Our topic this half term is Animals and their Babies which will delivered through the stories Monkey Puzzle, The Three Billy Goats Gruff and Dear Zoo.
Week ending 23rd May
This week our book was 'Dear Zoo'. We made cages for the animals using playdough and coloured lolly sticks. Children enjoyed finger painting wild animals. We made our outside hut into a hide out. The children hid in it and used binoculars to see if they could see any wild animals dotted around the playground. Some children made there own binoculars and decorated them.
Week ending 16th May
This week we have continued our learning about animals and their babies and re-reading the story 'The Three Billy Goats Gruff. We have had a basket of farm animals and children have been sorting them into big and small groups. Outside the children have been putting on puppet shows. We have been making our own bridges and then finding out different ways to travel across.
Week ending 9th May
This week our story has been 'The Three Billy Goats Gruff'. The children love this story and have enjoyed re-enacting it throughout the classroom and outdoor area. Children helped make long bridges outside for them to walk along! There has been a lot of imaginative play with lots of "Who's that trip trapping over my bridge!" being shouted out in their play. We have also been learning about farm animals and their babies. Some children dressed up as farm animals and we sang 'Old McDonald had a Farm'.
Week ending 2nd May 2025
This week we have continued learning about wild animals through our book 'Monkey Puzzle'. We have also been looking at woodland animals and where they live.
We have been practicing our fine motor skills this week. We used tweezers to pick up pom poms and drop them into the coloured bowls and coloured some woodland animals We enjoyed making bubble mixture and having a go at blowing through the bubble wands to see how big we could make our bubbles.
Week ending 25th April 2025
This half term our topic is 'Animals and Their Babies'. This week our key text is 'Monkey Puzzle' by Julia Donaldson. The children have enjoyed listening to this story and talking about baby animals that do not look like their parents! The children followed instructions to make their own monkey face.
We have also been doing some gardening outside and have sown some cress seeds that the children have all now taken home.
Try exploring these activities this half term. Go to 50 Things to Do | Cambridgeshire & Peterborough for more details!
#1 Looking for Animals
#17 Yummy Picnic
#25 Grass Grazing
#43 Splish, Splash, Splosh
#49 Make your Mark
