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What we have learnt so far… 18th – 29th September 2017

ZooLabVisit WehadavisitfromZoolab,whererangerJoe,introducedustovariouscreaturesincludinganAfricanlandsnail,agiantmillipede,atarantula,ahissingcockroach,aratandahermitcrab.Apart

fromthetarantulaandhermitcrab,thechildrenwereallowedtoeitherholdortoucheachcreature.

3LittlePigs

Danger Detectives

Learning–developingconcentration,learninghowtoholdcreatures,findingoutaboutcreaturesandhowtheylive,listening,askingquestions,developingconfidence,learningnewvocabulary,followinginstructions,waitingfortheirturn.

Thechildrendecidedtobuildahouseofstrawoneday,whichwasfollowedthefollowingdaywithahouseofsticksandoneofbricks.Astheybuilteachhouse,theywereabletore-tellthestory,takingturnstoplaythedifferentcharactersandthendemolishingthehouseswhentheybecamethewolf!Learning–literacyskills–rememberingandre-calling,supportingotherchildrentohelpthemtellthestory;workingtogetherasateam;physicalskillsinbuilding;mathematics–measuring,talkingaboutheightsandsizes,usingmathematicallanguage–more,enoughetc;usingpositionallanguage–nextto,ontopof,behindetc;creativityandimagination

PlantingaBeanWefoundabeanpodwhichthefarmstaffhaddropped,soweguessedwhatwouldbeinsideitandthenopenedituptofindout.Wetalkedabouthowitcouldbeusedandwhetheritcouldbeeatenraw.Onechildwantedtoplantit,sowediscussedwhatplantsneedtogrow.Weplaceditinaclearpotwithkitchentowels,watereditandhaveplaceditinalightareatofindoutwhatitdoes.Learning–discoveringandfindingoutaboutplants,sharingourknowledgeastowhattheyneedtogrow,usinglanguagetoinformanddiscuss

DinosaurWorldsTherehasbeenagreatinterestindinosaursthislastweek,sothechildrencutdownsomewillowstemsandleavestomakeadinosaurworldinthesandpit.Laterintheweek,weheldatalkingtimeactivitywherethechildrenwereabletostandonacut-outofatriceratopsfootandexamineareproductionofaT-rexclawandatriceratopstooth.Learning–usingimagination,beingcreative,discussingideas,adaptingtheirworkandmakingchanges,measuringskills,comparingsizes(offootprints,teethandhands),listening,sharingideas

UsingFoodImaginativelyWehadsomesparefennelfrondswhichthechildrenusedtopaintwithandalsotouseintheirimaginativeplayinthemudkitchen.Somechildrencutthefennelwithaplasticknifeanduseditintheir‘recipe’,orplaceditintheplay‘fridge’.Somechildrenusedrecipecardswehaveandtalkedaboutwhattheyneededtomaketheirdishandwhattheyweregoingtoputinnext.Otherchildrendugupabeetrootinthevegetablepatch,examiningsomeofthe

cropsgrowingsuchasthesizeofthepumpkins.TheythenhelpedtocutthebeetrootintoquartersandusedittomakemarksordrawpicturesonthewoodentableLearning-showinganunderstandingofhowtostoresomefoodsandwhatyoucandowiththem,finemotorskills–cutting,painting,gripping,tearingetc,discoveringcrops,comparingsizes,mark-makingandearlywritingskills,talkingabouthalf,quarterand

CourgetteCakesThechildrenwerecompletelyinvolvedwitheverytaskfromscrapingandpeelingthecourgette,toweighingtheotheringredients,tousinganelectricmixerandplacingthemixtureinthecakecasesLearning–weights,measures,comparingtextures,lookingatarecipe-learningthatprintcarriesmeaning,ICT–usingthewhiskcorrectly,listeningandfollowinginstructions