This week, Reception have been enjoying this heart-warming story ‘One Snowy Night’ by Nick Butterworth, which emphasises the themes of kindness, friendship and acceptance through Percy the Park Keeper’s generosity when helping his animal friends during a cold winter night. This beautiful book has taught the children about how to care for each other by helping friends, keeping one another safe and being kind when someone is lonely or afraid.
Our continuous provision areas have been filled with festive, wintry experiences to spark imagination and creativity. In the role-play area, children have been busy making pretend hot chocolates and dressing up in cosy, festive outfits. Our small-world area has been transformed into enchanting woodland winter scenes, inviting children to create their own seasonal stories. In the creative area, glitter, snow-like cotton balls, and winter-themed materials have inspired a range of sparkling crafts. Over in the playdough area, Percy’s Bakery has been open for business, with children baking cupcakes, biscuits, and other delightful treats, developing both fine-motor skills and imaginative play.
As part of our Understanding the World learning, the children looked at different features of the winter season and discussed why people and animals need certain clothing in the cold weather. To demonstrate their understanding, the children used a range of materials to design a jumper for Percy the Park Keeper to keep him warm.
Near the end of the week, the children and their grown-ups had lots of fun at the ‘One Snowy Night’ workshop, where they had the opportunity to create winter themed crafts and participate in many magical activities!
