Lots more busy learning has been happening this week. Take a look…
This week we set the challenge of finding out about something and making a poster. Lots of our friends tried this, making posters about a variety of different topics.
Lots of you have been being creative this week, colouring, painting and chalking!
Keep up the good work everyone and make sure you’re having lots of fun too! One more week of home learning and then it is half term!
Wow guys you have been up to so much learning this week. Everyone is trying bits a pieces which is great. It’s lovely to see all your happy faces on tapestry. Take a look at all the things you have been up to.
Looking forward to lots more lovely learning new week 😀
We are now halfway through the half term and what a lovely few weeks of learning it has been.
34 out of 56 of children are now using google classroom which is lovely to see. I have been busy at school this week and so there haven’t been as many videos but don’t worry I will record some more for next week to match the learning.
I have also been looking at tapestry and seen lots of lovely learning that I would love to celebrate. Have a look below to see what everyone has been up to. Each week we will be celebrating so don’t worry if you don’t see you there this time, you may be there next time 😀
Great learning everyone!
It is all a bit strange being away from school and not seeing our friends and teachers but I have been overwhelmed by how well everyone is doing and all of your positivity.
Each week on a Monday a sheet of planning will go out and then there will be some videos on google classroom to match. It’s then down to you guys. Having spoken to some people on the phone they have said things like “I don’t know how you do it! Teaching is so hard!” But you are doing it and you are amazing parents, you don’t need to be amazing teachers. In Froglets it’s all about learning through play, children can pick up so much from you just spending time, interacting and having fun with them so please do not worry.
I have been checking in with tapestry regularly and it has been so lovely to see all of the things you are up to together. I have really enjoyed the variety of the uploads. Please don’t feel it has to be things we have planned for you that you upload. Whatever learning the children are doing were keen to see. If you are having any problems accessing tapestry, please let us know and we can sort it out for you.
This week you have been up so so much! Lots of lovely listening walks, counting to 3, traditional tale reading, playing games and taking turns, playing hide and seek and so much more! Keep up the learning and fun 😀
Wow what a 3 weeks it has been learning about Minibeasts!
This week we went onto the innovation stage of our learning about the very hungry caterpillar and came up with our own version of the story called The very hungry Mrs Aplin-Moore.
Here it is…
We have also been very busy painting and writing cards for the special Mummies, Nannies and grownups in our lives. This is top secret though and you will see more next week 😀
We have had another very busy week in Froglets this week. We continued our learning about mini beasts.
The children have been retelling the story of the very hungry caterpillar. We learnt what the word cocoon means and have been using it when talking about the caterpillars transition into a butterfly.
The children have been busy painting their own Mini beasts this week.
We have been pretend mini beast hunting in our outside area and ticking off which minibeasts we have found.
After all of our practicing, on Friday we went on a real mini beast hunt.
On Thursday it was world book day and we all enjoyed dressing in our Pyjamas. We did some shared reading with the year 6 children which everyone really enjoyed.
We had hot chocolate and marshmallows as a treat. It was yummy!
This week we have started our new topic of Minibeasts! The children have been very excited and had lots of questions about where they live and how they move.
We started by reading our new class story, The very Hungry Caterpillar.
The children have been learning the days of the week and what the caterpillar eats on each day.
We have been doing lots of learning activities about minibeasts. Here’s what we have been up to.
We started the week by exploring paint mixing and how to make green.
We then used the green we had made to paint our own very hungry caterpillar.
We found there were bugs in the jelly!
We threaded leaves from the hungry caterpillar story.
The children have been really interested In playing with each other’s hair and having theirs put up so we had a hair dressers in Froglets this week.
It was pancake day this week so on Tuesday we had a go at making out own pancakes.
Froglets have been learning all about animals over the last 2 weeks.
Our focus text has been Dear Zoo
The children have learnt the story and come up with actions to help them remember.
The children have also been doing lots of animal themed activities…
We looked hard at the patterns the animals had on the and then tried to recreate them using different techniques.
We also had to wash the farm animals as they were very muddy.
Happy Chinese New Year From all of Froglets. We have continued our learning about the Chinese festival this week.
Mrs Aplin-Moore has been really impressed this week by the children’s story telling skills. Following on from learning the story ‘The Great Race’ last week, the children have been retelling the story for themselves using the story map and actions we learnt.
Here are some of the children’s actions for the animals…
On Wednesday we had the opportunity to try some Chinese foods. The kind people at Fung Sing in Kingsteignton gave us some fortune cookies and prawn crackers to try. We also made a stir fry of vegetables and noodles in the wok. We listened carefully to the sizzle and could smell the food cooking before we had a taste.
Froglets have started their learning about a new topic. For the next 2 weeks we will be learning about Chinese New Year and how it is celebrated.
We have been learning the story of the Great race. This is all about how the Jade Emperor decided to have a race between 12 animals to find out which to name the new year after.
The children have been learning actions for the each of the animals and together we have made a story map to help us retell the whole story.
The children have also been having a go at their own races using the animal puppets.
We have also been making our own dancing dragon puppets this week.
Froglets had lots of fun on the playdough tables, making noodles and playing with chopsticks.
Froglets of St Michaels 