Family and Friends

The first unit (Family and Friends) is over and the children worked hard. They showed resilience when needed. Resilience was the personal value of October and we will work with a new personal value in November.

The children have sequenced their day at home. What do you do during a day at home and in which order? They chose pictures representing different tasks and activities and numbered them. The pictures were cut out and sequenced. This was made into a book called “My day at home”.

During the unit the children discovered different painting techniques and material. When we made our family tree, we tried mixing oil pastel crayons with water colours. They also drew their family and cut out leaves. They were all very proud of the result!

For planning the Exit point of our unit, we discussed how we could invite the parents and how we would make them feel welcome. Together we decided that nibbles and a personal gift would be a nice welcome. The children welcomed the parents on a Friday afternoon and showed them our classroom. It was a nice end to a nice unit.

Before the autumn holiday the children had a week of Halloween crafts. They made bats and pumpkins. For the pumpkins the children mixed orange themselves using yellow and red. We ended the week with a big Halloween party together with the rest of the school. The children got to show their costumes during the parade, and we all had a dance.

 Alongside the unit the children have been working hard with their letter sounds (Jolly Phonics) on a weekly basis. They have also been working with their math book Mathemagic.

We are now looking forward to our new unit (Food) and to a beautiful autumn.

Enjoy the rest of your week!

Mr. Michael