Ashdale

This week we have explored the desert and polar habitats. We explored pictures of what it is like in these places, talking about weather and environmental features. We discussed what animals live there and what makes them special enough to survive in the place they live. We have labelled adaptations of polar bears and camels as well as sorted animals by their habitats.

In literacy we have written fact files and explored adjectives by describing pictures of the habitats. In maths we have looked at measure, experimenting with animal heights and capacity with sand. In science we explored hot and cold, even making our own ice cream.

We have made lots of desert and polar themed arts and crafts and have explored lots of different sensory trays. We especially loved playing with the sand!

Next week we will be looking at the forest habitat. Have a lovely weekend!

Welcome back! I hope you all enjoyed a very sunny week off from school. Our new topic this term is habitats. This week we introduced this topic by exploring the habitats of humans, looking at different types of homes. We talked about our own homes and even designed dream homes.

In maths, we began exploring 3D shapes and used them to build houses. We also used 3D houses to make a map for us to navigate around. In literacy we became estate agents and designed houses to sell, describing them to the buyer. We also talked about what we could see in photos of different houses, discussing similarities and differences. In science we conducted many experiments to find the best materials to build a home, revising strong, hard, soft and waterproof to pick items to build houses with.

We painted giant houses using dotting techniques with different shaped sponges and painted a map of our journey to school. We also explored how houses have changed over time, looking at old mud houses compared to our modern houses.

Next week we will be exploring hot and cold habitats. See you then!

This week in class 2 we have concluded our ‘Famous People’ topic. We explored the different jobs and careers we knew of and which we would like to do when we are older. We even explored the powers superheroes have.

In literacy, we designed and labelled super-suits and wrote about the jobs we want. We even applied to new classroom job positions that we have created and will start in the new half-term. In maths we continued counting practice, playing different counting games and singing different songs. In science we made parachutes to help Superman slow down when his cape stops working.

We made Beth’s ‘World Famous Brownies’ and they were delicious! We even celebrated a special birthday as a class and had lots of cake.

Thank you for a lovely half term. Next term we will look at habitats. Stay safe and have fun!

This week we have looked at the work teachers do. We have been amazing teaching assistants this week, completing daily tasks such as taking the register and dinner order etc. We also loved playing teachers in our ‘school’ roleplay area.

In maths, we continued practicing our counting, adding and taking away. In Science, we explored rocks. We categorised rocks by size, shape and colour. We also tried to break rock, which was really hard. In literacy, we looked at letters, reading and writing some of our own.

We talked about good friends and what that means to us. We also touched on bullying and what is means to be kind. We began our new buddy system where we are in charge of looking out for friends.

Most importantly, we worked on our class rules. We talked about why we need rules and that staff should follow them. We used our ideas to make a ‘golden rules’ wall. Our new rules are:

• kind hands
• kind feet
• kind words
• good sitting
• good looking
• good listening
• no shouting
• no swearing
• sharing toys
• keep a tidy classroom

So far we have managed to follow these rules very well! Well done.

Next week we will conclude our topic by discussing what we want to be when we grow up. Have a lovely weekend and see you Monday.