Our meta-project... The World.

Many children continue to be fascinated by the Moon…what it looks like, the way it moves in space, and what it means when it moves around the earth.

"The moon is green and also blue."

"It's white all the time." 

"The moon has to be yellow at nighttime."

A couple of weeks ago I posed to the class the question "What is inside the earth?" The responses were very interesting!….

       "Aliens."

"That black hole."

"The earth inside is like a rainbow."

Last week, many children were fascinated by a new model globe of the earth which arrived in our classroom. The globe featured a removable cross-section which showed Earth's interior.
It was suggested that we walk around on Earth's crust, and that the mantle provides the lava which comes from volcanoes.
The children were invited to participate in craft activities to illustrate their understandings.

"This is Bulgaria, this is Singapore. I need Australia."

Storytelling

On Friday 7 November, we were fortunate to take part in a storytelling session with Cassandra Wye. The children were able to perform the actions and sounds of animals, which was a great interactive experience for them. The message in the story was about the importance of sharing - a big part of life in K1! The story was Australian, which makes a fitting introduction to our upcoming exploration of stories from different countries, as part of our UN celebrations.

If you have a picture book featuring a story, folktale or fairytale from your family's home country which you would be happy to lend to us so that I can share it with the children next week, please do send it in via your child's blue folder.

Playeum's The Big Draw...It's our world. 

Yesterday we had a wonderful visit to The Big Draw. There were a variety of activities on offer which linked beautifully to our meta-project, offering opportunities to make meaning about the world in a hands-on, exploratory way. Many children were really engaged in creating clay trees to add to the rain forest, adding to the papier-mache city scape, discovering some plants and weeds of Singapore, and using leaves to create images on paper.
Other children were fascinated by the picture wheel, the shadow wall, and really enjoyed drawing on the building's floors and walls!

Our class are becoming very excited about UN Day next Friday, and are looking forward to sharing activities in the classroom, and then performing for their families.

See you there!