Spiders and webs

On Fine motor Friday we used clay to make a spider. It was much trickier to use than play dough as it was firmer. This was good because it meant it was trickier for our finger to use, which means it was helping to make our fingers stronger. We rolled a ball for the spiders body and then we had to make eight thin legs.
We also used really fine brushes to paint spiders webs. This was helping to make our fingers stronger too. We looked really closely at books, photos and even real spiders webs to see the patterns and copy them.

Lotions and Potions

The children have come back to school after Easter all excited and ready to learn. We have had lots of fun already with our new topic. We have been making potions, designing wands and thinking of things we might put in spells. What would you put in a spell and what would it do?