This week we began our new topic: Castles and Dragons. The children have been full of curiosity, imagination, and brilliant questions already!

 

In Drawing Club , we explored George and the Dragon by Christopher Wormell. The children loved discovering the characters and imagining what might happen next. They created fantastic drawings inspired by the story and practised using descriptive language to bring their ideas to life.

Our topic led us into history, where we have been looking closely at castles and their different features. The children learned new vocabulary such as turret, drawbridge, moat, and battlements. They enjoyed labelling parts of a castle and discussing what each feature was used for. There were lots of enthusiastic conversations about knights, kings, queens, and how castles kept people safe long ago.

 

In maths, we have introduced the concept of time. We’ve been learning about the order of events and the children practised putting simple activities in order. We have also used egg timers to help understand the concept of time and we have been looking at routines in their day as well as days of the week. 

 

Our RE focus has been understanding, what a message is. We linked this idea to special stories and thought about how stories can teach us something important. The children discussed messages they might give to other and how they could send them. It has been lovely to see the children taking this into their play and practising their writing skills too!

 

The children were excited to get back to the forest this week and had lots of fun completing a scavenger hunt searching for signs of Spring.

 

Have a lovely weekend

 

Mrs Harris