Magical Monday Story time in Class 1

Magical Monday Storytime in Class 1

In Class 1 we have an old fashioned storytelling case with lots of exciting objects inside. Every Monday we use these objects to make up a story using our imagination and our knowledge of books. We try hard to make our story exciting and think of super words to describe the objects.This week the case had a large shell, a diamond bracelet and a necklace made from gold and pearls.

We worked together to tell our story and here it is;

Once upon a time there was a ghost pirate and a mermaid. They were friends and they played on the beach. The ghost pirate was spooky and had a grey face, he looked scary but he wasn't and the mermaid thought he was ok. She was beautiful with long hair and a pink dress and fins.They discovered an old ship at the bottom of the sea and found treasure inside a box. It was a magic shell that glowed under water, a glittery bracelet that sparkled and a necklace that belonged to the queen!

Mrs Gaskell thinks this is a wonderful story and cannot wait until next week.

Goldilocks

Last week we read the story Goldilocks and the Three Bears together, and used it as the starting point for our provision in Early Years.

We washed and styled Goldilock's hair

We moulded porridge play dough! It was stiff

We used the iPads to draw and write about the bears. Here we saw some shadows and wanted to use them to tell the story.

We measured and ordered the three bears feet! We measured our feet too!

We made and tasted porridge with different toppings!

The Bears didn't always eat porridge!

We retold and role played the story inside and outside

At the end of a busy week Daddy bear needed a rest in the bear cave.

All the bears had a party!

Frozen teddy

Last week we had an unexpected visitor in Early Years.

We received a parcel and when we looked inside found a hard, frozen teddy and a letter from Polar Bear. He had found the poor lost teddy and sent him to us to look after.

We thought very carefully and had lots of ideas of different ways to warm up teddy. We talked about wrapping him in a blanket, giving him a cuddle, putting him on a radiator and making him Hot Chocolate.

We also had lots of frozen teddies in the water tray! How can we get them out?!

We cooked bug soup with bear friendly ingredients, following a recipe and counting spoonfuls. The soup was delicious!

Frozen teddy inspired us to do lots of mark making about our experiences.

We wrote Polar Bear a letter to tell him what we had been doing to look after teddy! We can't wait to see if he replies! Frozen teddy is now warm and fluffy and very happy living with us.

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Welcome Back

Welcome back to Early Years after the Christmas holidays. We have been delighted to see the children come back in so well and so keen to learn.

This term we will be learning all about bears (including Polar Bears and Spectacled Bears like Paddington) and reading some favourite stories about bears. This week we are reading "Hairy Bear", and "Brown Bear Brown Bear what do you see?".

Look at this great bear drawing already from our outside area. The bear has a round ear and a pointy sore ear. He is one and has a birthday cake made of fish, because bears love fish!