Week Beginning 10th February 2020

So our last week of term(!) has been one of the busiest! We have introduced a new story to our children: Bumpus, Jumpus, Dinosaurumpus! This book gave us the perfect excuse to find out more about dinosaurs. Children wrote fact files about their favourite dinosaur. It is amazing what our little people could tell us about some of the prehistoric creatures.

"Stegosaurus were plant eaters and that means they were herbivorous'.
"T-rex was a meat eater".
"Dinosaurs disappeared because of the volcanoes".
 Take a look at our paleontologists digging out their very own fossils...

They used brushes, wooden sticks, screwdrivers and big tweezers to dig out the mystery object from inside the eggs we made last week.
Children were fascinated by the marks on the inside of the egg.

We spent time talking about Valentine's Day and made some lovely shortbread biscuits to take home to special people in our lives.

Yummy!

We linked the 'Love' theme to maths with some heart counting puzzles..

 and used our gross and fine motor skills to thread through dome hearts.

We have loved learning and playing traditional board games this week, especially Ludo.

In other parts, our work with the Dinosaurs has well and truly continued...

Out on the playing field we went to take a closer look at just HOW BIG these creatures were.

 'Whoa, that is long!'

We discovered that if you were THIS tall, seeing your own feet would be a tricky job!'

Finally we took the time to create our own 'Dinosaur Poo'

Not everyone felt that they wanted to join in, but those that did had a lot of fun.

Finally to finish an incredibly busy half term, we went out for a walk with our friends from Class 2 to look for signs of Spring and just enjoy our wonderful surroundings.

Have a wonderful half term everyone, the children have well and truly earned it.

We are very proud of how they have all progressed as we reach the half way point in the academic year.