We celebrated Burns Day in the Nursery.  The children have been dressing up in traditional clothes such as kilts and tartan shirts, we have had Scottish music and dancing, Scottish stories and at snack we tasted oat cakes and haggis, neeps and tatties!   In the art area, we made Scottish flags and made our own tartan by weaving coloured paper and participating in different painting activities.

 

To promote an understanding of diverse traditions we have been learning about and celebrating Chinese New Year with a variety of activities.  We have made and tasted different Chinese food at snack, and we have watched a short video on the story of the Chinese New Year and its traditions. Some children have been learning to write numbers and letters in Chinese and made their own dragon with which they participated in a dragon dance.

   

When discussing different countries and cultures around the world some of the children have been sharing their personal experiences about different buildings and structures they have visited or seen on the television.  In the blocks and small construction, the children have been working together to recreate these or make their own