Our Week

 Our Week

In maths, we have been exploring 3D shapes, which shapes roll and which shapes stack. 

We discovered that shapes need be curved to roll and have a flat face to stack. The drum was a cylinder and could roll.

In literacy we have started reading 'Look Up', a story all about a young girl who dreams of becoming an astronaut! 

We read how Rocket was inspired by Mae Jemison, the first African -American woman in space. Bears didn't think it was fair that African-American people were stopped from following their dreams. We spotted our phonics sounds through our telescope. We then shared, what we dreamed of doing in the future, from becoming an artist to being an ice cream seller.

We also counted down as we watched the astronauts take off in the space shuttle and wondered what it would be like to be in space. We then practiced our 'mark making', drawing our space rockets with chalks and pretending to be rockets flying into space. 

In our topic Marvellous Machines, we have been learning all about machines that we use in our home. We discovered that some machines need electricity to work. We used a microwave to cook popcorn and enjoyed eating it!

We were really proud of our scores on the football challenge and we raised lots of money in sponsorship.

At the end of the busy week, we walked with our 'buddies' to the cenotaph in the village, read poems, said a prayer and paid our respects to all those who were lost in the war. We placed the wreath that we had made on the cenotaph.

After a very busy week Bears were all looking forward to the Halloween Disco.