I wonder what noise it makes…… We have been looking at a range of different instruments and describing the sounds that they make.
What noise does a bell make?
“Ting, ting, ting, ting” said Cooper.
“Ding, ding, ding” said Chloe.
“Jingle bell, jingle bell” suggested Olivia.
We made our own drums in class, I wonder what noise they make.
“Boom” suggested Sebastian R.
“Bangs” added Susannah.
“Drum, drum, drum” said Sophia in a big loud voice.
We have also welcomed Miss Hayley into the classroom this week who will be working from 9.30 to 6.00 each day. Please introduce yourself to her at drop off or pick up if you have not already met.
Kind regards,
Jess, Kerry, Jennifer and Hayley
Mead
Dear Mead Room Parents,
We have had wonderful 'Show and Tell' sessions in the Mead Room which have generated a lot of discussion and a real interest in plants and growing plants. Last week we focused particularly on plums, and this week it has been sunflowers. The children have been drawing, collaging, painting, observing and planting sunflowers. As the children planted their sunflower seeds the following comments were made.
"The small seed will grow into a big sunflower" Harry to us.
"It will grow into a big, big sunflower beanstalk" Jack O added.
Henry laughed, "That would be funny. A big beanstalk".
"It may grow really big, Bigger than the roof" Harry said.
"They need some water to have" Henry informed everyone.
"And we can put them in the sun" Jack J suggested, "We water with the hose. Daddy used the hole".
"I have a watering can to water the grass and stuff at my Dad's house" Tommi told his friends, "And I planted an avocado seed at the back of Mum's house. We put it in the ground. A little bit of seed came out of it. The seed is green".
We are eager to water our plants, care for them and see what happens....................
Best wishes,
Emma M, Susan L and Emma G
Cooper
On Friday Zac Bald and his Dad, Adam, came in to show us some power tools so we could listen to the noises that they make. They gave us a demonstration of drills, a heat gun, staple gun, angle grinder, circular saw and Zac's toy chainsaw. Some of the children were very excited to see and hear the tools and others were a little apprehensive and covered their ears.
Adam showed us a staple gun and said, "The staples come out really fast."
"Do they kill?" asked Alex.
"No" replied Adam. He also showed the group a drill.
"Don't turn it on" said Oliver but when he listened to the sound he said, "Hey, that's not loud."
"I love the angle grinder" said Ajeet.
"If you put the angle grinder on at night there are sparks!" Oliver informed us.
The children were fascinated with the tools and listened carefully to everything Adam and Zac said. We recorded the sounds on the dictaphone and played them back to the group. A big thank you to the Balds for their exciting show and tell!
Kind regards,
Ali and Susan
Chapple
This week we have learned about how our bodies hear sound. We have looked at pictures of the inside and outside of our ears and we have been making models with clay. We loved playing the recorders in our music lesson with Ms B and whisper and shout with our drums! Some of the children shared songs with us for their Show and Tell time and we especially enjoyed singing along to We All Live in a Yellow Submarine. We were so interested in submarines that we made one to play in - and we even made a periscope to see what's going on, on top of the water! The children have been very interested in constructing instruments and other amazing inventions using the recycled materials....and thank you for bringing them in, we always need more, so please keep it coming.
Warm regards
Suria, Sinead, Ciara and Sue.
Edgerley
Wow, what noisy show and tell we enjoyed this week. The children loved listening to Aggie interpret different instruments through his electronic keyboard and were thrilled to be able to all have a turn and then dance to the music that was created. Louie shared his alarm clock with us and told us all about how he could use noise to help him know when to wake up. We really liked the sound of the alarm, it made us all “pop out of bed” just like Louie in the morning. Luca shared a massive conch shell with us and we all took turns listening to the noise from inside. Some of us thought it sounded like the waves of the see but others thought that some angry bees were caught inside the shell. Max brought a very special show and tell… his Poppy, who played the guitar for us and showed us some different pictures of other guitars. We were fascinated by the sheet music that he brought with him to help him play the tune and spent the rest of the week writing our own music by forming ‘notes’. We observed our music intently as we played our musical instruments that we had created in our music factory. Wow, what a busy week!
Dear Mead Room Parents,
We have had wonderful 'Show and Tell' sessions in the Mead Room which have generated a lot of discussion and a real interest in plants and growing plants. Last week we focused particularly on plums, and this week it has been sunflowers. The children have been drawing, collaging, painting, observing and planting sunflowers. As the children planted their sunflower seeds the following comments were made.
"The small seed will grow into a big sunflower" Harry to us.
"It will grow into a big, big sunflower beanstalk" Jack O added.
Henry laughed, "That would be funny. A big beanstalk".
"It may grow really big, Bigger than the roof" Harry said.
"They need some water to have" Henry informed everyone.
"And we can put them in the sun" Jack J suggested, "We water with the hose. Daddy used the hole".
"I have a watering can to water the grass and stuff at my Dad's house" Tommi told his friends, "And I planted an avocado seed at the back of Mum's house. We put it in the ground. A little bit of seed came out of it. The seed is green".
We are eager to water our plants, care for them and see what happens....................
Best wishes,
Emma M, Susan L and Emma G
Cooper
On Friday Zac Bald and his Dad, Adam, came in to show us some power tools so we could listen to the noises that they make. They gave us a demonstration of drills, a heat gun, staple gun, angle grinder, circular saw and Zac's toy chainsaw. Some of the children were very excited to see and hear the tools and others were a little apprehensive and covered their ears.
Adam showed us a staple gun and said, "The staples come out really fast."
"Do they kill?" asked Alex.
"No" replied Adam. He also showed the group a drill.
"Don't turn it on" said Oliver but when he listened to the sound he said, "Hey, that's not loud."
"I love the angle grinder" said Ajeet.
"If you put the angle grinder on at night there are sparks!" Oliver informed us.
The children were fascinated with the tools and listened carefully to everything Adam and Zac said. We recorded the sounds on the dictaphone and played them back to the group. A big thank you to the Balds for their exciting show and tell!
Kind regards,
Ali and Susan
Chapple
This week we have learned about how our bodies hear sound. We have looked at pictures of the inside and outside of our ears and we have been making models with clay. We loved playing the recorders in our music lesson with Ms B and whisper and shout with our drums! Some of the children shared songs with us for their Show and Tell time and we especially enjoyed singing along to We All Live in a Yellow Submarine. We were so interested in submarines that we made one to play in - and we even made a periscope to see what's going on, on top of the water! The children have been very interested in constructing instruments and other amazing inventions using the recycled materials....and thank you for bringing them in, we always need more, so please keep it coming.
Warm regards
Suria, Sinead, Ciara and Sue.
Edgerley
Wow, what noisy show and tell we enjoyed this week. The children loved listening to Aggie interpret different instruments through his electronic keyboard and were thrilled to be able to all have a turn and then dance to the music that was created. Louie shared his alarm clock with us and told us all about how he could use noise to help him know when to wake up. We really liked the sound of the alarm, it made us all “pop out of bed” just like Louie in the morning. Luca shared a massive conch shell with us and we all took turns listening to the noise from inside. Some of us thought it sounded like the waves of the see but others thought that some angry bees were caught inside the shell. Max brought a very special show and tell… his Poppy, who played the guitar for us and showed us some different pictures of other guitars. We were fascinated by the sheet music that he brought with him to help him play the tune and spent the rest of the week writing our own music by forming ‘notes’. We observed our music intently as we played our musical instruments that we had created in our music factory. Wow, what a busy week!
Kind Regards
Mel and Rosalie
Mel and Rosalie
