Focus Week - The Orchard
Blossom class had a brilliant start to the year last term, settling well and diving straight into all our exciting learning experiences. Over the past few weeks, we explored a wonderful variety of sensory activities and fine motor skill exercises alongside our dedicated English and maths lessons. A highlight was our Design and Technology (DT) project, where everyone absolutely loved making their own pizzas! We have also brought plenty of high energy and mindfulness into our routine this term, with the children thoroughly enjoying our regular yoga and dancing sessions. It has been a joy to watch their confidence and skills grow.
Last half term, in Damson Class we have enjoyed a wonderful range of learning experiences! In English, we explored a variety of texts, including The Magic Bed, Astro Girl and Dragon Post. We focused on developing our letter formation, sentence construction and storytelling skills. In Maths, the children have been learning all about place value up to 100 and practising their 10 times tables. We have also made great use of practical maths to support and enhance our learning. Beyond this, we have enjoyed exploring space, the seasons and how we make history. In PSHE, we thought about emotions and discussed how our faces can show different feelings. Finally, we have had lots of fun in PE, particularly practising and perfecting our dance moves. It has been a fantastic half term full of learning, creativity and fun!
Last half-term, Mulberry class enjoyed dancing in PE. They loved copying the choreography and making up their own dances to Michael Jackson classics.
We have been focusing on working in groups in our lessons. This is a great social skill, building friendships, and it will help support the children in their futures.
The children have been working very hard in Literacy. As well as working on handwriting daily, you have also been enjoying the books we are focusing on in our Literacy lessons, where we have been looking at expanded noun phrases and the impact they can have on our writing.
