We started to make our shoe box diorama's based on the story of Peter and the Wolf. Over the last couple of weeks we have used this story as a basis for our writing in English and so the children were very involved and enjoyed creating their dioramas. They started with a shoe box then added the setting to the back of the box. Then they carefully cut out each character. The children are looking forward to completing their theatres next week.
In computing we had a go at using a mouse to make marks using the paintz app.
This week Class 2 have been looking at illustrators and how they create their art work. In colour groups we covered paper in colour and made marks using different tools.
We have been focussing on a musical monster called Pitch we listened for high and low notes and used our hands to indicate as the pitch climbed higher and lower. We then used claves to tap out the beat. We listened to a piece of music and pretended to be elephants counting 1,2,3,4 as we marched, in time to the beat.
Class 2 have been jumping into their new learning this week!
The children worked on bringing their knees up to do tuck jumps. They worked on broad jumps across the river. Also, they jumped high enough to almost touch the ceiling, well almost!
Our new topic is focused on Traditional Tales. Class 2 have started looking at the story of Little Red Riding Hood. The children have enjoyed using the role play puppets to retell the story. The children have created story maps to help sequence their retell. Then we ordered pictures showing the story and matched the pictures with sentences or used our writing skills to write complete sentences.
It was lovely to welcome children back to school and to see those new to Class 2 settle really well. We took a few photos as they were out during their first playtime.
