Chinese New Year, Pancake and valentines day!

We have had such a busy week learning about different festivals and celebrations.

On Monday we learned about Chinese New Year.  We made some money wallets to take home a lucky penny.  We shined the pennies in vinegar before putting them in our red wallets which we had decorated with some Chinese writing.    We practiced some Chinese writing on our large easels.

We then tried some noodles for snack and even had a go at using chopsticks to eat them.  We loved this and asked if we could do it again sometime.

We made a Chinese Dragon then did some dancing to music and took a walk through the school to show all the other boys and girls. We announced on the school tannoy that there was a dragon on the loose!

This is the head of the dragon that we made.

 

On Tuesday it was Pancake day.  We all made our own pancakes for snack.

Then we cooked them.

 

Some of us even had a go at flipping them!

Take a look at our delicious pancakes:

 

 

We were playing 'screen games' this week where we worked in pairs, covered by a screen.  One of us had to give instructions for the other person to follow.  We really enjoyed this and asked to keep it out for the full session. 

 

We had rice in our sensory table this week.  We added in the magnet wands and metal balls and were learning a bit about forces as we explored them.

We made Valentines Day Hearts on Thursday to all our special people at home.  

We also made some strawberry jelly valentines playdough and were busy making heart shaped biscuits for each other.

 

 We also had a red valentines snack of tomatoes, peppers and red apples. 

We are looking forward to a quieter week next week!