Mrs Mopple's Washing Line

This week in Lime Class we have been finding out how people washed their clothes in the olden days. 

In  Literacy we read the story 'Mrs Mopple's Washing Line.' In the story Mrs Mopple's washing blows away and lands on different animals in the farmyard. We talked about the setting and characters and used our sounds to write the animals names. We are getting very good at sounding out words and finding the sounds we need on a sound mat. 

On Thursday we all dressed up as victorians and took part in a victorian wash day workshop.  We found out the Victorians didn't have washing machines so they had to use a washboard, dolly and mangle to wash their clothes. We explored different artefacts and had a go at drawing them. 

This week we also went down to our Woodlands Area. We collected leaves that had fallen off the trees and tried to find these on our leaf identification sheet . We found alder, maple, birch, holly and oak leaves! We also made mud soup, pies and cakes in the muddy kitchen. 

Today we all wore spots and stripes to school to raise money for children in need. We raised over £200 pounds. Well done everybody!

This weeks Learning Owl is Ross. He has been chosen for his fantastic 'I can do it' attitude towards his writing. Well done Ross, we hope you enjoy your weekend with Hootie.