Langley
In response to our investigation into our brilliant brains and bodies, the children have been interested in their facial features. We have been examining a range of different facial features using laminated pictures. Some of our faces look funny when we hold up different parts, especially the bearded mouth! Max looked at Miss Kerry with the beard on her face,
“Man” he said as he pointed to the beard!
We have also been talking about what our face looks like when we are feeling different emotions; sad, happy, angry and excited. We have been looking at photographs of emotion on people’s faces and trying to imitate them. Next week we will continue our investigation by talking about how the different emotions make our body feel.
Please make sure you check your child’s pigeon hole next week for our Big Boys Breakfast invitation and survey, we’re very busy practicing our songs in preparation.
Kind regards,
Jess, Hayley, Kerry and Pippa
Mead
Dear Parents,
Our Brilliant Brains and Bodies have been working hard this week in the Mead Room! We have been drawing portraits of ourselves and comparing them to our photographs. The children have noticed how different they are now - now that they are bigger! We have noticed that we all have hair, noses, eyes and ears but who knew we had eyebrows, chins and necks too! This has also lead to lots of play in the hospital fixing, administering medicine and "getting rid of the sick things." Through our skeleton jigsaw the children have been introducing many new words and names to one another.
"Bone is part of your head - it is called the giant head!" said Jack
"Your head is at the top of your body." said Marios
"Brains you have brains in your head." yelled Dillon
"I've got the back part - the bumpy bit." said Oliver
"That's the spine. You need to be careful of your spine cos', just cos." said Henry
"Look I’ve got the bin bit. You know where the food goes in here. It's like the bin." said Oliver
"These long bits they must be for your legs cos your arms aren't that long." Hannah
"Those are the parts that take all the bad bits of the food away. They go up here then through the carpet (I guess) then here to your bottom. Then out as poo, poo." stated Tommi
Our skeleton has taken many shapes and forms this week as the children discussed just how the body fits together. Some children even made their amazing bodies copy the skeleton!
Stay tuned to see what we discover next!
Kind regards
Emma, Susan and Emma
Cooper
The Cooper children have been thinking and talking about skeletons. Emerson showed us some x-rays of his dad and Bean brought in a picture of a skeleton. The children looked at this picture and talked about what they saw and knew…
“Monster, aaah” exclaimed Bean.
“Skeleton” said Felix.
“We can see fingers” said Olivia.
“Toes” said Felix.
“There’s blood inside and there’s bones” explained Alec.
“Where is your skeleton?” asked Mrs Blake.
“In your tummy from blood” answered Bailey.
“I have dinosaur skeleton” Alex told us.
Alec pointed to his chest to show us where his skeleton was.
We also examined x-rays on the light box…
“Keton (skeleton) – my daddy hand” said Rocco.
“That’s a body” said Chanel, “The bones make you go round.”
“There’s like a head and part of your tummy bones, that’s it” explained Sebastian R.
We read the story Funnybones and looked at the people and animal skeleton shapes too. Next week keep an eye out for a special bony visitor to our room called George!
Kind regards,
Ali and Rosalie
Chapple
This week the children have made an ambulance in our hospital. They used boxes, paper plates, paint and patty pans to create their super-fast ambulance....
“Ambulances are for sick people” said Blake “I made some medicine to help us get healthy again” added Oliver “Ambulances take people to hospital” said Daniel B “We need one if we get hurt outside” added Blake “Does anyone know the special number to call an ambulance?” asked Mrs McGee “000” said Max A “There are three parts you can get for the same number” explained Jesse “Yeah – the fire engine, the ambulance and the police” said Ryan “When do you think we need to call an ambulance?” asked Mrs McGee “When there’s an emergency” said Jesse “Great thinking – can anyone explain to us what an emergency is?” asked Mrs McGee “Like a bad accident” explained Blake “Wow, we all know so much about ambulances, fantastic thinking!” added Mrs McGee
So we are all in safe hands! A big thank you to Blake's mum Kirsty for bringing us the special doctors aprons, hats and shoe covers for the children to play with, they have loved dressing up and feeling like real doctors!
We had a wonderful time at the fantastic Mr McGee performance, thank you so much to all the parents who came along, we hope you enjoyed it as much as the children! Next week we are looking forward to a Jump Rope for Heart skipping demonstration to get our bodies bouncing with exercise!
Warm wishes - Suria, Sinead and Sue
Edgerley
We were very busy this week, creating bodies and recording our knowledge about what is on the outside of them. We know a lot! Come into our classroom and see our diagram that we created together. We talked about what keeps a body together and then created a diagram about bones and skin. Next week we look forward to sharing our knowledge about what is on the inside of our bodies.
In the garden we got busy planting our vegetables to harvest in spring. We planted lettuce, broccoli, snow peas and beetroot (Yum Yum!!) They have had lots of water from the rain and we hope they survive!
We enjoyed exploring shaving foam and thinking about how our hands feel.
“I’m feeling it” said Christopher
“It’s got cream inside of it” said Zac
“Was it super sticky?” asked Ajeet
“No, gooey” explained Lucy
“Mucky” added Harry
Next week we will explore a different texture and see if we can explain how our hands can feel the difference.
Have a great weekend
Mel, Pip and Rachel
In response to our investigation into our brilliant brains and bodies, the children have been interested in their facial features. We have been examining a range of different facial features using laminated pictures. Some of our faces look funny when we hold up different parts, especially the bearded mouth! Max looked at Miss Kerry with the beard on her face,
“Man” he said as he pointed to the beard!
We have also been talking about what our face looks like when we are feeling different emotions; sad, happy, angry and excited. We have been looking at photographs of emotion on people’s faces and trying to imitate them. Next week we will continue our investigation by talking about how the different emotions make our body feel.
Please make sure you check your child’s pigeon hole next week for our Big Boys Breakfast invitation and survey, we’re very busy practicing our songs in preparation.
Kind regards,
Jess, Hayley, Kerry and Pippa
Mead
Dear Parents,
Our Brilliant Brains and Bodies have been working hard this week in the Mead Room! We have been drawing portraits of ourselves and comparing them to our photographs. The children have noticed how different they are now - now that they are bigger! We have noticed that we all have hair, noses, eyes and ears but who knew we had eyebrows, chins and necks too! This has also lead to lots of play in the hospital fixing, administering medicine and "getting rid of the sick things." Through our skeleton jigsaw the children have been introducing many new words and names to one another.
"Bone is part of your head - it is called the giant head!" said Jack
"Your head is at the top of your body." said Marios
"Brains you have brains in your head." yelled Dillon
"I've got the back part - the bumpy bit." said Oliver
"That's the spine. You need to be careful of your spine cos', just cos." said Henry
"Look I’ve got the bin bit. You know where the food goes in here. It's like the bin." said Oliver
"These long bits they must be for your legs cos your arms aren't that long." Hannah
"Those are the parts that take all the bad bits of the food away. They go up here then through the carpet (I guess) then here to your bottom. Then out as poo, poo." stated Tommi
Our skeleton has taken many shapes and forms this week as the children discussed just how the body fits together. Some children even made their amazing bodies copy the skeleton!
Stay tuned to see what we discover next!
Kind regards
Emma, Susan and Emma
Cooper
The Cooper children have been thinking and talking about skeletons. Emerson showed us some x-rays of his dad and Bean brought in a picture of a skeleton. The children looked at this picture and talked about what they saw and knew…
“Monster, aaah” exclaimed Bean.
“Skeleton” said Felix.
“We can see fingers” said Olivia.
“Toes” said Felix.
“There’s blood inside and there’s bones” explained Alec.
“Where is your skeleton?” asked Mrs Blake.
“In your tummy from blood” answered Bailey.
“I have dinosaur skeleton” Alex told us.
Alec pointed to his chest to show us where his skeleton was.
We also examined x-rays on the light box…
“Keton (skeleton) – my daddy hand” said Rocco.
“That’s a body” said Chanel, “The bones make you go round.”
“There’s like a head and part of your tummy bones, that’s it” explained Sebastian R.
We read the story Funnybones and looked at the people and animal skeleton shapes too. Next week keep an eye out for a special bony visitor to our room called George!
Kind regards,
Ali and Rosalie
Chapple
This week the children have made an ambulance in our hospital. They used boxes, paper plates, paint and patty pans to create their super-fast ambulance....
“Ambulances are for sick people” said Blake “I made some medicine to help us get healthy again” added Oliver “Ambulances take people to hospital” said Daniel B “We need one if we get hurt outside” added Blake “Does anyone know the special number to call an ambulance?” asked Mrs McGee “000” said Max A “There are three parts you can get for the same number” explained Jesse “Yeah – the fire engine, the ambulance and the police” said Ryan “When do you think we need to call an ambulance?” asked Mrs McGee “When there’s an emergency” said Jesse “Great thinking – can anyone explain to us what an emergency is?” asked Mrs McGee “Like a bad accident” explained Blake “Wow, we all know so much about ambulances, fantastic thinking!” added Mrs McGee
So we are all in safe hands! A big thank you to Blake's mum Kirsty for bringing us the special doctors aprons, hats and shoe covers for the children to play with, they have loved dressing up and feeling like real doctors!
We had a wonderful time at the fantastic Mr McGee performance, thank you so much to all the parents who came along, we hope you enjoyed it as much as the children! Next week we are looking forward to a Jump Rope for Heart skipping demonstration to get our bodies bouncing with exercise!
Warm wishes - Suria, Sinead and Sue
Edgerley
We were very busy this week, creating bodies and recording our knowledge about what is on the outside of them. We know a lot! Come into our classroom and see our diagram that we created together. We talked about what keeps a body together and then created a diagram about bones and skin. Next week we look forward to sharing our knowledge about what is on the inside of our bodies.
In the garden we got busy planting our vegetables to harvest in spring. We planted lettuce, broccoli, snow peas and beetroot (Yum Yum!!) They have had lots of water from the rain and we hope they survive!
We enjoyed exploring shaving foam and thinking about how our hands feel.
“I’m feeling it” said Christopher
“It’s got cream inside of it” said Zac
“Was it super sticky?” asked Ajeet
“No, gooey” explained Lucy
“Mucky” added Harry
Next week we will explore a different texture and see if we can explain how our hands can feel the difference.
Have a great weekend
Mel, Pip and Rachel
