This week, Foundation have jumped straight into our new minibeast topic.
The children enjoyed painting symmetrical butterflies at the creative table. They were amazed when they opened the wings.
FC – “Wow! It’s magic.”
AF -“That’s amazing! Can I do another one?”
The children used their fine motor skills to thread beads onto pipe cleaners to make caterpillars. They compared the length of each others caterpillars.
At the playdough table, we made more caterpillars! We used the cubes to measure how long our caterpillars were.
DA – “Mine is 16 cubes long!”
EM – “Mine is 4 cubes long.”
BREAKING NEWS!
On Thursday, Mrs Walshaw delivered a special delivery to Foundation – it was our caterpillars! The children have been so excited all week! Everyday day the children asked, “When are the caterpillars coming?” “Are they here yet?” “Will they come tomorrow?” When they arrived, all the children were in shock – “They are tiny!” Throughout the next few weeks, the children will be observing them on a daily basis and writing in their caterpillar diaries. Our focus story is The Very Hungry Caterpillar by Eric Carle. The children have loved learning all about the life cycle of a butterfly and talking about unhealthy/healthy foods.
Whenever the sun is out, Foundation are out!
We just love being active in Foundation.
F1
The F1 children loved playing ‘Silly Soup’ in their phonics group time on Monday – this game focused rhyme. Each time the children added a rhyming object, they sang the song.
We’re making lots of silly soup.
We’re making soup that’s silly.
We’re going to put it in the fridge and make it nice and chilly.
In goes a…
One of the silly soups they made had a cat, bat, hat and mat in. This is a really simple game which could be played at home.
On Thursday, the children counted pieces fruit that ‘The Very Hungry Caterpillar’ ate and matched them up with the days of the week.
F2
In phonics this week, we have recapped the digraphs oo(long), oo(short) and ar. We also recapped the tricky word you.
In maths, our focus number is 10. The children now know that 10 is made up of “10 ones”. We watched the Numberblock 10 video and made our own “ten blocks!” The children sang Ten Green Bottles and practised taking one away each time. Some children used double-sided counters to support their learning on number bonds.
Home-Link Challenge
