Friday 15th July 2022
This week we have had some glorious sunshine and Dragonflies have enjoyed lots of water play in the outside area. They were very excited to end the week with a water fight. It was such a fun afternoon!
Dragonflies Water Fight
We continued the story, ‘The Lighthouse Keeper’s Lunch’ in our topic sessions. The children had the opportunity to make their own sandwich. They enjoyed their tasty sandwiches on the picnic tables in the outside area. We used the sandwich making activity as a hook for writing some fantastic instructions.
Dragonflies Sandwich Making
In our maths sessions this week we looked at patterns and the children were challenged to spot what would come next in the pattern. The children enjoyed the story, ’Pattern Bugs’ joining in with the repeated refrains and continuing the rhyming pattern. The children also had the opportunity to explore the Cuisenaire rods. The children were challenged to make a stair case that went up and a staircase that went down. We also explored which smaller blocks would equal the same size of a longer block.
Dragonflies Maths 15th July
This week we started to look at boats and the different parts of these. The children had a go at making paper boats with our work experience student by following a youtube tutorial. Mrs Smith worked with groups of children to create boats from the large loose parts and then mapped out journeys the children might take on their boats.
Dragonflies Boats
Next week the weather continues to get even hotter. Please remember to send your child with a sun hat and we will ensure that they drink lots of water.
For the last week of term, we will be looking at the story, ‘Someone Swallowed Stanley’.
Staffing for next week:
Monday, Friday – Miss Thrippleton, Mrs Smith and Mrs Gibbs (I will be on a course Wednesday and Thursday).
Tuesday – Mrs Bayley, Mrs Smith and Mrs Gibbs.
Wednesday/Thursday – The children will be having a Supply Teacher who will be supported by Mrs Smith and Mrs Gibbs
Events Next Week
Parent Celebration Event – 21st July
End of Term – 22nd July
RWI Blog – Please remember to check out the RWI Blog by following the link:
https://www.westbury-inf.wilts.sch.uk/RWI-Blog/