Miss Woolsey's Class FS2

A picture can speak a thousand words.... The children were presented with this picture taken from the story called 'The Tin Forest'. As a class the children were asked to think about what they could see based on the man's feelings. They were then challenged to think of some questions to ask the man if we were able to speak to him. To help the children to achieve this, we looked at a question matrix to build on our skills of question openers. So what did the children say?  The children came up with lots of ideas around what the man might be doing and what they could see: "He is in a house with a light on and it's dark outside" - I.B  "There is snow outside on the floor" - R.F  "The man thinks he wants to go outside but he can't" - M.C  "He has to stay inside looking at the pipes" - L.J  "I think it's too cold to go outside" - K.P  "I think he's in a strangers house" - W.R  ...

The children were given a challenge from Harry and the Bucketful of Dinosaurs. Harry left the children a message to help him count out the right amount of dinosaurs because some were lost. During the input, they learnt how to count out one dinosaur at a time, matching number to quantity. The children also learnt that lining the dinosaurs up would help them to check how many they had. Outside the children tried to get Harry across the water so that they could open the case. They worked together to think about what they could use to float. The children tried a brick, a piece of wood and a stickle brick. They eventually came across a bowl, which one child knew would work as she tried it before.

On Monday the children came back from assembly to find something beautiful left on the floor.... Who could it be from?  "It's the fairies because there is lights"  "It's magic" "There's a letter..." The children watched a short video clip of Jessica and her family explaining what Diwali is and how Hindu's celebrate the festival.  This helped them to identify some of the objects on the floor and excited the children to want to make Diva lamps and Rangoli patterns. Some children took their learning outdoors and used the chalk to create beautiful Rangoli patterns whilst others chose to colour or paint pictures.  The children enjoyed painting the Rangoli patterns whilst also exploring what happens when they mix colours. What is a Sari? The children tried on the colourful sari's and even had a go at making their own using the material. Some girls pretended to...