We continue to demonstrate an interest in castles.  You will see evidence of this in the big book in nursery.  This is the big blue book next to the planning wall.  It is full of our drawings, comments and ideas.

We have been learning to use some castle resources to extend our play.  Many of us are beginning to notice how castles are different from our own homes through the use of the role-play castle.

Please click here to see a video of the castle role-play in action.  

You can clearly see how much learning takes place in just one context within nursery! The children are turn-taking, problem solving, collaborating, listening and talking, writing and developing their imaginations.

Many of us expressed a desire to make crowns at the art table to extend our castle role-play.  We have also been using small world castle role-play toys and sharing fairytale stories that take place in castles.

Notice the fantastic transfer of resources in the photographs: a digital camera in the  castle! 🙂