P.E.

Look at the dance we learned in P.E. today! What quick learners! 

Castle Playtime

We have learned loads about castles so far this term, and we are doing a Fairytale and Castles themed playtime this week. 

Table 1 were completing patterns with different castle pictures, e.g. knight, drawbridge, moat, shield, etc. As well as following a pattern, the children also got to work on their fine motor skills by cutting and gluing. 

Table 2 were designing and decorating an outfit for the Emperor, as we did the story The Emperor's New Clothes last week! The children got a chance to explore different materials, think creatively, work collaboratively and build up fine motor skills.

Table 3 were building castles in the construction area. Before they could begin building, the children had to draw and label their castle and follow their design for the build. There was a lot of collaborative work at this table too!

 

Table 4 was the drama table, and the children got into role as kings, queens, princesses, knights, good fairies and evil wizards! One day the castle was under attack from an army and the portcullis had to be lowered, another day an evil wizard broke in and caused chaos in the great hall!There was loads of imagination used at this station, as well as great opportunities for oral language development. 

Fairy Tales and Castles

We have some very exciting news! A fairy has moved into our classroom!!! Her name is Sióg. We have been writing letters to her during English stations to let her know more about us. Bernie baked fairy cakes with the children and we also made fairy castles during playtime. 

Because of Sióg we are going to learn about fairytales and castles during January! We began by looking at features of castles, such as a curtain wall, battlements, arrow slits, drawbridges etc. and then we went for walk down to Trim Castle to see if we could find these features. We did some sketching of the castle too. 

Christmas Fun before the Holidays!