Great Fire of London

So our topic this half term is 'The Great Fire of London' and the children are absolutely loving it!!

We have a life size King Charles II outside the classroom (the first 3 weeks of our half term have been focused on measuring) so they can measure themselves in cms (standard form) and there's some crowns they can measure themselves against for non-standard;



                                               The crowns are in the background on my door

 

This is our numeracy working wall that we've been adding to for measure throughout the last couple of weeks.

I've also put out a numeracy interactive display which the children have really enjoyed - I placed some numeracy picture books related to measuring around the display and they have loved reading these in their free time - I'm definitely going to try and use story books more for my maths lessons. 
 

Another new thing I've added now I've finally found space for it in my room is a role play area - after being in the Early Years for 2 years I really missed having a role play section in my room, and I think the kids did too - they're so excited to use the bakery!! There's lots of numeracy and literacy opportunities in there for them - they don't even realise they're learning!

This is our Great Fire of London display - at the start of the term children came up with questions they wanted to find the answers too and we're going to add the answers to our display as we go along.

 

























My phonics has also had a bit of an overhaul - I found towards the end of last half term my kiddos were getting a little bit bored of the same games.. (and so was I) so we have some new phonics games which they absolutely adore!!

I'm teaching alternative spellings at the moment for sounds, which I'm finding a little tricky myself.. so if anyone has any great ideas for teaching this then link me up.. I'll also share the things I'm finding that are working as I go along and I'll do a blog post specifically for phonics ideas.

Next week we're covering time and we're starting information texts for literacy so my working walls are up and ready for that

This is our class clock that's been given a bit of a makeover courtesy of my lovely student.

This is the start of our numeracy working wall that we will add to throughout the week;

 

 These are some clocks I made so the kids have some times that they are familiar with and can begin to recognise.

...and finally this is the start of our literacy working wall for information texts, I introduced information texts to them in Guided Reading last week which they loved - so I'm sure they'll enjoy making a class book on the Great Fire of London!






That's all for now - I promise I will no longer neglect the blog. Take care and Happy Mother's Day!

Dani x