Rainbow Room

It has been a sunny week in the Rainbow Room and we have enjoyed being in the garden.

Our core words this week were 'this' and 'that'. We completed some colour matching using the phrases 'this colour' and 'that colour' which the children really enjoyed. 

In phonics, the pupils have been learning the sounds ur, er, ow, ai and oa. After the success last week we used playdough to form the sounds again but this time the playdough was mint scented. 

In maths, the children started using the 10 green bottles manipulatives. They did such a great job with the 5 Little Men and this has been a huge hit.

In sensory play, the pupils used coloured cornflour water to paint in the playground, they dug using soaked oats, ice block painting and we crafted glued some crepe paper to make Father's Day cards.

DATES FOR YOUR DIARY:

Monday 6th July

• 10-11am Additional Sports Session (sports day).
• 11-12pm Shared learning in the Rainbow Room (bring your own lunch).
• 12-1pm Lunch in the Rainbow Room.
• 1pm - take your child home.

Monday 13th July

• Parent Consultations to discuss your childs progress and school report.
• 12.45-3.30pm - book a 15 minute slot directly with Mrs Staples.

Just like that...Summer 1 is complete!

This week our core word was 'put'. The children practised mark making the word and used their fine motor skills to 'put' the letters in the letter box or to 'put' the disc on the peg. The children were fantastic at this - well done everyone. We have seen a lot of fantastic progress in the pupils fine motor development this half term.

The phonics sounds this week were ar, or, air and ir. This is one of the highlights everyday, we all enjoy phonics sessions and complete mark making to continue the brilliant fine motor development.

In maths we completed a numeracy day activity by seeing how many balls we could put in a bucket in 1 minute.

We have continued to discuss the weather daily, this will continue next half term. This is something you can continue doing at home as well, alongside our weather song:

https://youtu.be/6MGRkUlFZws?si=uLCpu2siXjTmGU7-

The sensory play has been another highlight. Green spaghetti, fruit slices, edible soil, banana dough and ooblek Fridays!

It has been great getting the water out in the warmer weather, the pupils all love splashing and pouring.

Please continue offering your child different writing tools to continue their mark making over the holidays - crayons, pencils, pens, paintbrushes with coloured water - everything counts! 

Have a restful break and we will return on Tuesday 2nd June.

In English this week the pupils have been learning the core word 'get'. We followed a song called Get Funky, which the pupils all enjoyed.

In phonics, we learnt the sounds igh, ow, oo and oo. The mark making in these sessions is improving every day - well done everyone!

There has been a lot of different textures in sensory play this week. We dug carrots out of soil (flour, oil and cocoa), used our fingers to move flour over a rainbow, moon sand and gluing strips of paper to make a rainbow.

The playdough was scented with white chocolate this week and the pupils spent some time developing strength in their hands whilst stamping and cutting out shapes.

The fine motor activities have been very popular this week, placing discs on pegs, posting letters in letter boxes and hammering pegs.

The weather looks like it might be warming up at the end of next week, please make sure your child has sunscreen applied before coming to school - thank you.