Miming, bubble art and more music!

This week was a mostly rainy week so we only went to the park on Thursday and Friday.
Some children have been sick it's really important that children bring masks to school and stay home if they have a fever or runny nose.

In literacy we learnt about the /ow/ and /ui/ and /oo/ sounds. The children also practised writing letters j and y as well as a,c,d and q. In the morning when the children arrive they are also practising sight words and this week I introduced the words same and day and we revised under and came. 

For math, they practised counting again up to 100 and down to 0. We also used blocks and counters to do more addition and subtracting using numbers bigger than 10 but under 20.

Now that the YEP is only 6 weeks away, the children have learnt almost all the words to the song "It's a jolly holiday" and this week we thought of some ideas for the dance. The Learner Profiles for this unit are communicator, risk taker and inquirer. Through a mime activity, they learnt how communicate an action with only their bodies. It was a lot of fun! They learnt that being a good communicator is also being a good listener.

On Friday we started an art lesson that will continue next Monday. Here is a photo of the idea.

The children had their profile photo taken and were asked to choose a feeling that they wanted to express through a bubble art drawing. They chose shapes and colours to match that feeling and practise drawing a bubble picture for it.

Here are the designs the children chose that they will use on Monday.