2C were challenged to paint a composition using a given template where they had to first mix three secondary colours and then paint using both primary and secondary colours to complete their work. They tried hard to place colours next to each other which looked pleasing to the eye.
Author: Sarah Crust
We have had the BEST time rehearsing for the Christmas play and we thought you would like to see these photographs of the children in their costumes.
In 2C’s Art project called Mix It, the children have been learning about primary and secondary colours. In this lesson we made a printing block out of clay, which we added texture and pattern to, before printing. We printed using only primary colours and then looked at the secondary colours we had created as they overlapped.
2C are learning why washing their hands is a very important job to remember. We carried out an investigation with glitter and vegetable oil to show how germs can be spread from person to person and object to object. We hope that this has helped them to understand why we nag them to wash their hands!
We have been exploring 2D and 3D shapes and recognising their features.
WEEK 4: We decorated cupcakes with icing sugar, winter/Christmas cake toppers, marshmallows and reindeer sprinkles. We really enjoyed making and eating these!
The children in Nursery have been adding music to accompany the story of Goldilocks and the Three Bears. They have been playing percussion instruments loudly and quietly to represent Daddy bear and Baby bear and played along to the song When Goldilocks went to the House of the Bears. They watched Mrs Gardner as she conducted; holding arms wide to
The children were asked the question: Why should we wash our hands with soap? An experiment was carried out to see which condition removed vegetable oil (or germs!) from their hands. They discovered that the most effective was to use warm water and soap.
We made moving elves and decorated a Christmas wallet to put all of our Christmas crafts inside.