Creating puppets linked to the story
"Well done! Fine manipulative skills are developing well."
Have a look at our display in the classroom!
Enjoying sharing and talking about the story
Taking part in a 'True' or 'False' quiz about the story
"Excellent recall and response. You have a good understanding of the story, including: characters, setting and sequence of events."
"Great sense of empathy too when we talked about Stick Man's feelings and how they changed throughout the story."
Working together to solve problems
Exploring length
Generating words for 'big'
Ordering by length
How many friends long is it?
Counting in twos
Using non-standard units to measure and compare lengths
PHOTOS to follow
Carrying out surveys to find out which character is most popular
PHOTOS to follow
"Very independent!"
"Excellent communication skills and use of tallying to record findings."
Creating our own 'Story Maps' to recall and recount the story in sequence
PHOTOS to follow
"Super talk for writing!"
Learning and performing the song using sign language
Developing our reading skills in different contexts
This story and song is helping us to develop our phonic skills and knowledge of key words. We are using our increasing knowledge within our own writing.
Writing in role as the Stick Man. Sending letters and postcards as Stick Man to his family.
Working cooperatively to create a Stick Family using natural materials
Being creative and thinking critically - representing people, objects and places from imagination
Transient art
Using natural objects to create and express ideas in another form
Lots of opportunities to develop mathematical ideas, thinking and language use
High levels of focus and thus deep level learning too!
Stick Man!
Well done! Lots of thought and detail here.
Fantastic effort! High level of focus and creative thinking when you described your image.
Fantastic effort here! Look at the exacting symmetry. I liked how you described it to others. (Below)
Increasing levels of involvement and engagement during self-chosen activities and experiences both indoors and outdoors
Wow! Look at this number sentence!
Developing numerical knowledge and spatial awareness through creative and cooperative play. Excellent teamwork and effort!
Writing for a purpose
Refining our manipulative skills, comparing length and creating with a purpose in mind. High levels of focus observed too!
Team work - "The big city!"
Reading words from the story
Recording our challenges for the day...!
Making something for someone special
We have put some of our threading efforts out for the birds...
We did it!
Performing the story...
Acting, singing and making music to create our class show in our classroom theatre!
Taking on the role of the 'Stick MAN'
We are the orchestra.
Stick men, the dog and other characters...
Who can you spot? the dog, Ladylove, the snowman, the swan, stick children three... and Santa!
Which character did you play?
Another fantastic orchestra!
Acting out the story in small groups
Such a busy time everyone! Well done!
Miss B
