Nihao all,
We have celebrated the spectacular Chinese New Year, learning about the tale of the Jade Emperor creating a calendar for his people and the race that ensued. We have used the greeting Nihao to welcome each other in the mornings and afternoons and I am sure that will continue in the weeks and months ahead. Give it a try at home! Children have made paintings to celebrate the year of the snake and used Mandarin characters to write it. In our phonics Miss McCrone and I were buried under a mountain of leaf and bean writing templates and we almost decided to stay as the writing is just that good. It was so good that a giant peaked his head into the classroom and asked if he could use our writing to replace all his stolen treasure. Alas, I said no. Our writing is constantly becoming more enriched, our independence is developing and children are sharing really great ideas with each other. We are constantly drawing from our phase 2/3 and now 4 knowledge and applying it often! Thank you for the feedback about Bug Club. I am delighted with how you have all thrown yourself into it. If the technical gremlins return, please contact me and together we will get your account up and running again. By Thursday, I aim to return to sending 2 physical books home and you will have your very own bespoke E-Library at home. The best of both worlds! I thank you for your support with this. In mathematics children have doubled, doubled and doubled again! Children have blown me away with key knowledge of equal/same, combining number to surpass 10 and even record their work on a whiteboard. We even used a scale to further compare and evaluate numbers – Fannntastic! Children have made mini representations of their lives so far, even talking about future careers – you can never start too early! For our religious work, children have explored the story of Jesus blessing the children. A story that encapsulates the love Jesus has for us all, young or old, rich or poor. God’s love is truly for everyone and we can go forth and share that love and compassion with our family and community. To finish we have a special treat. To follow on from the incredible work from Mrs Luke and her bird feeders. We explored our grounds and did a small amount of bird watching with a twist. We made observations about our changing environment and were armed with Ipads to document nature and birds we saw. Luckily for us, we had Mr Gilmour (a bird watching savant) busying away outside too. Unbelievably, some children saw a heron! A coincidence or did Mr Gilmour have a pocked full of bird seed and canned tuna? Something to ponder over the weekend. With the mix of pictures that have come out, the children asked if we can show them off to you. So on the blog, I will use some of the photography from the incredible Pendle the children have decided to share. Thank you all for a lovely week, and see you all Monday.
With love,
Mr McGill