Our topic this half term is Animals and their Babies which will delivered through the stories Monkey Puzzle, The Three Billy Goats Gruff and Dear Zoo.
Week ending 23rd May
This weeks book has been 'Dear Zoo'. The children were very excited to come in on Monday and discover some delivery boxes. The children guessed what might be inside before tearing open the boxes and discovering the animals that are sent in the book. This inspired the children lots in their play as they continued sending other animals from the zoo. The children made amazing Lion mane masks at the creative table and built zoos in the small world area. We sang lots of animal songs and made different music using the instruments. We also had lots of fun outside at Forest School this week.
Week ending 16th May
This weeks learning has continued to be linked to our book 'The Three Billy Goats Gruff'. The children have continued to build and play with their own bridges, while recreating the story with toy goats. Inside the classroom, the children have been investigating differing weights of objects in the classroom using the weighing scales. Outside we have been exploring floating and sinking using different toys and natural resources in the water tray. It has been another fun and busy week!
Week ending 9th May 2025
This week our story has been 'The Three Billy Goats Gruff'. The children love this story and have enjoyed re-enacting it throughout the classroom and outdoor area. We have been painting amazing trolls at the easel, building bridges for our small world animals and even making big bridges outside for the children to walk along! There has been a lot of imaginative play with lots of "Who's that trip trapping over my bridge!" being shouted outside. Butterflies children have made brilliant trolls and goats on the climbing frame bridge, it has been lovely to see how much they enjoy the story!
Week ending 2nd May 2025
This week we have continued learning about wild animals through our book 'Monkey Puzzle'. The children have been very keen to explore the playground using binoculars they have made at the creative station, looking for different insects and birds. We have also made some bird houses and the children were excited to see the Mummy bird that is living in the wooden bird box above our shed. We can't wait to see the baby birds when they hatch!
In the classroom the children have been very busy at the easel, painting different animals they like and talking about what makes them special "flamingos stand on one leg!". They have also been making different spikey animals like hedgehogs using the wooden sticks in the playdough and working hard to count how many spikes they gave their animal!
Week ending 25th April 2025
This half term our topic is 'Animals and Their Babies'. This week our key text is 'Monkey Puzzle' by Julia Donaldson. The children have enjoyed listening to this story and talking about baby animals that do not look like their parents!
We have also been doing some gardening outside and have sown some cress seeds that the children have all now taken home. We have been very excited to see our class pot growing!
Try exploring these activities this half term. Go to 50 Things to Do | Cambridgeshire & Peterborough for more details!
#1 Looking for Animals
#17 Yummy Picnic
#25 Grass Grazing
#43 Splish, Splash, Splosh
#49 Make your Mark
