Cold places, penguins and polar bears

Hello everyone,

Last week we listened to the story of The three little pigs and joined in with the repeated refrains. We have acted the story out with the puppets, straw, sticks and bricks. We made piggy biscuits to take home. We predicted which objects would blow in the wind and why they may blow in the wind. We used the hairdryer to see which items would blow in the wind. On Friday afternoon we were able to find words which rhymed with pig, pot and stick. We have also made a display of the three little pigs. For our display we made the three pigs and the three different types of houses. Some of us did the writing for the display and other children helped to put the display up. Please take a look at the display in the classroom.

This week the children wanted to learn about the cold, penguins and polar bears. We have decided to do this over two weeks. We will be looking at places that are cold, cold weather, Winter, penguins and polar bears. On Monday we will be brainstorming all about what we know about the cold and what we should wear to keep warm in the cold. We will be using the computer to colour in our own hats, scarves and boots. We will be exploring ice and how it freezes and melts. We will be reading some penguin and polar bear stories especially the story of Penguins in the fridge followed by some activities. We will be making jelly and seeing how it sets when it goes into the fridge and lots more.

Home learning:-

From our topic of cold places, penguins and polar bears can you bring something in that you may have made, a book you may have or a picture you have found.

Notices:-

Stay and Play is on this week on Thursday 19th January from 8.30 till 9.00 ish. Hope to see you there.

Thanks

Julia and the pre-school team