Emerald Class Activities

In maths reception have been investigating and recognising coins. Year 1 have been solving subtractions and solving addition problems.

Emerald class have made Christmas scenes. First, collecting 5 ivy leaves and taking them inside. Emerald class then cut out the leaves into Christmas tree shapes and decorated them all.

We have read the book, Don’t Hog The Hedge. We then went on to make our own hedgehogs out of plasticine and used sticks and twigs to create spikes.

In science Emerald class have been doing an experiment about growing plants. We have been growing seeds in different conditions, such as; in the light and warm, in the dark and cold and in the light and cold. We have made predictions and are monitoring the results daily.

In geography Emerald class have been looking at the continents and oceans of the world.

In outdoor learning during English, Emerald class made their own poems about Autumn. They did this by collecting interesting leaves and discussing their features, such as different shapes and colours.

In maths we have been measuring and comparing.

We looked at pictures of far off galaxies and made our own chalk versions.