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Friday 26th May

26/5/2017

Art - Butterfly Painting

We are learning about life cycles and this week we were looking about the life cycle of a butter fly... Check back next week to see what we are making!

Writing

It is so nice to be able to do different activities now the the children have really mastered their hand writing. Each child is making a big effort to form their letters correctly. In the pictures below we are working on our dictation. I call out the word and the children use there skills to decode the sounds and spell the word. This is a good way for the children to practice their trick words too... try this at home when you have a spare five minutes!

Language Topic - Furniture

As we continue our topic of 'Home' the children are learning the names for different furniture around the home.

Building

This story was a great inspiration for the children... it encouraged them to think big and imaginative when designing their homes.

Aistear Reviews

Maths

Below was a simple maths game where the children had to match pairs to make sets of 5 altogether.

Aistear Stations - Garden work, The Home and whatever else springs to their imagination!!

Story Time

Story time was hosted by these two super stars this week!

Homework Blog Challenge
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Home Work

Great homework this week...

Enjoy the weekend,

Regards,
Ms Murray

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Friday 19th May

19/5/2017

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Fun For All Day!

The highlight of this week has to be our fantastic Fun For All day! It was super fun and the weather was perfect! Here is a little mix of some of the different sport we were involved in!

Fun For All Day! from Ms Murray on Vimeo.

Super Chilled Little Workers!

We like to relax after all the fun and active learning in our room. Classical music is perfect to creating the right mood during our wind down time. We listen to calm and peaceful music all the time in rm 5!

Little Workers from Ms Murray on Vimeo.

Maths

We did some simple maths sums by adding two sets together.

A Squash and a Squeeze

This week we worked on this fun story to link in with our house topic. The children loved how the animals just kept piling into the lady's house but in the end she realised that she should have been happy with she had in the first place.

Below are a few pictures that the children drew about the story.

Art - Shadow Drawings

So we finished our shadow drawing art project today. The children traced over their pencil outlines using markers and then filled the siluette in using oil pastels. Finally we created a background landscape using a very watered down paint. I will post a picture of the finished work next week when they're dry and up on the display wall.

Aistear Building

We can't get enough of our building theme in Rm 5... the children just get more and more creative as we explore new building designs during Aistear.

Building from Ms Murray on Vimeo.

As a Friday treat we took our Aistear outside while the sun was out. We hope to get a lot more outdoor work done over the last term so here's hoping the sun continues to shine!

That's it for this week. Hope you enjoyed the blog! Be sure to share your favourite part of the week in the comments section if you get the chance boys and girls! Have a nice weekend...
Kind Regards,
Zara

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Friday 12th May

12/5/2017

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This month our new topic is The Home. We will be learning about different types of houses in our locality and also furniture and rooms in our homes. Our role-play area will be turned into a home so if you have any old toys you would like to donate from the list below we would be grateful.

Kitchen toys
Baby/doll toys and clothes
Junk Art recyclables
I'm looking for a lamp or light for the home area (it's a little dark with the new roof on)

Thanks.

Different Homes

As part of our new topic we have been learning about different homes using language like mobile home, terrace houses, semi- detached, detached, flats, apartments, cottage etc. We have discussed how different houses have multi stories, garages attached and different types of room inside them. It would be great if you could have a chat about your own home with your child. It will support their language when sharing with their peers in class.

As an Aistear project the children were asked to design their own home in their Aistear copies while thinking about the different building materials we have available to us around the classroom. Below was some of the materials on offer but they are free to use whatever the like from around the room. Our Focus Fairy tale, The Three Little Pigs was an inspiration for some.

Our Designs

Little architects ;)

Tuesday's Challenge: who can design and build a home?

After discussing basic structure of buildings and what makes a tall building stable, we went to visit an art project I completed with my class last year. The children were impressed with how tall the structure is!

Wednesday/Thursday's Challenge: Who can design and build the tallest building?

Writing

The children are working really hard in their 'Best Writing' copies. However, the focus now is to apply the correct letter formation in all their writing, throughout the day at home and in school. If you see that your child is not forming their letters correctly when writing their name or on their homework, it would be helpful if you gently corrected them. Perhaps ask them to write a row using correct formation at the bottom of the page. This will really help them on the road to becoming skilled writers!

Shadow Drawings

We took advantage of the fine weather to do a little outdoor art. We looked at our own shadows and discussed how they are formed. Next we practised drawing our wild animal figures by tracing their shadows onto paper. Check back next week to see our final pieces of art work!

This is a lovely photo of the class after we received our medals for full attendance! Well Done Boys and Girls!

Have a lovely weekend,

Kind Regards,
Ms Murray

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Friday 5th May

5/5/2017

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Well Done to Room 5 for winning the best Attendance in April which is a first ever record of 100% attendance for a month! We are delighted.

The children love this phonics clip below, it's called alpha blocks. It's a nice way for them to learn their phonic sounds.

The children love to read in Rm 5

Trip to the pond to visit the tadpoles and check out what's growing in the vegetable patches.

I hope everyone is enjoying the beautiful weather!

Kind Regards,
Ms Murray

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Ms Murray's Class Blog

Friday 26th May

Writing

Language Topic - Furniture

Building

Aistear Reviews

Maths

Aistear Stations - Garden work, The Home and whatever else springs to their imagination!!

Homework Blog Challenge
Check out the D.E.A.R time video below

Home Work

Friday 19th May

Fun For All Day!

Super Chilled Little Workers!

Maths

A Squash and a Squeeze

Art - Shadow Drawings

Aistear Building

Friday 12th May

Different Homes

Our Designs

Little architects ;)

Writing

Shadow Drawings

Friday 5th May

Well Done to Room 5 for winning the best Attendance in April which is a first ever record of 100% attendance for a month! We are delighted.

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Ms Murray's Class Blog

Friday 26th May

Writing

Language Topic - Furniture

Building

Aistear Reviews

Maths

Aistear Stations - Garden work, The Home and whatever else springs to their imagination!!

Homework Blog Challenge Check out the D.E.A.R time video below

Home Work

Friday 19th May

Fun For All Day!

Super Chilled Little Workers!

Maths

A Squash and a Squeeze

Art - Shadow Drawings

Aistear Building

Friday 12th May

Different Homes

Our Designs

Little architects ;)

Writing

Shadow Drawings

Friday 5th May

Well Done to Room 5 for winning the best Attendance in April which is a first ever record of 100% attendance for a month! We are delighted.

Categories

Archives

Homework Blog Challenge
Check out the D.E.A.R time video below