Explorer 4

Overview of class:

Welcome to Explorer 4 class. We are an ASC class. Our Teacher is Sarah. Our Teaching Assistant is Sam F. Yasmin, Ange (Mon-Tues), Sharon (Wed - Fri) and Emma are the ISA's. Sam E helps support us on a Friday.

Explorer 4 Staff

Spring 1:

This half term our topic has been ‘Dinosaurs’ and we have enjoyed exploring the theme in lots of different ways; small world play, masks, activities and we also created dinosaur print fossils in salt dough, discovered dinosaurs hidden in sand and broke dinosaurs out of ice.

In Cookery we have been practicing our spreading skills by making a ham sandwich, spreading toffee spread onto Snackajacks and decorating cupcakes with a choice of icing colours.

In Maths we worked on measures and learned about big and small, heavy and light, full and empty and copying and completing patterns.

In English we have been covering ‘captions and instructions’ and most of the children have been reading the story ‘Ten Little Lights’ and answering questions about the story. Some children have been exploring a story sack based on the book ‘There’s a Little Snowman in Your Book’.

In Outdoor Learning we have been making bird feeders, doing wax rubbings and took part in an obstacle course along with decorating Valentine’s biscuits.

Spring 2:

Our topic is ‘Spring Life’ and we will be doing lots of activities to do with this season, which of course will include Easter.

Reminders:

We have PE on Tuesday afternoons; please can you send children in the PE kits on this day (jogging bottoms are fine in the cold weather)

On Thursday afternoons the children have the chance to visit the school library and choose a book to bring home to share with you. Please return these books on the next Thursday so they can then choose another one.

On Monday afternoons, we have Outdoor Learning so please can you send your child in appropriate outdoor wear or send them in for us to put on in school.

Please make sure the home school diary is sent in to school each day so we can tell you all the exciting things we have been doing during the day.

Can you send children’s reading books in on Wednesdays to be changed.

Thank you for all your help and support this half term, it is always appreciated.