Our learning this week...Seaside

Hello everyone,

Last week we began our learning about the seaside. On Monday Sebastian bought a book in called Pirates love underpants. The children really enjoyed this story and wanted to act it out. We used the pirate ship in the playground to act out the story. We also made our own Treasure pants using different craft materials. There is a display up in classroom 1. On Tuesday afternoon we went to the roundhouse and explored inside the roundhouse. 
On Wednesday morning we went to Bowleaze cove with the reception class. We went on the big yellow bus. When we were at the beach we split into 4 groups with reception children to do some activities. We made sandcastle and channels with Sharon. We made pictures using stones and wood with Julia. We did some estimating and sorting of objects with Tracy and Mr Gibson. We did some collecting with Karen and Mrs Howell. After our activities we had snack altogether. It was a fantastic trip and children were all amazing.  (Pictures of our trip will be up this week)
On Thursday we went to the Life education van and met Harold the giraffe. Harold and hid friend talked to use about our bodies and how to look after them. We talked about inside our bodies e.g. heart, lungs, ribs, stomach and bones. We then talked about how we care for our bodies e.g. keeping clean, brushing teeth and brushing hair. The children had a go at looking after Harold. We sang Head, shoulders, knees and toes to explore what happened to our bodies when we exercise. We learnt about why our bodies need sleep and we got to go to sleep looking at the stars. 
When we got back to Pre-school we helped to look after our dollies. In the afternoon we played some games and running races to see what happens when we exercise and we talked about how we can keep our bodies healthy. (There will be a display up this week)
On Friday we began using the things we collected at the beach to make a picture and then use the Ipad to take a photo. 

This week we will be continuing our learning about the seaside and later on in the week looking the things that live under the sea. We will be finishing off our pictures with objects collected from the beach. On Wednesday Jesse is bringing in his tortoise to show everyone and talk about them. 
We will be making a big picture of the seaside using paint and different paint tool for different effects. We will continue reading lots of seaside stories. Along with lots of outside play.

Letters and Sounds:- Listening to different types of music and talking about the music they hear. Have you got a favourite piece of music?

Jennie Jigsaw:- Making friends

Home Learning:- Is there something you would like to share about the seaside maybe an object, picture, story or something you have made?

Notices:-

Stay and play is on Wednesday 17th May from 8.30am till 9.00am. Be lovely to see lots of you there. 

Its lovely to see so many Wow'S coming into pre-school. The children love to share their news and achievements. Keep them coming. 

As the weather is starting to warm, please could all children bring sun hats to school. We do have a box of spares if needed. If you have applied suncream to your child before school please could you let a member of staff know. If you have ticked to supply your own suncream, please could you make sure children have this when they come to pre-school ready for us to apply.

Julia and the Preschool Team