Welcome back to the final half term in Oak Class for you and your child. This half term we will be doing a lot more in terms of transition to year 1 so that they will be ready to hit the ground running when they return in September. This week for example, the children have started lining up and collecting their own lunch in the dinner hall instead of having their lunch brought to them. They have managed this really well and no accidents - so far!! In line with transition and moving on, our overarching theme this half term is called "Ready Steady Go". On Monday, we began thinking about this theme by talking about where we live and what it is like here in England before we start thinking about travelling to other places. The children began making their own little 'homes' with lolly sticks which they then drew their families inside. In drawing club, we read a familiar story - The colour Monster, a story all about feelings and the colours which match those feelings. This led us to talk about the learning zones which are used throughout key stage one and two. In music on Monday, the link to our theme was through transport. We began learning a new song and added some sound effects of trains, boats and cars. We also used the Beebots (programmable toys) to travel around a map and this involved moving the Beebots forwards and backwards and turning left and right. On Tuesday, our role play area became a train station where the children had fun buying tickets, waiting at the station and then boarding the train - many of them said they were going to Hollywood! We have been using the Rekenreks in maths which are counting frames, similar to an abacus. It has ten beads on each row, five white and five red which supports the development of number sense. On Wednesday we learnt all about D Day, why we remember it, why this year was so important and looked at where Year 6 have gone on their residential in France. We then all made parachutes with a Union Jack on the top and let them go from the top of the decking to watch them glide onto the field. This created so much enthusiasm! As part of our ongoing transition to Year 1 the children will now be attending every Wednesday assembly. This is usually a singing assembly, but today I led assembly all about D Day and we listened to a special song called the longest day. On Thursday we spent some time learning French with Marion. We were introduced to the month of June and French traditions that happen then. We learnt some new key words with actions and revisited old ones! The children were able to recall a wide range of words! Then we listened to a story about colours, which involved all the children and was great fun! Finally we went outside to all find a 'magic wand' (stick) that we could use in our abracadabra game. This was a lovely way to end our French lesson. We continued to play and finish off our parachutes outside before attending assembly with Mr Cutler, who spoke to us about D Day- and sacrifice. On Friday we ended the week with a fantastic PE lesson on the school field in preparation for our Olympic themed sports day (2nd July). We practised bean bag throwing, balancing, passing, running and had a great time with lots of smiles! Congratulations to Vinnie, our star of the week!
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