Starry Night

This week we have been learning about the artist Van Gogh and the painting Starry Night. The children were very good at describing the painting. Ethan thought he could see "the sea" and "a castle." Lulu could see the "moon". They had a go at painting the picture themselves using oil pastels and crayons for the circles and swirls and then using a blue watercolour painted over the top.

We read the story 'Katie and the Starry Night' and the children were able to talk about the characters and what happened in the story. In Philosophy we thought about whether we would like to jump into the picture 'Starry Night.' Charlotte thought she would like to because she wanted to catch all the stars in the painting. Isobel wanted to go into the 'Olive Pickers' painting to pick olives. Blake decided he didn't want to go into the painting because "I'd be worried about my Mummy." Jake didn't want to go in because "it's very spooky and there's a monster." Lucas would go in holding his Mummy's hand.

In P.E. we listened to the music 'Twinkle Twinkle Little Star' and made up our own star dance using the scarves. The children carefully tiptoed around the hall and used circle movements with the scarves.

Next week our theme of the week is 'Occupations'.

Our rhyme of the week is Hey Diddle Diddle.

Our sound if the week is'p'.

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