Puffins have enjoyed using technology to represent their own ideas in Computing this week. They have been taking photographs of toys from the past and of their friends.
Puffins have also been learning how to use the keyboard during Computing. We introduced the children to the different keys on a keyboard then accessed purple mash ‘to write’ to practice entering text specifically describing words for different types of toys.
The children have loved PE this week, taking part in a variety of gross motor skill activities.
In maths, Puffins have been looking at 3D shapes and their properties. They had the challenge of sorting the shapes into different categories. We also recapped our knowledge of 2D shapes. Puffins then had the opportunity to look around the classroom for different shapes.
The children have also been learning to identify tens and ones within numbers to 20, representing numbers using counting sticks and dienes.
During R.E Puffins were introduced to the Islamic story of Quaswa to explore the ideas of fairness and wisdom. The children also had a look at a traditional Mosque and how that is different from a Christian church.
In English the children have been very busy story mapping “Where the Wild Things Are” and using adjectives to describe the setting , including the conjunction ‘and’. Puffins then got to come up with their own setting and have been writing extended sentences and phrases with adjectives to describe their setting.
Puffins have enjoyed listening to two stories during PSHE “The great big book of families” by Mary Hoffman and “The family book” by Todd Parr. After reading both books we discussed with our talk partners how our families might be different. We then brainstormed the children’s ideas on a flipchart which will be displayed in our classroom.
