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During outdoor learning week we took lots of opportunities to enjoy the sunshine and learn outside. On Tuesday, during our sensory playground slot, we brought out the hoola hoops and a selection of toy animals. The children used their previous learning to sort the animals into two habitats, deciding which ones would be found on the African savannah and which ones would be found on a farm. They explored the animals at their own pace and placed them carefully into the hoops, showing good recall and understanding of their habitats.

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On Monday we concluded our work on The Great Kapok Tree, linking it to our learning about animals that live in jungles and rainforests. Using the animal masks we had made in the previous lesson, along with the sound buttons for the animals we were representing, we took part in a retelling of the story. The children explored the sounds, acted out their animals, and helped show how important the Kapok tree is to all the creatures in the jungle.

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We began the week by sharing our weekend news. It was lovely to hear that everyone had enjoyed a nice break. Using colourful semantics, we built sentences together, and some of us even practised copying and writing them underneath.

This week we were introduced to two new texts linked to our topic “Into the Wild”: Where the Wild Things Are and The Great Kapok Tree.

For Where the Wild Things Are, we explored the story by learning about and describing the different monsters. We then created our own monsters using playdough, using communication boards to choose the colours we needed. The results were fantastic! Later, we used our monsters to help retell the story in the tuff tray, supported by sensory materials and sound buttons. It was a wonderfully engaging and fun experience.

On Friday, we were introduced to The Great Kapok Tree. We used sound buttons to help us follow the story and begin to understand the characters and setting. We’re excited to continue exploring this text next week.

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This week in Maths we have been focusing on place value and counting, taking part in lots of practical activities to support our understanding. Some of us used Unifix cubes to build towers up to 2 and 5, used tweezers to pick up and count pom‑poms, and threaded beads to match given numbers—great for strengthening fine‑motor skills. We also enjoyed adding the number of Smarties placed on a biscuit, which made counting extra fun.

We explored numbers beyond 10 by creating different representations using concrete apparatus such as Numicon and Base Ten. Matching quantities to numerals helped us deepen our understanding of number value and structure. Everyone showed fantastic enthusiasm and made wonderful progress throughout the week.

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This week in our Sensory Baking lesson, we linked our activity to our Into the Wild theme by using animal‑shaped cutters. We used our turn‑taking cards to help us wait, add, and mix the ingredients before using the tools and cutters to shape and create our biscuits. Once they were cooked and cooled, we decorated our wild animals using the appropriate foods and icing. The children showed great focus and really enjoyed bringing their animal biscuits to life.

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Our topic this half term is Into the Wild. We began the week with an interactive video that encouraged us to think carefully about the habitats of different animals. We were then introduced to the sounds of the jungle, and using our growing knowledge, we worked together to identify which animals belong in a jungle environment.

After choosing a specific animal, we created our very own jungle in a jar. We carefully added soil and grass seeds to a plastic jar, placed our chosen animal inside, and then watered the seeds. Now we’re excited to watch our mini jungles grow around the animals over the next few weeks.

We also completed a sorting activity using a Venn diagram, sorting animals that live in the jungle from those that do not. Green Class showed fantastic sorting skills and great understanding of animal habitats.

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We have enjoyed some lovely outdoor learning opportunities this week. The children explored the sensory playground, taking part in writing and mark‑making activities while also engaging with the different pieces of apparatus.

On Tuesday, our outdoor Maths session took us on a treasure‑style hunt. Each child was given a number and had to find, collect, and count the matching number of gold coins hidden inside envelopes. This activity brought lots of excitement and plenty of smiles.

We also had great fun exploring the bikes on Thursday, building confidence, coordination, and independence as we rode around the outdoor area.

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On Tuesday we were fortunate to have a visit from the Music Bus. The children had a wonderful time exploring a wide range of instruments, experimenting with different sounds, rhythms, and ways of playing. It was a fantastic opportunity for everyone to express themselves, listen carefully, and enjoy making music together.

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For World Book Day, Green Class enjoyed a pirate-themed day inspired by Gary’s childhood story, One Eyed Jake. The children took part in a range of exciting activities, including making treasure masks, exploring water play, and investigating floating and sinking objects. They also had great fun playing Pop-Up Pirate and discovering hidden treasure in the sand and tuff tray.

The children also enjoyed a “walk the plank” balancing game, pretending to be brave pirates crossing the sea, which encouraged lots of laughter and imaginative play.

They also made their own pirate telescopes using cardboard tubes, which they used to search for hidden treasure around the classroom.

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On Monday, we were introduced to the habitat of the Savannah. We explored what this unique environment is like and learned that it is typically very hot, dry, and sunny for much of the year. We also discussed the amazing animals that live there, focusing especially on the Big Five—the lion, leopard, rhinoceros, elephant, and buffalo.

To finish our lesson, we created beautiful African sunset artwork, using Savannah animal silhouettes to show the striking shapes of wildlife against the warm evening sky.

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This week we enjoyed the story We Are Going on a Lion Hunt. The children joined in a fun sensory story, using a drum for sounds, pipe cleaners for grass, chocolate for the swamp, and a blanket for the cave.

We played Sleeping Lions to practise communication and turn‑taking. The children also sequenced the story, and did some lovely mark‑making with the lion toys, using Colourful Semantics to support their sentences.

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Linking to our learning on the African Savannah and our text 'We are going on a Lion Hunt'. we made Lion faces and used pegs for the lion's mane which helped our fine motor skills.

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As part of our Into the Wild topic and our learning about the African Savannah, we had lots of fun making giraffe biscuits in sensory baking this week!

We worked together, taking turns to add the ingredients and mix everything using our turn‑taking and communication cards.

After our biscuits were cooked and cooled, we used our fine motor skills to carefully decorate them with icing pens to make them look just like giraffes. The children did a fantastic job and the biscuits looked amazing!

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This week we have continued exploring how to compare quantities and order numbers. The children have been busy with a range of activities to build their confidence and understanding. Some of us have been ordering Numicon shapes, some have been ordering written numbers, and others have been using Numicon to compare quantities while being introduced to the symbols for greater than, less than and equals to.

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This week, as part of our Into the Wild topic, we explored the stories “The Rainbow Fish” and “Sharing a Shell.” The children enjoyed a sensory retelling of The Rainbow Fish, created their own sparkling fish using sequins, and practised building and writing sentences through Colourful Semantics before sequencing the events of the story. When reading Sharing a Shell, the children made the characters out of play dough and thought carefully about who they would like to share a shell with, choosing from family, friends, or pets. Some children even extended their ideas by using because to explain their choices, showing lovely progress in their sentence development.

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As part of our topic and our story The Rainbow Fish, we made oceans in a jar. We used communication boards to help us request the items we needed, including plastic jars, plants, gravel, oil, water and plastic fish. We took turns carefully adding each part and enjoyed watching our oceans come to life. We had lots of fun looking at our finished jars and exploring the colours and movement inside them.

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This week we continued our biscuit theme by making fish‑shaped biscuits to link with our topic and The Rainbow Fish. The children used communication cards to take turns mixing the ingredients, supporting their interaction and teamwork. Once the biscuits had baked and cooled, the children decorated their fish with icing and hundreds and thousands, just like the shimmering Rainbow Fish.

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Thank you for those who were able to attend our special afternoon on Friday afternoon. Prior to Mothering Sunday and thinking about those people who are special to us, we made cards using pipe cleaners and pom-poms as well as making our own chocolates . We hope you enjoy them.

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For our Outdoor Learning we have explored the sensory playground and using communication cards to requests terms on specific equipment. We have also continued to sort toy animals in their habitat , with the focus this week sorting animals that belong in an ocean habitat and those which do not . Green Class did some good thinking and sorting.

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This week we have been reading The Rainbow Bear as part of our Into the Wild topic, focusing on the Arctic habitat. We learned that the polar bear wished to be rainbow‑coloured because he felt unnoticed as a white bear, but once his wish came true he quickly realised that being rainbow‑bright wasn’t as wonderful as he imagined. To support our learning, we explored a sensory story with icy‑cold water, created woolly polar‑bear collages, made our own snow globes, and experimented with painting and mark‑making using coloured ice. We also enjoyed making our own rainbow bears by painting a bear template inside a zippy wallet, bringing the story to life through hands‑on, creative experiences. We have also thought about how the bear felt when he was taken away from his Arctic home and taken to the zoo, as well as rescuing the animals from the ice.

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On Tuesday we celebrated St Patrick’s Day in Green Class. We listened to the story of St Patrick, enjoyed Irish music, and explored the celebration through green gloop and coins. We counted and printed shamrocks, made shamrocks out of playdough, and decorated and created our own St Patrick’s Day cards.

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This half term we have been learning about puberty . So far we have looked at the physical differences between an adult and child as well as identifying how are bodies change as we get older e.g facial hair ın males .

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This week in Maths we have continued to learn about addition. Linking to St Patrck's Day on Tuesday we counted , added and printed shamrocks. Other activities have included adding with Numicon shapes and some of as adding with the aid of Cheerios and pipe cleaners.

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This week, the children have been fully immersed in the Easter Story through a range of creative and hands‑on activities. They produced beautiful crucifix sunset pictures inspired by Impressionist art, experimenting with colour blending and expressive brushstrokes to create striking silhouettes.

We also enjoyed making our own Easter cards, taking care with both the artwork and the thoughtful messages written inside.

To make phonics even more exciting, some of our lessons moved outdoors. The children took part in a phonics Easter egg hunt, matching sounds to hidden eggs and showing fantastic teamwork and enthusiasm.

It’s been a wonderful week of creativity, learning, and springtime fun.

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This week we concluded our topic Into the Wild with an exciting outdoor minibeast hunt. The children explored the school grounds with great enthusiasm and discovered all sorts of tiny creatures, including worms, woodlice and even a centipede. They showed brilliant curiosity as they observed each minibeast in its natural habitat.

Back in the classroom, we continued our learning by creating symmetrical bugs using paint and printing techniques. The children loved experimenting with colour and pattern, and their finished artwork looks fantastic.

It’s been a wonderful way to round off our topic, combining hands‑on exploration with creative expression.

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For our Sensory Baking we have made Easter Nests. We melted the chocolate chocolate and took turns to mix the ingredients .

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Our Maths has focused on subtraction this week and we have related our learning around Easter .