This week the children enjoyed a visit from Mr and Mrs Hancock who talked to them all about what it is like to own an allotment. They brought in some of their harvest, showed some pictures of how their allotment changes throughout the year and answered the children's many questions. As part of our topic, the children enjoyed the story 'Rosie's Walk' by Pat Hutchins, explored maps and their purpose and created our own class map for Rosie. Throughout the week, the children learnt about farm animals and their young, were introduced to pictograms and responded to a letter to the giant (from Jack and the Beanstalk). On Wednesday, as part of our RE focus, the children were introduced to 'Ramadan' and why it is important for Muslims and learnt the sign for it. In Maths the focus of learning has been composition, which has involved the children developing the skill of describing attributes, comparing, sorting and beginning to look at 'odd' and 'even' using the Numberblocks. In Phonics, the children have continued to explore longer words and 'ing' endings. Below are some pictures of both more structured lesson time and free-flow time.
