This week we have continued our new topic: Myself and my community, focusing on our world

Activities this week have included:

• a circle time learning about China
• looking at and practicing Chinese writing *a circle time looking at pictures and describing the great wall of China
• using construction tools to create our own great wall of China
• a circle time learning about India and using rice to create rangoli patterns
• lots of outside play: water play, sand play, outdoor construction, glitter art, painting, throwing and catching, music and stories are just a few of the activities we have done in our garden and playground
• a circle time learning about art in India, looking at patterns, designs and creating our own patterns
• continuing to look at shapes in the environment, playing I-spy numbers, shapes and letters
• lots of mark making for the younger children and name practice for the older children
• dancing to music
• reinforcing our expectations of behaviour in the setting: kind words, gentle hands and treating the resources as well as we would our own toys at home
• choosing art materials from the drawers for independent free art: sticking resources, paint dabbers, paper, ink stampers, crayons, chalk, whiteboards and marker pens
  

PLEASE NOTE:
We are off next week for our half term break. We will see you all again on Monday the third of June.

We hope you all have a lovely half term break.
Julia, Grace, Sharon, Lisa, Hannah and Jackie