The Owls

Communication and Interaction Inclusion Centre

Autumn Term 2022

Welcome

The new Owls have settled in really well this year and have enjoyed making new friends and learning new routines.

Our days have been very busy with new opportunities for learning and experiencing some new things.

Autumn

The children have been learning about the seasons and we listened to the story of Percy the Park Keeper ‘After the storm’.

We used our senses to investigate autumnal objects and we tried to describe what we observed.

Nursery Rhymes

This half term we have been learning all about Nursery Rhymes.

We read the book ‘Each Peach Pear Plum’ by Janet and Allan Ahlberg.

The book is full of Nursery Rhyme characters and we followed our story map and then used actions to help us remember the story.

We enjoyed learning new and old rhymes.

We looked at historical artefacts that might have been found in the kitchen of the Nursery Rhyme character, Old Mother Hubbard.

Our Bodies

In science we have been learning about our bodies, how we are all different and similar.

We learnt body parts and looked at our eye and hair colour, and how big our hands and feet were.

We also looked carefully at ourselves and created self- portraits

Monster Names

 We have been learning about writing our names correctly and practising in lots of different ways. One way was to paint it and fold it, to create a reflection and turn it into a monster!

Maps

Our year 1 & 2 Owls have been learning about the local area and what makes up a town.

We looked at maps and then as a team created a new town map with our own choice of features.

Lowry

We have an art week based on the artist Lowry.

We looked at his work and recreated our own ‘Our Town’ pictures with gloomy skies and dull factory buildings with lots of Lowry style figures.

We also looked at the factory work and learned how to use a loom and did some weaving of our own.

Christmas

We have had lots of fun preparing for Christmas.

We made decorations at our Santa’s workshop, played party games and danced at our Christmas party and made cards, calendars and mini trees for our families.

Merry Christmas everyone!