Welcome to Chiff Chaff class - Autumn Term 2

Dates to remember in December:

5th December - Movie night

11th December - Nativity 

16th December - Christmas Fair

17th December - Christmas party

19th December - Christmas Jumper Day

 

This half-term we have been reading traditional tales.

Our core texts were 'Goldilocks and the Three Bears', 'Little Red Riding Hood' and 'Three Little Pigs'.

In Literacy, we talked about the characters, what they do and what they look like. We looked at and described the settings. Finally, we were retelling the stories using trying to remember the beginnings, middles and ends. 

We created shopping lists and recipes and made porridge. We looked at different materials and tried to build houses with a number of resources. We learnt about friendship and what it means to be a good friend. 

We also created our story maps. We had many opportunities for making marks, writing, cutting and sticking. 

   

In phonics, we continued revising all the sounds, blending them out, matching sounds with letters and writing words. Then we checked what we had written by sounding the words out. 

    

In Maths, we learnt about 2D and 3D shapes. We described and compared the shapes and looked at their properties. We also checked which shapes roll and which stack. 

  

We found out what is one more and one less within 5. We told number stories with the help of a variety of manipulatives, such as cubes, pens, counters and natural resources. 

Moreover, we introduced part-part-whole models to learn about number bonds within 5. We investigated what 2 numbers make number 5. 

This half-term we also celebrated and learnt about Diwali, Guy Fawkes night and Remembrance Day. We represented the festive days with a great number of pieces of arts and crafts. We made clay Diwali lamps. We painted poppies. We made creative fireworks. 

We started off the term with our Spooky Disco:

 

    

We also wore something yellow or dressed up for people who help us to remember and celebrate the 'Children's in need' Day:

  

We learnt about our home countries and wore some traditional clothes:

     

In our PE lessons, we learnt how to use our space safely. We took part in activities that helped us develop different ways of movement, like skipping, running, jumping and walking. We also performed expressive movements in our dance sessions. Moreover, we practised a variety of skills needed for Tag Rugby, such as catching, throwing and holding a ball. 

In Music, we explored a variety of musical instruments and the sounds they make while we sang songs: 

   

Have Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!