Wow what a scorcher!! Summer has arrived with gusto! We have managed to find shade on the top garden underneath the trees, so that is where we have spent our outside time, albeit for a shorter length of time than usual.
The children have loved being sprayed with water at regular intervals and splashing around in the water play…it really didn’t matter how wet we got!
Worship
This week we have continued our final branch, ‘Dialogue and encounter’. Our key words this week were PICTURE, DIFFERENT and WORLD.
Jesus came for everyone, all around the world. We looked at a picture of our wonderful world and some images of Jesus from different places. Some children told us about their pictures:
“Hello, my name is Gabriel. I live in Nigeria. This painting of Mary and Jesus shows them with dark skin like mine and wearing special African clothes. Our pictures often have lots of bright colours and patterns”.
“Hi! I’m Maya from India. In my country, we sometimes show Jesus with brown skin and wearing clothes like a sari or a kurta. Our pictures are often full of flowers and pretty patterns to remind us how special and kind Jesus is”.
We had some discussion cards to help us think about how we are all different and special. We put them in the middle and turned them over to see what they said:
Describe what you look like.
What is your favourite colour? Why do you like it so much?
If you could have any pet, what would you choose?
What makes you a good friend?
What job would you like to do?
Where do you live?
Next week we will hear from two children from Mexico and Australia.
We ended by singing this song to the tune of ‘Twinkle Twinkle Little Star’ – why not sing it at home:
Jesus came for me and you,
And for all the people too.
In the cities, by the trees,
Over mountains, over seas.
Jesus loves us, everyone,
We are part of God's big plan!
Our child led worship on Thursday focused on St Paul. We watched this video: click here We noticed that Paul used to have a different name. He wasn’t very nice to Jesus’ friends but then after a special event he changed his name to Paul and dedicated his life to Jesus.
Learning Landscape
Owing to the extreme heat this week we have been finding shade everywhere we could or remaining inside. Needless to say our learning has been altered to meet the weather conditions!
We have:
kept ourselves hydrated
sprayed eachother with water bottles and pipettes
made ten frames in the shade and cool of forest school
joined in the Gym Jam Jog and then came into nursery for breakfast!
ate ice pops and drank litres of ice cold water
ate strawberries!!!
completed number stories using Numicon
been on a gingerbread man hunt
remained calm and cool!!!
End of year Celebration Party
Calling all Superheroes! We will be having our end of year party on Wednesday 15th July 9.30 am -11.00 am. All the children are welcome to join us. Come dressed as a super hero. Please bear in mind the whether when choosing and outfit. Keep a lookout for your invitation in your childs book bag.
Have a fabulous weekend fingers crossed the weather remains sunny for a splashing time in the garden. I will keep an eye our for everyone at Lytham Club Day on Saturday.
Stay safe and God Bless
Barbara