The Reception children have braved the wilds of Australia this week
We’re going on a croc hunt!
The Reception children have braved the wilds of Australia this week on the hunt for a crocodile with big, yellow eyes and sharp, pointy teeth. It has been a super opportunity for the children to compare the physical geography of our country with that of Australia and learn the different names for features such as swamps, scrub and waterholes. The children collaborated to make up their own actions for the story and we enjoyed a whole class retelling.
In our maths, we have been learning about time and the children enjoyed using the sand timers to see what they could accomplish in just one minute! The results were impressive with 100 star jumps, a long ‘snake’ of unifix cubes across the classroom, and writing their names twenty times! They have also made their own clocks and can confidently tell the time to o’clock and half past.
The beautiful story of ‘The Koala who could’ inspired our art this week and the children enjoyed getting very messy as they smudged charcoal to create the grey fur. Look out for some sleepy koalas resting among the gum trees in the classroom display.
Our Australia workshop on Friday was incredible and Chris, the Didgeridoo man, held the children captivated with his Aboriginal stories. They learned how to play the didgeridoo, expressed themselves through dance to accompany Australian music and folk tales, and then created some beautiful pieces of land art. It was a magical day where we felt we truly entered the ‘dreamtime’; when Aboriginal culture believes that all things were created.
Mrs Sheldon and Mrs Manchorova
