What a week! The sun has been shining and we have been taking full advantage of it! It is so lovely to be able to shed some layers of clothing!
Worship
This week we have continued our branch ‘To the Ends of the Earth’. Our key words this week were parish, Holy Spirit and family.
We spoke about how we can be like Jesus and be a good friend. Who are your friends? How do they look after you?
We worked together to make a Friendship jar. We discussed the recipe - this recipe shows us what we need to put into a friendship to make it happy and strong. We had 6 word cards with friendship qualities on them – kindness, sharing, listening, saying sorry, helping others and taking turns. We also added special gems, crosses and coloured pom poms. We all had a go and adding an ingredient and mixing it up, discussing how we can be a good friend.
“What’s the most important thing you’d put in a friendship?”
“How does it feel when someone is kind or shares with you?”
“What can you do if a friend forgets one of these ingredients, like taking turns?”
“Where do Christians meet their friends and pray to God?” The parish church.
Our child led worship on Thursday was about the Ascension. After looking at our image, the children knew it showed Jesus ‘going up’ or ‘rising to heaven’. In the words of the Gospel we heard that the people worshipped Jesus and felt great joy. In the video we heard that Jesus ‘will always be with us’. We are like Jesus each and every day. Click here to watch at home.
Learning Landscape
In keeping with the glorious weather that God has sent us this week we have:
been planting sunflowers/meadow seeds to make our garden a rainbow of colours in the summer!
readying the garden by pulling up weeds and watering the plants
looking for minibeasts, especially snails for our snail hotel
keeping a close eye on the tadpoles…they are getting so big but no sign of back legs yet
visiting Forest School to finish making our flower light catchers
playing with the parachute on the school field
using the BIG outside waterplay! We have have made waterfalls with umbrellas, found out how to make the water wheel work without touching it, used the hose pipes and cascade planks to create a water system.
made road signs for our roads and roundabouts…we even made a petrol pump (don’t get excited it’s doesn’t dispense fuel!)
In our indoor learning landscape we have:
been following postitional language instructions. Positional language (prepositions) refers to the place where something or someone is, often in relation to other things, such as over, under, beside, or beneath. Teaching the children to use positional words will build their ability to follow and give directions and use language accurately. We played some great games!
learnt some new sounds x, z, qu, nk and ng…amazing!
been using number to solve problems
experimenting with shape
using cards to tell our own stories. The children are getting really good at this
been making stretchy goo
creating symmetrical ladybirds from playdough, buttons and straws
As you can see we have been even busier than usual. Enjoy the sunshine this weekend and we will see you on Monday for another busy week!
Stay safe and God Bless
Barbara