Water Day 17th of March

The 17th of March was World Water Day. The day focuses on the importance of universal access to clean water, sanitation and hygiene facilities around the world. The day also focuses on teaching children why it is important to not waste water, seeing as access to clean water in some countries is a privilege. 

 The children paired up with the reception class to use watercolours to paint beautiful pictures.

 The children also used different products to make bubbles to blow.

 The children used junk to make boats that would float.

The children used bottles filled with gravel or marbles and water to make music with. They explored high and low sounds as well as echoes. They listened to Camile Saint-Säens "The Carnival of Animals". Some children represented the instruments and others represented the animals that appear in the song.

 In the water tank, metal pots were used to add to the music.

To hear the original version of "Carnival of the animals" by Camile Saint Säens, please go to this link:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AsD0FDLOKGA

Our topic this trimestre is Mini-Beasts

The Tafira and South School Nursery went to Osorio to look for, observe and learn about mini-beasts. The children had a great time, looking for plants, flowers and mini-beasts as they walked. The children did observational drawings of the landscape around us, made pictures by rubbing crayons on paper over a tree trunk or piece of wood. It was very hot and humid, but that didn't make our day less fun, just hot and sticky.

 We used the lovely plants and flowers we collected to make crowns.

 We were a little too tired to keep walking so we went down the slope on our bottoms!!!!!

 Buff!! Some of us were pooped!

 Some of us enjoyed rolling around in the grass.

 The teachers tried to rest............ some of us got stepped on in the process!!! Ouch!!!!!!!!

 After looking for plants, flowers and mini-beasts, the children wanted to see the cows, sheep, horses and chickens on the farm.

 If we didn't get a rest at Osorio, we got it on the bus ride home.