…
The boys and girls have been very busy practicing their letter formation. We have been using our mini whiteboard and markers, play doh and pencils to form lower case letters.
We celebrated World Children’s Day on Monday November 20th. The children learned about their right to Education, Healthcare, Play and Protection from Violence. We had great chats and the children created a collaborative piece of art: “The Perfect World”. It was really lovely seeing them work together and enjoying the activity.
Engineering Week ran from 13th-17th of November. We did our STEM challenge and the children loved their task of trying to build the tallest tower in groups, using only cups and lollipop sticks.
We decided the work of an engineer is very tricky. You need to plan your ideas, you must talk about how you're going to use your materials, you need to make changes if something isn't working and of course understand that you might run out of time before you're successful. We added the cups and sticks to our construction area during Play that week (children's request) and kept going with the challenge!