Travel by Sea

This week in Dolphin and Elephant Rooms, we have been exploring different ways of travelling over water.

Interesting things we found out:

The children used some Lego to make their boats.
They used cogs for the propellers.

We can use a boat if we need to go to another island. There are ramps to let passengers and cars onto the boat.

There are different kinds of boats, some can carry only one person, others can carry cars, lorries or even chairs!

We learned that when a boat cracks or breaks, it might sink... but a little girl said, "If it is a submarine, then it's okay."

When she is the captain of her canal boat, Jacqui can take all the water out of the lock all by herself.

Did you know that some objects float (bottle tops) and others sink (plastic crocodiles!)? And boats made out of paper don't stay dry. In fact, they get wet and turn into bits.

Will it float? Will it sink?
How much water can it carry?

We played with an aqua duct and sailboats out in the garden for hours! When we turn the water wheel, the water flows faster. Food colouring made the water pink, and we called it "Ribena water". Adding glitter seemed the next logical thing to do!

Leavers party

 Last week we held a leavers party at Frome Town Football club to wish our school leavers lots of happy times, fun and learning at their new schools.

  

The magician 'John' provided lots of entertainment with his magic tricks and puppets and made us laugh.

Rufus the dog made us laugh a lot. He played lots of naughty tricks on John...and us too!

I wonder what's in that bag?

 We all wanted to have a go at the magic!

It took a special spell from a wizard to stop the wand being floppy.

This week in Panda room we have been...

Filling and emptying.

Having fun in the ball pool practicing our gross motor skills.

 Making our own shakers!!! We filled the bottles up with colourful pasta, lentils and rice.

We also explored the different animals that live in the water !!!

Look at some of the activites we have been up to in Panda Room

We began the week by chopping up vegetables and fruit...


                                     We had lots of fun in the bubbles...

  In the garden we looked for bugs...
  We found a ladybird, some of us liked it crawling on our arms
  Although it tickled a little

We made lots of sounds with these musical instruments...

                                                                                                                             

This week in Panda room we have been.......

We have been exploring the different weights and textures of these beautiful pebbles and stones.

Making marks in the sand 
using cutters and our hands.

Dressing Up !!!!

"It looks different through these", "Its dark".

"Bye Bye, I'm off to the shops"

   

We enjoyed pushing the cars up and down the ramps.

And we practiced our balancing skills whilst playing with the cars.

Summer Play Scheme

Activities for the summer holidays to cover our theme: 

TRANSPORT
Keep logging on to see pictures of the fun activities we will do with the children over the summer

W/C 23^rd July 2012:      Travel by Sea 

Focus Concepts: Floating, Sinking, Submerge, Islands, Captain

• ·         Boats for passengers: ferrys
• ·         Sailboats and yachts
• ·         Submarines
• ·         Row boats, Catamaran
• ·         Canoes and Pedalos
• ·         Cargo Ships
• ·         Other countries' mode of sea transport: e.g. sampan (China)

W/C 30^th July 2012:                    Travel by Air

Focus Concepts: Flying, Take-off, Landing, Speed, Pilot

• ·         Aeroplanes, Airbuses
• ·         Hot Air Balloons – warm air rises
• ·         Helicopters
• ·         Jets and Airforce
• ·         Spaceships and Rockets
• ·         Icarus, Parachutes, Gliders
• ·         Parts of a plane

W/C 6^th August 2012:             Construction Machines

Focus Concepts: Earth Movers, Crushers, Buildings and Communities

• ·         Diggers
• ·         Payloaders
• ·         Dumper Trucks
• ·         Cranes and Wrecking balls
• ·         Tractors
• ·         Safety Gear and Builders' Tools

W/C 13^th August 2012:                        Trains 

Focus Concepts: Tracks, Junctions, Signals

• ·         Steam Trains and Traditional Locomotives
• ·         Speed/Electric/Bullet Trains
• ·         Eurostar (from country to country)
• ·         London Underground (using maps)

W/C 20^th August 2012:     Emergency Vehicles

Focus Concepts: Safety, Rescue, Bandage, Parts of the Body, 999

• ·         Fire Engines and Fire Fighters
• ·         Police
• ·         Sea Rescue
• ·         Helicopters and Airlifts
• ·         Ambulance
• ·         Flashing Lights and Sirens
• ·         Safety Gear and Some Road Safety Rules

W/C 27^th August 2012:               Travel by Road 

Focus Concepts: Road Safety, Sensible, Tickets, Signs, Community

• ·         Walking
• ·         Motorbikes
• ·         Bus (public transport, tickets)
• ·         Cars and Vans
• ·         Caravans and Trailers
• ·         Trains
• ·         Bicycles and Scooters
• ·         Horseback, Horse and Cart
• ·         Other countries' modes of Land Transport: tuktuk (Thailand)

(Alongside activities for the Olympic games)

Big Toddle for Elephant room

We had lots of fun walking round the Cheese show field to raise money for Barnardo's Big Toddle.

This year we dressed as....

"Super Heroes"

All back after the toddle...looking slightly weary!!