Portway Infant School
Today we were lucky enough to be joined by some Portway parents and grandparents for our Christmas assembly in the hall. The grown ups impressed us with their musical talent and we could name many different instruments. What a lovely way to come together and sing some well known Christmas carols. Thank you to our wonderful performers for joining us.
This week we have been learning all about birthdays and how we celebrate the day we were born! We looked at our baby photos and discussed how we had changed.
We then read the story 'Ruff' where Ruff the dog has never had a birthday. This made us think of a bear we know, who was once lost and will have never had a birthday before... Bedtime Bear!!!
We got to work and planned a surprise party for him. We made birthday cards, birthday banners, party hats and even drew him some presents. We then threw his party, he was very surprised! We got to play musical statues, musical chairs and even had some cake!
Bedtime Bear had the best day ever!
We have been learning all about the change in season and what happens in Autumn. Then we went out to find signs of Autumn and to collect things to make our very own Autumn Crowns. We then had lots of fun playing in the Autumn leaves.
Today we were super excited to go on our very own Bear Hunt! We matched our learning by using the same story language as the original story but we went to new places on our hunt. Our journey went like this.....
We're going on a bear hunt, we're going to catch a big one, what a beautiful day! We're not scared…
Uh-oh a gate! A grey, shiny gate, we can't go over it, we can't go under it. Oh no! We have to go through it!
We're going on a bear hunt, we're going to catch a big one, what a beautiful day! We're not scared...
Uh-Oh steps! Tall, black steps we can't go over it, we can't go under it. Oh no! We have to go through it!
We're going on a bear hunt, we're going to catch a big one, what a beautiful day! We're not scared…
Uh-Oh puddles. Wet, splashy puddles. We can't go over it, we can't go under it. Oh no! We have to go through it
We're going on a bear hunt, we're going to catch a big one, what a beautiful day! We're not scared…
Uh-Oh Grass! Wet, slippery grass. we can't go over it, we can't go under it. Oh no! We have to go through it
We're going on a bear hunt, we're going to catch a big one, what a beautiful day! We're not scared…
Uh-Oh a forest! A dark, drippy forest. We can't go over it, we can't go under it. Oh no! We have to go through it!
One shiny wet nose, two soft ears, and two goggly eyes! We found a Bear!!! It was Bedtime bears that were looking for a home and we all got to take one each! We decided we would want to go on a bear hunt again!!!
We then spent the rest of the day enjoying our favourite special time activities.
We went on a visit to our school Library today with Mrs Doney.
Mrs Doney showed us some of the books that we might like to borrow and how to find any non-fiction books if we have any particular interests that we like to learn about. She also showed us our library tickets.
We are looking forward to taking books home to share with our adults. Our Library Day is going to be Tuesdays so watch out for a new book coming home to share for a whole week!
We have been learning all about Diwali at school. We started with a 'Far Away Day' to India and found out all about how people celebrate Diwali and the different things that they do.
We were also lucky enough to have a Diwali Dance Workshop and made up a dance to match the story of Rama and Sita.
We even used all of our new learning to celebrate Diwali in our 'Family House'!
We have been learning about Harvest this week and how the wheat from the fields goes to the flour mill and then to the Bakery to make bread. We decided that we would pretend that our classroom was Burbidges Bakery and practise our spreading and cutting skills by making sandwiches to take home for our tea. We had a choice of bread and fillings and learnt how to use a bridge cut to cut the sandwich into pieces to share with our family at home.
We have been to Forest School today and found out all about how to keep ourselves safe. We put out hazard flags wherever we saw something that might be a danger or hurt us and then played a game to stop us getting lost called '1, 2, 3 where are you?'
Then we went digging, bug hunting, cooking lunch in the Mud Kitchen and making marble runs..... it was lots of fun.
In the afternoon, Miss Birmingham taught us how to make dens and then we practised making dens of our own before tidying the forest and getting ready for home. It was a very busy day and we can't wait until our next visit!!
We have been learning all about the artist Pablo Picasso. We found out that he liked to make colourful faces with bits facing forwards and sideways.
We used photographs of our faces to make our own artwork in the style of Pablo and practised our scissor skills to cut out our features to stick down. We had lots of fun and laughed a lot!!
We have been learning that we all have different families and do different things at home. Today we went to our role play house and discovered quite how many jobs there are to do! We have been busy cooking dinner, doing the washing, looking after the baby and dog and relaxing with a book or infront of the televsion. We are quite worn out!!!
For P.E. this week we got to have our first turn on the bikes and trikes! We had so much fun using our gross-motor skills and trying new equipment!
We have had such a busy first week at school. We have been making friends and finding out about all of the different places we have inside our classroom. Come and see what we have been up to .......
We have absolutely loved learning about the artist Vincent Van Gogh this week and looking at some of his pictures. We used lots of the different art skills that we have learnt during the year to make our own version of his pictures, including collage, oil pastels and even Lego!
We have been out in Forest School today learning all about different habitats. We then used our knowledge of the forest animals to build our own habitats for them and tried to find woodlice and ants to live in their new homes.
We enjoyed looking for animals at Forest School and thought that we would use paper sculpture to create 3D insects and bugs in the classroom. We thought very carefully about the shapes, colours and details that we needed for the features.....
We had our first Sports Day today at school. It was so lovely to see everyone back together for a whole school event. Thank you for coming to support us and the children, we so enjoyed sharing it with you!
Congratulations Red Team......
Congratulations Yellow Team
Congratulations Blue Team....
This week we have been learning all about her majesty Queen Elizabeth II. we have had so much fun taking part in lots of different activities including biscuit decorating and creating bunting, to celebrate her 70 years on the throne. Have a look at what we got up to!
We finished our celebrations by having a whole school street party, we got to eat yummy food, sing, dance and finished with some cake! It was so much fun!!
