We celebrated Diwali by getting involved in some messy play, recreating fireworks patterns. We also made rangoli patterns with our wooden shapes, whilst ready our book all about Diwali. The children also enjoyed learning some traditional Diwali dance moves!
During this half term we learnt lots about Autumn and seasonal changes in the environment. The children enjoyed going for listening walks around the school grounds, collecting sticks and leaves to use in their play, as well as learning about Nocturnal animals. We focused on the story ‘Owl Babies’, looking at the story sack and re-enacting and retelling the story during role play.
We had a couple of children also came into Fledglings with an interest about the village they live in. This extended to creating a map of Salhouse, adding different places that the children could name. The children worked together with this and compared it to the world map on the wall. We also used to globe to visualise where the United Kingdom is in the world. The children enjoyed using the map in their imaginative play, adding small figures, cars and trains to support their ideas.
