Baa Baa Black Sheep seems to be one of our favourite Nursery Rhymes. The children loved singing the upbeat version of the song which we have practised with Mrs Loveland during our music lessons. The children concentrated brilliantly when testing out their 'listening ears' and found that they worked "even better!" when their eyes were closed. We used our Funky Fingers to wrap wool around the sheep. We did have to free a few children who tried to wrap themselves up too....velcr

The children have been fascinated to learn about children from different cultures. We explored Chinese New Year, looking at: how it is celebrated, what food is eaten, what clothes are worn and how this compares to celebrations we have experienced. We certainly had fun using our Funky Fingers to eat with chop sticks at snack time! The children were very interested in learning about red envelopes that are placed under a child's pillow at Chinese New Year. They wake up to find m

This week we started the week with a cold frost. We talked about ice and explored some objects that appeared to be "trapped"! How could we break the ice and find what was inside? The children discussed some great ideas and tried out some very different techniques!! Eventually, we decided that the ice needed to "melt". We placed the ice in a bowl on the radiator and patiently waited for the object inside to emerge! Our new Nursery Rhyme this week is 'Jack and Jill'. We enjoyed