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

Under the Sea continues..

Our classroom door of sea turtles.

We had a busy week as we finished our under the sea topic. The children made walruses and turtles and made a book with their favourite sea animals that they have been learning about the last three weeks.

In maths we looked at the thai baht coins and practice counting in tens. Children enjoyed making play dough food to sell and loved playing shop!

Making pizza for the shop

Ailynn in charge of the till!

Kayla having fun playing with the toy sharks

Collage work.

We can order numbers past 20!

Under the Sea continues...

Our free flow activities this week included writing our sight words in sand, ordering our numbers up to 20 and making some fantastic collage artwork of our favourite under the sea creatures.

Apps for iPads

During parent consultations it was brought to my attention than many children in Reception do have access to an iPad. I was asked about possible apps that could help children with their reading skills. Whilst I cannot find any free apps I would recommend either of these two apps from Starfall ($2.99 each).

Please remember however to limit the time your child used an iPad.

Starfall ABC app

Starfall learn to Read app

If you have a computer Starfall can also be accessed here :
Starfall

Best Regards,

Under the Sea

The children were very happy to see each other last Tuesday and also to welcome our new student in RM. Welcome to our class Grace!

Our theme for the next two weeks is Under the Sea. We read the story "The Rainbow fish' and discussed the importance of being nice to our friends and sharing. During literacy we talked about different sea animals. In maths we practiced our number order and counting on, making jellyfish with 10 legs and playing snakes and ladders.

In our joint activities with RS we made some sea creature crafts including a CD rainbow fish, a funky fish and a spotted seahorse. We experimented with water and paint to create some amazing sea like effects on paper towels, and designed some boats out of lots of different materials to see if they sank or if they floated. 

Welcome Grace!

Ailynn being teacher!

Bingo phonics

Water colour sea effects

Things beginning with 'f' to stick inside the fish.

Making CD rainbow fish

Boat making

Under the sea role play

Water effects

Will the boat float...?

Colourful fish

Girls club!

Boys play!