Understanding our World

Investigating Autumn Treasures

What do you see? What does it feel like? Does it have a smell? Where does it come from? What is it called?

Maps

We have been studying and drawing maps of our local area. We bought very carefully about the journey we take from home to school and the landmarks we see along the way. We loved exploring a street view of our locality on Google Earth especially when we spotted a familiar building or feature. We have also been using loose parts to build models of houses and buildings from our locality.

Celebrating the Harvest Festival

To celebrate the harvest, we got together with our beloved year 6 buddies and spent a joyful session scavenging for autumn leaves in order to create a wonderful collection of natural wreaths. The following day, we met up with our buddies once again to take our wreaths and a huge collection of donated food items to one of our local churches. Here we were met by Father Damien and together we shared in a celebration of the harvest with songs, poems, fun and laughter. We loved our very first school outing and can’t wait to get out and about again soon.

What fun we had, working together to build this giant ball run out of loose parts! Brilliant communication and collaboration skills on show from these early learners.