Langland Community School

Welcome back to Autumn 2 in Maples class.

This week children have enjoyed thinking and learning about Bonfire night.  They explored how fireworks looked, sounded and made them feel using a variety of sensory resources. 

Lest we forget...

Monday marked Remembrance Day so Maples joined the 2 minute silence after a wonderful assembly hosted by KS1 then created some poppy prints using apples.  Be sure to look at them on our wow wall!

Michael Rosen Day on Tuesday was a huge success.  Mrs Woods shared 'We're going on a bear hunt' then children recreated their own  multi sensory bear hunt using foraged resources.  They particularly liked exploring the thick, oozy mud in overalls and wellies.

Our talk for writing focus this week was instructions and making cheese sandwiches while practicing using bossy words was enjoyed by all.

 Maples class have done some fantastic collaborative work this week!

First they decided that the slide was too dangerous to use in the snow so they created a barrier then independently decided to create posters & signs saying STOP to keep everyone safe.

Our afternoon thoughts this week have been about our school and the children’s local area.  As part of this we looked at the school and its immediate area on Google earth then children were challenged to create a map based on what they could see from the aerial view.

It was lovely to see them collecting resources from around the room to represent the trees etc then working as a group to create a wonderful final piece.  The vocabulary used and turn taking was superb!

Keep it up Maples 

This week Maples class had actual screwdrivers and screws in the provision to work on their fine motor skills.  

Our TfW story is called Baby Mouse so they created nice warm nests and clay baby mice to live in them.

This week we launched our Christmas celebration topic with a trip to CMK.  Children went on the little Christmas train, petted Santa's reindeers and got to eat a chocolate treat in the magical toadstool.

Lots of children were poorly this week but it did not stop the learning. This week Maples class innovated the story of Baby mouse to their own version with a Baby Reindeer called Sparky.

Ask your child to tell you a 5 sentence story and I’m sure you’ll be blown away!

As a treat we baked some yummy cupcakes 

This week was all about our Christmas extravaganza! Maples & Acorns came together to sing a selection of songs & it was AMAZING!!!

Watch this space for a selection of photos :)

Wow what an amazing week it’s been in Maples class. We launched our new topic The Gingerbread man.

Children received a letter from The Little Old Lady informing them that her gingerbread man had run away & she needed help finding him.  They then saw the runaway man in our school woods so we went on a hunt to find him.

17 yummy gingerbread men were found & eaten whilst listening to the story.

Children then completed lots of gingerbread themed activities including writing to say they found him.

In maths we have been counting to 4 and recognising numbers. This has been a great success!

I can’t wait to see what next week will bring.

Below you will find our current story to read along with your child. See if your child can use the story map to follow along and retell the story, using the actions we have been learning in class.

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Watch out... Gingerbread men are still on the loose!

It has been another action packed week in Maples class.  Children have continued to enjoy and learn the story of The Gingerbread Man using our oral story and actions.  This week they took a closer look at the fox using adjectives and doing words to describe him.

Miss Hill made some ginger scented play dough and everyone has enjoyed recreating their own ginger bread people with very funny expressions.  They also had to match the number of buttons he had to a given numeral.

We have completed our first unit of maths- counting to 5!  We celebrated this with a number 5 party.  They added candles to a cake, counted out 5 presents and identified the number 5 on a badge. High Five to all Maples children for working so well!

Thursday was European Languages day so Maples were very lucky to do a food tasting session.  Tzatziki dip and pitta bread were a firm favourite. 

We're going on a leaf hunt, we're going right away...

This week started with thoughts about Autumn with Marvellous Maples listening to the story We're going on a leaf hunt by Steve Metzger.  They added their own actions then went out on their own leaf hunt.  They collected a selection of different leaves and twigs then brought them back into class to observe closely.  They even explored using the leaves and twigs as paint brushes.

In the afternoons we turned into Super Scientists and investigated what would happen if the Gingerbread man decided to swim across the river rather than jump on the fox.  Children made some super predictions using great vocabulary.

Maples then concluded that he had to be kept dry so used natural recourses to create rafts to get him across.  This was a great collaborative activity with lots of discussion about which size leaves would be best.

Keep up the hard work Maples Class!

Another busy week in Reception!  

We looked at different animals and described them using adjectives then children adapted the story of The Gingerbread man changing the animals met to three of their own choice.  Some children used their Fred Fingers to spell STOP & SNAP!  Super Sounds Maples :)

Unfortunately we've been struck down by a pesky cold going around this week so in the afternoons we've investigated the importance of hand washing.  We investigated what happens when we sneeze into our hands compared to into a tissue using green 'germs' in a spray bottle nose.  Maples class then recorded their results.

This was 2D shape week in Maples! Children investigated triangles and circles then created then using natural resources.  One child reasoned that you cannot use twigs to make a circle as they are not curved!