The OwlsCommunication and Interaction Inclusion Centre |
Summer Term 2025 |
DucklingsWe had 3 ducklings and we watched them hatch all wet and soggy, dry out to become fluffy yellow ducklings which were able to swim very easily in a very short time. It was so much fun to watch them swim in our little indoor pools! |
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Creative Arts WeekThe children enjoyed a week of drama, dance, music and art based on the topic of ‘Around the world’ We had a great time African and Indian drumming with Jim, Brazilian and Egyptian dancing with Zest Dance and finally making a World Collage from paper and threads which is up on our classroom wall. |
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Animals Pets, Vets and DinosaursThe children have also been learning about pets, their features and how important it is to care for them. Miss Paice brought her dog Pebbles in which we loved stroking and brushing.
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WaterWe had lots of fun learning about Water, the sea, different creatures and learning about capacity by getting very wet in our water tray! We also found out about Claude Monet's "Water Lilies" and enjoyed mixing blue, green and white paint. |
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Sports Afternoon
It was good to see so many parents and family members a joining us for our Sports Afternoon.
Everyone had fun cycling, scooting, climbing, jumping and playing football
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MinibeastsOwls waited patiently for our caterpillars to become cocoons and then turn into butterflies. We released them into the garden eventually! During this time we loved learning the story “The Very Hungry Caterpillar” by Eric Carle. We counted and tasted lots of fruit. |
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Pamper DayTowards the end of end of term we had a “Pamper day. We cleaned and filed our nails, applied nail varnish and fun tattoos, cleaned our teeth and relaxed with refreshing cucumber on our eyes. |
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We have great term and it is now time to enjoy your summer, and best wishes to all the Owls who are moving on to another school.
To the rest of you that are returning, see you in September!
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Spring Term 2025 |
Growing plants!The children have been learning about plant growth and they decided to plants some bulbs to see how far theirs might grow. They carefully observed the shoots over a few weeks. They then watched their bulbs begin to grow and have now taken them home to continuing growing over the holidays. |
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Doug HydeThe children have been looking at the artwork of Doug Hyde and discussing what they can see, and which their favourite is. They talked about was similar about each picture and what was different. They chose their favourite and tried to recreate it in their own style. Here is some of his artwork |
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Going on a bear hunt!The children listened to the Michael Rosen story, “We’re going on a bear hunt. They then learnt how to act out the story and then retold the story using sensory items to represent each part. They really enjoyed playing with the mud and feeling ice for the cold snow. |
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Spring & EasterNow spring is in the air, the children have been searching for signs of spring. They have thought about the changes and the new life they can see. They went for a spring hunt walk and went into Fernhurst garden to see the spring flowers. |
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Have a wonderful safe Easter holiday. We look forward to the new term and the warm summer coming soon! |
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Autumn Term 2024 |
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Handa’s surpriseThe Owls’ have been very busy again this term. We started the term with learning about our families, listening to sounds in the ‘Peace at last’ story and then looking at Autumn & Harvest through our ‘Little Red Hen’ story. Our favorite by far was the Handa’s surprise story looking different fruits and the repetitive text. |
Kandinsky - Art weekWe also looked at the artist Kandinsky and his style of using concentric circles for art. We used his style to create some Autumn trees with concentric circles. |
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My Happy MindNext, we looked at the moon landing and space creating some great rockets. We also looked at ‘Elmer and the big bird’ for anti-bullying week, looking at building good friendships and how we can do this. Alongside this we started our ‘My Happy Minds’ work to learn about our brain and how it works to make us feel things and how we can help control it. |
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Each Peach Pear PlumWe looked at Nursery Rhyme & story characters through ‘Each Peach Pear Plum’ and used the ‘talk for writing’ method to map out the story. |
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Kippers’ BirthdayWe then looked at celebrating Kippers’ Birthday by making a birthday cake for him. We talked about how we all celebrate differently, and looked at what birthdays mean. |
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ChristmasThis is always another busy time with lots of fun activities. We made party capes of our own designs. |
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| We made printed pattern wrapping paper to wrap our handmade gifts. |
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We loved designing our own Christmas trees with stick on decorations.
This helped to practice our cutting skills.
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| And we made cards and Calendars to take home. |
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| Happy Christmas to you all and have a happy peaceful time with all your families! |
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