This term our topic was ‘Superheroes’ we thought about fictional characters first. Next we thought about becoming one of those characters what would we look like? What super powers would we have and what would we be called? Then we turned our attention to people who could be considered superheroes; people from the past and people from the present. We thought about what it would be like for those first firefighters - passing buckets of water down a long line of people, to horse drawn engines to finally the present day service that the Fire Service offers. We also talked about the police force, their different names: ‘Bobbies’ and ‘Peelers’ and why they were called those names. We also talked about the beginning of the NHS, the children were horrified to learn that you could only go to hospital if you had enough money to pay for treatment and how some people were turned away if they didn’t, before the NHS was started.

This term our PE focus was Dance inspired by different types of music and story. The first theme was ‘Winter’ where we had to portray frozen wintry shapes. We then continued with different themes throughout the term including, being a mountain troll, toys in a toy shop, a playground and probably our favourite one - being a robot. Just in case you don’t instantly recognise from the photos (although not sure why you wouldn’t) - we are being robots! 😊

The Jigsaw theme for the term was ‘Healthy Me’ amongst all the amazing things they learnt, there was one particular lesson that they enjoyed learning about the most - Germs! As you can see from the photos the children were learning about how germs can be passed on with the aid of some green paint. You also need to wash your hands really well to get the green paint (germs) off.

In Maths we did a lot on 3D shapes and repeating patterns. The children really enjoyed going on a shape hunt, looking for shapes in the environment. We printed with shapes, stacked shapes and rolled shapes to learn about their properties. The children created various repeating patterns, some were quite complex. They really loved my repeating patterns that I had done ‘wrong’ and were very quick at identifying my mistakes and correcting them for me.

Of course this is just a snapshot of the term. We learnt about so many other things as well, including Easter. Our performance at the church was fantastic. So many ‘Spring Chickens’ singing along and doing the actions - the children loved learning this song. We also had many Easter craft sessions, making cards and creating Easter gardens. I do hope you enjoy looking at some of the photos of these and the other activities from the term. 

Wishing you all a Happy Easter 🐣