Do you have to be a superhero to save the world?

This term our concept question is 'Do you have to be a superhero to save the world?' Within this question we will learn about both ficition and non fiction superheroes. We will explore fictional superheroes through the books Superworm and Supertato and learn about the qualities these characters show when they are saving the day. We will then make links to real life superheroes who are in the world around us. We will experience visits from police officers, fire fighters, dentists, nurses and many other people who help us. This will help the children to develop their communication and language skills as they listen carefully to find out how these people help us. The children will then be able to develop their speaking skills as they ask real life superheroes questions so that they can deepen their knowledge about these roles. As individuals, we will also consider if we are superheroes who are helping to save the world. 

Outdoor Learning

 We participate in regular 'Outdoor Learning' sessions. There are numerous benefits of learning outside the classroom for a child’s development, both physically and mentally. Recently we read the story of 'We're going on a bear hunt' and together we went on our own bear hunt through the local woods.  We walked through the long wavy grass, the thick oozy mud and the dark forest. We tracked the paw prints and looked carefully to find out what direction the bear was travelling in.  Upon leaving the woods we also found Bertie Bear, our class bear. Bertie likes to notice all of the children following our school rules and at the end of the week he likes to spend the weekend with our class role model. 

Throughout of outdoor learning sessions, we are have also been busy bird watching, building dens and creating boats and finding out whether they float or sink. We have spent time bug hunting and created detailed water colour pictures of these bugs. The magnifying glasses helped us to see the detail on even the smallest of bugs! Using age appropriate hand drills and hammers, we created Christmas decorations by hammering nails into a small log circle in the shape of a triangle. We then used wool to wrap about around these nails which created a Christmas tree. We enjoyed decorating our class Christmas tree with these decorations and then we took them home to place on our family trees.