Wild Animals

Wild Animals

This week we started looking at wild animals and I've been so surprised by how many animals the children can recognise and name in English!
Once again we have been doing lots of creative activities as well as practising our letter sounds and looking at numbers. The children are all trying really hard and working towards moving up to Reception Class in September. 
In the morning for self registration they have all been doing so well with recognising and tracing their names I have now been encouraging them to attempt to write the letters independently and haven't they been doing so well?
In class we have rhymes to say as we write each letter and we will be doing lots more work on this. You can find the rhymes to use at home on:
 www.thebellbird.cambs.sch.uk/wp-content/uploads/2014/.../Letter-formation-chart.pd...
We use the Read write inc programme and this will be continued with them through Early Years and also Key stage 1. I will make copies of the charts for your use at home if you would like to make use of them.
Please don't worry if your child is not yet able to write recognisable letters, this is quite normal and it is really quite difficult for their little hands still. We will be doing lots of finger gym activities to help them and I am happy if they attempt it for now.
Trying hard to write our names....

 

With PC Bruno making sure they're doing it correctly!

Printing our alligators - A is for Alligator

We measured the length and height of the animals using cubes

 

 

We used our arms and hands to print the giraffe neck

 

Printed our paper plate snakes, using rolling pins and bubble wrap

And then cut around the lines to make the snake

 

 And we sponge painted/ collaged elephants for our display

 



And after a long week, it's time for a story



 

We hope you enjoy these photographs of the children at work and play, please feel free to use the comments section on this blog with any ideas or suggestions of anything else you might like covered each week.

As always have a great weekend,

Miss Jackie