On our way
to Forest School we noticed that the moon was still out in the sky, the sun was
shining brightly and our shadows were cast on the ground. This puzzled us and
we started to question and explore the connection between these observations.
Jack
commented: ‘The days are getting shorter. It’s nearer to Christmas. The time is
changing and it might be dark even before we go to bed.’
Tilly added:
‘I noticed that the moon followed me on my way to school today!’
In response
to our observation of the moon in the sky we shared the bear story (because we
love bears!) ‘Can’t you sleep Little Bear?’ by Martin Waddell. This sparked our
interest in the cave and light and dark.
Using the
thinking floor mat we mapped out our shared knowledge and understanding of the
sources of light. After we discussed and shared our thoughts, we tried to
categorise the sources of light into ‘electrical’ ‘natural’ and ‘burning’. We realised, that although at first
we thought the moon was a source of light, that in actual fact it reflects the light
from the sun. With this realisation we were able to make the connection between
our observations of the moon being out during the day, whilst the sun was
shining brightly.
Lorimer
brought in two of his favourite stories about bears: ‘We’re Going on a Bear
Hunt’ by Michael Rosen and ‘The Gruffalo’s Child’ by Julia Donaldson. Both
stories show images of a cave and life inside a cave. Lorimer also brought in his
toy hedgehog. Rosa informed us that the hedgehog was a ‘nocturnal’ animal,
which inspired us to mind map and share our knowledge and understanding of
nocturnal life.
Then one
morning as some of us went outside to record what we could find living outside
we stumbled upon on a big cave! And inside there was a giant bear!
Using a
homemade ‘bat’ by Lorimer, as a stencil, we set about making lots of bats for
our cave in class. Like Little Bear in the story we have read, we added some
light sources to help us see in the dark inside the cave.
Some of us
have been exploring mixing colours on the light box.
On 5th
November, on the anniversary of the Gunpowder Plot, we created some beautiful
collages and pastel drawings of fireworks and fire.
As you can
see we have been very busy this week and are keen to learn more…
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