Red and yellow, blue and green, what colour can you see? It began with the Northern Lights as we continued our exploration of the polar regions. With sparkles and chalk, paint and glue, the children were inspired to create their own versions using different medium. A quick stop to construct igloos from sugar cubes and we were off again learning how to dance like a penguin.
The study of colour continued, creating secondary colours from play dough. The magic of creation as dough turned orange or green to the delight of the children, 'again, again!' as small balls of dough were squeezed and squashed into the desired colour. The magic continued with our experiment in chromatography, as the children watched new colours appear from their black dots. The wonder on faces as they watched red, blue and green appear after putting their paper in the water was a joy to see, lots of the children repeating their experiment to see if it would happen again. Faces fascinated with what was going to happen next'...is it....is it? .....yes it is!'' it's got bigger and bigger....look.....it's blue and red and green'.
Colours continued during our large muscle movement activities. The hall transformed into a large obstacle course, structured around balance, jumping and co-ordination. Lots of numerical maths incorporated too, building on our subitising and concrete counting from last week with hopscotch, a number line, circles and squares, dice and rings. The goal and balls proved popular too, curiosity with the rugby ball, as it wobbled its way across the floor to the laughter of the children, far too slow to reach the goal before the football.
The balance continued in yoga with Bea from Wholesome Hedgehog who had us all standing like flamingos, changing our position as the story was told. We also learnt how to bend like a giraffe, roar like a lion and slither like a snake during music and movement later in the week.
Polar bear cakes were made with Wendy. Faces made with gloopy icing, dripped with enthusiasm before eyes and nose added with care and concentration. Everyone very keen to join in and make their own polar bear.
Finally, no week is complete without music and Steph shared lots of sounds during our phonics sessions as we all tried to guess the instrument. We’ve been honing our singing and sounds too, scavenger hunts to practice our rhyming; and listening, lots and lots of listening. Walking round the hall, dancing to the beat, clapping for a syllable and stomping with our feet.
