We have had a very busy time in school since returning from the Easter holidays. Africa week has been a great success thanks to Mrs Decaro and Mrs Dobbins who have organised some excellent events for the children to experience. We have been to an African Drumming class and listened to an African Storyteller. In class we are making African animal masks and African Jewellery. We have created collages of an African mud hut. We have used our library to find out all about animals from Africa. Did you know that an elephant can weigh as much as 7 cars? Cory found this out for us! Ask your child about our story Handa's Surprise, can they retell the story to you? We had great fun tasting the fruits from the story. We liked the mango, tangerines and passion fruit but the avacado didn't go down quite so well!
Next week we will be concentrating on 'Growing Things'. We are already growing Potatoes in our Golden Garden with help from Mrs Honey. Class 10, 9 and 8 are competeing to grow the biggest potatoe and to see who can harvest the most potatoes. We will be planting shrubs in our new planters, growing cress, planting beanstalks and hunting for minibeasts. If you would like to donate any shrubs, seeds or compost to our garden please do, we are always grateful for anything we can use in school.
You will receive a topic web and information sheet this week with details of the summer term. We are looking for holiday clothes, suitcases, bedding etc. for our Hotel Role play and anything linked to the seaside which the children can sell in our Beachside souvenir shop.
I would like every child to bring a smooth pebble into school so that they can decorate them later in the term.
Thank you all for helping us make the changes to entering and leaving our Area so smooth. The children in Class 10 are very grown up now!
Mrs Burton-Little
