We began the term learning about Eid. We are very lucky to have several children in Apple Class who celebrate Eid and each of them gave a presentation and told us how they celebrated with their families. After the presentations, we listened to some special Eid music and had a party.

Our non-fiction book for term 5 has been ‘From Tadpole to Frog’ and the children learned all about the lifecycle of a frog and wrote facts about tree frogs, goliath frogs and poison dart frogs in their writing books. We had a tank of tadpoles in the class and we were super impressed with how fantastic the children were in looking after them; the children helped to feed them and clean the tank regularly. The children were excited to check each day and note any developments. Over the course of four weeks they changed from tadpoles, to froglets and then frogs. Once they all became frogs we released them into the pond.

The children learned about the King and the Coronation and each made a fantastically creative crown which they wore during the crown parade and during our class coronation party.

Towards the end of the term, the children had a very exciting WOW Day to introduce the Talk for Writing book. The day began with a giant beanstalk erupting out of the ground in our forest area! We then followed giant footprints into the forest area where we found golden eggs, gold coins and giant boots and discovered that the new Talk for Writing book was Jack and the Beanstalk. Later the children planted bean seeds in a jar, wrote a bean diary over 3 weeks, noting any changes, and drew illustrations.

Please watch the video to see some of the wonderful learning and fun the children have had over this term…