Everyone was so relieved when the rain stopped on Monday and we were able to go out and enjoy our jungle themed races! Celebrating everyone's achievement Special certificates were awarded as a lasting reminder of the day!
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Kente Cloth This week we have had a focus on African Art and we began by sharing the story of 'The Spider Weaver: A Legend of Kente Cloth'. This tells the tale of two weavers from a tiny Ghanaian village who came across a spider creating the most extraordinary patterns with her web. The weavers redesigned their looms so that they could imitate the spider's weaving dance and produce their own designs and patterns that are still worn throughout the world today. The children have been creating some wonderful patterns of their own! As well as individual pieces, we created a collaborative one too . . . Ashanti Gold Discs Early European visitors to the Ashanti royal court of Ghana were astounded by the dazzling display of gold jewellery worn against brilliant fabrics. The traditional Ashanti gold discs, added to necklaces and other jewellery were highly patterned - we had a go at making some from clay and then painting them gold! An African Sunset After looking at some images of beautiful sunsets the children worked together to create one of our own before adding silhouettes to portray an African scene . . . The Lion's Mane! Each group produced their own collaborative lion head, creating patterns on strips of card to form the mane. This was followed by working together on the jungle background! African Necklaces After looking at some traditional bead necklaces with their beautiful colours and patterns, the children created their own African inspired paper plate necklaces . . . We have had lots of fun producing our African art this week - we hope that you
have enjoyed taking a look at our different creations! This week we have been making cards to let our dads / grandads know how special they are! The children have also been sharing their thoughts about why they love their dads / grandads so much, this is what some of them said . . . Ben - "He makes me laugh" Molly T - "He plays with me" Arthur - "He gives me breakfast every day" Ivy-Jean - "My daddy loves me" Willow - "He plays hide and seek in the garden" Jaiden - "He's my best friend" Enjoy your special day and create some wonderful new memories together! We have been introducing our new 'Darwin' focus for this half term - 'Selfhelpability'! The children thought about some of the many ways in which they have changed since starting at Nursery and shared some of their achievements that they are proud of. We also talked about some of the things that they are still trying hard to do and what they could do in order to help themselves achieve this goal. Here are a few more examples of what the children are proud of : Henry - "I do the zip" (on his coat) Zena - "I can draw a smiley face" Eddie - "I can run super fast" And what they are still trying hard to do: Annie - "Write my name on a picture" Barney - "Things that grown-ups do, cook and do work" Emily - "Sleep in my own bed" We then helped them to think of things that they could do to help themselves to achieve these goals - they are all going to show SELFHELPABILITY! Our new 'Big Feeling' for this half term is 'Disgust' - we joined 'The Disgusted Dragon' as he went on a journey through the magical place of 'Lifeland' and found out what happened when he met an unexpected friend along the way. Afterwards the children had lots of fun thinking of ideas to create some 'disgusting' drinks to sell in our Toucan's Tea Shop! What 'disgusting' ingredients would you have thought of for your drink? Post us a comment and let us know! |
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November 2023
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