Three Little Pigs

Literacy

We played 'fly swatter' to recognise all our new sounds. 

 We also did some letter writing. 

 We used 'b' 'b' 'balloons' to trace the letter b - it was a fun way to learn letter formation. 

 We played 'caterpillar jumps' to review our new sounds - the kids have to listen to the sound and jump to the correct one. 

 We made 'd' 'd' 'dots' to trace the letter d. 

Maths

We revised and practiced 1-20 recognition and writing. 

 The kids worked in groups to write the numbers in order. 

 We counted little piggies and numbered them. 

 We all practiced our number of the week - 11. 

Science/Art

We worked in groups to paint and decorate our three little pig's houses using the correct material. It was a great hands on method to feel and weigh each type of material. 

The bricks were harder to stick so we just used paper for that one. But we built lots of big brick houses! 

  

  

  It was lovely to see the kids working so well in groups. 

 The end products were fantastic! And the kids love reading inside the houses. 

 Mr. Renie even came to visit the three little pig's building site. 

PSED

We worked together to build brick houses. Then I walked around trying to blow them down! Only one fell apart :) 

Physical

This was a very fun experiment - we learnt about lungs and what they do. Then I blew into a balloon to show them the air in my lungs. Then I took a smaller gulp of air and showed how that balloon is smaller because I had less air in my lungs. The kids really enjoyed seeing this and understood the purpose of lungs in our body. 

 Then, they had a go at doing it themselves. Unfortunately, not made of the kids could blow up the balloons. So we agreed to try this experiment again in Term 3 when our lungs are stronger. 

 

	This Week (Three little pigs)		Next Week (My Family)
Literacy	This week we introducing a new set of sounds: b, d, r, l, f, h, i, u We focused on ‘b’ and ‘d’		We will be focusing on ‘r’ and ‘l’
Math	This week we measured length and height to make the three little pigs’ houses. We also be practiced reciting and recognising numbers from 10-20..		Next week, we will be reviewing 2D shapes. We will also learn numbers 10-20-30-40… all the way to 100.
Science	We talked about different materials; their weight, texture and stability. We linked this to our house building.		We will be talking about families and learn how to make a family tree.
Art	After learning about different materials and their weight/stability, we used them to build houses.		We will practice making portraits of our families.
PSED	We learnt the importance of working together. We then had a house building competition in our teams.		Our PSED will be linked to family and how to treat family members.
Physical	We learnt about our lungs (respiratory system) and measured the size of it y blowing into balloons. We then compared the sizes.		We will practice our cutting skills when cutting out family pictures for our family trees.
Home Learning	Please practice and distinguish between the letters ‘b’ and ‘d’ as they kids are easily confused by them. This is normal but with practice the confusion will fade.
Notices and Events		Thank you for all your support re: the Christmas outfit. Please don’t forget to send in the wrapped book and the outfits so we can start making the costumes. Also, please note: – Toys cannot be sent in from home unless it is Friday. Thank you J