The weather was a little bit better this week and we even had some days where we could go outside without our coats on – how lovely! Whatever the weather though, we really love to be outside; throwing ourselves into our messy play and challenging ourselves to build and create on a much larger scale than we might do when we’re inside. Here are some photos from the outdoor classroom this week:
Back inside, we have been continuing to enjoy our dinosaur museum and read the story of Katie and the Dinosaurs by James Mayhew which about a little girl who, when visiting the Natural History Museum, finds herself transported back in time to a land filled with these amazing creatures:
We wondered what it might be like to really meet a dinosaur! We talked about having to use our imaginations to think about this and why it is not possible to actually meet a real dinosaur. We read the story of If the Dinosaurs Came Back by Bernard Most and we made a class book filled with drawings of our own pet dinosaurs! We also thought carefully about how big our pet dinosaurs would be compared to us and we drew ourselves in the pictures too to demonstrate our super understanding of this! We decided the best place for our book was on display in our museum.
We also took a journey back in time in our R.E. lesson where we learnt about the story of Palm Sunday and worked together to create our own Road to Jerusalem filled with palm trees, people cheering “Hosanna!”, coats on the ground for the donkey to walk over and buildings for the city of Jerusalem:
In our maths lessons, we have been thinking about the idea of more and what this means when we compare numbers. We worked with our partners to create one-step stairs of Numberblocks to explore our understanding of this:
We also put on several Numberblocks shows, performing the hit song “I’m bigger than you, I’m smaller than you, diddly, diddly, doo!”…
The audience checking their tickets and waiting for the show to begin!
We also found time to learn a new red word:
And revisit some of our previous learning:
We hope everyone is having a lovely weekend, see you on Monday!
After visiting the blog with Rastin this morning, I found him playing with his number blocks, comparing which one us bigger or smaller than the other one and singing “I’m bigger than you Diddly diddly dooh” 🙂
Thank-you for sharing this. Noah was so excited about the Road to Jerusalem! He’s also loving learning about dinosaurs!
F convinced us to visit the Natural History Museum this weekend. He was pleased that the dinosaurs didn’t come to life and we escaped in time for lunch!