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This afternoon we had the pleasure of welcoming back Paul from Tescos. He came along with a large box of Easter goodies.  Paul explained all about the orgins of Easter eggs and chocolate.
Did you know the Cadbury brothers were the first to make a chocolte Easter egg in England?
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Class Hughes had lots of messy fun this afternoon!!!!!!! Tables ready to go.  Children in Class Hughes had the opportunity to get very messy and have lots of fun. We made our very own Easter baskets, sheep windsocks, cardboard chicks, footprint ladybirds, Henri Matisse snails and watercolour daffodil paintings. Mrs Ross, Mrs Rushbrooke, Mrs Cumming and Mrs Wray loved the footprint ladybirds the best. Great fun and very MESSY! We have some very talented artists in Class Hughes. Mrs Rushbrooke, Class Hughes resident gardener took some children out today for our first of many gardening duties. Today the task was to plant potatoes. Once the frames of our vehicles were dry, we were able to add the body. Carefully sticking on the bottom and the sides. When the sides had dried we were able to attach the wheels. Carefully threading the wheels to the dowling. To make sure the wheels will stay on, we put blue tac on the end to act as a stopper. Finished vehicles can be seen and bought for 50p on the Art Afternoon on Thursday 26th March. See you there from 2pm.
After gaining expert advice from Mr Rushbrooke, we have started making our own wooden cars. Using a ruler and pen we carefully measured the lengths of wood. Two sides measure 20cm and two measure 10cm each. Carefully using a saw we cut the wood into four pieces. We had to remember to hold the wood still with our fingers in a safe place. The saw was sharp to cut the wood so we had to listen carefully and really pay attention to what we were doing. We used glue to stick the four pieces together to make a rectangle shaped frame. We now have our frames, ready to add the car's body and wheels.  As part of our Literacy we read the story- 'Are you ready to play outside' by Mo Willems. We watched the story being read on the interactive white board. Use this link in your tool bar to watch- https://youtu.be/OBxG5W60H0g We used this story as a start to our challenge. Mrs Ross had hidden pictures and words around the garden. The challenge was to find them all and mark them off on a treasure hunt sheet. In groups we investigated our outside area, ticking off the pictures as we found them and sounding out to read and then write the words. As part of our challenge we then had to write a list of where the pictures and words were found. Mrs Ross was particularly impressed with Lewis. "Chair has a digraph (ch) and a trigraph (air) in it", as he wrote his list. We discovered that our outside area wasn't really 'Ready for us to play outside'. We decided it would be best to clear away the autumn leaves and get it ready for our new areas of play. We have made a big long list of resources the children would like to see outside and we will be passing this on to Mr Stock.
Class Hughes would like to send a huge THANK YOU to Mr Rushbrooke who visited us today. Mr Rushbrooke is a trained and very skilled carpenter. (After all, he did build our kitchen, sandpit, flower beds and play house and many other things!). He took time out of a busy work load to come in and talk to the class about his job.  Mr Rushbrooke brought in a large bag of tools, which the children found fascinating and some very intriguing. Do you know the difference between a Mallet, Claw hammer and Pein Pin hammer? Mr Rushbrooke demonstrated how to cut wood using a saw, how to plane wood to make it smooth and how to use an electric and manual screwdriver. Thank You Mr Rushbrooke, now we know how to use the tools safely we can now make our own wooden vehicles.
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AuthorWritten by Mrs Campbell & Archives
September 2024
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