Newsletter – 31st January 2022 Our News The children have enjoyed another busy few weeks. They enjoyed Mr Redman coming into school to talk to them all about his years of living in the arctic circle in Norway and Finland. He brought in lots of lovely photographs and artefacts for them to explore. They listened really well and thought of some very interesting questions to ask.
STARS OF THE WEEK Nancy and Jake from Yellow Ducklings Finley and Georgia from Brown Ducklings Our Learning We have been learning all about the Arctic and the Antarctic, comparing their similarities and differences, finding out where in the world they are and what lives in these habitats. We have also found out more about the Inuit people and how their lives compare with our own. We have been using different junk materials and tools to create penguins.
Little Chicks have been… • • • •
Mark making by printing with penguins and tracing over polar animals. Exploring weight and capacity and 3D shapes. Finding objects that begin with i and j. Building igloos out of different materials.
Ducklings have been… • • • • •
Investigating the best material to stop ice from melting and the best thing to add to ice to make it melt more quickly. Reading stories and information from the past about Antarctic explorers. Writing a list of what they would take to the Arctic and writing facts about polar animals. Exploring different ways to make 4 and 5 and comparing different weights and capacities. Learning to read and write the digraphs zz, qu, ch, sh and ng.
Our Learning – What next? The Ducklings and Little Chicks will be learning all about the Chinese or lunar new year celebrations. They will be comparing this special celebration with their own family celebrations. In mathematics, the Ducklings will be exploring the numbers 6,7 and 8. Little Chicks will be exploring 2D shapes. The Ducklings will continue their phonics by looking beginning to look at the digraphs and trigraph ai, ee and igh. Outdoors, the children will be looking out to see which birds they spot in our school garden and joining in with Chinese new year dragon dances. In the last week before half-term, our learning will be linked with Safer Internet week and Children’s Mental Health week.