THE MORE WE PRACTISE THE BETTER WE GET!
It is wonderful to see the children taking steps forward in their learning week by week. Developing a good pencil grip and gaining more control over forming letters has been ongoing. These children were rightly proud of their individual achievements this week!
This superstar was able to spell and write some simple words!
RETELLING FAMILIAR STORIES
There have been some wonderful renditions of stories this week as children have shared stories with adults and with each other.
The children's love of stories is so evident, and they are taking increasingly more interest in the illustrations. There has been much discussion this week about how characters are feeling, and how their feelings change as different things happen in the story.
GROWTH, CHANGE AND DECAY
The potato plant on the right causes consternation every day we look at it - the children are convinced it will grow up to the ceiling!
Outdoors our seeds are finally growing. With the extremes of weather over the last couple of weeks there have been many conversations about what the seeds and plants need to grow healthily.
No doubt there will be questions soon about this - again, an ideal opportunity to talk about why so many eggs are laid in the first place by the frog.
WE ARE FULL OF GREAT IDEAS!
What a great dinosaur parade! - all carefully grouped and placed.
Let's make a pirate boat. The levers for steering were a clever idea. Great working together and development of their plans.
This was a portrait of Mrs Courtney! The yellow at the bottom is a boat and Mrs Courtney is wearing her pirate hat. The little artist continued painting and told me the yellow marks were bear steps and the treasure box was empty because the bear had stolen the treasure!
