By the sea!

Over the last two weeks we have been by the seaside!

We have looked at the seaside environment and creatures that live there.  Butterflies also thought about how we have an impact on our environment and what we can do to look after it.  Well done to those of you that did some super homework!

This week we have become pirates!

Counting our treasure is great for our maths!   

We have had lots of fun dressing up as pirate scallywags  and building our pirate ship!

 

 

 

We have been investigating floating and sinking.  We tested out our lego boats to see if they were seaworthy!

The Butterflies have been using adjectives to make our sentences about pirates more interesting

"Once there was an angry, naughty, scary pirate with a fluffy red beard, a shiny sharp hook and a golden cutlass!"

 Today we turned Mr Sherwood into a pirate by drawing what we had come up with - Mr Sherwood was most impressed!

The Enormous Turnip

This week we have continued our farm theme, with a focus on the traditional tale “The Enormous Turnip”. We have had the chance to look closely at some real root vegetables and have created some fantastic observational drawings. Some of us have used our excellent literacy skills to label our drawings. We have also made our own little books based on the story of The Enormous Turnip.

In maths, we have explored the weights of different vegetables, measuring them to compare which ones are the heaviest.
 

We have been investigating different foods and we have talked about special meals that we have with our families. Can you remember a special time with your family? What family customs and routines do you have? We would welcome any Wow! moments talking about these.

Caterpillars have been singing the rhyme “Oats and Beans and Barley Grow” and listening carefully to which words rhyme. We have thought of other words that rhyme with know and grow. Can you remember any?

Next week we will be beginning a Sea theme, starting with the story “Sally and the Limpet” and the rhyme “A Sailor went to Sea Sea Sea”.