Blog by Tag: UTW

This week we have been learning all about weddings. The children through the week have looked at traditions and how different religions and cultures celebrate a wedding.
In Design and Technology this week we have used a range of different materials to create our own wedding outfits. 
The…

This morning the children were showing a strong interest in the frosty morning. We discussed what we could see and feel this morning as a group and we then recapped previously taught knowledge of Autumn. 
We talked about Autumn having lots of different weather types over the month. 

We then…

This week we have been learning all about babies. The children have brought in pictures of when they were babies and have loved looking at themselves, sharing these with their friends and discussing what they see. 

We started with a very Important question ‘Are we all the same?’ 

We talked…

We have been junk modelling different buildings. We took inspiration from the temples visited by Hindu's as part of their Diwali celebrations. 

We looked at the different shapes, colours and sizes. The children then looked at all of the available resources and independently chose what they…

We used our hands and sponges to create menorah art, as part of our learning about the festival of Hanukkah. We carefully positioned our fingers to create nine candles before adding the flames to the candles using a sponge. We discussed the significance of the menorah to Hanukkah. 

This week we have been learning how Hindu's celebrate Diwali. We looked at 'Rangoli Patterns'. These are patterns drawn on the ground and traditionally decorated in sand. We loved the look of them and used our fine motor skills to decorate our own. 

We used the tweezers to pick up different…

Today we celebrated Children in Need. We discussed why we are celebrating and how different people celebrate. 

The children loved coming to school in yellow, spotty clothes! We loved creating masks, cutting, tracing and taking part in Pudsey activities!

Today we took part in a minutes silence to show our respect to remembrance day. We discussed using the Cbeebies video what remembrance day is and why we dedicate a day to remember.

The children showed great respect and understanding of the story we shared. We discussed the emotions through…

We created leaf rubbings using leaves from our environment and wax crayons. We discussed what colours the leaves of deciduous trees change to in autumn and chose appropriate colours to complete our art. 

We arranged harvest vegetables to create still life art. We worked together as a team to place the vegetables in position before using an iPad to take our own photographs of our art work. 

We have been learning all about the signs of Autumn. We then used our senses to go on an Autumn walk and describe what we see, feel and hear. The children loved exploring the school grounds! We collected leaves, sticks and brought them back to explore in the classroom. 

We were very lucky to…