Despite the hot weather this week, we have all continued to show great enthusiasm and focus in their learning. Our motto, this week, has certainly been ‘Keep Cool and Carry On Learning’!
In English, we’ve started exploring our new key text, ‘Oliver’s Vegetables’ by Alison Bartlett and Vivian French. We are already enjoying diving into the story and this week have focused on describing the vegetables that Oliver finds in his Grandad’s garden. We are becoming experts with using the principles of colourful semantics, to help organise our ideas. If you would like to listen to the story at home, you can watch the video below.
We were also excited to welcome back Bev, for our music sessions. This week, our focus was on exploring the pulse. We worked together brilliantly to follow a steady four-beat rhythm. As our confidence grew, we experimented with how the four beats could be played. We varied the notes by adding pauses. Some of us even tried conducting our own short rhythms for our peers to follow. Everyone showed fantastic musical skills, especially when applying our skills to play the djembe drums. It was such a great way to feel the beat and express creativity!
On Friday, when we arrived to school, we were excited to see that 8 butterflies had emerged from their chrysalides! Watching the butterflies emerge and take flight was such a magical moment for us to witness! We were filled with wonder and excitement as we released them into the world. It has been such a beautiful way to explore life cycles and celebrate growth.
This week in art, we explored the work of the talented artist Brian Wildsmith. The children were fascinated by his use of colour. Inspired by his work, the children designed and created their very own oil pastel owl pieces of artwork. They carefully considered colour choices, using the techniques we observed in Brain’s work to bring their own creations to life. Look how stunning our final pieces turned out!
This week in Foxes, we are thrilled to be celebrate Luke as our Oakwood Champion. We are so proud of the confidence he has shown around food this week. Luke joined his peers at the Breakfast Club dining table, where he independently poured his own cereal and milk. In our cooking session, he also tasted a croissant – a huge milestone for Luke, as trying new foods can sometimes be a challenge. Well done, Luke!
