Dormouse Photo Gallery Autumn 2022-23

Autumn 1

To celebrate Black History Month our class explored a variety of different concepts. We explored an important person called Nelson Mandella.  In our Food Technology lesson, we made a ‘Southern Banana Pudding’.  We all loved making this, especially whipping the cream extremely fast! Within our art lesson, we created African necklace, using a range of different materials.  Throughout Black History Month, we have been listening to a variety of music linked to historic cultures.  We do love a dance!!

 

Autumn 1

Throughout this first half term, we have been working hard on practising some of our key writing skills.  We have been working on ‘long ladder letters’ and have been using these across many different activities.  We especially like practising them in our many different sensory trays. Everyone has worked so hard on writing and using these letters with as much independence as possible.

Autumn 1

In Maths this term, we have been working hard on our key number skills.  We have been working on number recognition, number ordering, number squares and counting out groups and quantities.  Some have even been working on tasks that involve addition.  Some of our favourite lessons involved using the interactive computer board to write numbers into the number square.  We then transferred this into a sensory number square, which was extremely fun and engaging!

Autumn 1

As part of our festivals and colour topic, we have been exploring a range of colours and how they are made, as well as electricity and sources of light.  We have learnt how to put a torch together and what it needs to work.  We then explored changing the colour of the light source using other materials.  We also had a Dormouse festival disco, using our coloured light sources!

 Autumn 2

Maths

In maths this half term, we have been learning about 2D shapes.  We have learnt to identify common 2D shapes, how to sort and draw them, and explore and find 2D shapes in our environment.  Our favourite activity was using play dough to create the outline of 2D shapes.

 

 

Autumn 1
Science Day

Autumn 2

Science

In Science this half term, we have been learning about life cycles and the human body.  We have also been learning about the different ways to look after ourselves.  In one of our lessons, we explored how to shave, using a vibrating body massager (to replicate the sensation of an electric shaver) and by putting shaving foam on our faces.  We pretended to shave it off using a plastic tool.  We all had a great time doing this and also made lots of mess!

Autumn 2

Road Safety

As part of road safety, we created our own zebra crossing as a group and practised how to cross safely.  We looked at the crossing symbols and what they meant.