Jacob was chosen for the Plover postcard today for fantastic listening. Yesterday in Crew we talked about how to get better at model making and he remembered what we had said using this new information to help him make a castle. Well done to Jacob.
Myla made her castle and was very proud of what she produced.
This is what she said about her model.
“These are the turrets and these are the fire. I thought orange would be good as it would be good as it looks like fire. For the door I thought if I put tape onto it it might go up and down so that it closes. I think it needs more glue on to stop the turrets moving.”
Following crew this afternoon, Marnie realised that she could also get better at making models. This is what she said.
“I tried to use the glue on the side but it kept falling off. If I had put the roll on the flat piece it would have stuck better and if I used tape it would stop it moving. If I cut it then it would have been even better.”
Our new expedition has the leading question, “Are dragons real?”
We have a dragon costume, knights and princess dressing up clothes, to immerse our children in role play, becoming a character from a story. We have small world toys for the children to pretend, to be a dragon or a knight in a castle.
What would a dragon look like? What would a dragon feel like? What colours and textures would we need to use? These were all questions that the children thought about today. They used different materials to create a dragon talking about the different textures and which ones they thought would be best for the dragon scales.
I think that there will be some exciting news tomorrow. The egg has started cracking. I wonder what is inside.
I have seen some fantastic reading today. Some children have read words for the first time and some have moved up reading shelves.
Well done to Myla and Ravija for learning to read all phase 3 graphemes in words and moving onto yellow shelf. Avianna has moved up two reading shelves within the red band. Yesterday Craig moved onto blue reading shelf.
Matthew and Ralph showed an amazing attitude to learning in phonics making words with magnets and trying hard to read them. Keep it up boys.
The children have had a great first day back, playing and exploring in our new provision areas. We’ve had fun discovering what’s hidden inside eggs, making dragon masks and dressing up in role-play.
During the holidays Mrs Melady made a water wall for the children to use and investigate with. The children had lots of fun today exploring the different places the water went.
A shout out goes to Samuel, Oscar, Bobby and Mason who worked together to make the water go through the bottles and into the bucket without losing any! It took lots of determination and trial and error. They listened to each others ideas too. Well done boys.