Ladybird

Welcome to Ladybird Class 2024-25!

- Class Teachers -

Mrs Hurst (M-Th)

Mrs Allaway (F)

- Learning Support Assistant -

Mrs Sharp

Library book change day is Tuesday.

PE is Tuesday.

SCARF workshop

We had a visit from Harold who wanted some help with staying healthy. We talked about the things we need to stay healthy and checked the things that Harold had packed in his bag for an overnight stay away from home.

We spent the last part of the workshop relaxing under the lights!

Visit to Hogmoor Inclosure

What a fantastic day Year R had at Hogmoor Inclosure.

The children demonstrated excellent personal and social skills by working together and helping each other with their tasks and when playing. Their behaviour was wonderful and it was safe to say everyone had a great time in the sunshine!

In the morning we completed some tasks to support our learning back at school. We collected some rubbings of the different textures around the park to understand the different materials and surfaces that might be used in playgrounds. We also went on a hunt to find different objects, having to look closely for details and finally we drew observational sketches of two pieces of playground equipment ready for designing a playground and making a model back at school.

Geography

This half term we have been developing our Geography skills in orienteering. We have been learning different directions and commands to be able to follow instructions accurately.

We also took a walk to the post box on Velmead Road and noticed some of the features of our local environment such as roads, different houses, paths and lamp posts.

_{Chinese New Year!}

We have had a fantastic week learning all about this special celebration. It started off with a visit from the Emperor, his lion and very long dragons! We played different instruments, made movements with ribbons and walked the dragon around, following the pearl.

On this day we also tried some different food ingredients used in Chinese cooking. The prawn crackers were a favourite and the spring onion not so because it was "too spicy"!!

Throughout the week we also learnt about the location of China, pandas, how to write Chinese numbers and how to use a pair of chopsticks to pick up noodles!

Using masks and puppets we also learnt the story of how Chinese New Year came about and the different animals which each year are named after. Do you know which animal's turn it was when you were born?

People who help us

What an exciting few weeks it has been, finding out about the different jobs that people do. We have role played being police officers, doctors and nurses and firefighters and even had a visit from Rushmoor Fire Station who brought their brand new engine!

We have learnt lots of new words and vocabulary to use in our learning and play.

To finish off we have sent Thank You cards to many different people in the community who help us to show that we appreciate what they do.