Transcript All About Me- Harvest WB 26.9.16x

Thank you all so much for bringing in your ‘Autumn
Walk’ bags on Monday. The children were so excited
to talk about what they had found.
The class watched a video about harvest time together
before exploring a basket of fruits and vegetables. We
talked about remembering to say thank you for the
food we receive, even if it is not our favourite. Harvest
is the time of year when we give thanks for all of the
food we have. Each child drew a picture on a leaf of a
food that they would like to say thank you to God for.
Some children had a go at writing the initial sound in
words e.g. ‘a’ for apple.
This has formed a lovely Harvest Thanksgiving tree
which is displayed in our classroom. We also practised
singing the song ‘Thank you God for the harvest’.
We set up our own fruit and vegetable shop
in the classroom this week and children
have had great fun choosing what they
would like to buy. They have been learning
how to communicate in their roles as
shopkeeper and customer and take turns in
conversation. They even had a go at writing
their own shopping lists aswell!
Our topic for this half term is
‘All About Me’.
WB 26/9/16
In Maths this week, the children have been practising
counting fruits and vegetables reliably in our class shop.
The customers have been counting out pennies to give to
the shopkeeper to pay for their shopping.
Why not set up a fruit or vegetable shop at home. Support
your child in practising their communication and language
skills by taking on the role of the shopkeeper and customer.
On Thursday afternoon, Reception will go on a pre-visit walk
from school to the Church in preparation for the Harvest
Service on Friday.
Reverend Sue is going to meet us there and show us where
we will be sitting. We will also talk about how to behave
respectfully inside the church.
The children listened to the story ‘A Wet and Windy
Harvest for Puddles’. Puddles the cat features in a series
of books which help to introduce children to aspects of
the Christian faith. In this story, the mischievous cat is
enjoying playing in the autumn leaves but not content
to play outside, she joins the congregation of Freddie
Fisher’s church for the Harvest Service.
We also looked at some creations by the
artist Giuseppe Arcimboldo. He was an
Italian painter best known for creating
imaginative portrait heads made entirely of
objects such as fruits, vegetables, flowers
and fish.
Each child carefully arranged some self
chosen harvest produce to create their own
fruit and vegetable faces. We took some
photos to show you!
I hope your child enjoys the Harvest Festival at Church on
Friday.
Next week we will listen to the traditional tale ‘The Three
Pigs’ and talk about our own homes. Have a great weekend!