We have been learning all about oral health and how to look after our teeth. We shared our own experiences of going to the Dentist and used our role play area to re-enact these. In our 'Talk Through the Day' sessions we talked about what steps we need to take to brush our teeth properly as well as learning the meaning of some words. For our focus text, we looked at a non-fiction book that shared lots of interesting facts about why we need to brush our teeth, what happens to our teeth, why animals do not use toothbrushes and which animal has the most teeth.... do you know which animal has the most teeth? The best part of learning how to keep our teeth clean and healthy was the experiments that we carried out! Our first experiment was called 'Plaque Attack'. We did lots of talking around what lots of sugar can do to our teeth and what could happen if we didn't brush our teeth. First, we mixed sugar and water together and nothing happened but then we added plaque (yeast) to water and sugar and we were amazed at what happened!... the plaque grew and grew. Our second experiment involved eggs, egg shells are like our teeth so we placed white egg shells in different liquids - tea, orange juice, water, zero sugar Coca-Cola, Fruit Shoot and Vinegar and left them over night. We predicted that the egg shells would all be okay the next day. The next day came and we were amazed at what had happened! We used an egg that had not been in any liquid to compare the changes - The eggs in the Coca-Cola, Tea and Fruit Shoot were all stained from brown to even silver! The egg that was in the vinegar stained but had also gone really, really soft, the egg in the orange juice had a coating but the one left in the water was still the same. We then decided that to make the eggs right again, we needed to give them a brush with toothpaste and a toothbrush. We discussed that it is okay to have some sugar and treats in our diets but it is important that we brush our teeth twice a day and go to the Dentist at least once a year to make sure our teeth stay clean and healthy. This week we have been learning all about how to stay safe on and near the roads, using resources from Brake - The Road Safety Charity. We had lots of fun outside playing 'red light, green light', creating cars and car seats out of our construction resources, using the bikes as cars and electronic traffic lights to create a pelican crossing. During the week inside, we have built our knowledge and vocabulary of road safety through our 'Talk Through the Day' sessions and towards the end of the week, we had a little (on site) walk to see what can help keep us safe and practiced what we have to do when we want to cross the road. The children all received a certificate and a high visibility key ring for all their hard work this week. Well done F2! We have been learning all about different jobs within the community and wider areas. The children have been really interested in finding out about jobs within the NHS and Social Care as well as Firefighters. Today, we were very lucky to have a visitor from the Fire Department, the children were so excited when they heard the news! Matt came to see us to talk about what a Firefight does, how they help people and what he needed to do to become a Firefighter. The children loved listening to Matt and had some very interesting questions to ask, however, their favourite part was looking at all the equipment and also trying some of it on! A big Athersley South thank you to Matt the Firefighter for making the time to come and see us. We have had a fantastic day celebrating World Book Day! Everyone looked amazing in their dressing up clothes and we have loved listening to others talk about their favourite books, characters and story plots. To finish off our fantastic day, the grown-ups read their favourite stories while the children listened, enjoyed a cup of hot chocolate and a yummy biscuit. A big thank you to Mrs. Wheelwright, our Reading Leader, who organised such a fun filled day! This morning some children had heard that snow was on its way. This morning the children went outside in their wetsuits and wellies to see if it was snowing but it was just rain and sleet and this did not stop us from exploring! The children loved jumping in muddy puddles and making their splashes bigger and bigger! This afternoon it wasn't raining, it was snowing! The children were so excited to be out in the snow. We had lots of fun painting in the snow and making different sized snow people. Before we went inside we had a snowball fight! It was snow much fun! This week we have been learning that some people around the world celebrate Chinese New Year, as part of our British Values, we understand that some people celebrate the same things and some people do not celebrate the same things and that is okay.
We had a big discussion around foods that we eat when we celebrate or spend time with our families. Some of our children like ordering food on a Friday night with their families, some enjoy having a roast dinner at a relatives, some have cake and candles and some children have pizza parties! We talked about different foods that people eat all around the world - the children found that some foods are the same as they enjoy and there were others that our children were less familiar with. Today, the children helped prepare and make a stir fry for everyone to try. The children carefully chopped the vegetables before the stir fry was cooked. All the children had a taste of the stir fry and lots of children really liked eating the noodles and vegetables. What an amazing day we have had dressing up as Rock Stars in aid of raising money for NSPCC. The children looked fantastic! Throughout the day we have listened to different types of music, including rock music. The children really enjoyed expressing themselves and sharing their dance moves! Today, our children in F1 and F2 had a very special visit from our school's Reading Ambassadors. They came and shared a story, we did really good listening and then we did lots of talking about the characters, plot and favourite parts of the story. The children really enjoyed it and we cannot wait for the next visit from the Reading Ambassadors! During our outdoor play this week, we have been exploring and investigating weather. (Up to now, we have had lots of different weather - sun, wind and rain and snow is also on the forecast!) Today it was very wet and windy! We used our pin wheels to see how windy it was - we noticed that the pin wheel spun really fast when it was windy and stopped when the wind calmed. This morning the children created their very own rain gauges and in the afternoon we tipped the rain gauges out and measured how much rain had fallen. The children then wanted to find the total of all their rain gauges and we measured 100ml of rain water collected from all of the children's rain gauges. We were curious about clouds and rain, so we looked on the internet and found the water cycle. We talked about how the puddles on the floor are evaporated (we don't see this happening because it is a gas), water droplets make the clouds, the wind moves the clouds and when there are lots of water droplets it rains! The children then carried out their very own rain cloud in a jar experiment. We used a jar, shaving foam and coloured water. The children squirted the coloured water in to the shaving foam (cloud) and watched it fill the cloud and then flow into the water below. During our outdoor play, the children created a hot chocolate café in our sand area. We made recipes and menus using our phonic knowledge and helped others, including our F1 children, to follow the recipe instructions to make their very own hot chocolate, cakes and other yummy treats. Before home time, the children shared what we had been up to outside and this sparked the interest in making our very own hot chocolate drink. Through shared writing, we made a shopping list and recipe for the children to follow the next day. The very next day (Friday) we had the ingredients and recipe to make our very own hot chocolate drink. We talked about staying safe when using the warm milk and hot water and followed the instructions very, very carefully. Our hot chocolate drinks were a big success and very tasty treat to have on a cold day. |
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