Our Spring 1 Journey
spring 1 topic web and 10 things to do.pdf
Our text this half term is Handa's Surprise.
Welcome back to another busy half term in Frogs class. We will be exploring fruits, Africa and wild animals this half term through our new text, Handa's Surprise.
We are also excited to welcome new Frogs this half term.
Week 1
Our first week back has been very busy. We were excited to discover a big tray of interesting fruits on our return to nursery.
We discussed the fruits and discovered what the children already knew about them.
We went on to cut the fruit up and make some delicious fruit kebabs out of them.
I think pineapples are spikey and delicious - Heidi
I have strawberries on my pancakes - Shifa
Mango is sweet and juicy - Halima
We were also lucky enough to have a visit from the Bradford dental team who are helping to teach our children how to look after their teeth. The children learned all about the foods that keep our teeth healthy and the foods we should only eat as a treat. Gina also let us all have a go at brushing teeth and reminded the children they should be doing this twice a day.
In RE this week we have explored the story of Noah's Ark, and how he saved the animals from the flood. We compared Noah to The Good Samaritan, reminding ourselves how important it is to help each other and look after everyone in our world including animals. We used Godly Play to tell the story and then the children re told it using small world provision in the classroom.
Week 2
Handa left us a basket of treasures and a letter this week. She explained that she had heard all about our cold weather, so she sent us a box of clues that would explain about where she lives - Africa
We have been writing messages to Handa to find out more about Africa
Handa asked us to create posters of the animals who had stolen the fruit form her basket, so she could send them to Akeyos village to let them know about tyhe cheeky animals
Week 3 and 4
We have had another busy 2 weeks in nursery. We have been improving our Laulau creations. Laulau supports our gross and fine motor skills development, as well as our musical development.
We have also celebrated Chinese New Year, we had a letter from the emperor or China explaining that the spring roll maker was sick and he needed our help to make some spring rolls for the celebrations.
He also tasked us with the job of learning all about The Great Race of the animals and how each year came to be named after an animal.
During this time we also explored birds, we have really enjoyed learning the names of different birds and the patterns that define them as well as listening to birdsong. We have drawn our own birds using our observational drawing skills.