Week Ending: 14.02.25

This week we have enjoyed the book The Tiger Who Came To Tea🐯

We have been learning about different animals by describing their features and matching them to the print. We have discussed what Tigers like to eat and learnt new words such as “carnivore, herbivore and omnivore”

We have developed our mathematical skills by creating ABAB patterns with orange and black cubes and being challenged further to recognise number and quantity.

We have developed our literacy skills by sitting with a friend to use our imagination to steer the story off in different directions using props. We have also retold the story using key events and main characters.

The Tiger who came to Tea

Week Ending: 07.02.25

This week on Gems we have been focusing on the story Brown Bear Brown Bear, What Do You See? This helped us develop our skills in colour recognition and repetition of language.

We enjoyed a music and movement game in the small hall where we listened carefully when the music stopped, followed the instruction “find the mat with the blue horse, find the mat with the yellow duck” and moved carefully to the mat of the correct animal!

We have enjoyed going on a colour hunt in the garden, finding objects that are the same as the animals in the book. We also enjoyed finding the picture cards of the animals and crossed them off using our chart on a clipboard.

We have been developing our number recognition and counting skills using numicon too.

We look forward to what this week brings!

Brown Bear Brown Bear

Week Ending 31st January

This week in Gems we have continued to enjoy building on our imagination and social 

development by acting out narratives in the Vets role play area.
We have focused on The Great Race book to support our learning around Chinese New 

Year. We have enjoyed ordering the animals from 1-12, we have carried out races out on the big field and it has also developed our awareness of recognising numbers and developing our counting ability.
We have also enjoyed dragon dancing!���� we used a variety of instruments and followed instructions carefully to move around the hall. We had a delicious snack this week too we experienced some Chinese inspired food such as rice, noodles, spring rolls and prawn crackers. It was yummy!

Week Ending 24th January

This week in Gems we have been learning about animals who are nocturnal. We have used the books 'Owl Babies' and 'It was a cold, dark night' to support our learning.

We have extended our imaginative skills, language abilities and social development by enjoying our Vetinary Surgery. We have demonstrated care and empathy to animals and reflected on our own pets and experiences.

We have been busy creating Owls in the playdough where we carefully inserted feathers and placed googley eyes to bring our Owls to life!��

We have had fun mixing materials in our water trays this week. We have had sand and water, shaving foam and powder paint and bubbles and water

Week Ending 17th January

This week in Gem's we enjoyed learning about Hibernation with support from the book: Bear Snores On. We have been creative by using logs, bark, sticks and pinecones to create a cave for the bear and its friends in the book.

We have enjoyed challenging our physical development by going on long walks around the school to look for different birds and then continued to challenge our gross motor skills by mixing bird seeds and lard together to make bird feeders. As we went inside, we observed the birds enjoying their food.

We have also enjoyed counting down this week using the songs "Ten In The Bed" and "Zoom Zoom Zoom, We're Going To The Moon". We all had a go at being rockets and blasted off into space!

Week Ending 10th January

This week we have used the cold weather to develop our fine motor skills, learn new words and explore different textures and colours. We experimented with mark making by using sticks to create small and large marks in the frost. We have explored colour mixing in the ice using the paint pallet trays. We also have enjoyed using our wooden hammers to tap the ice to release the sequins.

Inside, we have enjoyed building a boat, demonstrating many skills including creativity, problem solving, self-regulation and imaginative with support from the teachers. 

We have been learning a new song called "On A Cold and Frosty Morning" which has supported us being independent with putting on our coats, hats, scarf and gloves before we head outside.