Light and Dark

This week we looked at day and night and light and dark. In Read Write Inc. the children learnt the n sound and followed up their carpet sessions by making night time pictures using chalks or cutting and sticking nocturnal animal pictures. The children had lots of fun experimenting with the table top light boxes. They were able to change the colour and brightness using the buttons and enjoyed placing different coloured items on the panels to create different effects. The children also looked at shadows by spotting them in the quad and by using a lamp to cast shadows on to paper. The children used pens to draw around the shadows. 

 

Eat a Rainbow

As part of our topic Over the Rainbow the children have been looking at colours in the natural world. This week we looked at lots of different fruits. We passed them around the circle and discussed their colours as well as how they felt. The children talked about their likes and dislikes and we talked about the importance of healthy eating. Afterwards the children used special safety knives to cut up the fruit to make a fruit rainbow which we all shared at snack time.

Spring Sunshine!

The children have enjoyed the spring sunshine with lots of outdoor learning. We have been looking at colours and patterns in nature and the children had a go at creating their own animal prints using paints and a variety of tools. Lots of experimenting with colour took place as the children mixed coloured chalks and water to create new colours and patterns.

In Read Write Inc we have been looking at the t sound. the children have made tiger masks and we have been reading the story The Tiger Who Came To Tea.