We have had a fantastic time at the Pen Disco! This week we practiced making spirals and circles with our ribbon sticks, we then had a go at using our pens to recreate the same shape on the paper and finally, we had a go at writing some of our Curly Caterpillar Letters; c, a, o and d. The Owls were incredible!✨
Rama and Sita
This week the Owls have been learning all about Diwali! We have talked about Rangoli Patters, Diva Lamps and more! Today we were incredibly lucky as one of our parents came in to tell us the story of Rama and Sita using Shadow Puppets! The Owls were amazed!
World Awareness Week🇩🇰
The Owls had a fantastic time exploring Denmark and listening to the story of The Little Mermaid by Hans Christian Andersen! We were incredibly lucky to have Julie in to help the Owls to create their own ‘Little Mermaids’ out of Clay! We also had a go at using our fine motor skills to sew our own fish!🐠✨
We’re off to Denmark! 🇩🇰
This year for World Awareness Week, Owls are looking at Denmark and Hans Christian Andersen.
Today, the Owls created their own passports and prepared for our flight! They needed to get their passports stamped at the check in desk and then find their seats and prepare for take off!
They had a fantastic time!🌟
Supertato 🥔
On Friday, the Owls & Peregrines went to Cheltenham Literature Festival! We went to see the authors of Supertato; Sue Hendra and Paul Linnet! The Owls loved listening to their new Supertato story and playing the silly games with the authors! They were an amazing audience and listened very carefully! They even got to meet Supertato afterwards! 🌟
Y6 Buddies
This year we have partnered the Owls and Eagles up as “buddies”. They have loved spending time with their buddies whether this is reading stories together, playing together at lunch time or even eating lunch together! The Eagles have been amazing role models for the Owls and have helped teach them how to cut up their food at lunch time as well as giving them lots of suggestions of games to play at lunchtime!
Phonics
We have started to learn some of our sounds in Owls this term and we have started with S, A, T, P, I and N. In Owls we try and include the sound in a lot of our learning, for example: when learning the ‘t’ sound, we had a ‘teddy bears tea party’ and when learning the ‘p’ sound, we played ‘pass the parcel’ and found lots of things beginning with ‘p’ hidden inside!
We have also been mark making in lots of different ways! One of our favourites is the paint sensory bags! The Owls loved trying to write their names in the paint!✨
Goldilocks and the Three Bears🐻🐻🐻
This week we have read the story of Goldilocks and the Three Bears! We have acted it out all together in our story square and used the story spoons to retell the story during our play. We have also been exploring oats and what happens to them when we mix them with water! This included getting very messy which we LOVE in early years!
We then followed the Three Bears recipe in order to make our very own porridge! First, we wrote a shopping list with Miss Woolls to decide which healthy food items we might like to add on top and then we carefully followed the instructions to create the porridge! It was delicious!
Forest School 🔥🍏🌳
In Owls we LOVE forest school with Mr Meadows! Throughout forest school, not only do we learn about the world around us, we also get to practice our sharing skills as well as building our friendships! We have had lots of opportunities recently to practice safely cooking around the fire! We have cooked cinnamon apple as well as jam on toast and they were both delicious! 🍞🍏
Owls at Gastrells 