Songkran

This week we will celebrate the traditional celebration of 'Songkran'.

Core Story: Songkran Story

Core Song: Traditional Songkran Song

We also like singing:

Hello Song

Goodbye Song

Weather Song Video

Weather Song

Clean-up Song

Thai Classical Background Music

Art Week Across Asia

In Term Three, we will celebrate Art Week with all our friends! Each class will showcase their artwork in a special window display. All the Nursery classes will represent different countries across Asia.

Hello From Around the World 

Art Work

Can you guess which country we will be representing? Is it China, Indonesia, Japan, or Thailand? Let’s get to work and use our creativity to craft a beautiful project inspired by this special country!

Today, we are going to learn about Songkran, which is the Thai New Year Festival. Let’s read a story together to learn more about Songrkan.

Do you celebrate Songkran? 

What things do you do to celebrate Songkran? 

Have you ever taken part in a big water fight?

Songkran is the Thai New Year. In Thai we say Sawadee Pee Mai meaning Happy New Year. Can we all try saying it together?

Let learn a Songkran Dance

Activity 1 (Maths)

We are going to do a water activity. We can play with the water outside and use our jugs, tubes and other water toys to pour, measure and play.

Activity 2 (Art)

For Art Week, all the nursery classes are going to do an individual craft to represent the country they are learning about for Art Week.

Zebras - Japan

Butterflies - China

Elephants - India

Monkeys - Indonesia

Lets listen to this sound- What do you hear?

Rain sound

That's right its rain! This week we are celebrating

Songkran. Songkran signifies the end of the dry season and the start of the rainy season. 

What kind of noises do you think you might hear during rainy season. (encourage children to identify the sounds they might hear, drip drop, splash, rumble, bang, etc)

Let’s sing this song about rain: 

Singing in the Rain 

We are going to take it in turns to stand under an umbrella and close our eyes. Listen carefully to what is falling on the umbrella. (use leaves, pencils, foam blocks and water) Can you guess when the water if falling on the umbrella without looking? How can you tell that was water, how did it sound?

Today we are celebrating a very special Thai festival...can you remember what it is called?

 SONGKRAN!

Let's share our Songkran story to remind us of all the special things that we can do during this festival:

Songkran Story

We have a very fun morning planned for today! 

08:15-08:45-children arrive to school with their parents and can give food to the monks.

08:45-In class for registration.

09:00-09:20-The Oval Songkran performance

09:40-Hand washing outside the hall

10:00-Nursery Water Fight on the bike track

10:45 -Picnic snack with a Thai treat!