Our connector is... Senses

We are exploring our senses and thinking about how they reveal the world to us and help us stay safe.

We have had lots of experiences including a road safety walk with PC Emilio and PC Kate - we learned the green cross code and made posters to tell other children to STOP, LOOK and LISTEN when out and about in our streets. 

We have listened to and identified different sounds and written lists about what we like to hear. We have made hand prints to help us remember the five senses. We interviewed Mr Nick Buzzard. That was great as he explained how he uses his stick and other gadgets to assist him. 

We have created lots of paintings to help us get in touch with our senses including imagining quiet and loud sound waves. We have made posters about the how our brain receives signals from our sense organs via our nerves. 

Next, we will explore touch, taste and smell...

Maths: building number sense

We made staircases using Numicon and Cuisinaire to show numbers from 1-10. We then made, wrote and said the teen numbers and talked about how they are tricky because they sound different from how they are written. 

We will use Numicon a lot over the coming term to develop a good feel and sense of Number and what it means. 

Maths: making simple patterns

We have been exploring making patterns using sets of 2 or 3 colours. We then looked at making patterns with different colours and different amounts of objects. We stacked unifix and lego to make repeating patterns and then recorded our designs. We used Numicon and Cuisinaire rods.
We have talked a lot about what would come next in a pattern. We had lots of fun making wiggly worms.