The Very Hungry Caterpillar

During our last week of minibeasts we read the story of 'The Very Hungry Caterpillar' by Eric Carle. In literacy the children sequenced the life cycle of a butterfly. In Maths this week we looked at time, and talked about what we did at certain times of the day. We also made our very own rainbow clock. 

In our joint activities with RS we did lots of crafts including balloon painting to make a hungry caterpillar, a paper plate ladybird and a paper chain caterpillar practising our patterning. We also made some lollipop dragonflies and toilet roll butterflies. Ms Smith had a cool adding machine which we enjoyed playing.

Miss Smith's adding machine

Toilet roll butterfly

Making mini beasts

Paper chain caterpillars

The Hungry Caterpillar

Making mini beasts!

What time is it?

A lollipop for the hungry caterpillar

A paper chain caterpillar

Playdough food for the hungry caterpillar

Dragonflies

We can find a pattern!

Minibeasts and Yoga!

Last week we started our project of minibeasts. We looked at creepy crawlers and minibeasts that fly. We discussed if there were any minibeasts that we liked and there were plenty we didn't like!! During our activities with RS we painted butterflies, made snails and played phonic games. 

Every week till the end of term we will have Yoga with Miss Nancy. Last week was our first week and we got into some strange positions.

Which minibeast is hiding behind the wall?

Snails!

Butterflies

Butterfly crowns

Incy wincy spider climbed up the water spout!

Bug investigators!

We can count in 2s

 This week we celebrated Iris's birthday. What a fantastic castle cake!! Happy Birthday Iris!

Happy birthday Iris!

Dinosaur egg!!

Last week we had a special delivery of a strange looking egg in our classroom. Helivia found it in my finished work tray. It was big and brown with white spots on it. It was left with a note written by a Mummy, asking RM to take care of her egg. We talked about what might be in it, and decided it could be a baby dinosaur, a baby crocodile, spiderman or a butterfly!! Some thought there might be chocolate or money in it...!!!

We found a box to keep it warm and made signs around it to tell people to be quiet and do not break it!

On Thursday however the egg cracked and whatever was inside ran out leaving a trail of footprints all the way to the window ledge....

We think it was a baby dinosaur and he ran off to the jungle or dinosaur land...!!

The strange egg!

A box of fabric to keep it warm.

Please do not bounce!! Thank you Joshua!

The egg cracked!

The baby ran away!

Helivia is pretending to be a baby dinosaur!

Dinosaurs!!

Last week we started our topic of dinosaurs. We read  'Harry and the bucket full of dinosaurs' and established that a lot of the boys love dinosaurs! During our joint activities with RS we made paper plate dinosaurs and the boys loved to make a home for the dinosaurs to play in, creating trees for them to eat from, and lakes for them to drink from. Children used stencils to prepare fantastic artwork.

In maths we determined how many cubes wide and long a dinosaurs foot might be, and that we need 18 pairs of shoes to fill the whole area of a dinosaurs foot.  

Making a home for the dinosaurs.

Dinosaur stencil art.

writing in dinosaur dust!

Playing with dinosaurs.

Dinosaur masks

Dinosaur crafts