Teacher for 2023-24 Olivia Fox
Teaching Assistants – Robyn, Karen, Helen & Kayleigh
Personal Support Worker- Tora
During Literacy Week, Hedgehog Class used our computing skills to create our favourite book characters on Purple Mash.
The children chose from a selection of books to create a character or retell the story.
Have a look at our amazing electronic artwork!
Article 13 (freedom of expression) Every child must be free to express their thoughts and opinions and to access all kinds of information, as long as it is within the law.
As part of Literacy Week, Hedgehog Class read the story The Last Tree about the joy of plants and how we need to look after and plant more trees.
We then read and followed written and visual instructions to plant a garden and hedgehog planter.
We carefully filled the pots with soil and water and sprinkled the candytuft seeds on top, covered the hedgehog with sticky basil seeds and filled the tray with soil and grass seed.
We will water them every day and watch them grow. Keep your eyes peeled for an update soon!
Article 29 (goals of education) Education must develop every child’s personality, talents and abilities to the full.
Article 31 (leisure, play and culture) Every child has the right to relax, play and take part in a wide range of cultural and artistic activities.
Hedgehog Class wanted to spread the love for Children’s Mental Health Week and Valentines Day.
We shared our autobiographies from Literacy with our friends in Owl Class and Fox Class. We then go to know our new friends by asking about them and joining in with their favourite things.
Finally, we gave a handmade love bug which we made with recycled materials as a gift to our new friends.
Nimrah said “I made a new friend, Aubrey, and spread the love!”
#ChildrensMentalHealthWeek #SpreadTheLove #ValentinesDay #OurVoiceMatters
Chinese New Year
Hedgehog Class have enjoyed celebrating Chinese New Year today! We learned the signs for ‘Chinese New Year’ and ‘dragon’ and the Cantonese greeting.
We made lanterns, dragon masks and tasted Chinese food. We also loved our gifts of dragon puppets, envelopes and fortune cookies from Mason and his family!
Article 30 (children from minority or indigenous groups) Every child has the right to learn and use the language, customs and religion of their family, whether or not these are shared by the majority of the people in the country where they live.
Art Work – Children’s Mental Health Week
Hedgehog class have been making the most of Mental Health Week by reflecting on the things that make them happy before making some artwork based on this.
Article 13: Children should be free to express their thoughts and opinions.
Hedgehog Class loved meeting our school Purrble as part of Children’s Mental Health Week.
The class enjoyed feeling the heart beating and cuddling Purble which made us feel calmer, comforted and happy. We could tell the Purrble liked it from the purring sounds they made!
The children were very gentle and quiet around it, showing amazing care and concern for our new friend and creating a lovely calm environment for everyone.
Una said “I can feel the heart beeps!”, Travis expressed that he felt calm and Samir kindly gave Purrble to his friends to cuddle.
Communication
Each week in Communication, the Adventurer group in Hedgehog Class have a team challenge that they try to complete.
This week, they had to work in teams to transport a stick or pole from a starting position to a finish line and they could only touch the stick with one finger each.
We had visuals of ‘agree’ and ‘disagree’ which the children used to communicate ideas and opinions. They worked amazingly well together and even coordinated taking steps at the same time “1..2..step…1..2..step” and to balance the poles. We are very proud of the teamwork and communication!
Article 13 (freedom of expression) Every child must be free to express their thoughts and opinions
Music – Vivaldi
Hedgehog class have been learning about environmental sounds in music and focussing on Vivaldi’s Four Seasons. This hey listened to ‘Winter’ before making their own musical interpretations and even making their own snow to reflect the weather outside!
Article 28: Education must develop every child’s talents, personality and abilities to the full.
In PSHE we read a book about how we are all different.
We compared our features to find similarities and differences with our friends and then completed paper chains to represent ourselves and our friends.
Hedgehogs carefully thought about what colours to use for skin, hair eyes and clothes and added any other features such as glasses. They were so proud of their paper chains and enjoyed playing with them afterwards.
Hedgehog class have explored the sound of rain in music this week. After singing some songs about rain, the children had a sensory experience hiding under umbrellas while playing instruments to imitate the sound of rain.
Hedgehog Class have learned about Christenings as a special time for Christians.
We explored the artefacts used in a Christening, acted out what happens, watched a video of a real life Christening and then illustrated what happens.
Article 14 (freedom of thought, belief and religion) Every child has the right to think and believe what they choose and also to practise their religion, as long as they are not stopping other people from enjoying their rights
Hedgehog class utilised their creative skills with a festive afternoon making Christmas decorations to hang on the tree. After watching a demonstration from an artist, the pupils chose from a range of materials and put them together, making their very own Christmas baubles!
Article 29: You have the right to an education
Hedgehog class have been on a festive winter walk around the community wearing their own elf hats that they made themselves! They visited the local pond and went on a reindeer hunt, looking for footprints on the ground.
Hedgehog Class and some of our friends in Rabbit and Frog had a fantastic time at The Snow Queen pantomime on Thursday.
We really enjoyed the songs and message to look after our planet if we want it to snow!
The children were fantastic throughout, singing, dancing and laughing along to the show.
This half term, Hedgehog Class have become authors and written their own books for the story The Runaway Chapati.
We have worked in groups to recall the events in the story, sort them into the beginning, middle and end, shared ideas for sentences, used our phonics to sound out and write letters and words then illustrated each page.
Have a look at our amazing creations!
Hedgehog Class had an amazing time at the KS2 Disability Football Festival last week.
We played lots of different games using kicking, dribbling and aiming skills and we worked in pairs and teams to play football.
The children made Delamere School very proud!
Some children from Hedgehog Class really enjoyed their first Smartie Crew session this week.
The children are expressing different emotions through creative and therapeutic play, e.g. painting, drawing, music and performing.
In Art, we have been painting self portraits using mirrors and carefully selecting the colours to match our skin, hair, eyes, mouth and clothes.
We noticed that we look different in Hedgehog Class- we have different colour skin and hair, our hair is different lengths and shapes and some of us have glasses and freckles.
We used our portraits to decorate the front covers of our sketch books that we will draw, paint, collage and print in this year.
Watch out, hedgehogs have had a runaway chapati in the classroom!
We found the story, a packet of chapatis and some mysterious floury footprints around the classroom! 🔍
Luckily, we followed the trail to catch the chapati outside in a tree and he looked like someone had tried to eat him already.
He said, “run, run as fast as you can. You can’t catch me in your frying pan.” 🥘
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