Chinese New Year

To celebrate Chinese New Year we had a Chinese dinner which we all enjoyed.

We have been looking at the story The Willow Pattern Plate and the story of how the years got their animal names.

We have enjoyed playing in our Chinese themed role play area.

German Week

German week at school

Mr Machulik and Miss Heike came into the unit and showed us where Germany was on a may. We also looked at pictures of places in Germany.

We have been learning a song in German about an aviator.

Fliegerlied

China

Our topic for the rest of this half term is China. We are looking at the country and people. In our role-play area we have a Chinese house. We are looking at fiction and information books from China.

Two of everything

China information

The links above show some of the things we have been looking at.

Jez Alborough

This week we have been looking at books by Jez Alborough.








We have read a selection of books and have decided which we like and why. We have compared the books looking for differences and similarities.

A day in the H.I.U

We have been looking at books by Julia Donaldson. Here are some of our favouritesWe looked at the book The Magic Paintbrush.This is the main character Shen.
In Maths we looked at making tens and unit numbers.
We played domino's, looking to match the hundred, tens and units.

Jack and the Beanstalk

Over the next few weeks we will be looking at the story of Jack and the Beanstalk.  
Have a look here for a version of the story.
http://learnenglishkids.britishcouncil.org/en/short-stories/jack-and-the-beanstalk