WELCOME TO SONGANI CLASS
Class Teacher - Miss Watson
Teaching Assistant - Dan and Caroline
Our Christmas Party!
We had a wonderful class party to finish our first term of learning! We came to school in our own clothes. Can you see Santa in our classroom!? Thank you to all the parents for the delicious food you brought in for our party. We also enjoyed playing some Christmas party games.
Phonics sounds
Over the holiday please feel free to practise our phonics sounds. If you would like to learn how to pronounce these sounds and the accompanying action, watch the video below.
Science week 16th - 20th November
Sorting materials based on their properties:
We started our science week by looking at the property of some materials. We used our sense of touch to decide if objects were 'hard' or 'soft' and sorted them accordingly.
Celebrating our diversity:
Then we looked at our diverse planet: people. We looked particularly at Diwali, the festival of lights, which is celebrated by Hindus. We learnt all about this 5 day celebration including how
they celebrate: making rangoli patterns, tidying the house and giving old toys away, Diwali food, Diva lamps and fireworks. We finished the week with paper chain people, thinking about the
different people we know and have learnt about.
Rangoli patterns:
Diva lamps molded from salt dough, cooked and then painted colourfully.
Colourful finish on Friday
We finished our week in colourful style!
On Friday we made a huge Rangoli pattern to welcome the goddess Lakshmi to our school. We also made our own during our morning activities.
We also made diverse people paper chains. Come and see our new display!
Going on a bear hunt!
We have been looking at the story 'We are going on a bear hunt'. We have been retelling the story and acting it out. We have also been making homes for bears in dens and caves.
Maasai necklaces
We have been making jewellery like the Maasai including necklaces and bracelets. Look how beautiful we are!
Our new water area
We have been busy making our outdoor area full of learning opportunities. We have a new water area! We have enjoyed pouring carefully and seeing how the water moves from one place to another. We are experimenting with pouring at different speeds and seeing what happens next. We've been making tea and cake for all our friends, yummy!
Our topic this term: Africa
This term we are learning through our topic Africa. We have really enjoyed learning about Tanzania and Maasai tribes. We enjoyed being Maasai warriors and seeing how high we could jump. The Maasai believe the higher you can jump, the stronger you are! We have read the story 'We all went on Safari' and learnt to count in Swahili. We have looked at what animals you might find in Tanzania and been on our own safari. We even made our own binoculars so we could look carefully and count the animals.
