Last week we had our house colours day and the children had a lot of fun! They played games and got lots of tokens for their houses. Here are some pictures of them enjoying their day!
First, we made some smiley face cookies with our house colours.
Then, we joined everyone on the playground to play some games. Here we are doing a tug-of-war!
And sponging the teachers face!
Then we did musical chairs and statues upstairs in the library.
And got lots of tokens for our houses.
We finished the day with making our house flags. What a fun day!
We were busy the rest of the week, doing activities from our new book, too!
Making hand prints for the bear's cave.
Cutting bears for the cave.
Mark making.
Exploring a 'bear hunt' themed sensory box!
Making homes out of blocks.
Discovering how materials mix to produce different textures.
Drawing bears!
Sequencing and role playing.
In the end, we made our classroom into a fantastic 'we're going on a bear hunt' theme!
Home Learning
As an activity at home, please practice emotions with your child. Ask them to talk about what makes them happy, sad, angry, scared etc. We are exploring feelings and emotions this week and the children have been practicing drawing faces. Therefore, the home activity can be enhanced with drawings, as well. For example, get your child to draw a smiley face and other things that makes them happy. Do the same again for another emotion. By doing so, you are helping your child to think critically. A powerful strategy for children to learn and think complexly is to compare, contrast and make connections between one topic and another.
