Learning at St Johns
We have had a fantastic morning! As part of our R.E this week we have been learning about Diwali 🪔 This morning, we joined with Class 3 to create some of our very own Rangoli Patterns using coloured rice. We all had such fun creating these patterns using lots of bright colours 🌈
Class 1 have been super mathematicians and enjoyed hunting for 2D shapes in the classroom! We looked at squares, rectangles, triangles and circles. We found lots of different examples! We then discussed with our partner the properties of the shapes and described how each shape is different!
Class 1 have had ‘such tremendous fun’ this morning! We love learning new nursery rhymes and it’s even better when we get to act them out 😃 The children have enjoyed using their hippo headbands to sing along and count the hippos as one more joined them on the slippery rock before they all fell in the mud 🦛 Class 1 have enjoyed exploring different ways we can show numbers using our fingers ✋🏽 This is the link to the nursery rhyme so you can also have a go at home ⭐️ https://www.bbc.co.uk/teach/school-radio/nursery-rhymes-one-big-hippo-balancing/zkfxwty
Class 1 have had a fantastic morning learning about the police! 👮🏼♀️👮🏻♂️👮🏼♀️ As part of our topic and focus story this week is linked to the police we thought that there is no better way to end the week than having a visit from the police themselves! As we walked outside, we were greeted by 3 friendly police officers and a police car with flashing lights 🚓 we all had lots of opportunities to try on a range of police uniform and accessories. We even got to sit in the police car and listen to the very loud siren 🚨
We have had a fantastic afternoon learning about the people who help us in our local community. The children have had a fantastic time dressing up and carrying out the duties of a variety of people who help us! Class 1 then decided to create thank you cards for all the special people who help us 😃
Our focus story is ‘Cops and Robbers’ by Janet and Allan Ahlberg. In the story, the robbers steal the presents from the children on Christmas Eve but officer Pugh saves the day! Class 1 have been using their creative skills to create houses for the families to live in so the robbers can’t get in. Some of the children then decided to be the robbers and create a train track to run away and hide! 👮🏻♂️👮🏼♀️ 🔎
We’ve had a very musical morning in class 1 🎶 The children have really enjoyed exploring the sounds of all the different instruments and using their super listening skills to identify the instrument played under the blanket. 🥁 🎶
Class 1 have been busy painting prayer stones for our prayer garden and thought about those who need help.
