Autumn 2 Week 1

Welcome back! I hope you had a wonderful half term.

This week, we have been learning about Diwali. The children listened to the story of Rama and Sita and they have been making rangoli patterns, hands with patterns on them and they have been drawing the king with ten heads. The children all made a diya lamp using clay and painted it. The diya lamps reminds us that Diwali is the festival of light.

In Maths, the children have been comparing sizes using the language bigger, smaller, shorter and longer. We have been ordering sizes and measuring using lots of objects in the class. We measured using pegs, cubes, pencils and our hands.

 

We learnt about the signs of Autumn, then the children made Autumn Sensory bottles. Thank you for the water bottles, conkers and leaves that you sent in.If you have spare plastic bottles at home, please send them in.

In Phonics, we learnt the sounds ck, e and u. The children have been practising writing the letters, saying the rhyme and writing words with the sounds in. Please continue to practise at home and practise reading the tricky words the.

On Friday, we learnt about Remembrance. The children made poppies with paint and lego. We also made medals for the soldiers who fought in the war.

Next week – If you have had a family member or friend die, please send in a photograph with their name on the back. We will add these to our remembrance display.

 

Have a great weekend.

Mrs Carey and The Early Years Team