Materials

 

We talked about materials and their characteristics  .  We felt a variety of materials and grouped them according to how they felt.  We felt rough , smooth, shiny and soft materials.  Then we made a collage with all the materials.  They all look different and are very colourful. 

 

Fun with letters

We are getting very good at recognising our letters and sounds.  We love playing the puddles game.  The aim of our game is to get from one side of the river bank to the other by jumping on the letter lilly pads.  We can only jump on to the lilly pad if we know the letter, the sound it makes and a word that starts with that letter.  We were all very good at this game. 

 

Happy Hallowe'en

 

We had a brilliant day dressing up in our halloween costumes.  We were very creative in what we decided to dress up as.  Lots of people raised money for the school.  We all say a big thanks to everyone and to the mums and dads who helped us collect the money and with our fantastic halloween costumes.  Take a look at how spooky we looked

 

This week we learned about safety on the roads.  We learned how to be safe when on our bikes and walking.  We played games practising how to cross the road safely.  We learned the ways that Lucy from Sunny Street keeps safe when she is on her bike.  She never rides her bike at night, she always wears bright reflective clothing like our new jackets and she always wears a helmet. 

Remember,
one, look for a safe place
two, don't hurry, stop and wait,
three look all around and listen
before you cross the road,
remember,
four, let all the traffic pass you
five, then walking straight across you
six, keep watching,
that's the safe cross code!!!!!

Our Nature Table

Our nature table is ever expanding.  We are adding more and more all the time.
Eimear was very kind and brought in some hazelnuts for our table.  Teacher is going to open the shell so we can see the nut that is hiding inside. 

Hazelnuts can be harvested from September onwards.
The nuts are green at first and then turn light brown in autumn.  They are not just for us hungry humans though, they are also food for mice and pigeons. 

Witch masks

We had great fun making masks for Halloween.
 We coloured the picture really carefully, cut it out and stuck it to card.

 

We stuck a lollipop stick to the chin of the witch so we can hide behind the mask and say boo.

Matching and counting

 

 Today we tried out some new maths games. We matched colour and shape, directions, objects and numbers,pairs of identical objects. We all shared the games and each had a turn at matching different things.