Summer 2 Week 2

Expressive arts and design – Drawing buildings 

The children explored drawing landscapes and buildings using images of buildings as a stimulus. They looked closely at the shapes, colours, and features of different buildings and used pencils and crayons to create their own drawings.

Understanding the world – Our town

We also explored our local community by looking at photographs of familiar places such as the school, small bus, local shop, park, library, and a wooden house. The children talked about places they recognised and shared their own experiences of visiting them. We discussed how we travel to these places, linking our learning about transport to real life in our local area. This helped the children make connections between their learning and the world around them.

Understanding the world – Moving vehicles 

We explored how vehicles move using ramps and different toy vehicles. The children rolled cars and other vehicles down the ramp to see which one travelled the fastest and which went the furthest. We tried different surfaces on the ramps and noticed that some vehicles moved faster depending on the surface and the type of wheels they had. The children enjoyed making predictions, watching carefully, and talking about what they noticed as the vehicles moved.

Summer 1 Week 1

Expressive arts and design - Garage role play

We created a garage role play area with toy cars, tools and tyres. The children explored the area and took on different roles such as mechanics and customers.

Understanding the world -Sorting vehicles 

We explored different types of transport and how they move. We looked at pictures of vehicles and talked about how some travel on land, in the air, or on water. The children worked together to sort the pictures into groups depending on where each vehicle travels. As we did this, the children noticed different features of the vehicles, such as wheels, wings, or propellers, and discussed why they help the vehicle move in certain places.

Expressive arts and design – Vehicle painting 

The children explored painting for a purpose by creating pictures of vehicles. Using photographs of a car, bus, plane, boat, and train as a stimulus, the children chose colours that matched each vehicle and painted their own versions.

Physical development – Finger gym

The children explored patterns and fine motor skills by placing balls onto a baseboard, using tweezers or spoons, to match different pattern cards. The children carefully looked at the pattern on the card and worked to recreate it on the board by placing the balls in the correct spaces.