Jellyfish have had a busy week celebrating Chinese New Year. The children have learnt about the Chinese zodiac story of "The Great Race"- using puppets to act the story and writing what they can see in the pictures. 
They have tried copying the symbols in Chinese writing, used chopsticks in sensory play  and made amazing lanterns. 
In the classroom we have had a restaurant serving Chinese food and also watched and tried dragon dancing. The children chopped vegetables when we cooked a  sweet and sour stir fry and ate it with their chopsticks!

The children have been sharing the book "Peck Peck Peck" by Lucy Cousins. They have been exploring birds imaginatively in the classroom and looking at bird information books. They have played bird bingo- talking about the parts, colours and markings on the birds. 
Outside they have been ticking off birds with photos and clipboards as well as going on a class bird spotting walk. We have filled bird feeders and hope to attract more birds to the patio area. 

This week the children have been using balance scales to compare heavy and light objects and then to find the mass of objects using bricks. They have also been finding the capacity of different containers using cups of water. 

​The children enjoyed a day at Skern Lodge for our topic ‘Where the Wild Things Are.’ They hunted for ‘wild things’ whilst completing activities such as the assault course, traversing wall, tunnels, spiders web, stepping stones and dry rafting.

The children had an amazing day at our "Where the Wild Things Are" adventurous engage day.  The children used the outdoor equipment at Skern Lodge to find and follow the characters from the story. 

​As part of our new "Where the Wild Things Are" topic the children have been creating jungle art inspired by the work of Henri Rousseau. Next week they will complete the pictures by adding collage. 

Jellyfish Class made the sweets, dipped them in chocolate and  wrote gift tags. They were so proud to take their special homemade gifts home for their grown ups.

We were so proud of the children as they performed their Christmas play. Their singing was beautiful. 

.The children used their fingers to print a spotty gold background on red paper. They also painted paper shades of green and then used these ripped up to make a Christmas tree collage. The final details like baubles and decorations were added in black pen. 
The children's art will form part of the projected backdrop at Bicclescombe Park Winter Wonderland on Saturday where the children are invited to sing Chirstmas songs. 

Turtles had a fantastic day exploring the gardens of Rosemoor. They played a pea seed, searched for evergreen plants and created an Autumn wreath.