Happy Rosh Hashanah

Today is the first day of the year 5775
in the Jewish calendar. Rosh Hashanah - head of the year.

Each of us made a "shofar" to call everyone to the celebrations.

We ate apple dipped in honey. It was yummy!

The children kept asking for more.

We eat through a bag full of apples.

Happy Birthday!

Ted and the children wish you a Happy Birthday.

Congratulations!

A Day at the races

Giving Ted a few tips on how to be a good co-pilot.

Choosing the right car.

Just right!

Can you hear those motors running?
Ready or not here we go!

This is the bear

"This is the bear" was one of the stories we listened to and explored this week.



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7ulEKvjb9T0

Badger, skunk and anteater

In the story Lourenço brought to school today there was a badger.
Because a badger (texugo) is not a familiar animal I showed them a photograph. (below)



 Maria said it was a skunk (hence the next photo)
  










We talked about what a badger would eat and it got called an anteater.
So out comes a photo of an anteater!
I explained how the anteater uses its long nose and long tongue to collect the ants.
Lourenço said: Eia, parece um aspirador! (it is like a vacuum cleaner).

Can you talk about how these animals compare to each other?
In what way are they similar? How do they differ?

Playing with sounds

In the last couple of days we had 2 fantastic spelling contributions

ielo by Rodrigo  (yellow)

apul by João  (apple)

This means they have used the sounds they know and have attempted to spell the words on their own. :)

This is a bear!

All the bears have now finished their card bear in a forest of painted trees.
They look so good on our wall.
You will be able to see them tomorrow when you come to the information
evening at 18.00.

This is Suhani's bear walking through the trees.