Thank you to all the families for coming to our Early Years and MP1 family event  at Kids park Aeon mall. It was lovely to see so many learners playing together and having lots of fun!

Learning Journey
We continued exploring our  Water topic and discussed the importance of water. We  looked at water pollution and how we can all save water. We made  picture collage of water pollution for art.   

Next week we will be revising our water topic and also will be talking abut our favourite things such as ...... my favourite food, colour, animal and make a little booklet. 

Maths
This week we  have been counting  1-10 using our loud and quiet voices. We even sang number rhymes. We used basic shapes to create shape tree. We have also been using our interactive whiteboard to play counting games and make patterns with shapes.

The Gingerbread Man game
counting, matching and ordering

https://www.topmarks.co.uk/learning-to-count/gingerbread-man-game

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Learning Journey
Our last week of the water topic the learners looked at water pollution and how we can all save water. To share this learning with the rest of the school we are making '' save water' posters to hang around the classrooms. We also tried our very own water filtration experiment and cleaned rubbish out of the school fountain.

EXIT POINT
We shared all our wonderful new knowledge with parents and took part in a school wide art project. The learners have explored many different aspects of water and have lots of new knowledge after the 7 week topic.


​Next week we will start our next unit - Space. For our space entry point the learner need to wear either blue or green clothing to school on Monday. On this day we will make a human earth picture using our bodies on the roof court. 

Learning Journey
 We continued exploring our  Water topic and discussed the importance of water and how to save it from wastage. We enjoyed exploring and observing  water transport. We looked at different types of transportation that goes in the water through non-fiction books and video clips.  In art and craft we made 3D submarines and made sailboats. 

Literacy
In phonics we continued listening to indoor and outdoor sounds. We have been playing the sound lotto game to identify different sounds. We have also been playing animal sound games to guess which animal. 

We enjoyed making marks using various materials such as shaving foam, sand and glitter. We also had fun drawing pictures on mirrors and whiteboard. We used cotton buds to make marks on a sea scene, drawing lines and circles. 

Learning Journey
This week we have been continuing to explore and find out information about Under the Sea.  We watched video clips and read information books on the creatures. We also looked at video clips of beautiful and colourful corals underneath the sea. 

​In art and craft we made sea turtles using paper plates, jelly fish and starfish.  We then created a whole class Under the Sea scene to display. We enjoyed this very much!

​Next week we will continuing to explore water topic and our  learners will be focusing on water transport.

ENTRY POINT!​
This year at iCAN, we decided we would try something we have never tried before. Nursery to Year 6 took part in a whole primary entry point! We found out, we would all be learning about water. Through our learning, we will all be thinking about the importance of water and the reasons why we should not waste it. To get us thinking, we played a variety of exciting, fun water games.
 
In our colour teams, we raced against each other towards one main goal:

Which team could transfer the most water, to and from a location?

Learning Journey
In our classrooms we continued to explore water through play, water drop art and thinking about all the ways we use water. The learners also discovered how rain is made through the water cycle and completed some ‘make it rain’” experiments. To finish off the week we looked at how plants absorbs  the  water  and observed the colour changing of the  flowers.

Learning Journey
This week we have been learning about ourselves. We drew a portrait of ourself using a mirror and enjoyed decorating a frame for the portrait using recycled environmental materials such as leaves, shells, buttons and glitter.
We have also been sharing our weekend news by drawing and communicating what we had done over the weekend. We are adapting to our new school routine, rules and new learning environments.
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Learning Journey
​This week we have been revising all the animals we have been learning through out the learning block. We explored tuff spot tray activities such as Arctic and Antarctic  animals in the snow, African animals in the soil, leaves and branches. We also drew our favourite  animals around the world. 

For our Exit Point we enjoyed playing with small world animal toys sharing our knowledge and understanding through information books and pictures. We also explored a large world map to find out the continents and which animal lives in which continent.  

Learning Journey
This week we have been   sharing the story The Gingerbread Man. We enjoyed designing and making our own gingerbread men. Luckily ours did not run away from us! We also worked cooperatively in pairs to order and retell the story and the famous lines. We enjoyed colouring  the story of gingerbread man and arranged them in sequence. We also practised what the Gingerbread Man and the Fox said.

Learning Journey
This week we have been learning about Australian animals. We used non-fiction books and video clips to extend our knowledge of animals in Australia such as kangaroo, koala bear, emu and wombat.  We had fun observing and exploring animals around the world in our Tuff Spot tray, using a magnifying glass and books. In arts and crafts we enjoyed making koala bear masks and 3D kangaroo with toilet rolls. We also painted and drew pictures of Australian animals. We extended our knowledge of animals by sorting animals around the world on a large world map using different continents. 

Learning Journey
We are having lots of fun with our Traditional Tales topic and this week we have been learning all about the story of The Little Red Hen. We have been very busy retelling the story and discussing it. We have also been learning how to story sequence in the correct order and have been making Little Red Hen character masks. We have been very creative making paper plate hens and pretending to be animals from the story.

​Do you know all of the characters from The Little Red Hen?