Hooray - nearly all back this week!!And it was also Whole School Art Week!!
On Monday we all mixed up with Nursery and Reception and took turns in each classroom, helping to produce 3 big pieces of art work!
In Nursery, we made a deep sea frieze, full of fish. In Reception, we used fingerprints in paint to fill in the London skyline. And in Y1 we used tissue paper collage in the style of Eric Carle (The Very Hungry Caterpillar) to make 3 giant snowmen (photos later!).
Then, we set sail across the ocean on the White Shark Pirate ship.
We found ourselves blown south (using our compasses!!) and landed in a very hot strange land full of very strange animals...
The pirates noticed kangaroos, koalas, echidnas, emus and even duck-billed platypus - we were in Australia!!!
We found out about the first people who lived in Australia - the Aborigines and listened to a traditional story about the Rainbow Serpent. We listened to people playing the Didgeridoo (and had a go ourselves using a big tube....
And as it was Art Week, we found out about Aboriginal Dot Painting. We looked at lots of pictures and then had a try ourselves....
On Monday we all mixed up with Nursery and Reception and took turns in each classroom, helping to produce 3 big pieces of art work!
In Nursery, we made a deep sea frieze, full of fish. In Reception, we used fingerprints in paint to fill in the London skyline. And in Y1 we used tissue paper collage in the style of Eric Carle (The Very Hungry Caterpillar) to make 3 giant snowmen (photos later!).
Then, we set sail across the ocean on the White Shark Pirate ship.
We found ourselves blown south (using our compasses!!) and landed in a very hot strange land full of very strange animals...
The pirates noticed kangaroos, koalas, echidnas, emus and even duck-billed platypus - we were in Australia!!!
We found out about the first people who lived in Australia - the Aborigines and listened to a traditional story about the Rainbow Serpent. We listened to people playing the Didgeridoo (and had a go ourselves using a big tube....
And as it was Art Week, we found out about Aboriginal Dot Painting. We looked at lots of pictures and then had a try ourselves....
It takes a lot of patience - but we made some fantastic pictures...
We also managed to fit in some maths. We are learning to use a number line to help us calculate answers to addition and subtraction number sentences.
We know to put our finger on the number to start, then count how many jumps and look at which number we finish at - but we also know that Miss Karen might try to trick us - so we have to look carefully to see if it is an add, or a minus sign, then think about which way to jump!!
Homework this week is reading (Please remember to make sure an adult signs to say you have read your books! And spelling words; so, go, no, we, me (remember to think about the sizes of the letters!)
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