Today we began our maths work together on patterns. The group working with Mrs Bayes looked at number patterns; Miss Lambert's group worked with the treasure box and sorted things into groups of things that were the same and different. This led to adding and talking about numbers.
We find that providing children with 'concrete' experiences to explore, handle and manipulate, helps children to get a deeper understanding of the concepts we are working on.
Digging up the fish that we buried was a highlight and it smelt really bad!
We noticed that it had got smaller since the last time we looked.
When we buried the fish there had been a lot of discussion about where the fishes body would go.
During the discussion, the girls remembered that the fishes body
remains in the ground and would turn into soil over time,
but the fishes' soul had gone to heaven.
Children find death a fascinating subject and as teachers we can struggle to answer some of the
deep questions that they ask.
The children took a great interest in the worms we found as we dug up the hole the fish was in.
Luca excitedly told the other girls that her chickens just LOVE worms.
We collected some up but we aren't sure where they got to!
