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The bairns asked to use the balance bikes again.  We practiced handling by moving around cones and braking.  We held races to focus on control and increasing speed.  The bairns also tried out wheelie boards and created their own game using bean bags and relay teams.

 

Our music lesson this week started with bending in time to the music.  This promotes listening and develops gross motor skills.  Then we moved onto Ten in the Bed with lots of rolling.  A small group were invited to lead the bairns using musical instruments.  We split into teams for a Conga challenge an then joined up for a giant line.  Lastly it was our favourite finale – Heads, Shoulders, Knees and Toes.

During our visit from Dynamic Earth, we engaged in an immersive underwater story featuring Charlie’s treasure box.  Charlie had lost their favourite silver bracelet.  The bairns passed around some smell tubes from the beach.  They also put their hands inside the curiosity boxes and found small fish, sea anemones, starfish and shells.  Then it was time to go fishing but there was still no sign of the missing bracelet.  We also journeyed to the bottom of the sea to help Charlie, where one of the bairns found the missing bracelet right on the sea bed.  We saw lots of creatures that light up the dark depths of the midnight zone which helped Charlie to find their way back to the surface.   On the way up to the surface, lots of bubbles appeared.

We explored polystyrene and the bairns noticed that it was made from tiny circles.  When they used scissors, the particles clung to the scissors and themselves prompting discussion about static.  The bairns tried different ways to release the particles.  We observed them float in water and made it snow!  Then it was time to get out the broom and vacuum.  Rich discussion followed regarding the environmental impact of polystyrene and other plastics getting into our seas and oceans.  We watched a rhyming story called The Lump:  The Lump! A rhyming kids’ story about plastic pollution in the sea – YouTube