Welcome to Pangolin Class

Pangolin Class has eight delightful Children and they access the Lower Glitter Curriculum.

The Staff are ;-

Teacher - Louise

HLTA - Jo

Teaching Assistants - Jo, Chloe, Sade and Shelby

Aprrentice - Chantelle

Speech and Language Assistant - Kyra

Important Dates

28th April - Return to School

5th May - Bank holiday Monday

22nd May - Break up for Half Term

3rd June - Return to School

Our Topic this term is 'Journeys'. Click on the Topic web below to see a list of activities that your child will be taking part and remember to visit the class page regularly to see your child in action. 

WC 7th April

This week Pangolin class have took part in lots of fun Spring and Easter activities. 
In Maths we learned the story 10 Little Chicks and we practised counting chicks and identifying numbers to 10 on chicks. We also played an Easter egg game on the IWB. 
In Art we visited Ward Jackson park to look at the spring flowers. We created some beautiful flower collages which were inspired by the artist ‘Andy Goldsworthy’. 
In DT we made some yummy bunny biscuits. 
In Science and PSHE we visited Tweddle farm to look for the new born lambs and to develop our interaction and turn taking skills. 
What a fabulous week we have had. Have a Great Easter holiday! 

WC 31st March

Pangolin Class have had a very busy week this week. 

In Re, we enjoyed learning about Eid al Fitr. We made some lovely Eid cards and loved getting our hands decorated and tasting Indian foods. 
In Music we learned songs about Jungle animals. We tried hard to join in with the actions and the animals sounds. We played shakers and rainmakers to represent the sounds of the jungle. We also visited Throston library for the ‘Music, Rhythm and Rhyme’ session. 
In Science we learned about creatures that live in the Sea and we liked making and tasting tuna wraps and fish finger sandwiches. 
We finished off the week by visiting Hartlepool Museum. We had fun in the Pirate area and outside in the play area. 

 

WC 24th March

We have enjoyed listening to ‘The Gruffalo’s Child’ this week. We explored the props from the story, made a Gruffalo’s child with moving arms and legs and tasted Gruffalo cake, Gruffalo pie and Gruffalo tea.

Our sound of the week was ‘o’ and we explored different objects beginning with o and practised forming ‘o’. 
In Science, we visited Seaton to look for features of the Seaside. We found the beach huts, beach, sea, shells, pebbles and we saw lots of seagulls. We enjoyed collecting shells and making sandcastles. 
In RE we learned about the Islamic festival ‘Ramadan’. We looked at different artefacts and practised praying. We enjoyed making a crescent moon. 

WC 17th March

This week we have continued learning about The Gruffalo and we had a fabulous Gruffalo assembly on Wednesday. We went on a sensory walk, made Gruffalo masks, had a Gruffalo picnic, matched and coloured in the characters. 
Our sound of the week was ‘g’ and we took park in lots of fun ‘g’ activities. We have also been learning about Spring and we enjoyed a Spring walk to the park on Friday. 
 

WC 10th March

We have loved listening to The Gruffalo story this week and learning the Makaton signs for the different animals in the story. We enjoyed exploring the different props and getting dressed up as the Gruffalo. We followed the instructions to make Gruffalo cakes and they were very tasty.

The sound of the week was ‘d’ and we found lots of things that begin with d and practised forming it. 
In Maths we have played some games on the Interactive whiteboard, identifying numbers up to 10 and counting accurately.

We had lots of fun on Science day on Wednesday. What a busy week!

WC 3rd March

This week we enjoyed celebrating Shrove Tuesday. We made pancakes with lots of different fillings and loved tasting them. We listened to the story ‘The Runaway Pancake’ and explored the props and had fun chasing the pancake. 
We had lots of fun on World Book Day. We enjoyed listening to the story ‘I know a Rhino’ and sharing our favourite stories. 
The sound of the week was ‘m’ and we explored lots of things beginning with this sound and were able to recognise the letter. 

WC 17th February

Pangolins have had a busy week. We continued our work on ‘Elmer and the Rainbow’ and we enjoyed painting a fluffy rainbow with coloured shaving foam. 
In Maths we sorted different coloured skittles into colours and we chose our favourite colour to decorate our own cake. We listened to the instructions and counted how many skittles we needed for our cakes. 
In phonics we have been recapping on all the sounds we have learned so far this week and we are becoming confident a recognising the sounds ‘s,a,t,p,i,n’.

On Friday we went to the town and used our World Book Day vouchers to get some new books for our class reading area. We love Reading! 
Have a wonderful half term! 

WC 10th February

This week Pangolin class enjoyed listening to the story ‘Elmer and the Rainbow’. We explored the props from the story and painted our own rainbows. In Maths we learned about colours and counted all the different coloured skittles in a bag and we sorted them into different coloured bowls. We also did a Science experiment with the skittles which was lots of fun. We neatly arranged the skittles into a circle shape and poured water on them and watched a rainbow appear. 
On Tuesday we took part in Safer internet day and we enjoyed listening to a story on the IWB and coloured some pictures. 

On Friday we went to the Headland for our topic ‘Seashore and Ocean’. We looked for the features of the seaside and collected shells and pebbles on the beach. 
 

WC 3rd February 

Pangolins have enjoyed listening to the story ‘Elmer in the Wind’ this week and exploring the different props and jungle animals from the story. 
We continued our work on repeating patterns in Maths and designed our own Elmer the elephant using two colours of our choice. 
Our sound of the week was ‘i’ and have explored items that begin with this sound and tried hard to form it. 
We ended the week with a trip to Tweddle farm for number day. We counted the animals and had lots of fun in the soft play area. 

WC 27th January 

This week Pangolins have enjoyed following and copying patterns, they explored different ways to continue patterns individually and as a group. 
Pangolins have also tried new foods for Chinese new year and we all had a really good attempt at smelling and tasting new foods. 
Finally our story this week has been ‘Elmer’s Weather’. The children were really interested in the sensory story, exploring props to the story and talking about there knowledge of different weathers. 

WC 20th January

This week we have continued listening to ‘Elmer in the Snow:

We practised our fine motor skills by making Elmer masks and we took turns to make a large group felt Elmer. 

In Maths we developed our counting skills. We listened and joined in with elephant number rhymes and we counted elephants and matched them to the corresponding number. 
Our sound of the week was ‘t’. We explored lots of items beginning with ‘t’ and practised forming it. We also made tarts and had a tea party with foods that start with ‘t’. 

WC 13th January

This week we have been learning about the sound ‘a’. We found lots of objects that begin with the sound ‘a’ and we visited the Amusements at Seaton and had lots of fun on the rides.

We enjoyed listening to our class story ‘Elmer in the Snow’. We loved exploring the props from the story and getting dressed up as Elmer. 
Our colour of the week was ‘grey’. We mixed black and white paint to make grey and we painted elephants using corks. We also made a big elephant cake and decorated it with grey icing. It was delicious! 

In Maths we have been learning about ‘big and small’. We sorted objects into big and small and played some games on the Interactive whiteboard. 
 

WC 6th January

Pangolins have been busy this week learning about the letter ‘s’. We explored lots of objects beginning with the ‘s’ sound and visited the park to find things beginning with ‘s’. We also practised writing ‘s’ and played some games. 
Our colour of the week was ‘White’ and we loved getting messy with all the white things we found. We made snowmen biscuits and they were delicious. 

WC 16th December

Pangolin Class have had an amazing final week before they break up for Christmas. Christmas crafts, Xmas Dinner, party and a panto. Have a wonderful Christmas Pangolins! 

WC 9th December

This week Pangolin class have been very busy getting ready for Christmas. 
In Computing we used the Interactive Whiteboard to decorate a Christmas tree by dragging and dropping the icons. We also practised our fine motor skills by decorating our own Christmas trees with buttons and Pom poms. 
We listened to the Nativity story with Joanna from the Library and loved exploring the props. We also made some beautiful Angels. We enjoyed making Christmas fairy cakes and looking through the catalogues to choose what we would like for Christmas from Santa. 

WC 2nd December

Pangolin class have definitely got into the Christmas spirit this week. 
We have enjoyed listening to the story ‘Father Christmas needs a Wee!’ and we learned the Makaton signs for the key vocabulary in the story. We also liked tasting the different food and drinks from the story. 
We loved designing our own Christmas Jumpers on the Interactive Whiteboard and we carefully dragged and dropped the icons on the screen. 
We had lots of fun on Friday at Imagination Village. 

WC 25th November

This week our colour of the week was ‘pink’. We enjoyed decorating pink flamingos and making pig biscuits. 
The class story was ‘Kitchen Disco’ and the children thoroughly enjoyed it. We learned the Makaton signs for all of the fruit in the story and we went to Asda to buy the fruit to taste. It was yummy! 

WC 18th November

This week Pangolins enjoyed a trip to the cinema to watch ‘Butterfly Tale’ as part of Film week.

Our colour of the week was ‘Purple’ and we made our own purple paint by mixing blue and red paint and we painted purple flowers. 

We enjoyed listening to the story ‘Cake’ and exploring the different props. We looked very cute when we tried on the different hats and we concentrated hard when making our own party hats. We made Birthday cards for our class party and also made a cake which was very tasty. 

WC 11th November

Pangolins have worked hard this week. We have been learning about Materials in Science and we went to the park to find examples of different materials. We found wood, metal and plastic. 
We have been learning about the colour blue and we used our fine motor skills to mark make and paint whales. 
In Maths we have been identifying numbers up to 10 and we played some games on the IWB and enjoyed playing numicon bingo. 
In Music we played ‘Guess the instrument’. 

WC 4th November

Pangolin class have had a very busy first week back at school. 
We enjoyed listening to a Firework Story and exploring the props. We made some lovely bonfire night pictures with glitter and paint and made edible sparklers that were delicious. 
Our colour of the week was green and we went to Lidl to look at the different green foods and we loved tasting them back in class. We also made some green apples with buttons. 
On Friday we went to Asda to buy some new books for our class reading area and we are looking forward to reading them in class.

21st October

This week we have had so much fun. We loved listening to the story ‘Five little Ghosts’ and exploring the props. We made lots of Halloween crafts with buttons, paint and pom-poms  and we printed pumpkins using apples.

We had a special visit from the famous Illustrator ‘Liz Million’. She drew some amazing pictures and taught us how to draw a cat. 

WC 14th October

This week we have continued learning about Autumn. We learned about the colour brown and mixed red, yellow and blue to make our own brown paint. We then painted acorns using pipe cleaners. We went to Lidl to look for brown foods and we tasted some brown foods back in class and the chocolate brownie was our favourite. We enjoyed going for an Autumn walk to Ward Jackson park and crunching in all the leaves. 
We had a lovely trip to Tweddle Farm on Friday and enjoyed feeding the animals, stroking the bunny rabbit, bouncing on the jumping pillows and playing in the soft play area. 

WC 7th October

This week we have enjoyed listening to the story ‘Just like Jasper’. We learned the Makaton signs for the key vocabulary in the story and we enjoyed exploring the props. We role played the story by buying our favourite toys from our imaginary shop.

Our colour of the week was orange and we painted some leaves orange and printed them onto squirrels.

We loved visiting the Museum on Friday for our topic ‘Entertainment’. 

WC 30th September

This week we have been busy learning about Autumn. We listened to the story ‘We’re going on a leaf hunt’ and we made some leaf shaped biscuits and decorated them with green, yellow and red icing. We also made some pretty tree pictures with buttons and sequins and had a lovely Autumn walk to Ward Jackson Park. 
Our colour of the week was yellow and we enjoyed tasting different yellow foods and mark making with yellow pens and paint. 
We had a fun visit to the park on Friday as part of our topic ‘Emtertainment’. 

WC 23rd September

We have worked hard this week on our Listening skills when doing Rebound Therapy. 
We have continued learning about shapes and had fun finding shapes around School and making clown faces.

We enjoyed going on an autumn walk and collecting leaves and conkers. We made some lovely autumn leaves with paint and corks. 
We finished off our story of ‘Spot goes to the circus’ by having our own circus in class and tasting foods that you can buy in the circus. The candy floss was our favourite. 

WC 16th September

This week in Literacy we have continued listening to the story ‘Spot goes to the circus’. We developed our fine motor skills by colouring our own circus tents and we made clown biscuits. 
In Maths we have learned about 2D shapes. We enjoyed playing the monster shape matching game on the IWB and we played shape bingo. We also made some lovely pictures by printing with shapes. 
We had lots of fun at the Headland park.

WC 9th September

We have been very busy this week.

We have been learning about the colour red and we enjoyed making red cakes and painting red peppers.

We had fun in the outside sensory assembly and loved getting messy. 
We have been listening to the story ‘Spot goes to the circus’. We got dressed up as a clown and had fun exploring the props from the story and making clown crafts.