Visiting Author

Today we have a special story. All about a little Goose who visits the Zoo… I wonder what animals Goose might see? 

Goose Goes to the Zoo

Let's make our own zoo map and see what animals are hiding in the enclosures! 

Slowly, let's lift the containers to see what animal is hiding inside. Careful! Some of them bite :) 

Wow! I can’t believe we found a snake! How cool! Would Goose have liked to see a snake in his zoo? Today we are going to make a snake of our own.

Let’s make our own snake. 

Can we make a pattern with the stickers? 

What colours shall we use?

Who can remember what we have been learning about? That’s right ‘The Jungle’, we have learnt all about monkeys and elephants.  I wonder what animal it will be this week…let’s take a look!

I wonder what’s in my mystery bag?

It’s a …..snake!

Let’s read a story about a snake.

I See Animals: Snake

This week is also a very special week in many countries as we celebrate the Lunar New Year which will be the year of the snake! Many countries celebrate this special event. Let’s watch this short clip to learn about the different ways we can celebrate this special event.

My Favourite Day of the year

Did you notice what food  is given at this time of the year...that is right, oranges! Today we are going to be counting out oranges at our playdough table. Let’s count some out together.

We can get some extra counting practice in with this fun 'Counting 1-5' song!

When it is Lunar New Year, what colours do we see? We see lots of red and yellow. We are going to use these colours to create a class Lunar New Year snake!

First, can you all use a sponge and sponge paint red and yellow onto the paper. Once it is all dry we can stick on a large slippery snake!

Today let’s share together a story: 

Bringing in the New Year-Listen

Bringing in the New Year-Watch

Did you see all the beautiful dragons and lions, let’s see some real dragon dancing see if you can spot Miss Sophie!

Dragon Dance

Today we are going to create some beautiful dragons of our own using our hands! Watch your teacher carefully as they demonstrate how to do this art piece.

Let’s dance like a dragon….

Move Like a Dragon Song

And read a story about a dragon...

Dragon Eyes

Activity 1: Let’s do some lion dancing of our own. Who would like to be the head and who would like to be the bottom? Now let’s dance to the music!

Lion Dance Music

Activity 2: Today let's make some dragons of our own! What colours can we use? Red, orange and yellow are great fire colours! We can use our hands to paint...how does it feel?

Let’s all practice taking off our shoes and socks! Now can you take your sock and put it on your hand? Now wiggle your hand around and hiss like a snake! Now I think you are ready for our 2 snake songs!

Sydney The Snake

Boa Constrictor

Let's read this story all about a hungry snake.

Mouse Count

Can you count forward as we put mice in the jar?

And what about counting backwards as we pull them out of the jar?

Let’s see if we can retell today's story.

Can you remember what happened first? 

How many mice did the snake find?

Can you help your teacher catch the mice and put them in the jar?

Now what did the mice do?

Let’s check out our Makaton Signs for the week: Red, Yellow & Orange

Makaton Signs of the Week

Let’s take a look at this week's preparation for writing programme - Wiggle me into Squiggle. This week's action is:

Wiggle (3)

Wriggle me into a Squiggle Song Sheet

Our 'Sound Song' this week is for the letter 'T'

This week we have had a wonderful opportunity to meet a real author! Laura Wall came and read us one of her famous stories! After hearing a fantastic story about a goose's adventures, we were able to use the continuous paper to express ourselves through our mark making.