Blog by Tag: Swans

It has been another busy week in Swan class! This week, we have been learning all about maps. We have previously looked at maps of our local area and discussed some of the features. We have now looked at creating our own maps of places familiar to us, including our classroom and our local…

This week, we have been learning about the difference between past and present. We looked at our local area in the present and compared this to how it used to look in the past. We discussed the pottery industry in Stoke-on-Trent, including the use of bottle kilns in the pottery-making process.…

This week, we learnt about people who help us in our community. We spoke about different people and their jobs, including firefighters, police officers and postal workers. We discussed the important roles they play and considered how our community would be affected without them in it.

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This week, we learnt about our local community. We discussed what a community is and then spoke about the different places in our community, including those that are special to us. The children enjoyed sharing the places they like to visit in their community, including the park, shops and…

It's been another busy week in Swan Class! This week, we have started learning about our community. Our focus this week has been our school community. We learnt that a community is a group of people living together in one area. We discussed that our school community is our school and all of…

This week, we have continued our learning about the season of winter. We went on a winter walk around our outdoor environment and used our senses to describe what we could see, hear and feel. We noticed various signs of winter, including the cold weather, bare trees with no leaves and we…

Welcome back, Swan Class! I hope you have all had a wonderful Winter break and are looking forward to a new half term of learning! The children returned to school this week with a great attitude to learning, and have settled back into put routines very well. They enjoyed circle time on the first…

We have continued our learning about Autumn this week. We read the story 'Leaf Man' and consolidated our learning by discussing the signs of Autumn, using the new vocabulary we have learned. 

We enjoyed creating our own leaf art, using leaves we found in our outdoors environment. 

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This week, we have been learning all about Hibernation. We found out that the word 'hibernate' means to have a long sleep. We discussed that some animals hibernate in Autumn because the temperature gets colder and there is less food to forage. We spoke about the different animals that hibernate,…

We've had another busy week in Swan Class! This week, we have been learning all about the season of Autumn. We learnt about the changes we see in the environment during our transition from Summer to Autumn, and what the different signs of Autumn are. 

We read the book 'Goodbye Summer, Hello…

This week, we have been learning all about Bonfire Night. We discussed how and why this event is celebrated, and used our speaking and listening skills when sharing our own experiences. We also discussed how to stay safe on Bonfire Night.

We discussed our five senses and the children used…

It has been a fantastic first week back after half term. The children have returned with a great attitude to learning and have settled back into routines. 

This week, we have been learning all about the festival 'Diwali'. We discovered that this festival is also known as 'The Festival of…